A former intellectual property associate with DLA Piper is accusing the firm of discrimination, claiming in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charge that she was fired just six days after submitting a formal request for maternity leave.
Former Proskauer Rose LLP Chief Operating Officer Jonathan O'Brien asked a New York federal judge on Tuesday to throw out trade secret misappropriation and conversion claims from a suit accusing him of stealing Proskauer's confidential information, arguing that the firm has not shown that he used the secret documents he allegedly copied.
King & Spalding LLP announced on Monday that a former senior counsel and special assistant to President Joe Biden in the White House Counsel's Office has rejoined the firm as a partner in its special matters and government investigations team.
Copying the work of a competitor's editors to create an artificial intelligence-powered database is an undisputed violation of copyright, Thomson Reuters told a Delaware federal court Thursday asking for summary judgment against ROSS Intelligence Inc., which Reuters accuses of illegally using its Westlaw without permission or compensation to create another product.
Legal services company ROSS Intelligence has fallen short of showing that it engaged in fair use when it created a database that Thomas Reuters alleges illegally used its law database, Westlaw, without permission or compensation, the media conglomerate argued to a Delaware federal court in a filing.