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Former Harvard Women's Ice Hockey Coach Sues University Alleging Gender Bias, Unfair Pay

Thu, 2024-07-25 11:50

Stone alleged that her compensation rate was between $50,000 and $100,000 less than her male counterpart, which Harvard claimed was "because he [meaning the male head coach of the men's ice hockey team] has to make quicker in-game decisions."

       

State Bar Court Judge Recommends Probation, 1-Year Stayed Suspension for Joe Dunn

Thu, 2024-07-25 10:13

Attorneys representing the state bar had asked a State Bar Court judge to suspend Dunn from practice.

       

FTC Chair Lina Khan Defends Noncompete Rule, Agency's Assertive Role as Competition Watchdog

Thu, 2024-07-25 10:12

Speaking to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, Khan noted her agency's high-profile clashes with big business but insisted it's focused on "bread-and-butter" rulemaking.

       

Technology Up Front in Latest C-Suite Roles in Big Law

Thu, 2024-07-25 09:30

Among nine C-suite moves that Law.com tracked over the past several weeks, four were technology-centric, including for the chief information or innovation officer role.

       

Lateral Partner Hiring in DC Among Am Law 50 Firms Slow Down

Thu, 2024-07-25 09:28

Despite the dip, there's been a flood of government attorneys on the market in the D.C. region, especially since the Biden-Trump debate, said Macrae recruiter Lauren Drake.

       

Fox News General Counsel Exits, Replaced by Big Law Partner

Thu, 2024-07-25 07:51

Katherine Meeks, a former reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, is taking the legal reins of the cable news juggernaut as a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit looms over it.

       

From Big Law to the Big Games: The Story of Mayer Brown's Olympic Athlete

Thu, 2024-07-25 05:39

The Mayer Brown Paris paralegal and South African men's hockey vice captain talks about balancing the two sides of his life.

       

'Harder to Justify' Counsel Tiers in Big Law, Amid Focus on Nonequity Partners, Lateral Recruiting

Thu, 2024-07-25 05:00

"For a lot of firms, nonequity partners are replacing counsel to a large degree," noted one law firm recruiter.

       

Morgan & Morgan Faces Georgia Class Action Over Alleged Failure to Register in State

Thu, 2024-07-25 00:36

The suit is the second in a week that takes aim at the personal injury giant's ability to practice in a specific state.

       

Big Law Firms Aren't Downsizing Their Office Space in New York

Thu, 2024-07-25 00:20

From the start of 2023 to May 2024, 23 Am Law 200 law firms signed leases totaling 2.83 million square feet in New York City.

       

Where (and Why) Law Firm Lateral Partner Activity Is Surging

Thu, 2024-07-25 00:00

"There is a boom coming. We just don't know when," one recruiter said this week. "But it's absolutely coming, and it's going to be synonymous with the interest rate drops."

       

New Jersey Top 40: Specialty Practices, Room for Rate Increases Boosted Law Firm Revenue

Thu, 2024-07-25 00:00

According to this year's annual New Jersey Top 40 report, only four firms saw significant revenue declines, while 17 saw gross revenue growth of more than 5% compared with 2022.

       

The Week in Data July 24: A Look at Legal Industry Trends by the Numbers

Wed, 2024-07-24 18:41

Catch up on this week's data and insights from across the Law.com Newsroom, including the demographics of Georgia's judicial appointments and revenue growth at New Jersey and New York law firms.

       

By the Data: A Weekly Look at Legal Industry Trends

Wed, 2024-07-24 18:00

Dig into must-see data from the Law.com Newsroom.

       

Lawsuit Seeks $1.7M in Damages Over Brazilian White Sugar Deal Gone Sour

Wed, 2024-07-24 16:58

The case is pending before Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Lisa Walsh.

       

Pa. Federal Judge Orders Ogletree Client Ikea to Pay Over $560K for Spoilation of Evidence

Wed, 2024-07-24 16:48

The sanctions motion came following a 66-page opinion Brody entered in May, which said Ikea and its counsel demonstrated "incredible and gross negligence" by failing to implement litigation holds to preserve deleted mailboxes.

       

'Issues That Have to Be Addressed': New Study Finds Flaws in Reporting Federal Judicial Sexual Misconduct

Wed, 2024-07-24 16:08

"Chambers is a very private space," retired U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin said. "Each judge has five or six employees in their own private space, and there's no one supervising a judge. They are on their own. It's hard to take on such a person."

       

Things Could Get Confusing After Dueling Rulings on Noncompetes

Wed, 2024-07-24 15:37

"Come September, if this situation persists, there will be garden-variety, noncompete employment cases in courts across the country where defendants, whether employees switching companies or companies hiring employees in the face of noncompetes from their prior job, will likely assert that the FTC is a defense to the enforcement of a noncompete," attorney John Siegal said.

       

Brussels' Reverse Revolving Door: Why Lawyers Leave Lucrative Jobs at Law Firms to Join the EU's Powerful Antitrust Enforcer

Wed, 2024-07-24 15:01

The revolving door from the European Commission to Brussels-based law firms has frequently stirred controversy, but the revolving door from law firms to one of the world's top antitrust enforcers has received much less attention.

       

GOP Members of FTC Worry Lina Khan Is Going in Too Many Directions

Wed, 2024-07-24 14:51

"Many of these rules are unlawful, and the pace of rulemaking is quickening as we approach the presidential election," GOP commissioner Andrew Ferguson wrote this week.

       

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