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Despite Rising Demand, Expenses Are 'Outpacing' Growth at California Law Firms
A focus on adding more competitive compensation rates has pushed expenses higher across the Golden State, Citi’s Global Wealth at Work Law Firm Group found. Click Here To Read The Full Article
Analogies to Federal Law in the State Regulatory Context
The lack of existing state-level precedent opens the door for states to employ novel and aggressive legal theories that increase risk and uncertainty for private actors. Businesses should respond by evaluating opportunities to leverage the more comprehensive body of federal law as persuasive authority for previously unresolved questions of state law. Click Here To […]
With Trump Deals (Seemingly) in the Rearview, Clients Still Weigh 'Institutional Stability' in Picking Law Firms
“There’s a real concern about institutional stability. If a firm you’ve invested in suddenly can’t represent you because of outside pressure, that’s a major problem for companies.” Click Here To Read The Full Article
Rethinking a Right to Jury Trials Under Chapter 93A: Genesis of the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act
Given Chapter 93A’s broad statutory language, which invariably invites creative pleading and captures conduct that would otherwise fit imprecisely within common-law fraud, contract, or tort doctrines, Chapter 93A has become the most widely used statute in all of Massachusetts civil litigation. Click Here To Read The Full Article