Sources also point to other firms seeking deals to avoid Trump's wrath, following in the footsteps of Skadden and Paul Weiss.

       

The latest U.S. Marshals Service figures show 457 federal judges were targeted with “credible threats" last year—a 150% increase from 2019.

       

This is now Trump's fifth executive action against an Am Law 100 law firm, after Jenner, Paul Weiss, Perkins Coie and Covington.

       

“The Delaware legal framework has developed over decades of application by experienced Delaware judges and provides a roadmap for actions involving Delaware companies, regardless of the companies' business or industry, said Uri Itkin, a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.

       

Judge Gregory Carro issued his ruling following a hearing closed to the press and the public.

       

"This is a game-changing moment in this litigation," Hunter Shkolnik, co-counsel for the direct action plaintiffs, said of the U.S. Department of Justice's statement favoring plaintiffs in the antitrust multidistrict litigation against tech company MultiPlan and major health insurers accused of unlawful price-fixing.

       

The mean scaled score for the February 2025 Multistate Bar Examination decreased slightly compared to the prior two years, even when accounting for the exclusion of California from this year's data.

       

Among the latest boutiques to issue statements are New York-founded Hecker Fink and Washington-founded ZwillGen.

       

The $123 million budget outpaced DeSantis' predecessor, now-Sen. Rick Scott's, legal spending budget of $86 million and that buying power is establishing a new wave of conservative boutiques in Tallahassee.

       

Noelle Dunphy sued the former New York City Mayor and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York in 2023, alleging withheld wages and wide-ranging sexual harassment and assault.

       

Even as funding for cases declined, the Am Law 200's share grew in relative terms.

       

"A reasonable jury could find that the absence of any time sheets submitted during the two-year audit period, contrasted with the over 800 time sheets submitted in a four-month period two years later, is evidence that Levering failed to effectively communicate its policy—which did not change—to employees during the audit period," Judge Jane L. Kelly said in the majority's decision.

       

A Big Law challenge to New York's transition of its Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program, to a singular fiscal intermediary, has been taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court. Gibson Dunn & Crutcher is representing companies that alleges the transition violates the constitution's Takings and Contracts Clauses.

       

Sources and early evidence shows that law firm diversity staff could be quietly pivoting away from DEI.

       

“The current regulatory environment for our financial system inhibits investment and often punishes success, Paul Atkins told the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. “Unclear, overly politicized, complicated and burdensome regulations are stifling capital formation while American investors are flooded with disclosures that do the opposite of helping them understand the true risks of an investment."

       

The trial court had sided with the physician's efforts to toss the case, finding the negligence and wrongful death claims were barred by the seven-year statute of repose based on the 2006 test results.

       

Two unnamed student athletes sued University of Michigan, ex-football assistant coach Matthew Weiss and other defendants after Weiss was indicted for allegedly downloading thousands of students' intimate photos and videos.

       

During his time as a Superior Court judge, Davis—a former Skadden partner—has overseen a range of cases, including a series of high profile defamation cases involving Fox News and Newsmax coverage following the 2020 presidential election, one of which is scheduled to go to trial next month.

       

A new study from the on-demand legal services provider Axiom said the challenges give GCs leverage "to put the pedal to the metal on transformation initiatives that may have been on a slower path prior to the current administration."

       

Massachusetts-based defense contractor MORSECORP agreed to pay $4.6 million to resolve allegations that it failed to comply with cybersecurity requirements for its contracts with the Departments of the Army and Air Force in violation of the False Claims Act Wednesday.