Trump's executive order has already caused several clients to terminate, or think of terminating their legal engagements with Perkins Coie, the firm said.

Class sizes also shrunk in 2024, as did the prevalence of diversity fellows.

“You're starting to see these patents that were filed at the peak time of NFTs at the height of the coronavirus pandemic progress through the examination phase of the patent office, said Mauricio Uribe, chair of the data privacy and data protection practice group at Knobbe Martens.

"Allowing PBD's proposed Sherman Act claim...would change the course of the underlying legal theories in this litigation in fundamental ways and entitle defendants to extensive and lengthy additional fact discovery," the judge said.

Some tips on professional development, writing and advocacy from retired Delaware Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III and Vice Chancellor Bonnie David, one of his former clerks who succeeded him on the bench in the court's Georgetown courthouse.

Deal work was down in February year over year, just like in January. Some deals are coming through, but they face an inconsistent and constantly changing environment.

The Judicial Conference seeks dozens of federal judgeships to address rising caseloads after past administration veto.

The NCAA has allowed college athletes to make money from their brands since 2021 and some are making millions. The University of Texas' Quarterback Arch Manning is reportedly the highest paid with $6.5 million in contracts related to his Name Image and Likeness, known as NIL. But it's not just football, any college athlete from swimmers to volleyball players can negotiate NIL contracts. The NCAA rule has opened up new business for contract lawyers to negotiate deals on behalf of college athletes.

“[W]e do not question the vigor of [Michael] Polelle's sincerely held political beliefs. Nor do we doubt the indignity' he may suffer by having to switch' his registrations in contravention of those beliefs," the appeals court stated. "Indeed, Florida's law puts him to a hard choice.' But it is not one that the Constitution forbids.

Profits per equity partner grew by 13.8% to $1.8 million, and the London office—the firm's largest—had a particularly strong performance.

The deal has been tarred by the political brush as U.S. President Trump previously vowed to seize control of the Panama Canal, which he falsely claimed has been under China's control.

A federal judge on Tuesday confirmed an arbitrator's ruling that sided with the retailer on every claim.

The ruling differs from recent federal precedent on the liability of rideshare services, such as U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark for the Eastern District of Missouri's November ruling that Uber did not have a responsibility to share information with Lyft about a rider who was a known threat.

"As this court has consistently held, Mo. Rev. Stat. § 510.261.5 and Rule 8 answer the same question, namely: may punitive damages claims be included in an initial complaint? Section 510.261.5 answers 'no-never,' while Rule 8 answers 'yes-always,'" U.S. District Judge John A. Ross of the Eastern District of Missouri said in a lawsuit against an instant oil change franchise.

"Maybe those allegations won't pan out. But at this early stage, the question is simply whether the complaint alleges that Albrecht was an active tortfeasor. And it does," U.S. District Judge Steven C. Seeger for the Northern District of Illinois said.

A municipal judge who touched a court employee without her consent after serving her several alcoholic drinks is removed from the bench as part of the judiciary's stricter penalties for judges who engage in sexual harassment on the job.

Blue Cross Blue Shield was hit with six federal antitrust suits on the day of the deadline for health care provider class members to provide a written notice to be excluded from a $2.8 billion settlement.

Firms are reviewing all of their potential vulnerabilities. "We have a lot of law firms that we're going to be going after,” Trump said on Sunday.

The firm said it recorded double-digit growth in specific practices such as M&A, private equity, capital markets, complex commercial litigation, and banking, among others.

Partners Christopher Thomas and Andrea Driggs are only the beginning of the Mountain West firm's bid to capitalize on the fast-growing Phoenix metro.