“I'm carefully watching the reactions of various firms, or the lack thereof, and I feel it's my duty to vote with my pocketbook in terms of where I want to send my business in the future, a clothing company GC said.

       

Winston & Strawn tied up with with Yuanda after the Chinese firm broke up with Chicago-based McDermott Will & Emery when it pulled out of its 13-year alliance and operations in China in 2020.

       

Lawyers are fighting back against the Trump administration's revocation of security clearances at top U.S. law firms and its interference with prosecutors and the International Criminal Court.

       

Fort Worth is suing the U.S. government and 29 chemical makers for $420 million over contamination of its drinking water by "forever chemicals." And now a judge has ordered the case broken up because it was too big and untenable. The City of Fort Worth applied to be part of multi-district litigation in South Carolina, which has had more than 10,000 associated cases opened as direct filed or transferred, comprised of tens of thousands of plaintiffs.

       

Paul Hastings on Monday knocked out $1.2 billion in damages claims on behalf of Chinese electric vehicle company BYD and its North American subsidiary, Global Healthcare, during arbitration in a breach-of-contract dispute with a Florida healthcare provider network.

       

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Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg of the District of Columbia, a former prosecutor who gained a tough-on-crime reputation, finds himself surrounded by controversy in the wake of his ruling over deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members.

       

In a statement, Buzbee said his co-counsel “who are formally admitted will continue to represent plaintiffs in the federal actions and called his lack of admission an "administrative issue.

       

The boutique looks to build off the success of Gupta Wessler, the firm founded in 2012 by public interest litigator Deepak Gupta that has racked up victories at the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of consumers and workers.

       

The government had interpreted the TRO to apply only to agencies named as defendants, not to all agencies subject to the executive order, Perkins Coie said in court documents.

       

U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman said transferred Mahmoud Khalil's case to New Jersey, citing a requirement that the habeas corpus petition be heard in the district where he was physically located when the application was filed.

       

“ Stopping the IP theft from American companies by foreign countries is not just an economic issue anymore. With the advancement of AI, it is a national security issue, said Horacio Gutierrez, chief legal officer at the Walt Disney Co.

       

       

The firm has promoted its new website with ongoing case updates on Google Ads for maximum visibility.

       

Many dealmakers were bullish in November 2024. The market, and client guidance, has shifted—at least for now.

       

"There is no substitute for dedication, there are no shortcuts, nothing is easy. Early on in my career, I treated the practice of law as a 9 to 5 job and failed to realize that the practice of law is a profession. The distinction between the two is that a job is something you do during the day to receive compensation, and you leave behind when you go home. The profession of law goes beyond the office doors. The practice of law is personal."

       

"I'm heartened for others to use our legal playbook to fight back," said Bradley Garlinghouse, Ripple Labs' CEO.

       

U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton reserved a decision on the plaintiff's motion to expedite the discovery schedule, among other matters, until an NHL agent and his counsel can weigh in at the Rule 16 scheduling conference next month.

       

Marquee litigation clients and strong deal volume rounded out a diversified firmwide performance, said chair Bradley Butwin.

       

Anticipating harm to a client in another, or even as-yet-unknown, setting is increasingly necessary in today's political and governmental climates.