While the firms had hoped to hold partnership votes in July for an October merger, sources said, the plan is now to formalize the combination before the start of 2025.       

But Judge Paul Engelmayer’s ruling did not challenge the SEC’s decision to include Chief Information Security Officer Tim Brown as a defendant—a decision that has rattled the cybersecurity industry.       

CEO Safra Catz called Stuart Levey “one of the sharpest legal minds in the country” when she hired Levey two years ago. The company is paying him accordingly.       

In “Daly v. Danone Waters of America,” the court determined that the plaintiffs’ claims were preempted by federal regulation.       

The district court’s decision hinged on a July ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, which clarified the standard of proof in an action brought by a plaintiff who claimed he was severely injured when a nitric acid plant negligently released a cloud of toxic gas.       

Proskauer; Gibson Dunn; Cooley; Stinson; Reed Smith; Davis Polk; Lowenstein; Mayer Brown; Manatt; Baker McKenzie; and Dechert are among the firms helping with the Election Protection voter hotlines.       

The court determined that “an employee is entitled to compensation for overnight travel when it ‘cuts across’ his ‘workday.’”       

“Here, Farmers retained defense counsel to represent Mason against Mabie’s wrongful death claim. In doing so, defense counsel became an agent of Farmers for the purposes of defending Mason in this lawsuit. Thus, defense counsel’s receipt of Mabie’s settlement offer via certified mail constituted receipt by Farmers,” wrote Missouri Appellate Judge Edward R. Ardini.       

Elise Bernlohr Maizel of Michigan State takes aim at the company’s former general counsel and at its outside law firms in a new law review article.       

“If they do not carefully navigate the litigation, the case can easily be dismissed,” an attorney not associated with the case said.