Ex-Jones Day Couple Taps DC Litigator for Showdown With Firm

The married lawyers suing Jones Day over the firm’s parental leave policy have hired well-known litigator Alexandra Walsh as the long-running dispute heads toward a jury trial.

Girardi Will Go to North Carolina Prison Hospital for Evaluation

Tom Girardi will be sent to a hospital at a North Carolina prison in January to be evaluated by a particular specialist, whose review will help a California federal judge decide whether the convicted mass tort pioneer serves his sentence in a prison or a medical facility.

Ex-Big Law Partner’s Natural Gas Bet Pays Off With IPO Filing

Venture Global Inc., a liquefied natural gas exporter co-founded by a former Hogan Lovells partner, has filed to list its shares publicly, putting an exclamation mark of success on now-billionaire Bob Pender’s bet on leaving Big Law a decade ago.

Left-Out Judges Eye Protections Two Years After New Security Law

Immigration and Social Security judges are among those who would gain greater protections under draft legislation circulating on Capitol Hill amid efforts to safeguard those left out of judicial security legislation enacted in 2022.

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Honda Crafts Nissan Rescue Plan That Plays Out Over Years

Honda Motor Co. sketched plans for a drawn-out deal that amounts to an acquisition of Nissan Motor Co., as Japan’s automakers struggle to keep up in an increasingly competitive global car industry.

Gaetz Paid for Sex, Used Drugs While in Congress, Panel Finds

House investigators found “substantial evidence” former Representative Matt Gaetz paid several women — including a 17-year-old girl — for sex and bought and used illegal drugs while in Congress, according to a bipartisan committee report released Monday.

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Billion Dollar Lawsuits: When Litigation Finance Met Mass Torts

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.

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MicroStrategy’s Long-Shot S&P 500 Bid Stokes Wall Street Agita

To Michael Saylor’s online fanbase, it’s the next step in the great normalization of crypto: Bitcoin proxy MicroStrategy Inc. enters the S&P 500 next year, forcing the likes of index-tracking funds to buy his controversial company en masse. Whether they like it or not.