J.M. Smucker Sheds Retaliation Suit From Former In-House Lawyer
A divided Ohio appeals panel on Wednesday declined to revive a lawsuit against
Columnist David Lat shares tips for lawyers to improve at business development, in light of research finding that lawyers who proactively engage with clients and maintain robust networks are most successful.
Litigation funders are mobilizing to strip a provision from the Senate version of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill that would discourage lawsuit investments.
Bloomberg Law reporter Emily R. Siegel wrote a story about some mysterious podcast ads, which call for tighter restrictions on third parties who fund lawsuits in exchange for a cut of any awards they generate. The ads failed to disclose who was behind them and were quickly pulled after Siegel started asking questions about them. Siegel joins our podcast, On The Merits, to talk about the stakes of this anti-litigation finance legislation and why conservative and big business groups oppose the practice so strongly.
An internal US Labor Department watchdog is investigating the department’s use of secret information-sharing agreements with plaintiffs’ law firms following Republican criticism on Capitol Hill.
Two more senior attorneys at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison have left to join a boutique litigation firm that was founded by a set of ex-Paul Weiss partners.
A divided Ohio appeals panel on Wednesday declined to revive a lawsuit against
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) no longer faces felony securities fraud charges after prosecutors say he paid $271,000 in restitution to the victims and completed other requirements of a pretrial diversion program.
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed a complaint that accused a magistrate judge of “intemperate conduct” toward attorneys and court staff, including law clerks.
President Donald Trump intends to appoint his former personal attorney Emil Bove to the New Jersey vacancy on the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
The US Supreme Court left intact a federal plan to store as much as 40,000 tons of highly radioactive waste at a temporary site in west Texas over the objections of local landowners and oil and gas operators.
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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.
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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The conflict between Israel and Iran is spilling over into the digital world, inflaming a decades-long campaign of hacks and espionage between two nations renowned for their cyber prowess.
Columnist David Lat shares tips for lawyers to improve at business development, in light of research finding that lawyers who proactively engage with clients and maintain robust networks are most successful.
Khaitan & Co’s Raghav Bajaj says multinationals should review their data systems now as India adapts its tax law to integrate cryptoassets into its regulatory framework.
A California federal judge left open the chance of an order temporarily banning
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