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Butter chicken at the Moti Mahal Delux restaurant, New Delhi, India, Jan. 23, 2024. REUTERS/Sahiba Chawdhary
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Butter chicken, one of India’s best-known dishes globally, is apparently also its most contentious, with two Indian restaurant chains grappling in court over who exactly invented it.
The lawsuit was brought by the family behind Moti Mahal, a famed Delhi restaurant brand that has counted late U.S. President Richard Nixon and India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru among its guests. It claims its founder created the curry in the 1930s and in a 2,752-page court filing it accuses rival chain Daryaganj of falsely claiming to have invented the dish as well as dal makhani, a popular lentil delight that is also laden with butter and cream.
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The Florida Bar gave lawyers some clarity on how they can use artificial intelligence without running afoul of ethics rules, following a similar move by the California Bar in November.
Bar associations in at least six other states are examining how lawyers can use the emerging technology responsibly, including in New York. Since June, several federal judges have said lawyers must disclose when they have used AI in matters that appear on their dockets.
And, a growing number of startups are launching tools and raising capital as the legal sector explores ways to capitalize on generative AI. Spellbook, a legal software company that has developed a generative AI contract drafting and review tool, said today it raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by a Montreal-based venture capital firm.
More from the legal industry …
U.S. Senior District Judge Robert Conrad will serve as the new director of the federal judiciary’s administrative arm starting on March 1 … Quinn Emanuel settled with a wealthy Honduran family over $1.4 million in legal fees … California bar prosecutors fell short of persuading a judge to recommend disbarring an attorney who worked at Tom Girardi’s law firm … Most law schools are ‘very concerned’ about SCOTUS’ affirmative action ruling, says a survey by test prep company Kaplan … U.S. Supreme Court was urged by a lawyer for Detroit to keep sanctions against Donald Trump allies Sidney Powell and L. Lin Wood … 11th Circuit Judge Charles Wilson will take senior status … Harvard University hired King & Spalding amid a House probe into its response to claims of antisemitism on campus.
Moves:
- In Washington …
Stacey Grigsby, a former deputy White House counsel to President Joe Biden, rejoined Covington as a leader of the firm’s government litigation team … Finnegan hired partner Dan Roland, who was the lead counsel in the national courts section of the DOJ’s civil division … Crowell added Ruta Kalvaitis Skučas to its environment, energy and natural resources group … Environmental partner Stacey Sublett Halliday joined Arnold & Porter from Beveridge & Diamond … Former PTAB administrative patent judge and associate solicitor Kristi L.R. Sawert in D.C. joined Fish & Richardson in the firm’s post-grant practice.
- In New York …
Cravath saw two departures. Civil litigator Rory Leraris joined Davis Polk, while M&A lawyer Sanjay Murti was hired by Freshfields … Steptoe added financial services and payments technology partner Stephen Aschettino. He was previously the U.S. head of fintech at Norton Rose Fulbright … Foley & Lardner hired tax partner David Makso … McDermott added private equity partner Julia Boyd from Reed Smith … Dorsey & Whitney tapped capital markets partner Megan Penick from Michelman & Robinson, where she was the firm’s public securities chair … DLA Piper hired Lily Wound as a partner in the firm’s corporate practice … Vedder Price hired Hoyoon Nam, who focuses on maritime and transportation finance, in New York and London from Seward & Kissel.
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In California …
Eric Schwartzman joined Baker McKenzie as the head of private equity from Latham & Watkins … Willkie added partner Michael Li-Ming Wong to the firm’s San Francisco and Palo Alto offices as co-chair of the white-collar defense group … Mayer Brown hired Sophie Mancall-Bitel as a litigation and dispute resolution partner … Haynes and Boone added M&A, venture capital and corporate partner Martin Florman from Buchalter … Barnes & Thornburg hired commercial and securities litigation partner Noah Katsell from DLA Piper.
- In Chicago …
Norton Rose Fulbright hired a partner duo, Joshua Lee and Edward Casmere, to co-lead the litigation practice … FisherBroyles added William Dolan as a litigation partner from Jones Day.
- In New Jersey …
Day Pitney hired Elizabeth Yoo as a corporate partner from Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi.
- In Philadelphia …
Blank Rome hired Phil Yannella as a partner in the corporate litigation group and co-chair of the firm’s privacy, security and data protection practice.
- In Cleveland …
Dinsmore & Shohl added a five-lawyer cybersecurity and privacy team from Brouse McDowell, led by partner Craig Horbus.
- In Dallas …
Patent litigator Erik Fountain joined McKool Smith as a partner from Sidley … Duane Morris added Craig Warner as a trial partner from Bell Nunnally.
- In Houston …
King & Spalding added energy and construction lawyer Terra Cothran as a partner from Bechtel Energy, where she was a commercial manager and senior counsel … Energy transition tax partner Jennifer Speck joined Bracewell from Navigator CO2 Ventures … Simpson Thacher hired Adam Arikkat as a partner in the firm’s tax practice from Kirkland.
- In Portland …
Stoel Rives added Seth Row as a litigation partner from Miller Nash, where he was co-chair of the insurance recovery practice group.
- In Pittsburgh …
Laura DelFratte rejoined Eckert Seamans as special counsel in the tax, estates and employee benefits practice.
- In Denver …
Foley Hoag brought on a four-lawyer group of emerging company and venture capital lawyers, including partners Allie Clark and Rose Standifer from Sage Law Group.
- In Phoenix …
Shane Foster joined Greenberg Traurig in its financial regulatory and compliance practice. He was previously the chief deputy director at the Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions.
- In St. Louis …
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner added R. Nelson Williams as an employment partner from Thompson Coburn, where he served as vice chair of the labor and employment group.
- In Delaware …
Professional liability partner Loren Barron joined Kaufman Dolowich from Margolis Edelstein to lead a new office in Wilmington.
- In London …
Freshfields added Mary Lavelle as global co-head of the firm’s private funds and secondaries group from Akin Gump … Squire Patton Boggs hired David Nisbet for its tax strategy and benefits practice … Gavin Weir joined Ashurst as a partner and the UK head of financial institutions M&A … Orrick hired Alfred Weightman as a partner in its global renewable power purchase agreements practice … Fried Frank added Cameron Mitcham as a finance partner from Australian firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth.
- In Milan …
Squire Patton Boggs hired corporate and energy partner Paolo Zamberletti from K&L Gates.
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Carl Icahn asked a Delaware judge on Tuesday to reconsider a Jan. 16 decision that barred the activist investor from using confidential information obtained from an Illumina board member in a breach of duty lawsuit against directors of the embattled gene sequencing company. The director who gave Icahn the privileged info is an Icahn employee who won his Illumina board seat in a brutal proxy contest waged by Icahn. The activist investor insists those facts put him inside the board’s “circle of confidence.” A Chancery judge held otherwise last week, but Icahn’s new motion says the judge misunderstood key facts. Alison Frankel has the story.
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