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Sidley Austin had a legacy network connecting its 17 offices in the U.S., Asia and Europe, resulting in slow data transfers and limiting the firm's ability to centralize IT resources. To create better connectivity between offices, the firm upgraded its network with Riverbed appliances.
New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman has begun an aggressive campaign to achieve his top legislative priority: passage of a court system reform that would raise to 18 from 16 the age of criminal responsibility for non-violent crimes.
Applying a new statute of limitations standard for the Third Circuit, a federal judge has refused to dismiss a class action suit accusing Pfizer of securities fraud for failing to disclose relevant data from a study it conducted about its arthritis drug Celebrex.
An attorney for the New York Appellate Division, First Department's disciplinary committee alleges in a federal lawsuit that she was sexually harassed by two now-retired officials at the watchdog agency while a third retaliated against her for complaining.
An Eleventh Circuit panel ruled Wednesday that a Florida teacher fired by a small Christian school after she acknowledged conceiving a child out of wedlock can take her pregnancy discrimination lawsuit to a jury.
An ethics board has recommended a three-month suspension for an attorney who stole neckties from a Nordstrom department store while he worked for the U.S. Treasury Department. The board took into account mental health professionals' opinions that the attorney's actions were related to depression stemming from the breakup of his marriage.
In what could be a landmark criminal case regarding electronic communications, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal over whether "unauthenticated" text messages may be admitted as evidence during trial. The appeal stems from a drug conviction that followed the discovery of drug-related messages on a cellphone.
Any money Oracle may get as a result of its copyright infringement suit against Google won't be awarded any time soon. After negotiations with Google lawyers, a federal judge on Wednesday signed off on a proposal by Oracle lawyer David Boies to postpone a damages case until a slew of legal issues is resolved.
Skechers USA has agreed to pay $45 million to settle Federal Trade Commission and state charges that it made unfounded claims that its toning sneakers would help people lose weight while strengthening and toning their legs, buttocks and abdominal muscles.
A panel has affirmed the dismissal of a discrimination suit by a counsel who was fired, allegedly for charging clients for personal car service use. Rita Gordon claimed the issue was "a non-discriminatory excuse for terminating a 60-year-old woman" and replacing her with a man whose conduct was more in sync with the litigation department's "macho" image.
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