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Greenberg Traurig Posts Double-Digit Revenue Gains, Firm's Largest Since Record 2021

Thu, 2025-03-06 12:20

The global firm also managed to expand its head count, open new offices and keep overhead under control. Profits per equity partner grew by nearly 10% to surpass $2.6 million.

       

Survival Guide for the Data Explosion: Winning Complex Litigations in the Digital Age

Thu, 2025-03-06 12:03

Join the Webcast to gain insights into the latest best practices and emerging technologies that can transform your litigation approach.

       

Addleshaw Goddard Becomes Latest Firm to Adopt AI Tool Legora

Thu, 2025-03-06 10:40

The firm is following closely in the footsteps of Bird & Bird, which announced it was rolling out Legora last week.

       

Point of Diminishing Returns: When Nonequity Partner Growth Drags Down Profits

Thu, 2025-03-06 04:59

Law firms are using the nonequity partner ranks for multiple purposes now, and some lawyers can get stuck in a nonequity abyss, weakening overall firm performance.

       

Meet the Sullivan & Cromwell Team Defending Trump in His Manhattan Criminal Appeal

Thu, 2025-03-06 04:59

The partners defending President Trump are more well-known for advising large corporations or corporate executives in complex civil matters, especially securities litigation.

       

Hogan Lovells' Revenue Nears $3B in Second Straight Year of Growth

Thu, 2025-03-06 00:00

Profits per equity partner grew to over $3 million, even with net income essentially flat, as the firm's equity partner ranks shrunk by nearly 10%.

       

Remedies for Botched Bar Exam? Not So Fast, State Bar Says

Wed, 2025-03-05 23:21

In their first meeting since last week's bar exam meltdown, California bar leaders said applicants will have to wait for a testing expert to review the results before deciding if a lower passing score or a scoring boost is justified.

       

Condo Storm Damage Suit Cleared for Trial Against Insurer, Federal Judge Rules

Wed, 2025-03-05 23:21

The Insurance Company of Greater New York claimed the Heritage Park Condominium Association failed to show the July 2022 storm was the sole source of the claimed damage.

       

'An Extremely Close Call': California Federal Judge Denies Elon Musk's Request to Block OpenAI's Microsoft Partnership

Wed, 2025-03-05 21:34

A California federal judge on Tuesday rejected Tesla founder and billionaire Elon Musk's bid to block OpenAI's partnership with Microsoft, but said she could expedite a trial to address the "core claims" of Musk's ongoing litigation against OpenAI.

       

'You're Going to Find the Defendant Guilty': Prosecutor and Defense Address Deadlocked Jury in Ferguson Murder Trial

Wed, 2025-03-05 21:12

Lawyers directly addressed the jury, which has been deadlocked since Monday, in the murder trial for Orange County Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, heatedly sparring about whether the judge's discharge of the gun that killed his wife in 2023 met the definition for involuntary manslaughter or second-degree murder under California law.

       

Los Angeles County, Two Cities, Insurers Sue Edison Over Wildfire Damages

Wed, 2025-03-05 20:39

Baron & Budd filed the lawsuits on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court against Southern California Edison over damages caused by the Eaton fire.

       

Anti-SLAPP Defense Expected in Ex-GMU Law Professor's Defamation Jury Trial

Wed, 2025-03-05 18:53

Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Manuel A. Capsalis, a fellow George Mason University law school alumnus, will preside over the trial that is expected to run for about three weeks in Virginia state court.

       

Davis Wright Tremaine Files Media Companies' Copyright Suit Against Alleged Online Pirater

Wed, 2025-03-05 18:46

The complaint alleges a California man operates an illegal streaming service, Outer Limits, which charges subscriptions to access thousands of live channels, TV series and movies.

       

FTC Puts Spotlight on Worker Protections, Departs From Past GOP Practices

Wed, 2025-03-05 17:53

Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson told staff the task force will scrutinize unfair and anticompetitive labor practices, including no-poach, nonsolicitation, no-hire and noncompete agreements, as well as wage fixing.

       

NY State Bar Wants to Weigh in to 2nd Circuit on Unshielding Claims Against Prosecutors

Wed, 2025-03-05 17:44

The New York State Bar Association argues that a federal trial court judge erred when he held that people who file disciplinary complaints against attorneys have a First Amendment right to access related hearings, records and some final dispositions.

       

‘Unfettered Removal Power'? Judge Presses Lawyers on Trump's Firing of NLRB Member

Wed, 2025-03-05 17:30

“One of the things that the Constitution was intended to accomplish was not to have a monarchy, but was intended to have instead a democracy, where the Congress would set the institutional arrangements," attorney Deepak Gupta said on behalf of fired National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox.

       

Was the Norcross Prosecution Doomed by a Speaking Indictment?

Wed, 2025-03-05 16:45

“In this case, less would've been more," a former federal prosecutor from Reed Smith said.

       

Read the Complaint: NASCAR Antitrust Countersuit Alleges 'Illegal Cartel' Harmed Competition

Wed, 2025-03-05 16:30

Latham & Watkins partner Chris Yates as co-counsel for NASCAR said his client is prepared to litigate the claims and counterclaims if the case advances to trial.

       

'It's in the Blood of Everyone Now': Attorney Rob Bilott's New Film Targets a World of Water Contamination

Wed, 2025-03-05 16:08

Bilott, of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, partnered with actor Mark Ruffalo again in a new documentary, "How to Poison a Planet."

       

Wilson Sonsini to Close Beijing Office

Wed, 2025-03-05 15:45

The move makes Wilson Sonsini the 18th American firm to close an office in Greater China less than two years.

       

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