"A provision such as this bears no reasonable relationship to expected damages and is thus unenforceable as a penalty," Associate Justice Sookyoung Shin wrote on behalf of the unanimous panel.

At its November meeting, the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association concluded that four law schools were out of compliance with ABA Standards.

Prior to taking on Helix Energy Solutions v. Hewitt, Sullivan had only performed oral argument in a court once in his 25-year career.

While some legal tech companies have undergone layoffs in recent weeks due to the economic downturn, others are swimming against the current, reporting periods of staff expansion.

"I want to thank Congress for honoring my son Daniel's memory, and for helping protect my brothers and sisters on the bench," said U.S. District Judge Esther Salas of the District of New Jersey. "Judges, and their families, should not live in fear for doing the job they are sworn to do."

Western District Chief Judge Orlando Garcia cooled off the patent party in Waco last July, but may have restarted it just before his term ended last month.

Tanya Nesbitt, who joined Thompson Hine this year, observed "a more active Environmental Protection Agency, and we're seeing increased enforcement activity."

Formerly known as the Court of Appeals of Maryland, the state high court will now be dubbed the Supreme Court of Maryland. Additionally, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland will now be known as the Appellate Court of Maryland, according to an opinion filed Thursday by the state supreme court.

Lawyers, especially young lawyers, want to work from home. But there are downsides, such as a decrease in networking and personal relationships. How can technology help balance these out so that attorneys and law firms can have their cake and eat it too.

"I firmly believe that by suspending our participation in the U.S. News rankings we can best fulfill our founding vision to stop talking about what is wrong with legal education and continue to transform it," UNH Law Dean Megan Carpenter said.

The new rule amendment, adopted by the Mississippi Supreme Court in November but announced this week, replaces the previous rule, enacted in 2019, under which applicants who failed the bar three times were required to successfully complete 12 course hours at an accredited law school before trying again.

"The concerning thing is how rapidly this appears to have happened," said former general counsel and law professor Robert Foehl of Twitter's shrinking legal department. "It raises the risk that things are going to fall through the cracks."

Our first runners-up his week are litigators at Quinn Emanuel who scored key defense wins in a pair of proposed privacy class actions brought on behalf of users of Google's Chrome browser.

"Drama-infused" training sessions, where attorneys essentially role-play scenarios, are helpful in training attorneys how to deal with complicated, uncomfortable or contentious situations, says Debevoise's Nicole Mesard.

The creation of the new firm, called Nextons, completes a plan announced by Dentons in March following the Russian military invasion of Ukraine.

Technology, media and telecommunications will continue to be the most appealing sector for cross-border deals, followed by financial services and pharma, medical and biotech.

Megan Walsh, visiting assistant clinical professor, who will serve as director of the clinic, said in a statement that "firearms law is currently one of the most dynamic and rapidly changing areas in the law," adding that there are not enough litigators with expertise in the field, law schools and legal scholars are under engaged in Second Amendment issues and the Gun Violence Prevention clinic will contribute to both of these interrelated gaps.

In a flurry of lawsuits, the trustee of Tom Girardi's Chapter 7 case alleged the checks, many of which were paid to other lawyers, were written with the 'actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud any creditor.'

Here's a holiday mix of fantastical, mirthful and practical items for associates, new and established partners, leaders and more.

"The saturation of the market with look-alike boots using many of the same functional features is fatal to TBL's claim that consumers look for these features to identify TBL's boots and distinguish them from competing boots," the judge wrote.