Priori Digest #270 | Baby Reindeer Legal Battle, Supreme Court Eyes Shareholder Suits & Remote Surgery
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In this 270th edition of the Digest, we look at a lawsuit surrounding Netflix’s Baby Reindeer show, the U.S. Supreme Court’s plans to take on shareholder suits and remote work coming to an unexpected profession—surgeon.
Warmly,
Basha Rubin | CEO & Co-Founder
Legal News
🏠 AmLaw firm Husch Blackwell launched a novel training program allowing its lawyers to “test drive” being an in-house counsel for four months, both to learn about the role from their client's perspective and aid attorneys considering moving in-house.
📊 The U.S. Supreme Court will take on a pair of shareholder suits in its next term starting this October, adding an Nvidia case involving cryptocurrency mining to its docket this week.
🦌 The woman who is allegedly the basis for a key character in Netflix’s hit streaming show Baby Reindeer launched a $170M defamation suit against the entertainment giant, taking issue with its claim that the series was a “true story.”
Legal Trivia
Answers at the end:
1. How many non-voting members sit in the U.S. House of Representatives?
2. The 12th edition of Black’s Law Dictionary released earlier this month, among several new entries noted by Reuters is this definition: “An unsolicited suitor in an attempted hostile takeover of a company that’s viewed unfavorably because it ‘threatens to spoil another offer that the target company favors.’” What medieval-flavored term does this refer to?
3. This week, the U.S. Surgeon General called on Congress to legislate a warning label requirement on what technology?
Tech News
⛳ Golfer Bryson DeChambeau discussed his use of 3D-printed golf clubs leading up to the U.S. Open tournament, and it clearly paid off as he ended up winning it all.
🩺 You know what they say: When in Rome, perform surgery on a patient 5,000 miles away in Beijing—well, if you’re the Chinese surgeon who recently performed this groundbreaking procedure using a surgical robot and a high-speed data connection.
🍔 McDonald’s is heading back to the drawing board with its AI order-taking tech in drive-thrus while also exploring a new AI partnership deal with Google, as The Verge notes, fast food companies are currently “hungry for AI.”
Legal Quote of the Week
“In its proper meaning equality before the law means the right to participate in the making of the laws by which one is governed.”
– Nelson Mandela's First Court Statement, 1962
Latest From LinkedIn
Priori CEO & Co-Founder Basha Rubin discussed Priori's Chambers ranking in the Flexible Legal Staffing category and how it reflects just a piece of what Priori does.
By the Numbers
175,000
The number of individuals pardoned by Maryland’s governor this week, all of whom had low-level marijuana convictions.
$68,000
The amount stolen by an IT employee of law school New England Law | Boston that he used to fund music equipment purchases for his band.
More From Priori
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August 8 – “Finding Fractional Success: Benefits for Attorneys and Legal Departments” featuring Priori Network attorneys Kristina Agassi, Executive Director, Atrix Advisory LLC, and Lynden Renwick, Esq., Managing Partner, Out-House Attorneys, LLC.
Watch Now – “Alternative Legal Career Perspectives” featuring Alexandra Guajardo, Global Director of Commercial Strategy, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Susan Packal, Head of Global Legal Operations, Atlassian, and Akshay Verma, COO, Spotdraft.
Watch Now – “Understanding the Role of Legal Chiefs of Staff” featuring Stacy Lettie, Chief of Staff to the General Counsel, Organon, and Carol Hopperton, Legal Chief of Staff, Vonage.
Legal Trivia Answers
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