Burford Capital, the world's largest litigation funder, intends to deploy a "significant amount" of capital in this direction going forward, and it's not alone.

"Even though the court ultimately decided against Giovannelli, he reasonably argued that his publicity act claim was not time-barred because, in his view, the discovery rule applied and extended the statute of limitations for his claim. Thus, Giovannelli's arguments contesting the statute of limitations defense were not frivolous; rather, they were founded upon a reasonable (though losing) request that this court apply an oft-litigated exception to the statute of limitations," Judge Edmond E. Chang wrote.

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Mental health and work-life balance are as vital as client calls, deal deadlines, courtroom battles. This summer, attorneys are carving out time for restorative escapes to destinations that offer the space to unwind, reflect, and truly recharge.

“President Trump and the FTC just struck a decisive blow against the Democrat agenda to end gas-powered vehicles, Republican Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson said on X.

Even as Willkie cut into its staff in the office, the firm began offering “generous retention bonuses to first-year and second-year summer associates, as well as associates in the Bay Area, sources said.

Some law firms have been more active than others in hiring lawyers who served during the Biden administration.

The First Lady's attorney said, "His actions will have consequences." But Hunter Biden said, "I don't think that these threats of a lawsuit add up to anything."

The problem is that we're not experts in solving continuously evolving, complex problems of first impression, but we try to use our traditional problem-solving approaches to do so.

As the Supreme Court of Georgia tests out two minutes of uninterrupted oral argument inspired by the U.S. Supreme Court's altered approach, appellate litigators are sharing their thoughts.

According to the court, a reasonable jury could determine that eBay, through its employees, "engaged in a course of conduct—including stalking, surveillance, and other intimidating behavior—that was intended to instill fear in the Steiners and thereby restrain their freedom of movement."

The Whistleblower Program is a new source for case generation that may signal that the division is planning to rely less on leniency going forward.

The court clarified a 6-5 circuit split and expanded the prosecutorial reach of the wire fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. Section 1343, leaving future fraudulent-inducement cases to turn on that statute's “demanding materiality requirement.

"With crime trends going down in recent years, I'm not sure there is that emergency," ArentFox Schiff partner David Grosso said of President Donald Trump's executive order seizing control of the District of Columbia's police force under a declared crime emergency.

An immigrant advocacy group sued the City of Fontana, which is located in Southern California's San Bernardino County, for allegedly targeting immigrant communities in the area by illegally seizing the property of street vendors and recruiting contracted private agents to enforce discriminatory policies against them.

Legal industry experts say firm leaders should recognize the revenue generation potential in legal tech and quit viewing it solely as a tool for operational function.

Chinese firms continue to fight for market share in Hong Kong by hiring senior lawyers from their foreign counterparts, setting up offices on the ground and inking associations with domestic firms.

Tron founder Justin Sun alleged Bloomberg breached confidentiality by publishing detailed cryptocurrency holdings in its “Billionaires Index despite prior assurances.

While some law firms say they have adequate budgets the “2025 State of Cybersecurity in Law Firms survey found that they can still face vulnerabilities.

The bill follows a recent incident during the New York bar exam on Long Island last month, when a student suffered a medical emergency during the exam.