Several Big Law mergers lately have had vastly different financial pictures. At the end of the day, that may not matter anymore.

       

Rodri guez is currently serving as deputy dean and will take over the role on Feb. 1, 2026. The school's prior dean, Heather Gerken, stepped down in August to run the Ford Foundation.

       

Welcome to the Trend Detection Weekly Scan from Law.com Radar. This weekly article highlights shifts and patterns in case filings that are surfaced by Law.com Radar's award-winning Trend Detection system.        

At a Friday hearing, U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers, of the Northern District of Florida, ordered supplemental briefs to Pfizer's summary judgment motion on federal preemption in light of the FDA's warning label added this month to Depo-Provera.

       

The California Legal Awards 2026 are now open for nominations.

       

At least a half dozen law schools had their highest enrollment for the 2024-25 academic year in five years according to American Bar Association 509 reports.

       

The firms investing in administrative strategy — and in the people who embody it — continue to be the ones turning innovation into true competitive advantage.

       

Supreme Court of Georgia Justice Benjamin A. Land and U.S. District Judge Clay D. Land sit down with Legal Speak podcast co-host Cedra Mayfield to discuss what it's like being brothers in law.

       

Supreme Court of Georgia Justice Benjamin A. Land and U.S. District Judge Clay D. Land sit down with Legal Speak podcast co-host Cedra Mayfield to discuss what it's like being brothers in law.

       

The first bellwether trials will take place in 2026 involving addiction claims against social media sites, like Instagram and TikTok, as well as allegations that the pesticide paraquat causes Parkinson's disease.

       

Lawyers are in the sales business, just like accountants, financial advisors and doctors. At one time, business walked through the door. Today, you need to raise your profile and be the first person they think of when they need a lawyer.

       

“We're right on the law and the facts, Paul Grewal, the chief legal officer for Coinbase, said on social media. “And we will prove it. “

       

In addition to avoiding a potential fourth mistrial, the plaintiffs' team had to grapple with the fact their client had multiple, unrelated cancer diagnoses, one of which ultimately killed him. However, Lloyd Bell said he stuck with the case because "the negligence was easy to understand at some level."

       

"Leadership is about service, not title. Approach it with curiosity, empathy, and a solutions-oriented mindset. Those qualities, combined with strong technical expertise, prepare you to step into a practice leadership role successfully."

       

The insurers argued in their motion for a new trial that the jury's verdict "was against the clear weight of the evidence, was based upon false evidence, and will result in a miscarriage of justice."

       

"This underscores that crypto theft is not merely a technological issue but a governance and risk-management problem that continues to outpace defensive controls," said Felix Shipkevich, a professor of law at Hofstra Law who teaches the business and policies of cryptocurrencies.

       

"When an attorney leaves a firm, there are rules in our profession, where every client that I was representing should have had an opportunity to pick Ken Nugent or Eric Sterling," Sterling said during a hearing this week.

       

"This is looking to be a brutal year for applicants and admissions outcomes," because schools "have more high-quality applicants," and in the last several years "medians for both LSAT and GPA have risen at almost all schools," one expert said.

       

Partner votes will be held in spring 2026, with the firms aiming to complete their combination and launch on July 1, 2026.

       

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, on Tuesday, declined to create multidistrict litigation over Salesforce's data breach, but coordinated cases brought specifically against one of its clients, TransUnion.