Coaching is a powerful tool. It can be transformative for underperforming partners in law firms, addressing issues such as situational changes, practice impediments, and age-related challenges.

The AI reporters Daniel and Victoria will provide online and social media commentary on new court decisions, rules, and policy.

With demand strong in "really every practice group," Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld posted another record year with hiring in key practices.

Twenty-one major law firms including 19 in the AmLaw 50, lent their support to Senate Bill 21 in a letter to lawmakers and Gov. Matt Meyer, saying the bill would help maintain Delaware's place as the "epicenter of American corporate law." A Judiciary Committee hearing is set for Wednesday.

"Criticism is no surprise. It's part of the job," said Sixth Circuit Jeffrey Sutton. "But I do think when it gets to the level of a threat, it really is about attacking judicial independence, and that's just not good for the system or the country.”

U.S. District Judge Kenneth Bell, who is overseeing the Gardasil multidistrict litigation in the Western District of North Carolina, sided with Merck on its implied preemption defense, granting summary judgment to potentially hundreds of cases.

Trump's executive order has already caused several clients to terminate, or think of terminating their legal engagements with Perkins Coie, the firm said.

Class sizes also shrunk in 2024, as did the prevalence of diversity fellows.

“You're starting to see these patents that were filed at the peak time of NFTs at the height of the coronavirus pandemic progress through the examination phase of the patent office, said Mauricio Uribe, chair of the data privacy and data protection practice group at Knobbe Martens.

"Allowing PBD's proposed Sherman Act claim...would change the course of the underlying legal theories in this litigation in fundamental ways and entitle defendants to extensive and lengthy additional fact discovery," the judge said.

Some tips on professional development, writing and advocacy from retired Delaware Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III and Vice Chancellor Bonnie David, one of his former clerks who succeeded him on the bench in the court's Georgetown courthouse.

Deal work was down in February year over year, just like in January. Some deals are coming through, but they face an inconsistent and constantly changing environment.

The Judicial Conference seeks dozens of federal judgeships to address rising caseloads after past administration veto.

The NCAA has allowed college athletes to make money from their brands since 2021 and some are making millions. The University of Texas' Quarterback Arch Manning is reportedly the highest paid with $6.5 million in contracts related to his Name Image and Likeness, known as NIL. But it's not just football, any college athlete from swimmers to volleyball players can negotiate NIL contracts. The NCAA rule has opened up new business for contract lawyers to negotiate deals on behalf of college athletes.

“[W]e do not question the vigor of [Michael] Polelle's sincerely held political beliefs. Nor do we doubt the indignity' he may suffer by having to switch' his registrations in contravention of those beliefs," the appeals court stated. "Indeed, Florida's law puts him to a hard choice.' But it is not one that the Constitution forbids.

Profits per equity partner grew by 13.8% to $1.8 million, and the London office—the firm's largest—had a particularly strong performance.

The deal has been tarred by the political brush as U.S. President Trump previously vowed to seize control of the Panama Canal, which he falsely claimed has been under China's control.

A federal judge on Tuesday confirmed an arbitrator's ruling that sided with the retailer on every claim.

The ruling differs from recent federal precedent on the liability of rideshare services, such as U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark for the Eastern District of Missouri's November ruling that Uber did not have a responsibility to share information with Lyft about a rider who was a known threat.

"As this court has consistently held, Mo. Rev. Stat. § 510.261.5 and Rule 8 answer the same question, namely: may punitive damages claims be included in an initial complaint? Section 510.261.5 answers 'no-never,' while Rule 8 answers 'yes-always,'" U.S. District Judge John A. Ross of the Eastern District of Missouri said in a lawsuit against an instant oil change franchise.