King & Spalding wants its junior lawyers to hit a yearly hours total that goes beyond time billed to clients.
Two alternative electric suppliers have accused the Illinois Attorney General and three private law firms of a scheme to investigate their industry “with the goal of profiting from enormous fines extracted through threats,” according to a complaint filed Wednesday in Chicago federal court.
A Chicago-based federal judge amplified criticism of a common mass-litigation practice against counterfeiters when he rebuked colleagues—and himself—for rubber-stamping tactics he said likely eviscerate due process protections.
Hampton Dellinger, the fired head of the US Office of Special Counsel, has joined the DC office of Foley Hoag as a partner, the firm announced Wednesday.
Wall Street’s Simpson Thacher scored back to back wins this week challenging a Texas law requiring schools to display the Ten Commandments and a Mississippi electoral map that allegedly discriminates against Black voters.
King & Spalding wants its junior lawyers to hit a yearly hours total that goes beyond time billed to clients.
Law professors urged the US Supreme Court to consider an appeal over a bankruptcy court’s authority to decide a dispute surrounding the discharge of an Indiana couple’s tax liabilities.
Hampton Dellinger, the fired head of the US Office of Special Counsel, has joined the DC office of Foley Hoag as a partner, the firm announced Wednesday.
Alexis Gilman joined Alston & Bird as a partner in its antitrust team in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Wednesday.
West Virginia’s privacy shield for judicial and law enforcement officers lost a private right of action after a federal judge said it was unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
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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.
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