The Point Consider federal district court Judge Vince Chhabria’s observation in ordering Meta (Facebook) and its law firm, Gibson Dunn, to pay almost $1 million to their opponents in In re Facebook Inc. on February 9. “This case is an example of a wealthy client (Facebook) and its high-powered law…
The Point Primary responsibility for settling conflicts between your company and a party outside of it should lie squarely with the executive who runs the affected business unit or corporate function: “Businesspeople need to resolve the disputes in which they are involved.” “Give it to the lawyers” should be a…
The Point “B2B litigation is a sign of business failure”. So writes Patrick J. Lamb, a distinguished corporate trial lawyer, who, along with another prominent trial attorney, Nicole Auerbach, founded Valorem Law Group in 2008, now ElevateNext Law. Their innovation: Ditch the billable hour, and bring alternative fee arrangements to…