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LOS ANGELES – Two companies have been ordered to pay aformer Senior Vice President of Claims Litigation $155.4million in compensatory and punitive damages after he prevailed in his wrongful termination suit. The jury on Tuesday found that Farmers Group, Inc. and Farmers Insurance Exchange had retaliated against Andrew Rudnicki, a devoted and decorated employee of […]

Nine people aboard a chartered private jet bound for Miami died Wednesday when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff in the Dominican Republic. The plane reportedly was attempting an emergency landing at the International Airport of the Americas in Santo Domingo. The plane, a Gulfstream IV-SP operated by Helidosa Aviation Group, was flown, and reported […]

Steve McKersie has been elected to serve as CEO of Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP for a six-year term commencing January 1, 2022. As CEO, McKersie will also serve as a member of Gowling WLG’s International Board. McKersie has spent his entire career with Gowling WLG. An accomplished business lawyer based in Toronto, he oversees a […]

Global Cloud Computing Awards Program Makes Shortlist Announcement   JERSEY CITY, N.J., December 16, 2021 – LEAP, the leading cloud-based legal practice productivity solution for law firms, has been declared a finalist this week in the international cloud computing awards program, The Cloud Awards. Now in its tenth year, The Cloud Awards seeks to identify, […]

Perkins Coie LLP has deployed ECFX Notice, the leading electronic court filing (ECF) notice solution, in their Chicago, Denver, and Boise offices, the latest in a nationwide rollout of the platform. The Seattle based international law firm with more than 1,200 lawyers provides a full array of corporate, commercial litigation, intellectual property and regulatory legal […]

Murphy Austin Expands-Legal Services with the Addition of Exceptional Insurance Attorneys (SACRAMENTO, CA) Murphy Austin Adams Schoenfeld LLP, a Sacramento-based business law firm, is pleased to announce, effective January 1, 2022, the addition of five attorneys previously with the insurance law and appellate practices at Willoughby, Stuart, Bening & Cook in San Jose. With the […]

The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has selected Proxy as one of three initial solutions to enable digital transformation of the bank’s legal department. Since 2020, the San Francisco Fed’s Legal Department has undertaken a robust modernization program to improve and streamline delivery of legal services for the bank’s various stakeholders.  The Fed was […]

More than 2 million daily readers can now access the latest news, trends and changes that impact the business and practice of law through advanced audio stories NEW YORK – LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of information and analytics, today announced the launch of Law360’s new generation of audio articles to keep legal professionals informed. Using […]

The essential guide to compensation for paralegals and other practice support professional New York, NY – December 9, 2021 – In collaboration with The International Practice Management Association (IPMA), ALM Intelligence is pleased to announce the release of the results of its annual Compensation Survey for Paralegals, Practice Support Professionals, and Managers. The report, which […]

OnPractice leverages the audience of Corporate Counsel, the legal industry’s leading in-house media brand, to engage 137,000 corporate legal leaders and professionals with authoritative law firm content.   New York, NY – December 8, 2021 —  ALM’s Law.com, the legal industry’s most reputable and trusted media platform, is launching OnPractice, a new law firm content syndication […]