North American food companies colluded since 2021 and saw "unprecedented" profits in the frozen-potato market, according to multiple antitrust class actions filed in Chicago federal court.

       

"This order means we get to proceed with litigation and start preparing our case for class certification and trial," Adam Polk of Girard Sharp said.

       

Employers should consider establishing ground rules for after-hours communications before lawmakers enact their own regulations of that issue, one employment lawyer said.

       

“The SEC can bring at least a national approach as to what we think the law is with respect to cryptocurrencies, said Mark Uyeda, a Republican.

       

The case is one of about 100 lawsuits against B. Braun, most of which are filed by Kline & Specter.

       

At the motion to dismiss stage, the court held that the alleged comparisons between a Black employee and white counterparts plausibly established that LexShares' actions resulted from alleged discriminatory animus.

       

The Second Hundred firm is adding five lawyers in a newly opened office in Pensacola, giving it further physical reach in a corner of the state it hadn't established an office in yet.

       

Brazilian law firms along with global firms like Baker McKenzie and Spain's ECIJA led the inaugural rankings in a region that has been prioritized for growth by numerous international players.

       

Most recently, the national law firm Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman filed four actions Tuesday and Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina on behalf of employees and customers who claim their personally identifiable information was exposed during a cyberattack in March.

       

“Mr. Giuliani's conduct necessitates severe sanctions—in particular, adverse inferences and preclusion, Aaron Nathan of Willkie Farr & Gallagher informed U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Liman.

       

The Internet Archive said it will not be fighting an appeals court ruling requiring the removal of its free digital library following a copyright showdown from major publishers represented by Davis Wright Tremaine and the archive's Morrison & Foerster counsel.

       

In Dugan v. Hyatt Corporation, the three-judge panel rejected Hyatt's argument that the court shouldn't have supported the punitive damages claims, finding the record showed corporate representatives admitted Dugan was assaulted because the hotel failed to follow its own policies.        

Law.com asked litigators and neutrals what they wanted to be gifted, both literally and figuratively, for the holidays.        

Federal Judge Reed O'Connor ruled that DEI policies at the federal government and at Boeing raised the risk that the selection of an independent monitor to oversee Boeing's compliance with the deal would be influenced partly by race, rather than "based solely on competency."

       

“Not only do we want a toehold in Arizona, we want a stranglehold, name partner Christopher Frost said.

       

With partner pay escalating, some of the highest-paid partners are really looking to call it quits early.

       

"We said that was a continuing stream of treatment and, therefore, the statute of repose applied. But here, we don't have that. We don't have a continuous stream of treatment, we have a lack of treatment. We have plenty of visits in which the doctor doesn't perform the initial test, and I think that's the crux of the theory of negligence," Massachusetts Associate Justice Gabrielle R. Wolohojian said during oral arguments before the state high court.

       

"Academic freedom is central not only to higher education and scholarship, but also to our broader political, social, and economic freedoms,” said Veena Dubal, incoming general counsel of the American Association of University Professors.

       

The suit, brought by two legal aid groups, says a shortage of certified court reporters has created a crisis for litigants who need records of their proceedings.

       

An "aggressive" lateral market as well as expense pressure and partner integration will challenge firms in 2025, even as they are looking to build on an already strong position.