Former Cravath business development and communications chief and current founder and president of Farone Advisors, Deborah Farone, discusses her new book, which lights a path for women attorneys looking to build their own sustainable legal practices.

       

The American Bar Association's accrediting council voted Friday to send a repeal of Standard 206 for notice and comment.

       

The plaintiff claimed the utilities company paid its salaried employees on a monthly basis in violation of the Massachusetts Wage Act.

       

Several recruiting and staffing experts in touch with big firms said AI isn't alone leading to cuts, and some firms could simply be using AI as a public justification for cuts, even if slower performance, large staffing overheads or inefficiencies are the primary drivers.

       

In the past few months, several firms from outside the Garden State have set up a presence, expanded or moved operations to the state of Delaware, including Ice Miller, Bernstein Litowitz, JVK Law and Akerman.        

The council voted Friday to send the proposed changes out for notice and comment, which are intended to “modernize the language to “explicitly recognize that law school graduates may achieve attorney licensure through means other than a bar exam.

       

The court allowed a plaintiff to continue with his claim alleging a workstyle assessment Amazon requires its job applicants complete functions as a "lie detector test" in violation of Massachusetts law.

       

FedEx delivery drivers launched a wave of lawsuits alleging wage-and-hour violations by third-party hiring agencies.

       

A new report paints a picture of rapid AI adoption colliding with fragile governance frameworks, leaving enterprises vulnerable to lawsuits and regulatory actions.

       

A healthcare technology firm was hit last week with a novel class action that accuses it of illegally mining Illinois residents' genetic testing data to train its artificial intelligence algorithms.

       

The U.S. Supreme Court has held that President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff program is illegal, a stunning rebuke of the defining economic policy of his second term by a conservative court he helped reshape.

       

“If you're reading the tea leaves, it's a meaningful leaf, said Elizabeth Goldberg, a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.

       

Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including how a dramatic increase of habeas corpus petitions filed by detained immigrants is straining federal courts.

       

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“When you take a combination of that size and magnitude, not all the pieces are going to fit neatly. When we resigned, we told the firm we just didn't think our bankruptcy practice fit with their bankruptcy practice, one attorney said about the recent FBT Gibbons merger.

       

"You have to work really hard, impress everyone with your knowledge and skills, and build a practice that aligns with and furthers the strategic goals of your firm. But you also need to adapt to a range of personalities and work styles, and to earn the support and praise of your colleagues. For better and for worse, reputations develop quickly and they're hard to change. Show that you're a high performer and a terrific colleague from day one."

       

U.S. Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah Singh has set a Feb. 24 hearing on whether to disqualify Beasley Allen, one of the lead plaintiffs' firms, from the talc multidistrict litigation against Johnson & Johnson.

       

Glen-Peter Ahlers Sr., 70, who has taught at Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law since 2002, was arrested Wednesday and arraigned the same day in the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial District in Orange County, Florida, according to court records.

       

The plaintiff's lawyer said it was a challenge to keep his feelings in check because of the tragic details of one plaintiff's injuries.

       

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ordered Heather Hersh of FCRA Attorneys to pay $2,500, saying she failed to check her brief for accuracy and was not forthcoming when the court pressed for an explanation for the mistakes.