"We recognize the importance of deterring improper solicitation of prospective clients, both to practitioners and the public at large," Judge Elizabeth Gobeil wrote. "Nevertheless, for the reasons explained above, the remedy for the types of criminal and/or professional misconduct—under the factual scenario presented in the complaint at issue here—lies with the General Assembly and the State Bar of Georgia."

As authoritarianism spikes, legal professionals are increasingly in peril because of the clients they are willing to defend, said members of a panel at this week's IBA conference in Toronto.

"At the center is a novel jurisdictional conflict around whether contracts predicting sports outcomes are a form or regulated commodity trading under exclusive federal oversight, or are a form of sports wagering that states can outlaw or regulate," Troutman Pepper Locke wrote in a note to clients.

Nominations are now open for the 2026 Florida Legal Awards, honoring attorneys in the Sunshine State.

Starting Feb. 2, rising second-year associates and all business service professionals will be expected to be in the office four days a week. All other associates remain expected in the office three days a week.

"It takes hundreds and hundreds of hours to work these cases," said Willkie Farr & Gallagher litigation partner Nick Reddick, who helped 36 plaintiffs secure an $841 million damages award holding Iran liable for multiple international terrorist attacks that killed Americans in Iraq.

The two questions the court has been asked to consider are related to the constitutionality of changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law that were passed into law earlier this year as Senate Bill 21 and have set members of the corporate bar at odds.

U.S. District Judge Rodney Sippel of the Eastern District of Missouri threatened to disqualify Doe Run's lawyers in an Oct. 29 order as part of long-running litigation involving lead exposure from a Peruvian land mine.

The beta testing for the NextGen UBE will be conducted starting on Jan. 8 and running through Jan. 10.

The double-digit increase is projected to keep growing this year and, according to median motion resolution times gathered in this data set, the increase is already causing delays in court.

The double-digit increase is projected to keep growing this year and, according to median motion resolution times gathered in this data set, the increase is already causing delays in court.