A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses claims administrators Epiq, Angeion and JND of receiving kickbacks from financial services companies to distribute digital payments to class members.

Marty Ellin says he's prioritizing raising the legal community's involvement with the ABA-accredited school.

The sentence includes 63 months for wire fraud and 24 months for aggravated identity theft, followed by two years of supervised release. Santos must also pay $373,000 in restitution to his victims.

“Clients who previously had no difficulty finding representation are now being turned away by those who worry that taking the cases might risk presidential disapproval," said the group's amicus brief.

Three trial courts ruled the Trump administration's "Dear Colleague Letter" threatening to defund schools that support diversity, equity and inclusion is likely unconstitutional or in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act.

Most of Roger Theodoredis' $10.7 million in compensation last year was in the form of stock awards.

Novo Nordisk faces a suit claiming it failed to warn users of Ozempic of the danger of blindness. The suit is brought by a Maryland man who developed non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy after taking the drug for diabetes. While the precise cause of that condition is unknown, the general belief in the medical community is that the condition is caused by insufficient blood supply or ischemia to the optic nerve, the suit alleges.

Many patent applicants currently face difficulty in obtaining antibody claims because of written description and enablement rejections under 35 U.S.C. §112(a). The USPTO routinely rejects claims as too broad. The heightened disclosure requirements increase laboratory costs to generate sufficient data for a §112(a)-proof specification.

Now, it will be up to the Florida Supreme Court to accept or modify the referee's suspension recommendation.

"Build your personal brand as an associate. In other words, find an area of the law within your practice that genuinely interests you or that you particularly enjoy and make yourself an expert within that area. By doing so, you can become a point person within your firm or within your practice group, which in turn provides you with the opportunity to impart your knowledge and skills onto others, act as a mentor and a leader within the firm, and attract new clients while also retaining the current clients."

In this Legal Speak episode, host Patrick Smith interviews Kiley Kio, a senior technology consultant at FTI Consulting.

In this Legal Speak episode, host Patrick Smith interviews Elizabeth Barton, managing deputy general counsel at the Chicago Board of Education.

Here's a first look at the law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2024 graduates to associate jobs at the largest 500 law firms.

Part Two of this two-part article examines practical steps marketers must take to succeed in this changing landscape by embracing a multichannel, AI-driven approach to their marketing and PR efforts. This means rethinking your strategy to build direct connections with your audience, using platforms that elevate your visibility and focusing on storytelling that resonates.

"We have so many consumer debt actions, foreclosure actions—you name it for people living in poverty. ... Being able to serve somebody in sort of this easier way ... you're making it easier to get a default judgment," said Vero nica C. Gonzales, an associate professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law.

Many victims of the Palisades wildfire were lawyers and judges who are now plaintiffs in lawsuits against the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

At least three more Kirkland associates on LinkedIn this week pointed to the deals with Trump as reason to leave the firm.

Tuition will be cut in half for lawyers, formerly in government service, who received a J.D. from a U.S.-accredited law school.

The firm, which has once again topped the latest AmLaw 100 ranking, has secured a series of sub-one billion dollar U.K. and European deals for the private equity giant.

In a lawsuit, the American Bar Association claimed it lost nearly $69 million in obligated federal and cooperative-agreement funds, forcing the organization to lay off more than 300 staff members and field officers across its programs.