"Focus on doing the job you have right now as best as you can. Try not to get fixated on making partner while you're early in your career. Just focus on learning and doing good work. The rest will follow in time. With that in mind, be open to opportunities—whether they come at your current firm or somewhere else—and understand there's no single path to partnership."

       

Attorney Lee Gelernt, representing individuals deported under the Alien Enemies Act, said the law is “very clear that it can only be used by a president when there is an invasion or incursion—and courts can review whether that standard has been met.

       

U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer has accused California of using racial considerations to draw a new map handing Democrats additional safe congressional seats, which was adopted in response to a similar effort by Texas Republicans.

       

A federal judge in Manhattan refused to undo a Securities and Exchange Commission settlement with Mango Labs, finding that evolving crypto enforcement policies do not alter binding final judgments.

       

Attorneys are springing into action in response to the developing legal landscape after the U.S. removed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro from power.        

Kirkland & Ellis and others are adding space at significantly accelerated rates, in what some see as a race for limited available real estate.

       

Amid an athlete's name, image and likeness obligations to a college, Duke's suit raises questions about legal remedies a school can use to limit that player's mobility.

       

The suits challenge the conventional thinking that because employers don't pay any of the costs of the coverage, they don't have a fiduciary to ensure workers are getting their money's worth.

       

The real AI risk in eDiscovery isn't hallucinations—it's bias hiding in the prompt.

       

The report shows that since the plan became effective Jan. 3, 2025, the estate has transferred $8.61 billion in cash, securities and other property to creditors, paying administrative, secured and priority claims in full and distributing about 68% of allowed general unsecured claims.

       

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had expanded in its now-stricken guidance the definition of “sex under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity.

       

Ahead of oral arguments next month, President Donald Trump's defense team continues to assert that appeal of the "unprecedented" prosecution of a president belongs in federal court. At the same time the Sullivan & Cromwell lawyers point to precedent allowing for post-judgment review of state convictions to be removed to federal court.

       

Will it transform marketing, communications and business development? While the arrival of PE investment may seem unsettling at first, it holds the promise of helping law firm marketers and their firms achieve more than ever before.

       

An Illinois federal court allowed the railway company to proceed with its claims alleging that Zayo Group trespassed and installed its fiber optic cables near or beneath 30 of its active rail lines without its permission.

       

Forum next week will feature panelists from Apple, Google and Meta, as well as academics and think tank leaders.

       

Brussels is a goldmine for law firms targeting EU regulatory work, but the gap between winners and wannabes is stark. Some firms have expanded while their competitors languish with skeleton crews.

       

LeClairRyan's failed experiment with UnitedLex was a "lifetime" ago, according to one observer. Since then, existential changes to the legal industry have created an environment where firms are ready to take chances.

       

In a Tuesday report, retired U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson, acting as special master, recommended most of the 39 experts should be allowed in the talc multidistrict litigation against Johnson & Johnson.

       

Lindsey Halligan's expired service as interim U.S. attorney of the Eastern District of Virginia raises questions over whether the U.S. Department of Justice has a live case or controversy to continue its pending appeal seeking to revive criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey, according to legal experts.

       

Letter From London: Not every firm needs a merger, but for some, 2026 may be the year the conversation turns serious.