White & Case settles with SPAC after derailed $480 mln deal

White & Case and Colonnade Acquisition Corp II have “amically resolved” disputes, the filing says Law firm sued for more than $8.2 million in legal fees (Reuters) – Law firm White & Case has quickly ended a lawsuit seeking legal fees from a special purpose acquisition company whose plans for a $480 million merger fizzled. […]

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Spilling Secrets Podcast: Trade Secrets on Film and TV

Now on Spilling Secrets, our podcast series on the future of non-compete and trade secret law: The 2023 Academy Awards are over, but we’re keeping the awards season alive with our very own Trade Secrets Fail Awards, highlighting Hollywood’s biggest missteps in depicting trade secret issues on-screen. Panelists Peter A. Steinmeyer, Katherine G. Rigby, A. […]

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Deborah L. de Vries Named Co-Leader of Anchin’s Law Firm Group

NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Anchin, a premiere New York-based accounting and advisory firm, is pleased to announce that Partner Deborah L. de Vries has been named the new Co-Leader of Anchin’s Law Firm Group. Deborah, who also co-leads the Compensation & Benefits Group, is an invaluable resource for law firms seeking business […]

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Dechert law firm asks judge to toss reporter’s hack-and-leak lawsuit

(Reuters) – Law firm Dechert asked a US judge to throw out a former Wall Street Journal reporter’s lawsuit accusing the firm of working with mercenary hackers to leak private emails and get him fired from his job. Dechert argued in a Washington, DC, federal court filing late Friday that the lawsuit was untimely because […]

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The NLRB Finds Unlawful Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Provisions in Severance Agreements: Non-Disparagement, Non-Disclosure, Non-Allowed

On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) continued its aggressive application of the National Labor Relations Act (“Act” or “NLRA”) to workplaces without union representation and lessened the value of severance agreements for all employers by finding it unlawful for an employer to merely proffer a severance agreement that includes […]

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