Law firm leaders expect "robust" billing rate increases to continue into 2026, according to a new report, but such a consensus could hint that rate growth will be more "flat" or "contained" in the next few years.

       

The appeals court rejected the U.S. Justice Department's argument that a Supreme Court emergency docket decision from May was a predictor that the government would defeat the legal challenge on the merits.        

“To the extent the right of access is a fundamental right, we have already determined that it does not extend to insurance conservations. A rational relationship clearly exists between the classification of insurers by the Insurance Code and the legitimate state interest of regulating them, and the confidentiality provisions therefore are not unconstitutional special legislation, Appellate Court of Illinois Justice Raymond W. Mitchell said.

       

“Rather, [the evidence] suggests that [the doctors] engaged legal counsel to navigate a complicated legal landscape, Associate Justice Melissa Countway wrote in Tuesday's opinion, disagreeing that physicans' communications with a lawyer fell under the crime-fraud exception.

       

The largest 100 law firms in the world enjoyed a strong rise in profits over the last financial year.

       

Chinese law firms dominate the list ranking law firms by their total number of lawyers, with the world's largest firm now boasting almost 18,000.

       

The largest 200 law firms in the world had another strong period during the last financial year, driven largely by the top U.S.-based institutions.

       

Analysis of the latest Global 200 ranking plus interviews with the leaders of Latham & Watkins, Paul Weiss, Hogan Lovells and others shows the driving force at the top of the world's commercial legal industry.

       

"I think a lot of people have policies, but they don't have policies that were crafted for this era," said Rich Gold, leader of Holland & Knight's Public Policy & Regulation Group.

       

Law firms are beginning to strategize their practices based on the Trump administration's enforcement priorities and pivot to areas of more work.

       

“I get the impression that the judge is trying to confirm that all of the details are in place to ensure that the members of the class receive their due, said Lucas Amodio, a partner at Armstrong Teasdale.

       

Uber accuses Simon & Simon, attorney Marc Simon, and numerous health care professionals and centers of working together to fabricate fraudulent personal injury claims and inflate damages claims.

       

The Trump administration says Cook has no constitutional right to due process from being removed from office and that contested allegations of mortgage fraud are a "legally permissible" reason to fire her.

       

"No reasonable jury could find in favor of Amazon when provided with this evidence," U.S. District Judge John H. Chun of the Western District of Washington wrote in his decision granting summary judgment in favor of the Federal Trade Commission and finding Amazon.com Inc. liable for alleged violations of the federal Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act.

       

Separate groups representing retired federal and state judges released letters on Constitution Day defending their colleagues against "misinformation, disinformation, and fiery rhetoric."

       

Taking the latest Global 200 numbers, Law.com‘s intelligence department and senior editors analysed various aspects of firm performance to determine which law firms are racing ahead to make the "global elite."

       

The Lanier Law Firm filed the first suit over the June 12 crash of Air India Flight 171, which killed 260 people in Ahmedabad, India.

       

Rebecca Taibleson told the Senate Judiciary Committee that she was “raised by a very conservative law professor and it has stuck.

       

Recent case law has begun to define how gen AI can be used in e-discovery and when parties aren't to blame for technical glitches that impact document production.

       

California Superior Court Judge Barbara Kronlund says lawyers facing an overly hostile judge should ask the following: “Is the judge joining the fray and personally embroiled? Does the judge make it about the judge?