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Having a compensation system that clearly outlines partner expectations, provides the partners with the ability to validate the results by communicating the results back to them does more to build collegiality than an opaque system that, by its design, promotes distrust and ill will among partners.        

Former JetBlue Airways executive Mike Barger said one of the most valuable roles a legal chief can play is devil’s advocate.        

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The Brazilian Bar Association forbids international law firms from practicing local law in the country, but global law firms can still get in on the growing sector by advising on cross-border M&A.        

Law firms with Kansas City and San Francisco outposts are finding ways to play up Sunday’s matchup.        

Plaintiffs counsel said that the defendants worked together to hack his client’s confidential information and use it against him while concealing its source.        

“The court of appeals’ decision is incredibly important, it puts water companies like the city of Spokane on notice that if they fail to charge reasonable rates, they will very likely see those rates challenged in court,” the petitioners’ counsel, Alexandria Drake, of Dunn & Black in Spokane, told Law.com.        

A federal judge on Thursday granted final approval to DuPont’s $1.185 billion settlement with an estimated 14,000 public water providers across the country.        

“We agree with the division that the dangerous condition—the optical illusion created by the surface coloring—resulted at least in part from maintenance of the facility. ‘Maintenance’ is defined in the statute as ‘the act or omission of a public entity or public employee in keeping a facility in the same general state of repair or […]