"Maybe those allegations won't pan out. But at this early stage, the question is simply whether the complaint alleges that Albrecht was an active tortfeasor. And it does," U.S. District Judge Steven C. Seeger for the Northern District of Illinois said.

       

A municipal judge who touched a court employee without her consent after serving her several alcoholic drinks is removed from the bench as part of the judiciary's stricter penalties for judges who engage in sexual harassment on the job.

       

Blue Cross Blue Shield was hit with six federal antitrust suits on the day of the deadline for health care provider class members to provide a written notice to be excluded from a $2.8 billion settlement.

       

Firms are reviewing all of their potential vulnerabilities. "We have a lot of law firms that we're going to be going after,” Trump said on Sunday.

       

The firm said it recorded double-digit growth in specific practices such as M&A, private equity, capital markets, complex commercial litigation, and banking, among others.

       

Partners Christopher Thomas and Andrea Driggs are only the beginning of the Mountain West firm's bid to capitalize on the fast-growing Phoenix metro.

       

"I reacted immediately," said Robbins Firm managing partner Richard Robbins. "[I] ran out of the courtroom expecting to be shot at any time."

       

The U.S. Department of Justice is supporting parents who say a Maryland school district is violating their First Amendment right to religious freedom by not allowing them to opt their children out of LGBTQ-themed "story time" books.

       

Anne Robinson joined the multinational technology company after eight years as general counsel of mutual fund giant Vanguard.

       

Judge Eleanor J. Hunter declared a mistrial Monday in the case of Orange County Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, who was arrested for shooting his wife of 27 years to death in their Anaheim Hills home, after a hung jury panel announced an 11-1 split on the charge of second-degree murder.

       

Williams & Connolly has several high-profile litigators who worked with both Democratic and Republican politicians.

       

Latham describes it as the largest LBO of the year so far and the third-largest healthcare LBO of all time in the U.S. & Europe.

       

Freshfields represented Moderna, while Taylor Wessing advised BioNTech and Munich IP-firm df-mp was counsel to Pfizer.

       

The national firm most known for its labor and employment work continues to "aggressively hire" across key geographies, while placing a high value on associate compensation and retention.

       

“Most organizations have some type of multifunctional committee set up to evaluate generative AI applications. Those committees are overwhelmed right now because there are so many tools popping up," said Matt Bohn, senior counsel at Amgen.

       

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“Most organizations have some type of multifunctional committee set up to evaluate generative AI applications. Those committees are overwhelmed right now because there are so many tools popping up," said Matt Bohn, senior counsel at Amgen.

       

"Settling this case was a difficult decision, but it allows me to continue my advocacy work without the distraction or continued trauma of ongoing litigation," Kirkland & Ellis partner Elyse Dorsey said of her defamation case settlement with former Scalia Law professor Joshua Wright. Wright released a statement saying he has been "fully vindicated."