Attorney Simon Purnell of Griffin Purnell said he thinks the courts' view of preemption is a "fundamental misunderstanding of the concept."

       

Proposals to realign New York judicial districts are on the table in the Lower Hudson Valley and Rochester areas, while another may re-emerge out of Buffalo. In Rochester, a bill sponsor said that creating a standalone district for Monroe County would promote ethnic diversity on the bench.

       

The Good Law Project has accused Morrison & Foerster of initially agreeing to represent the unnamed client, before changing its mind, which the nonprofit alleges is due to Donald Trump's recent targeting of law firms over diversity, equity and inclusion.

       

"This looks bad for the 'FTC brand,'" said William Kovacic, chairman of the FTC in the late 2000s and now a law professor at George Washington University.

       

It is that time of year again! We are excited to again begin the process to honor in-house legal departments and legal department leaders in our Best Legal Departments issue.

       

Nominations are now open for all categories in The American Lawyer Industry Awards with a June 12 deadline

       

Big Law is in an unprecedented period now where the leader of the free world is punishing law firms because of their past legal work and client representations, citing their “weaponization of the legal system.        

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's request for a temporary injunction against the NCAA was denied.

       

"FloSports has contacts with lots of states, but those contacts do not mean that FloSports is at home everywhere it goes. General jurisdiction is not like an RV—you're not at home wherever you go," said U.S. District Judge Steven C. Seeger.

       

PEP rose almost 33%, net income 29%, as the firm maintained tight control on expenses, managing partner Jim Lehman said.

       

Sykes, who joined the Seventh Circuit in 2004 after serving on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, was reportedly on President Donald Trump's shortlist of judges to replace Justice Antonin Scalia.

       

Chief Judge Rowan Wilson, writing for the majority, said the New York state constitution does not allow local legislative enactments and those of the state legislature to allow noncitizens to vote.

       

If there was a finding from the EEOC of systemic discrimination, the monetary penalties can be significant, noted an employment lawyer.

       

Keith Hansbrough claims the firm's Cleveland office managing shareholder failed to address harassment allegedly perpetrated against him by another shareholder and engaged in harassment of her own. The firm has sought to have the case dismissed or move it into arbitration.

       

In oral arguments Wednesday, the former Chapman University Law School dean repeated disputed claims that Vice President Mike Pence could have stopped the 2020 Electoral College count. Eastman "didn't tell his lies in a vaccum" and caused public harm, a prosecutor said.

       

A $4.5 million grant last year to Tonit Calaway was part of an executive retention effort at the automotive parts maker

       

Nine committee members voted to release the bill on its merits, leaving one more hurdle for Senate Bill 21 to clear before it goes to the desk of Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer.

       

The firings of Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter directly challenge the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 1935 decision Humphrey's Executor v. United States, legal experts said.        

"These allegations easily implicate the services performed by Esbrook for the former clients 'as a lawyer.' These allegations clearly meet the low bar of 'potentially' arising out of the performance of 'legal services,' which is all that is required to trigger a duty to defend," U.S. District Judge LaShonda A. Hunt said in a suit against the firm's legal-malpractice carrier.

       

"Defendants' conduct and actions were despicable and were done maliciously, oppressively and fraudulently, with a willful and conscious disregard of plaintiffs' and class members' rights," the complaint alleged, "thereby subjecting plaintiffs and class members to unjust hardship and distress."