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A family in court seeking $350 million worth of works by Wassily Kandinsky, and other Russian avant-garde artists also are battling an investor that financed their lawsuits.

Milbank Rolls Out $25,000 Summer Bonuses for Associates

Milbank LLP is the first Big Law firm this year to announce summer bonuses for its junior lawyers.

NJ Prosecutor Fired to Make Way for Alina Habba Files Appeal

The former deputy for New Jersey’s US attorney claims she was fired in “direct retaliation” for judges appointing her as the state’s top federal prosecutor.

Baseball’s Giants Tap Law Head to Lead New Focus on Real Estate

After more than three decades as the top lawyer for Major League Baseball’s San Francisco Giants, longtime legal chief John “Jack” Bair is putting on a different cap—but will remain in the C-suite for the same team.

They Quit Over Trump Deals, Now Junior Lawyers Plot Next Acts

Some attorneys who left their firms over deals with President Donald Trump are resurfacing months later in jobs outside of Big Law.

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COMPANIES FOR decades have invested worker retirement funds almost exclusively in stocks and bonds. Now, President Donald Trump — in a new vision of what Americans’ retirement portfolios will look like — has eased access to off-market investments like private equity, real estate, and cryptocurrency for 401(k)s, Austin R. Ramsey reports. But will risk-averse employers bite?

US Court Ends Contempt Proceeding in Trump Deportations Case

A federal appeals court threw out a judge’s finding of “probable cause” to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt of court for sending accused Venezuelan gang members to an El Salvador prison despite his order to halt the deportations.

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Latham Overtakes Kirkland as 2025 Big Law M&A Deals Leader

Latham & Watkins is Big Law’s leading M&A adviser so far this year, riding a second-quarter upswing in tech, telecommunications, and energy deals work.

Steven Davis and the Rise and Fall of Dewey & LeBoeuf

On May 28, 2012, Dewey & LeBoeuf, the product of a merger between two storied New York law firms, filed for bankruptcy. For the first time, Dewey's former chair Steven Davis opens up about the years, months, and weeks leading to his firm's collapse, the decisions he made and, looking back, whether he would have done anything differently.

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