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A&O’s tie-up with Shearman could be a harbinger of more U.K.-headquartered firms expanding into the U.S.        

Hinshaw & Culbertson reduced its footprint in the state by more than 11,500 square feet, moving its three offices to new locations.        

“You need to make sure there’s good alignment between what the firm thinks it’s being asked to do and what the in-house counsel is asking them to do,” said Elliot Mark, the former general counsel at crisis-management software firm Everbridge.        

The Washington Court of Appeals affirmed the state superior court’s exercise of personal jurisdiction over the child custody of the divorced couple’s child, concluding the court had the right under RCW 26.27.051.        

In a lawsuit between a trucking company and its former employees, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit considered whether the downtime truck drivers spend in between driving shifts is considered compensable work.        

Perhaps the largest impact that Director Vidal has had upon the PTAB is has been via Director Reviews. The U.S. Supreme Court mandated Director Reviews to correct procedural defects in the way that administrative patent judges are appointed to the PTAB.        

Legal industry experts make their picks for the biggest developments impacting the business of law, in-house legal departments and legal operations in the past year.        

Over 1,000 of the firm’s lawyers are already using the tool internally, and five clients have already agreed terms for a January launch, the firm said.        

“Based on plaintiff’s evidence, a reasonable fact finder could find that a $15,000 offer was jaw-droppingly low,” Saris wrote, concluding that the record is not clear if AIG is liable for the financial supervision of the AmWINS claims process before 2018. Thus, that matter will proceed to a trial, the judge held.