BATON ROUGE- East Baton Rouge Parish Attorney Andy Dotson is refusing to comment on the drainage debacle one week after Major Sharon Weston Broome said she would ask to have it pulled from the council agenda. Watch live newscasts here During an interview last week, Broome said the parish attorney’s office was responsible for much…
Challenge to Harvard’s use of affirmative action was designed by a conservative to reach a friendly Supreme Court
By Joan Biskupic, CNN In an ordinary Boston courtroom in April 2015, lawyers and activists at the first hearing of a challenge to race-based admissions practices at Harvard knew they would see each other again, eventually at the US Supreme Court. Attending that preliminary session before US District Judge Allison Burroughs were lawyers from the…
UPDATE 1-China names Chen Yixin as state security minister -parliament
(Add context) BEIJING, Oct 30 (Reuters) – China has appointed Chen Yixin as state security minister, Replacing Chen Wenqing who was promoted to oversee police, legal affairs and intelligence, the National People’s Congress, or parliament, said on Sunday. Chen Yixin, who was elected to the ruling Communist Party’s Central Committee during its once-every-five-years congress this…
Seyfarth Trade Secret Group to Present at California Lawyers Association 2022 IP Institute | Seyfarth Shaw
The California Lawyers Association 2022 IP Institute is taking place November 3-5, in Dana Point, California. Seyfarth is a silver sponsor for the conference, and Seyfarth attorneys Robert Milligan, Puya Partow-Navid, Joshua Salinas, and Sierra Chinn-Liu are attending. Joshua Salinas—Seyfarth associate and member of the firm’s Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes practice—is leading a…
Tiffani Johnston’s allegations are false
Daniel Snyder’s attorney proclaims that Tiffani Johnston’s allegations are false. Commanders owner Daniel Snyder’s legal representative John Brownlee explained his perspective as a guest Thursday on Pro Football Talk hosted by Mike Florio. Citing that Johnston has shifted her timeline, results in questioning the integrity of her allegations. He also stated at first she did…
Illinois groups weigh in on Supreme Court affirmative action cases
UNC has long been represented in the case by Chicago lawyer Patrick Fitzgerald, former US attorney now with law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. But Fitzgerald has apparently never argued before the Supreme Court, and Ryan Park, North Carolina’s solicitor general who has argued before the high court before, will argue for the…
Save the Date – 2022 AIPLA Trade Secret Summit
Epstein Becker Green is proud to sponsor the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s (AIPLA) 2022 Trade Secret Summit in Miami, FL on December 8-9, 2022. The AIPLA Trade Secret Summit is the leading trade secret conference in the nation, with speakers from across the spectrum of private practitioners, in-house counsel, government, and academia, as well…
Elon Musk hints at major update to Twitter
Elon Musk needs to complete his deal to buy Twitter on or before 28 October, 2022, to avoid a trial (Getty Images) Elon Musk has hinted that he plans a major update to Twitter if his deal to buy the platform goes ahead. The tech billionaire has until 9pm UK time on Friday to close…
China to revise women’s protection law for first time in decades
HONG KONG, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Legislation at giving women in China more protection against gender discrimination and sexual harassment at work was submitted to China’s parliament on Thursday after a third revision and extensive public input. The revised legislation comes as activists have expressed concern about increasing government rhetoric on the value traditional women’s…
Jury deliberations to continue Wednesday in trial of Waukesha parade killings
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jurors will continue deliberations Wednesday for the man accused of killing six people and injuring many others by driving an SUV into a Christmas parade last year clearly intended to kill people, prosecutors say. Darrell Brooks faces 76 charges in connection with the mayhem last November in Waukesha, a Milwaukee suburb,…