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Nearly one week into citywide protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Am Law 100 firms in Downtown LA remain open, but cautiously.
In a meeting with partners this week, the firm chair said that six of the 10 largest matters in the firm over the past month are litigation matters, according to sources.
The California National Guard will remain deployed to Los Angeles “pending further order” after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit stayed a ruling that blocked the Trump administration’s federalization of troops to quell protests against immigration operations.
Citing its 2024 ruling in DeGreer v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the appellate court concluded that, because the plaintiff wasn’t “unambiguously excluded” from a narrowed class action, the plaintiff’s claims had paused during the class-action proceedings.
“Right now, we’re one of the busiest practice groups at the firm, which is a little unusual, said David Dixon, co-leader of Pillsbury’s government contracts & disputes practice group.
Dallas Developer Ruel Hamilton was indicted in 2019 on bribery charges of two Dallas Council members. In 2021, he had his first trial and was found guilty. But the Fifth Circuit allowed Hamilton to remain free pending appeal. The appeal succeeded and a new trial began on June 2, and on Thursday, a jury found Hamilton not guilty in his second trial.
The firms combined last fall, which was estimated to add about $60 million in revenue.
“[T]he jury’s verdict was grossly excessive and cannot be supported by the evidence introduced at trial,” Judge Lawrence Fletcher-Hill of the Baltimore City Circuit Court wrote in his memorandum opinion overruling a jury’s $266 million damages award in an opioid public nuisance trial.
Exactly two decades ago Julian Taylor started working reduced hours and he has gone on to be the re-elected leader of the firm. He explains why he made the request, how he made it work and what lessons it holds for the industry.
“A lot of folks I am speaking to internally are scratching their heads about whether the SEC is or is not having their actions reviewed by the White House, said Amanda Fischer, the policy director for Better Markets and former chief of staff at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Democratic-sponsored legislation that would add create two judicial districts, while making Erie, Monroe and Onondaga counties their own districts effective in January 2027, has passed in the legislature, in an effort to diversify the bench in urban hubs in Central and Western New York. However, a political foe said the proposal attempts to…
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The estimate of $20.1 million in damages for a startup company that failed was denounced by Lewis Brisbois as “speculative and far short of the ‘reasonable certainty’ as required under law.”
Duane Morris merged with Satterlee Stephens at the start of February 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic upended in-person work. Both legacy units are now united at 22 Vanderbilt on 335 Madison Ave.
“These kinds of cases are important for leveling the playing field, said Abbas Kazerounian, a founding partner at Kazerouni Law Group, which files many of the lawsuits.
The group includes San Francisco managing partners Simona Agnolucci and Benedict Hur, both of whom were formerly partners at Keker, Van Nest & Peters.
“The first question is whether you want to be a partner in the firm where you are working. If yes, to achieve that status and stature, you must ensure that everyone internally knows your work quality and that you deliver it continuously.”
In this week’s Legal Speak episode, retired New Jersey Supreme Court Associate Justice Lee Solomon discusses his personal and professional life after the bench.
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Merritt Farren says the giant insurer seems to be trying “to reduce its exposure by frustrating insureds to a point of surrender.”
The world — and particularly the U.S. economy — is navigating unprecedented and turbulent times. For bankruptcy professionals, it may feel as though we’ve fallen down Alice’s rabbit hole, where the rules we’ve long understood and accepted no longer apply. In this new reality, uncertainty defines both the global and American economic…
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Questions are swirling over whether the provision will survive in the Senate version of the bill. One issue is that the Senate’s so-called Byrd Rule requires reconciliation bills to focus only on fiscal issues.
The plaintiffs seek a court order that would force the government to install a plaque listing the names of every police officer who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Chicago-founded behemoth Kirkland & Ellis is on course to become the largest law firm by U.K. revenue, according to the latest table by Law.com International.
In a 5-2 decision, the majority affirmed a Jackson County Circuit Court Judge’s decision to nullify a jury’s $4 million award to R.M.A., a transgender male student.
The court concluded its March order remained, determining its conclusion wasn’t at odds with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding willful violations under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
Last month’s Make America Healthy Again report, and two related FDA advisory panels on talcum powder and infant formula, focus on products at the center of much mass tort litigation.
“The case exemplifies the brand protection challenges companies face with competitors increasingly citing their AI capabilities for marketing purposes, said Matthew D. Kohel, a partner at Saul Ewing who is not involved in the matter.
Legal chiefs are taking on more responsibilities at the same time companies are tying more of their compensation to achieving performance targets.
“I had all the opportunities in the world because my father was a doctor. He was able to become a doctor because he got financial aid, and that transformed not just his life, not just the life of all his patients, but my life and my children’s lives,” said William Treanor. “So it’s a kind of a ripple effect that increasing access has…
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The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously shot down the more “stringent” burden a federal appeals court adopted for disabled students alleging discrimination in their education.
“Our Diversity Scholarship program is lawful, anti-discriminatory, and aligned with our core values and professional ethics, said Keker van Nest managing partner Laurie Carr Mims, who’s previously spoken out against the president’s assault on law firms.
The court denied the Kansas City Southern Railway Company’s attempts to enact attorney-client privilege between its counsel and one of its employees who witnessed the accident at the center of the underlying negligence suit in Cole v. The Kansas City Southern Railway Company.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Curtis Farber declared a mistrial on the outstanding charge of third-degree rape after the jurors indicated they were at an impasse. The panel found Weinstein guilty of one count but acquitted him on another on Wednesday.
A judicial ethics expert says the judge was wrong to wear such attire at a judges’ meeting but any discipline should be lenient to survive First Amendment scrutiny. However, one observer noted, “The phrase ‘Free Palestine’ is not hate speech.”
Disney and Universal sued AI firm Midjourney in Los Angeles federal court on Wednesday, alleging that it violated the Copyright Act. Disney and Universal are represented by Jenner & Block.
Homegrown law firms in Washington, D.C., continued to have the largest attorney presence in the market, though five of the 10 largest firms by head count are national firms.
In the wake of the February exam meltdown, the justices threw a professional lifeline to applicants who failed or withdrew from the test. But not everyone will benefit.
Acting CFPB Enforcement Director Cara Petersen told staff she could no longer stay under an administration that “has no intention to enforce the law in any meaningful way.
This is Trump’s third attempt to move the state case to federal court. The matter is being litigated by Sullivan & Cromwell. Trump’s former criminal defense attorneys, Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, now hold high-ranking positions in the Department of Justice.
Counsel for former FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya must file supplemental briefs addressing whether he has standing to challenge President Donald Trump’s firing decision now that Bedoya filed a notice of resignation.
Bryan Bedford’s hearing ran three hours and often circled back to whether he would scale back the 1,500-hour rule adopted after a 2009 crash killed 49 people.
Chief financial officer Amit Amin joined from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner while chief human resources officer Julie Paul arrived from Armstrong Teasdale.
“If you look at the foundations of the relationship and you actually build those foundations … you’re creating this virtuous circle where you increase the ratio of quality spend,” said Laurie David-Henric, head of legal operations at Argenx.
“There could be some employees who look at a posting for a job that appears to be what they are doing, and their reaction is, ‘I’m not making that much. Why is this job being posted for a salary range of X to Y, and I’m below the lower end of that range?'” employment lawyer Jay Sabin said.
The jury said it was unable to reach a verdict on a third-degree rape charge amid allegations of hostility between panelists.
“If there aren’t the same level of laws, rules and regulations for crypto, it’s harder to deter these kidnappings, said Renato Mariotti, a partner at Paul Hastings, whose service for the government included the prosecution of kidnapping cases.
The Trump administration is winning frequently before the justices on applications for emergency relief from lower court losses, leading Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to vent frustration about “preferential treatment.”
“George certainly feels vindicated, Patrick Jennings, partner at The Ment Law Group, said. “He spent the last 10 years trying to point out systemic flaws about how UMass Boston treats old non-tenured track faculty and no one at the university ever took the time to listen to him.
Scammers have already misused the names of such firms as Latham & Watkins, Dechert, and DLA Piper, according to the U.K. Solicitors Regulation Authority.
While Pfizer said in its petition for mass tort designation that it expected many of the dismissed plaintiffs to refile their claims, that prediction has not come to fruition. Now, there appears to be only a single Depo-Provera lawsuit pending in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
In light of a recent federal circuit court ruling, a federal judge wants supplemental briefing on its decision to bar a defense witness from opining on stem cells and the COVID-19 vaccine.
“Be patient — and while you’re waiting for that leadership seat to open, recognize that not all leadership comes with a title. People don’t follow you because you have a title; you get a title because they follow you. Start leading, and the title will work itself out.”
As U.S. law firms downsize or close offices in China, and as U.S. visa renewals are called into question, talented Chinese graduates of top U.S. law schools have seen their plans and dreams unravel.
Belfi has served as head of client development at Labaton. His election to firm chairman comes 19 years after he first joined the New York plaintiffs firm as a partner.
Former global inclusion director Joi Bourgeois was replaced by associate director of firmwide inclusion Grace Geronimo, say sources.
The Trump administration had asked the circuit to stay the U.S. Court of International Trade order while the case was on appeal, arguing that the ruling threatened to upend the president’s ongoing talks with governments looking to reduce their tariff rates. A three-judge panel on Tuesday agreed to keep that order on ice.
“It is deeply disturbing that the Justice Department has decided to restrict access to judicial nominees without justification or basis,” American Bar Association President William Bay wrote in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Hogan Lovells, representing process-mining software provider Celonis, agreed to immediately withdraw its motion for a preliminary injunction under a joint stipulation where software company SAP agreed to certain restraints while the litigation continues.
The legislation would codify much of what the NCAA has been lobbying for years, providing antitrust protection for schools and stipulating that college athletes are not university employees.
“Under the circumstances — including the lack of evidence regarding harm that Nike will suffer, the brevity of the stay, and New Balance’s commitment to continue collecting discovery from its foreign manufacturers — Nike has not ‘show[n] undue prejudice separate from the delay itself,'” the court said.
The court’s largest deductions were $2,000 for expenses the plaintiffs billed for that were not covered by standards outlined in 28 U.S.C. §§ 1821 and 1920 and over $1,330 docked for fee-petition work based on precedent from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Brewster v. Dukakis.
On Monday, Monsanto waived a 14-day waiting period to distribute a Roundup case for the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 26 conference.
The firm is the first in Canada to have its name on the jersey of a professional sports team.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting plaintiffs “failed to carry their burden of establishing a likelihood of irreparable harm,” U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss wrote in an order denying a preliminary injunction motion in a case challenging President Donald Trump’s removal of CPB board members.
Vice Chancellor Lori W. Will has agreed to send questions related to the constitutionality of recent changes to Delaware’s corporate law to the state’s Supreme Court. She did so in a case in which attorneys from Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, Equity Litigation Group and Morris Kandinov are representing a plaintiff that claims the law…
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Investigations and prosecutions of foreign bribery will now focus on bribery that undercuts U.S. companies and key industries, such as intelligence and defense, officials said.
Michelle Kley most recently was legal chief at Volta, a developer of EV charging stations. That market is developing more slowly than forecast, which caused the business to ring up losses before the oil company Shell bought it last year for $169 million.
If signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul, the legislation would set a 25% cap on the financing company’s gross recovery from a lawsuit, and New York would join states such as Montana, Indiana, Louisiana, West Virginia and Arkansas in capping interest rates.
At trial, the jury found the female plaintiff had good faith to file her discrimination claim, which alleged that she handled managerial duties for the firm but was paid less than male colleagues with less experience and that Napoli went back on a promise to promote her to partner.
While Pennsylvania’s state courts have been following the Superior Court’s holding in Chilutti, its federal courts have opted not to apply the ruling. The split hints at scrutiny the ruling may face as it heads to review before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Only a few district courts have addressed the failure to mark in recent years — but they’ve reached directly opposing conclusions. This article analyzes the conflicting authorities and their reasoning, and it provides guidance to litigants on best practices given the conflict between district courts.
A new report finds that in-house attorneys are more likely than law firm counterparts to use AI tools in their legal work, even as law firms’ resistance to AI tools may cost them business.
The political climate has shifted away from rewarding companies that try to solve the world’s ills to rewarding those that double down on their profit-making mission.
Goodwin’s response to the EEOC included about 150 pages of spreadsheets showing a detailed breakdown of various summer associate data.
Goodwin’s response could impact other firms’ discussions with the EEOC about what data they supply, noted one employment law expert.
Iurii Gugnin conducted web searches that confirmed his awareness that he was breaking the law, including a search for “what are the best ways to find out if you’re being investigated and what can someone do when they think they might be under investigation,” according to the indictment.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Attorney General Rob Bonta have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its “illegal takeover” of the California National Guard to quash protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles.
The state bar wants to impute test scores for a small group of people who failed the February bar exam. If the high court says yes, approximately 79 more people will pass.
“Though Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is, at long last, back in the United States following his illegal removal, to characterize the Government as having ‘complied with the Court’s order’ is pure farce,” Andrew J. Rossman of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan alleged in a brief filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
“We are happy that the Commonwealth Court interpreted the statute the way the legislature intended. We understand the case still has a ways to go. But today is a step in the right direction,” Kline & Specter’s Nadeem Bezar said in a statement.
Pfizer is gearing up for a federal preemption defense, its first fight designed to wipe out more than 400 lawsuits over injectable birth control Depo-Provera.
“The Court will resolve Plaintiffs’ motion for attorneys’ fees and costs … in a separate order,” U.S. District Senior Judge Claudia Wilken of the Northern District of California wrote in an opinion giving final approval to a $2.576 billion settlement agreement resolving antitrust claims against the NCAA and “Power Five” conferences.
Decentralized finance, or DeFi, platforms use blockchain technology to provide user-to-user financial services without going through intermediaries like banks or brokers. Self-custody of assets such as cryptocurrency is “a foundational American value,” Paul Atkins said.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Alabama’s appeal to reinstate a death sentence that was set aside due to the defendant’s intellectual disability.
The case could have huge ramifications for AI developers and copyright and trademark law, lawyers say.
The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct censured a Long Island judge who told a school attorney to refer to him as “judge” while bemoaning his son’s bypass for valedictorian.
U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman of the Southern District of New York found that Baldoni hadn’t adequately alleged his central claim that Lively made false statements to The New York Times in a story detailing a harassment claim the actress had lodged against the actor-director.
Brad Bondi, following the results, slammed the election attention, noting he was “disgusted by how rabid partisans lurched this election into the political gutter.”
Twenty-seven percent of respondents to a Wolters Kluwer survey handle entity management with spreadsheets or even paper archives.
“If I could go back in time, I would tell my younger self to embrace stepping outside of her comfort zone. I’d say to her, don’t shy away from challenging opportunities, like those firm transitions. Each step, even if daunting and not always a straight path, will be a valuable learning experience and will get you to your destination.”
In another key change, the company’s chief privacy officer is departing after nearly eight years in the role.
Two more partners have joined a new spinoff firm, as well as several associates.
Presiding partner Peter Furci said the firm’s new tier and reinforcement of its lockstep model reflect both the firm’s willingness to adapt to the market as well as its devotion to its culture and what got it here.
“This important win affirms our clear right to manage security and risk for Coinbase users, Paul Grewal, the chief legal officer for Coinbase, said on X.
As it considers new rules on foreign companies’ disclosure requirements, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission risks placing onerous requirements on overseas businesses operating in good faith and already subject to strong securities oversight in their home countries, securities lawyers said.
Homeowners affected by the Palisades and Eaton wildfires in Los Angeles have sued the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) and American Automobile Association (AAA), contending that the insurance companies committed “systemic” fraud by misrepresenting the extent of their coverage and under-insuring their members by hundreds of thousands…
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Ali Moghaddas, now at Edelson, talked to Law.com about prosecuting Tom Girardi, who told him, “F — you, during a competency hearing, and unexpectedly took the stand during trial.
In a pair of orders Friday, the Supreme Court said Department of Government Efficiency teams could access sensitive data held by the Social Security Administration, while temporarily shielding DOGE from extensive document requests.
Lycamobile first retained White & Case in connection with a case against T-Mobile, according to the suit.
The German Bar Association has issued a warning to lawyers that they could be found in breach of their professional obligations if they work at or with any of the nine U.S. firms that made deals with the Trump administration.
With so many layoffs and office closures in Greater China, international law firms have less of a need to focus on adding partners there. But some are still bolstering their partner head counts in Singapore and Tokyo.
1,380 and counting: Florida Bar Friday rejected another Pam Bondi ethics complaint.
The defendant made its initial disclosures on Nov. 3, 2017, indicating it is claiming it would show determined amount of damages and a “specific damages analysis” at a later date. It wasn’t until nearly 8 years later that the information was turned in.
“We are seeing this battle fought out with many law firms that have experienced the wrath and retribution of the Trump administration,” Leonard J. D’Arrigo, partner and leader of the Immigration Practice at Harris Beach Murtha, claimed.
Minnie Holmes says an intoxicated man seated in front of her punched her in the chest. After her daughter took exception, “a Delta employee came over and yelled at Holmes and her daughter, stating, ‘You guys need to figure this out,'” a lawsuit alleges.
Represented by John Quinn of Quinn Emanuel, Reddit claims the maker of Claude AI is in breach of contract by using its content for training.
Settlement administrators are accused of taking kickbacks from banks.
When it comes to financial operations — specifically billing and collections — many firms are still functioning on outdated assumptions, fragmented tools, and reactive processes that no longer meet the demands of the market. If the goal is to grow, improve profitability, and serve clients better, then firms must look at their revenue…
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Williams is the latest partner exit at Paul Weiss in the wake of the firm’s March deal with President Trump.
“There are problems with generative AI, and there need to be guardrails and there needs to be human oversight,” said Jason Conaty, counsel at Hogan Lovells.
“Always be prepared to learn. Whether it’s a new Supreme Court case, a new client’s risk tolerance, a new privacy law, or the next techno-revolution, there will always be something to learn to be able to serve my clients and Brown Rudnick.”
A breakdown of the Supreme Court’s six decisions on Thursday, which included holdings on Title VII, the First Amendment and the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
Some law firm fixes for compensation creep include an emphasis on profitability, capping cash payouts, or cutting shares.
In this week’s Legal Speak episode, retired Carlton Fields shareholder Sylvia Walbolt discusses her legal career that’s spanned more than 60 years.
The departures of Republican Nathan Simington and Democrat Geoffrey Starke leave the FCC with just two commissioners, GOP Chair Brendan Carr and Democrat Anna Gomez. Without a three-commissioner quorum, any commission-level actions like new rulemaking or waiver requests will be put on hold until the commission has three members.
“The last administration viewed its merger policy as one of deterrence of mergers, and this administration has a more narrow view that it is engaging in targeted law enforcement,” said Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr partner David Gringer.
Lira, whose trial was scheduled for next month, pleaded guilty to one count of failing to comply with a court order pertaining to settlements over the Lion Air crash of 2018.
“We do not believe [it] would ever be appropriate for the Maine legislature to suspend the right to vote in this case, because the right to vote does not belong to Laurel Libby,” Assistant U.S. Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon argued. “It’s not an appropriate punishment.
“We conclude that an award of $140 million in punitive damages was ‘ascertainable’ from the entry of the first judgment in 2017,” the court said. “Neither the district court nor this court has ever held that $140 million is too high. Punitive damages have gone from $700 million to $280 million to $140 million, but that final figure has been…
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“These lawyers are not understanding the limitations of these tools,” Professor Ifeoma Ajunwa of Emory University School of Law said of general purpose AI products like ChatGPT.
In the annals of corporate fraud, few stories resonate as powerfully as that of Theranos, the Silicon Valley biotech startup that promised to revolutionize blood testing but collapsed under the weight of its own deception. At the heart of this saga is Tyler Shultz, a young whistleblower. This article recounts Tyler’s extraordinary journey and…
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The underlying case involved allegations that Jump Trading LLC facilitated an initial exchange offering for an independent cryptocurrency-gaming developer, but instead allegedly carried out a lucrative “pump and dump” scheme.
Even in the current political climate, general counsel are under mounting pressure to help their companies expand globally.
In previous years, most of the world’s largest law firms had made public posts by this point in the month, but this year experts say messaging is muted and budgets are being slashed.
As long as plaintiffs can establish a legal exception to foreign sovereign immunity, they need not also show that a country has had the “minimum” contacts with the United States in order to pursue their legal claims against that nation, the Supreme Court held Thursday.
“That’s the conversation now — not whether DEI matters, but whether tracking it this way is still worth the risk,” said Jennifer McIver, a legal operations consultant at Wolters Kluwer.
“For similar reasons, we find that Tenreiro’s likes’ of social media posts do not create an appearance of impropriety, particularly since the posts have nothing to do with the SEC enforcement action against Musk or the instant litigation, U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein ruled.
The Supreme Court said a Catholic charity group should have been granted a religious exemption from Wisconsin’s unemployment program despite the state’s finding that the organization acted in a secular fashion.
Luigi Mangione’s defense counsel has stated the federal and state theories of her client’s case are at odds. Prosecutors say that mean double jeopardy can’t apply.
Brad Lerman “and I have been talking about what makes sense for him and for our legal team and Brad will be leaving Starbucks in the coming months,” CEO Brian Niccol said in a letter to employees.
The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed as “improvidently granted” a case Thursday dealing with the proper size of class actions that federal courts may certify.
Mexico cannot hold leading U.S. firearm manufacturers liable for the wake of gun violence perpetrated by drug cartels that use their weapons, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a unanimous ruling Thursday.
The decision is likely to make it easier for straight and white plaintiffs to allege reverse discrimination under federal civil rights law amid a wave of litigation over workplace DEI policies.
The total number of attorneys at NLJ 500 firms rose 5.5% in 2024 compared with 2023. Whether that head count growth can continue this year is unclear.
The NLJ 500 is the National Law Journal’s survey of the 500 largest law firms in the United States covering the previous calendar year.
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These firms grew or shrunk the most by headcount or percentage during 2024.
This two-part article discusses the various legal and evidentiary requirements for antedating and removing prior art that patent owners should consider when their pre-AIA patents are challenged based on a prior art publication or activity that is not otherwise subject to a statutory bar. Part Two discusses the legal requirements for removing prior…
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“If a president tries to do something that is in clear violation of settled law, whether we like the law or not, an injunction is an appropriate remedy,” Kate Shaw, a University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School professor, testified before a U.S. Senate joint subcommittee hearing.
“If a president tries to do something that is in clear violation of settled law, whether we like the law or not, an injunction is an appropriate remedy,” Kate Shaw, a University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School professor, testified before a U.S. Senate joint subcommittee hearing.
Skadden is taking its partnership and compensation structure more seriously after recent departures and a shot to the brand due to its “deal with the White House.
A three-judge panel asked a U.S. Justice Department attorney about “the ordinary meaning” of the 14th Amendment while questioning whether it should wait for a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on nationwide injunctions.
A workshop that was going to be titled “Attention Economy: Monopolizing Kids’ Time Online” was renamed “Attention Economy: How Big Tech Firms Exploit Children and Hurt Families” after Republicans gained control of the commission this year.
Tuesday’s ruling is the second that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has entered over class certification in the Marriott data breach case.
Lawyers for immigrants set for deportation to non-home countries like Sudan or Libya have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to leave in place due process protections ordered by a Boston federal judge.
The banking giant, represented by Goodwin Procter, argued that the workers seeking to represent a class of JPMorgan employees enrolled in its health care plan hadn’t suffered the type of concrete injuries required to support the lawsuit. The employees had signed up for benefits and received them, and were just speculating on how much their…
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Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Nicole Blumberg said the disgraced film titan used his power in Hollywood to sexually assault women. She derided defense counsel arguments seeking to shift culpability away from Weinstein as “absurd.”
Lawyers, legal consultants and recruiters say Indian firms will see a “brain drain shortly after the entry of foreign firms, though in the long term, movement will go in both directions.
An entertainment and sports litigator warned that a ruling against the plaintiffs could result in a “dual regulatory situation.
The debate in the Senate Judiciary Committee followed U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi’s announcement that the Trump administration was cutting the American Bar Association out of the judicial nominating process.
Yale Law School admitted 12% of its 2023 class using the GRE, followed by Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School, Cornell Law School and Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. Meanwhile, University of Arizona Law admitted 9% of its class using JD-Next.
Put three Asia partners and their global chair in an elevator and ask them all to name their firm’s three key strengths. Chances are, you’ll get four different answers, Jessica Seah writes.
More than 58% of firms participating in a new legal industry survey reported increasing flexible in-office seating. Respondents also indicated they’d increased space dedicated to meetings and group work by an average of 6.6%.
Kevan Choset is succeeding Eve Konstan, who said she has decided to step away from full-time corporate life.
The New Jersey high court concluded that the municipal court judge’s Facebook activity warranted suspension without pay.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit departed from hundreds of district court cases and held that private plaintiffs cannot maintain a private right of action for alleged violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act through 42 U.S.C. Section 1983.
The Supreme Court will consider whether an Illinois Republican congressman and two federal electors can challenge the state’s protocols for counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day.
“My advice to my younger self of 15 or 20 years ago is to get immersed in the business and industry of the clients. It is simply not enough to efficiently solve the problems the clients are currently having and to produce great work product. The interesting and repeat work goes to the lawyers who not only can solve the problem de jure but…
A federal magistrate judge shot down an effort by the billionaire’s attorneys to limit the scope of email and Slack searches and shorten the length of depositions.
King & Spalding still has about 175 products liability lawyers worldwide and another 130 specializing in toxic and environmental torts.
Accusers’ “reluctance” to engage in sex was not enough to establish the crime of rape, Weinstein’s defense attorney Arthur Aidala told jurors as the sex abuse retrial drew toward a close.
“That foundational principle, that functioning and independent bodies would receive, review, and decide in the first instance challenges to adverse personnel actions affecting covered federal employees, has recently been called into question,” the appellate court stated.
The trial in a class action alleging that Google LLC illegally collected users’ cellular data through the Android operating system to subsidize its advertising business kicked off this week in California state court. Plaintiffs are seeking $816 million in damages.
George Casey’s arrival at the firm in 2024 from Shearman & Sterling, where he served as global co-managing partner, was seen as a signal of the firm’s renewed ambitions in the U.S.
Legislators implemented the 2024 Florida law to restrict children’s access to social-media platforms for the minors’ online protection.
Marc-Andre Blanchard brings global diplomatic experience, legal expertise, and familiarity with the ruling Liberal party to a key government role.
The New York Unified Court System’s 49-member Judicial Task Force on Mental Illness also recommends the launch of a yearlong planning process to establish mental health courts within the Family Court system.
Like current Multistate Performance Test (MPT) questions, NextGen performance tasks will require examinees to demonstrate their ability to use fundamental lawyering skills in realistic situations, completing tasks that a beginning lawyer should be able to accomplish.
Texas legislators passed Senate Bill 293 in the final moments of the Texas 89th Legislative session. The bill provides a 25 percent increase in base pay for Texas district judges. It also imposes some new disciplinary measures.
“I think many people in the transportation and logistics industry were very pleased at the outset of this administration with the idea that enforcement may be more driven by common sense than by strict technical compliance, said Jonathan Todd, a partner at Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aranoff. “But there are some pockets of…
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AI agents are becoming ubiquitous on the market, but how do they differ from other technology? And what do they mean for the legal market?
“In the government’s view, so long as Harvard is punished for exercising its First Amendment rights, the ends justify the means,” the memorandum in support of Harvard’s motion for summary judgment claimed.
Tom Girardi’s lawyers pleaded for the judge to impose a noncustodial sentence so that their client, who turns 86 years old Tuesday and has dementia, could serve his sentence at a memory care unit in assisted living. “Today is the last day he will ever step foot in a courtroom,” federal public defender Sam Cross said at Tuesday’s sentencing hearing.
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide next term whether to allow a lawsuit against a Pentagon contractor over a suicide bombing on a military base in Afghanistan in a case that could expose defense contractors to additional state tort litigation.
According to Pfizer Inc., only two Depo-Provera lawsuits had been filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas as of the company’s May 29 petition submission. However, one of those actions had been brought on behalf of 100 individual plaintiffs.
The partnership between the digital legal training provider and the law school comes after an earlier collaboration between Hotshot and a Suffolk Law professor.
Three federal judges in the past two years have upbraided the tech giant for destroying evidence and abusing attorney-client privilege.
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“For 30 years, Section 230 has been the impenetrable shield that social media companies have hidden behind to protect them from accountability for what is oftentimes really outrageous conduct, Goodman asserted. “Through the Anderson case, we have very much undermined that protection if not completely taken it away.
Predictive AI is already commonplace in entry-level hiring, but firms are envisioning additional ways to utilize a growing body of data on lawyer behavior and performance.
In all, 24 lawyers and 20 professional staff from Boston-founded boutique Faber Daeufer & Itrato will be joining Crowell in Boston, New York, San Francisco and London.
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