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A fired associate attorney has no grounds for a wrongful termination suit, her former law firm argued, because she was an employee at will.However, a federal judge did not agree, dismissing only one of Taffie Jones’ claims against Flaster Greenberg, reports the Pennsylvania Record.While U.S. District Judge John R. Padova nixed a negligent misrepresentation claim in a Dec. 30 ruling, he declined to dismiss two other claims alleging breach of implied contract and promissory estoppel and detrimental reliance.Jones, who formerly was admitted in Illinois and worked in Chicago, says in the suit she closed her practice and took a job with the law firm in 2012. She alleges she moved to Pennsylvania because she was offered not only a job as an associate in the firm’s Philadelphia office but training in patent law.Instead of the mentoring she says she was promised, however, the head of the department “berated and yelled” at her, the suit alleges, and she was fired shortly … [Read more...] about Federal judge OKs fired ex-associate’s breach-of-contract suit against law firm

A federal judge has certified a class action lawsuit that alleges cable company Comcast Corp. raised prices after making deals with competitors to eliminate competition.U.S. District Judge John R. Padova certified the class for the Philadelphia area and will consider certification of a Chicago class later, according to the Legal Intelligencer.The suit contends Comcast worked with competitors to establish monopolies in clusters of markets by swapping assets and customers. Comcast argues that there was no antitrust injury and the deals were approved by government regulators. … [Read more...] about Comcast to Face Antitrust Class Action

Fortune Brands was represented by Kent Rose, senior vice-president and general counsel of Jim Beam Brands Worldwide, and Mark Roche, senior vice-president and general counsel of Fortune Brands; and by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP in Canada with a team that included Gail Lilley, David Kruse, Paul Singh and Marianne Smith (corporate), Calvin Goldman, Crystal Witterick, Cliff Sosnow, Jason Gudofsky and Ben Little (competition and Investment Canada). The Fortune Brands global team was led by Herbert Smith LLP with a team that included Richard Fleck, Malcolm Lombers, Richard Lewis and James Palmer (corporate) and James Quinney (competition). Fortune Brands was represented in the US by Chadbourne & Parke LLP with a team that included Edward Smith, Charles Hord, III, and William Cavanagh, and by Howrey LLP with a team that included James Rill and Chris MacAvoy (anti-trust).Pernod Ricard was represented by Stikeman Elliott LLP with a team that included Simon Romano, Robert Sutton, Tim … [Read more...] about Fortune Brands Acquires Allied Domecq Brands

P&O was represented by Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, with a team that included David Doubilet, Tom Barlow, Douglas Scott, David Coultice and Guiliana Marinelli (privatization and corporate), Charles Kazaz and Rosalind Cooper (environmental), Bill Bies and Paul Casuccio (tax), Anthony Baldanza, Angela Di Padova and Aaron Stefan (competition and Investment Canada), Alix Herber and Ralph Nero (employment and labour), Ian Kyer and Warren Sheffer (information technology), Donald Milner and Doug Grundy (creditors’ rights), Don Short (alternative dispute resolution) and Peggy McCallum (pensions). The vendors were represented by Robert Pirooz, vice-president and general counsel, BCR Group, and by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP with a team led by Bob Shouldice, and including Noel Golden, Kareen Zimmer and Christine Ferguson (corporate/commerical), Deborah Overholt (environmental), Jeffrey Thomas (competition and Investment Canada) and Robert Kopstein (tax). … [Read more...] about P&O Ports Canada Acquisitions

An 8-meter (26-foot) sperm whale was found dead off Sardinia with 22 kilograms (48.5 pounds) of plastic in its belly, prompting the World Wildlife Foundation to sound an alarm Monday over the dangers of plastic waste in the Mediterranean Sea. The environmental group said the garbage recovered from the sperm whale's stomach included a corrugated tube for electrical works, plastic plates, shopping bags, tangled fishing lines and a washing detergent package with its bar code still legible. The female whale beached off the northern coast of Sardinia last week, within the vast Pelagos marine sanctuary that was created as a haven for dolphins, whales and other sea life. "It is the first time we have been confronted with an animal with such a huge quantity of garbage," Cinzia Centelegghe, a biologist with the University of Padova, told the Turin daily La Stampa. This photo contains imagery that some viewers may find disturbing. In this photo taken on Friday, March 29, 2019 and provided by … [Read more...] about Dead Pregnant Whale Had 48 Lbs of Plastic in Its Belly