Expiring Contracts Carry Strike Threats to Test Trump Dealmaking
Nearly 200 large union contracts are set to expire in 2025, opening up possibilities for labor unrest in the early months of
Big Law leaders will face no shortage of challenges this year.
The California State Bar’s Board of Trustees will be asked Tuesday for an additional $100,000 to fund the bar’s legal defense against claims that it shielded former plaintiffs’ attorney Tom Girardi, who has been criminally convicted of fraud, as ethics complaints mounted.
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is launching a Chicago office as part of a 17-lawyer addition from Locke Lord, which finalized a merger this week.
Jones Day partner David Grubman is heading to Sidley Austin to help lead the firm’s global mergers and acquisitions practice, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Nearly 200 large union contracts are set to expire in 2025, opening up possibilities for labor unrest in the early months of
Sidley Austin, capping off 2024 as the country’s most active big law firm helping companies fend off shareholder activism campaigns, expects an even bigger surge this year.
The US government’s campaign to keep billions of dollars from returning to Russia has seeped into a Miami courtroom, potentially derailing a years-long fight over a $3 billion fortune. Aside from all the intrigue and family drama, the widow’s lawyers have now hit on a gray area in US law: sanctions.
Columnist Andrew Leahey says this year’s Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision on Pittsburgh’s 3% fee for nonresident athletes and entertainers could show that uniformity in taxation doesn’t mean treating everyone the same.
Kirkland & Ellis retained its crown as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2024, nabbing several of the largest transactions of the year.
Kirkland & Ellis retained its crown as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2024, nabbing several of the largest transactions of the year.
Mass tort litigation is thriving, fueled by aggressive digital advertising and litigation finance. These high-stakes cases promise huge paydays for lawyers and funders, transforming mass torts into a lucrative industry.
The UK’s
Backpack Exchange, a crypto trading platform founded by one-time employees of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX and Alameda Research businesses, has acquired the former European entity of the failed FTX exchange for $32.7 million to expand its derivatives offerings in the region.
The digital currency’s roaring success of late is undeniable. But it’s still not money.
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency says there is no indication any other federal agencies were impacted by last week’s cybersecurity incident, according to a
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