"Public servants at those agencies have worked for almost 20 years to achieve these results from DuPont, and it took a month-long trial in Camden this summer to get here, but we're thrilled that we're here and just too happy that New Jersey can get this behind them, and address the contamination from the DuPont sites and PFAS contamination statewide," said William J. Jackson, national environmental practice co-chair at Kelley Drye & Warren in Houston.

       

The firm's total catch from K&L Gates is at least 12 partners now.

       

"It really increases the burden and imposes additional costs on companies that are trying to engage in transactions," Covington & Burling partner Ryan Quillian said of the Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act state laws compelling parties to report merger and acquisition proposals well before the transaction closes.

       

“[T]he Constitution grants Article III judicial power over all cases arising under the laws of the United States," the appeals court held in its 2-1 decision. "The Bankruptcy Code is a law of the United States. So, petitions for relief under the Bankruptcy Code—even those filed by solvent debtors—arise under the laws of the United States.

       

The changes are intended to streamline case assignment and filing data, as well as prepare for new categories of health care decision-making cases.

       

Ji “Liz Li alleges the company was all set to expand her duties when it suddenly reversed course and pushed her out.

       

"Don't be afraid to take on different or challenging matters. This will help showcase your true abilities. It is also important to take pride in your work, no matter the significance of the assignment, and to demonstrate to the firm's leadership that you are invested in the firm's success."

       

The new chief legal officer joined the organization 25 years ago and most recently was general counsel.

       

Corporate Counsel is pleased to announce the finalists of our 2025 Women, Influence & Power in Law Awards! The WIPL awards honor in-house and law firm women leaders and allies who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the empowerment of women in law. The winners in each category will be announced at an awards dinner on Oct. 7 as part of our Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference in Washington, D.C.        

By targeting the top end of the legal industry, the company believes it is gaining the market credibility it needs to remain the premier AI platform in the market.

       

The Boston-based law firm also added attorneys in New York.

       

Neal & Harwell will shut down Aug. 31 after 54 years of being part of some of the highest-profile civil cases of the past half-century in the U.S., according to a source.

       

Overall, lateral compensation “has gone up across the board for the top players at any stage, said Sabina Lippman, a recruiter for elite firms.

       

“If you're known to be a firm when it's a Republican administration, and you're known to be a firm that works in that space, then I think clients are mindful of that, said Jill Holtzman Vogel, of Holtzman Vogel.

       

The partners of Schulte Roth & Zabel will “assume key roles across the management, executive, and compensation committees" of the new firm and will also serve as co-leads of its New York and London offices, the firm said.

       

The regulatory agency created to enforce the watershed $2.8 billion House v. NCAA class action settlement, said NIL collectives and other school-affiliated entities may ink deals with student-athletes—as long as those transactions meet the benchmark of serving a "valid business purpose."        

The College Sports Commission, a regulatory agency created to enforce the watershed $2.8 billion House v. NCAA class action settlement, on Thursday revised its guidance for name, image and likeness (NIL) payments, permitting NIL collectives and other school-affiliated entities to ink deals with college athletes—as long as those transactions meet the benchmark of serving a "valid business purpose."        

A San Francisco federal court jury on Friday found Meta Platforms Inc. violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act in a landmark data privacy class action, which accused the Big Tech giant of illegally mining sensitive sexual and reproductive health data from Flo Health Inc., an app-based online fertility tracking platform.

       

"Violations of court orders that span multiple jurisdictions are difficult to detect, particularly in Schedule A cases where forum shopping is rampant and defendants rarely appear." U.S. District Judge John J. Tharp Jr.

       

In a racketeering suit 3M filed against three lawyers who brought hundreds of black lung lawsuits, a federal judge ordered preservation of evidence contained in a storage unit belonging to one of the defendants, Glenn Martin Hammond.