Law schools will seek to restore faith in the rule of law and the "ideals of the legal profession," after numerous lawyers played a role in seeking to overturn the results of the presidential election, deans wrote in an open letter.

Big Law's response to the violent attack on Capitol Hill Jan. 6 was more measured than other issues facing society in the last year. We explore the growing calls for firms to speak out on global events and how they respond.

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Profits per equity partner growth is likely to be "well above 10%" throughout the legal market, according to a new report that details the effects from 2020.

"As a new firm we can think differently about how we do things going forward," Tom Froehle says.

This week's Ahead of the Curve breaks down the successes and failures of the American Association of American Law School's first-ever virtual annual meeting.

Firms will remain on the hunt for expendable expenses this year, which will lead to a difficult question: how much cost can you cut before suffering the consequences?

In the final briefing of 2020, we tackle disparity in compensation among law firms and law departments, the growing performance gap among firms, trends we are watching for 2021 and much more.

The hundreds of people who gave at least $200 to the Biden Inaugural Committee include some lawyers from large firms as well as smaller plaintiffs firms.

One of the gaps in diversity and inclusion efforts that Veta Richardson, president and CEO of the Association of Corporate Counsel, hopes to see addressed in 2021 is to create inclusive work environments for disabled attorneys.

The law school hopes the program will provide it a leg up in the intense competition for applicants who have distinguished themselves academically.

For some administration officials with a role in controversial policies, a return to private practice won't be so simple.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, DLA Piper and Proskauer Rose are the latest firms looking to tap into the surging market through hiring.

Schneider said his ruling addresses what the judge called "an incessant dispute" in many cases before him: whether it's necessary or warranted to designate discovery as confidential. His ruling is the first to comprehensively address the issue and could be applied in other such disputes in the District of New Jersey and elsewhere.

The owners of 919 Fifth Avenue say they should not be on the hook for the firm's decision to stick with remote work.

After recruiter Evan Jowers filed a response to a show-cause order that's highly critical of how U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Austin is handling a trade secrets suit, the judge gives Jowers and his lawyer a week to amend it.

The House could vote as soon as Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump over his incitement of the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol during the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's election victory.

By further expanding access to a streamlined Chapter 11 process, the SBRA will ensure that a wider array of debtors have the ability of reorganizing themselves, when Chapter 11 was previously too cost-prohibitive for such debtors.

The bar association virtually never removes someone's membership before they have been disbarred; the last example of such a removal is believed to be more than a century ago, a spokeswoman said.

With an Ivy League education, an initial rise to the bench at 27 and her first victory before the state Supreme Court by age 36, Sears crafted a distinguished career as an attorney, jurist and elected official.