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Global Law Firm Leader Launches Charlotte Office of High-End Legal Services Company

  • August 29, 2024
Published: Feb. 1, 2023 at 5:40 AM HST|Updated: 15 hours ago Expansion Marks Fifth New Office Latitude Has Launched in Last 12 Months NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Today Latitude, a fast-growing legal services company that specializes in providing former Big Law and in-house attorneys for contract engagements nationwide, announced that former Am Law 100 law firm partner Clark Goodman has opened the company’s newest office in Charlotte. Previously, Goodman was the Managing Partner of Dickinson’s Womble Bonds Charlotte office. Clark Goodman, Founder and Partner of Latitude’s Charlotte Office(PRNewswire) Latitude’s Charlotte office, the fifth the company has launched…
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Pinkerton Tobacco v. Kretek Int’l: Defendant’s Statute of Limitations Argument Goes Up in Smoke

  • August 22, 2024
A Central District of California court recently denied a defendant’s motion for summary judgment where the defendant argued that the plaintiff’s claims for trade secret misappropriation were barred by the applicable statute of limitations. The court determined that the statute of limitations did not bar the plaintiff’s claim because a reasonable jury could find that the plaintiff did not have reason to believe that all of the elements of its trade secret misappropriation claim were met prior to the bar date. In particular, the court concluded that a reasonable jury could find that the plaintiff did not have reason to…
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Steve Bannon Ordered To Pay More Than $480,000 To Former Lawyers

  • July 16, 2023
A judge has ordered Steve Bannon, an ex-adviser to former President Donald Trump, to pay his former attorneys more than $480,000 for unpaid legal work. A New York Supreme Court judge on Friday awarded legal firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron $480,487.87 plus legal fees and approximately $4,800 in interest for what the firm said was two years’ worth of unpaid work. The firm’s work included helping Bannon secure a presidential pardon in 2020 and defending him against ongoing fraud allegations in his former “We Build The Wall” campaign, which has a trial date set for next year. Attorney Jeffrey Citron,…
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2023-06-05 | NDAQ:BYND | Press Release

  • July 4, 2023
NEW YORK, June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of common stock of Beyond Meat, Inc. (NASDAQ:BYND) between May 5, 2020 and October 13, 2022both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”), of the important July 10, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline. SO WHAT: If you purchased Beyond Meat common stock during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Beyond Meat class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=16090 or call Philip…
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Senators Release Report from Government Watchdog on the Prevalence and Economic Effects of Noncompete Agreements Amid Intensifying Federal and State Efforts to Restrict Use

  • June 8, 2023
On May 17, 2023, US Senator Rob Wyden (D-OR) announced the release of a long-awaited report on the US Government Accountability Office’s multi-year investigation into the use of noncompete agreements across the US labor market. In announcing the release, Senator Wyden said that the GAO report “highlights the problems of noncompete agreements – particularly their impact on limiting workers’ fundamental freedom to change jobs,” and pledged to “fight tooth and nail for fair labor laws that protect workers and promote the creation of new businesses in Oregon and nationwide.” In March 2019, Wyden and a bipartisan group of US senators…
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DOJ Fails Again in a No-Poach Prosecution

  • May 3, 2023
A Ruling and Order issued on April 28, 2023 by the US District Court for the District of Connecticut in United States v. Patel, et al. ran the government’s losing streak to four failed trials seeking to criminally prosecute alleged wage-fixing and no-poach agreements. To review, in 2016 the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued Antitrust Guidance for Human Resources Professionals that warned of potential criminal prosecutions for so-called “naked” no-poach agreements, ie , agreements among competing businesses to restrict hiring or compensation of employees, untethered to any legitimate collaborative relationship. Since 2020, the DOJ…