Texas has sued pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly for allegedly bribing and illegally inducing medical providers to prescribe its most profitable drugs, including the high-demand GLP-1 medications Mounjaro and Zepbound that are used for weight loss and diabetes treatment.

"Granting summary judgment based on such 'vague and conclusory' concerns, without more, runs the risk of constitutionalizing a heckler's veto. Enough outsider complaints could prevent government employees from speaking on any controversial subject, even on their own personal time. And all without a showing of how it actually affected the government's ability to deliver 'public services'—here, fighting fires and protecting public safety," Judge David R. Stras wrote.

The emergence of a second challenge to Habba's authority creates a more complex case for her to battle, said Jacob Elberg, a professor at Seton Hall University School of Law and a former assistant U.S. attorney.

“I'm seeing more and more clients push back. That's why you're seeing the realization rates drop," said Ken Callander, managing principal of the in-house consultancy Value Strategies.

Kelley Drye & Warren faces a proposed class action over a March data breach that purportedly exposed the personal information of its clients and their employees.

“Here, the grantees assert a non-statutory right to vindicate separation-of-powers principles but they are foreclosed from doing so" by Supreme Court precedent, the appellate court stated. "[P]laintiffs would otherwise be able to avoid statutory limits on review by reframing any alleged statutory violation by the President as a constitutional one.

The new trial will be the third time that the New York County District Attorney's Office will try Weinstein for the alleged third-degree rape of aspiring actress, Jessica Mann, in a New York hotel room in 2013.

Nearly 30 states require medical-malpractice plaintiffs to file expert affidavits about the strength of their case. The Supreme Court will decide whether those requirements apply in federal court in diversity jurisdiction cases.

The Supreme Court will consider the appeal of the rescission of Elon Musk's compensation package a week after considering questions on the constitutionality of corporate safe harbor protections passed into law in March.

"Don't wait to build the culture you want. Focusing only on clients, growth, and cases early on is tempting, but culture will sustain you through every challenge and season of growth. You don't want to figure it out after you're 50 people deep. You want to define it on day one."

In an era where data is king—where profitability is paramount, and legal work is being outsourced to AI—"people-first" rings a little differently.

In a "transformative moment for law," as one leader put it, "our strategy has been: get there first."

With progress in key areas, these 20 firms could climb the ranks to join next year's A-List.

The firms topping our annual A-List posted strong results in RPL, pro bono, diversity, female equity partner percentages and associate satisfaction.

None of the four most highly compensated legal chiefs in Texas come from the industry the state is best known for.

The news will be seen as a major win for AI tool Harvey which has been fending off competion from other offerings such as Legora.

“If the collection lag persists or deepens, then I think we will see firms getting anxious, said Kristin Stark, a law firm management consultant at Fairfax Associates.

The likely absence of a comprehensive U.S. AI regulatory regime creates the potential for a “guidance gap for the responsible use of AI. Corporate leadership will be called to respond with internal controls intended to assure appropriate AI protections and to reduce the company's exposure to liability.

The firm follows Latham & Watkins which announced its own partnership with the platform this week.