Catherine Hanaway, a partner and former chair of the Am Law 100 firm, is headed back to government service after being appointed to serve as the state's next attorney general.

       

A focus on adding more competitive compensation rates has pushed expenses higher across the Golden State, Citi's Global Wealth at Work Law Firm Group found.

       

The lack of existing state-level precedent opens the door for states to employ novel and aggressive legal theories that increase risk and uncertainty for private actors. Businesses should respond by evaluating opportunities to leverage the more comprehensive body of federal law as persuasive authority for previously unresolved questions of state law.

       

"There's a real concern about institutional stability. If a firm you've invested in suddenly can't represent you because of outside pressure, that's a major problem for companies.”

       

Given Chapter 93A's broad statutory language, which invariably invites creative pleading and captures conduct that would otherwise fit imprecisely within common-law fraud, contract, or tort doctrines, Chapter 93A has become the most widely used statute in all of Massachusetts civil litigation.

       

"Dr. Bean's reliability is shot, and the proof is overwhelming," attorneys for Louisiana said of clinical psychologist Anthony Bean. Bean did not respond to Law.com's requests for comment.

       

One year on, and questions around the tragedy are no closer to being answered, neither is who could be liable—Law.com takes a look at the various strands of disputes and the counsel involved.

       

Mark Tate of the Tate Law Group and co-counsel Brent Savage of Savage Turner Pinckney Savage & Sprouse have five legal malpractice cases pending against Morgan & Morgan, with more claims in the works.

       

Am Law 200 firms are facing significant revenue leakage from inconsistent and individualized collections practices, and sources in the industry say there is no universal solution to the problem.

       

The law firm took over Linklaters' Warsaw office earlier this year.

       

Georgia law students are trading places with teachers to help educate high schoolers about civics, thanks in part to financial support doled out by a federal judge.

       

"There is certainly a heightened level of concern when parties think they can't rely on the government to keep sealed information secret," Boies Schiller Flexner partner Dan Boyle said of the summer 2025 cyberattacks against the U.S. courts' electronic filing system that impacted attorneys and clients involved in high-stakes litigation or white-collar criminal prosecutions.

       

U.S. District Judge Karen Marston, of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, allowed some misrepresentation claims to go forward but tossed design defect and medical monitoring allegations.

       

“We conclude Congress intended to preserve a state's ability to provide for safety on its roadways by maintaining an individual's access to the remedy of a common-law negligence claim following a motor vehicle collision, First District Appellate Court of Illinois Justice C.A. Walker said.

       

Newsmax disclosed to the SEC that the settlement will be paid out in three parts, resolving the defamation lawsuit Dominion was pursuing in Delaware Superior Court.

       

The National Law Journal rounds up a dozen notable cases set to be discussed at the court's post-recess "long conference" on Sept. 29.        

The firm previously required three days of attendance for all U.S. lawyers, although practice leaders had discretion to ask for more.

       

In this webcast, a panel of legal and business leaders will share practical guidance on how to assess risks, make informed adjustments, and safeguard your company's interests in a volatile trade environment.

       

The appeals court said there was no merit to Caryn Strickland's claim that Federal Public Defender Anthony Martinez or others were deliberately indifferent to the sexual-harassment complaint or retaliated against her in violation of her equal protection rights.

       

On Monday, Bayer's Monsanto announced a settlement of lawsuits by more than 200 teachers, students and their parents who sued over PCB exposure in a school near Seattle.