As I reflect on our Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) conference, one of the most powerful takeaways was the importance of leading with confidence in times of uncertainty.

"Find a mentor you trust—someone ethical, talented, and invested in your success. We all know you don't learn how to be a lawyer in law school; you learn it from working alongside people who know how to do it well. It's imperative young associates find good mentors and learn from them side-by-side."

The four-week trial, featuring plaintiffs Monica Kent and Deborah Schultz, two women who got ovarian cancer, is the first from among talcum powder lawsuits coordinated in California's state courts and could be a harbinger for similar trials in 2026.

Attorney of the Year, Law Firm of the Year and winners for other highly anticipated awards were announced Thursday evening at the Industry Awards in New York.

Erin Wiggins joins Legal Speak co-host Patrick Smith during the General Counsel Conference East in New York.

Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including the aggregate valuations of the Am Law 100.

"The last thing you want is employees running around like chickens with their heads cut off when it's go time,” said Bukola Omishore, associate general counsel of Instructure.

Epiq GBTS relied on a different operating model than the rest of the business, and its sale will allow the company to reinvest the proceeds in research and acquisitions.

Last year, the firm also closed its Beijing office, joining a swathe of other firms closing operations in Asia.

Over the last decade, technology-assisted review (TAR) has become a preferred choice in the e-discovery toolkit. Now, as generative AI gains traction, legal teams face a new challenge: creating a technology stack that offers the best balance of efficiency, cost and usability.

Will the "act of God" defense hold up as lawsuits fly over deadly Texas flood?

"Almost every firm outside the top 20 by PEP in the Am Law 100 is either pursuing a deal or talking about pursuing one," said Kent Zimmermann, law firm adviser at Zeughauser Group.

Philips terminated a reseller agreement in 2019 without notice or reason, and its former business partner filed suit claiming the termination actually resulted from disputes over recertifying a Philips product as "airworthy."

Closing arguments began Wednesday in a 51-day opioid trial brought by 15 hospitals in Florida.

On Monday, the Trump-era Federal Trade Commission lost its first antitrust lawsuit challenging private firm GTCR's $627 million acquisition of hydrophilic coatings producer Surmodics in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

The American Bar Association Standards Committee met Wednesday for a review of standards that will be evaluated by a not yet established advisory committee, which will be discussed during Friday's Council meeting.

A federal jury in Chicago awarded the damages to Shikha Garg, who died in the 2019 crash of Ethiopian Air Flight 302, the second of two disasters involving Boeing's 737 Max 8 aircraft.

A trio of trial court judges in their 70s sued New York's Office of Court Administration and the state government, arguing enactment of the Equal Rights Act was an implied repeal of an age cap on judges. The OCA argues the ERA cannot be enforced in court, drawing pushback from the the New York Civil Liberties Union. State Supreme Court Justice Lyle Frank of Manhattan is the trial jurist handling the case.

The court has been asked to address whether Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster correctly overruled Senior Magistrate Selena E. Molina's recommendation that the action be resolved in Paramount's favor, finding the shareholder that brought the demand had established a credible basis to suspect wrongdoing by Paramount's board.

Both the Southern and Eastern District of New York will largely suspend operations on Fridays due to the shutdown, per officials. The courts will remain open for emergency matters and hearings and deadlines set for Friday are not impacted.