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Sudden leadership changes are “unsettling. New law firm leaders aim to stress continuity and strategy to clients and partners alike to build a stable foundation for the future.

"We found out about the merger on December 18th with Hogan, and we knew there was a conflict," Iovieno said in an interview.

"I think it's essential to show up as a leader well before you actually hold the title. In other words, preempt the promotion you're seeking by taking on leadership roles within your firm. (...) You want to demonstrate concretely to your firm's senior partners that you have the skills, the drive, the vision and tenacity to be a leader."

The resignation of Brad Karp as chairman of Paul Weiss demonstrates that the star culture associated with some U.S. law firms comes with risks, writes The Global Lawyer.

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation said it makes sense in terms of efficiency and practicality to centralize more than 20 cases currently pending in district courts in the federal court in San Francisco.

From 2005-24, a period including Karp's chairmanship beginning in 2008, the firm's growth in revenue, RPL and PEP well outpaced the Am Law 100 field.

A female former Blank Rome associate accused the firm of failing to "appropriately respond" after she reported a male associate at the firm sexually assaulted her.

Delivery drivers accuse FedEx of using third-party hiring agencies to misclassify workers as independent contractors.

“This historic settlement follows the court's ruling that the agency officially violated FOIA, Paul Grewal, the chief legal officer at Coinbase who backed History Associates Inc., said on social media.

U.S. District Judge William G. Young said the Suffolk County Superior Court will have to decide whether an employment class action can continue against Deloitte Consulting.

The California Legal Awards 2026 are now open for nominations.

“The President may determine his policy priorities and instruct his agents to make funding decisions based on them," Chief Judge Albert Diaz wrote. “Whether that's sound policy or not isn't our call. We ask only whether the policy is unconstitutionally vague for funding recipients.

On Friday, the New Jersey Appellate Division reversed Atlantic County Superior Judge John Porto's 2024 decision not to disqualify Beasley Allen from lawsuits tying Johnson & Johnson's talc products to ovarian cancer.

Large law firms were settling into 2026 on a high note. But, as events in the last week show, nothing is certain.

Four large law firms targeted by EOs last year will have their oral arguments on the same day and before the same appeals panel as a separate case involving Mark Zaid.

Jonathan Kuai assumed his first nonlegal responsibilities in 2015, when the company promoted him from deputy GC to GC and managing director of ESG and business affairs.

Former Utah running back Devin Green says the school ended his scholarship midyear, forcing his withdrawal, based on “fear, stereotypes and misconceptions about diabetes.

The Supreme Court's focus on limited standards as a minimum might “open the door for the entry of non-ABA accredited law schools in the Texas market providing very low-cost legal education, University of Houston Law Center Dean Leonard Baynes said.

The removal of Julie T. Le from her special assignment at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota is comparable to the 2025 termination of Erez Reuveni, the whistleblowing attorney who previously represented Trump administration defendants in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia habeas case in Maryland federal court, according to legal observers.