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Nearly one week into citywide protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Am Law 100 firms in Downtown LA remain open, but cautiously.

       

In a meeting with partners this week, the firm chair said that six of the 10 largest matters in the firm over the past month are litigation matters, according to sources.

       

The California National Guard will remain deployed to Los Angeles "pending further order" after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit stayed a ruling that blocked the Trump administration's federalization of troops to quell protests against immigration operations.

       

Citing its 2024 ruling in DeGreer v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the appellate court concluded that, because the plaintiff wasn't "unambiguously excluded" from a narrowed class action, the plaintiff's claims had paused during the class-action proceedings.        

“Right now, we're one of the busiest practice groups at the firm, which is a little unusual, said David Dixon, co-leader of Pillsbury's government contracts & disputes practice group.

       

Dallas Developer Ruel Hamilton was indicted in 2019 on bribery charges of two Dallas Council members. In 2021, he had his first trial and was found guilty. But the Fifth Circuit allowed Hamilton to remain free pending appeal. The appeal succeeded and a new trial began on June 2, and on Thursday, a jury found Hamilton not guilty in his second trial.

       

The firms combined last fall, which was estimated to add about $60 million in revenue.

       

"[T]he jury's verdict was grossly excessive and cannot be supported by the evidence introduced at trial," Judge Lawrence Fletcher-Hill of the Baltimore City Circuit Court wrote in his memorandum opinion overruling a jury's $266 million damages award in an opioid public nuisance trial.

       

Exactly two decades ago Julian Taylor started working reduced hours and he has gone on to be the re-elected leader of the firm. He explains why he made the request, how he made it work and what lessons it holds for the industry.

       

“A lot of folks I am speaking to internally are scratching their heads about whether the SEC is or is not having their actions reviewed by the White House, said Amanda Fischer, the policy director for Better Markets and former chief of staff at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

       

Democratic-sponsored legislation that would add create two judicial districts, while making Erie, Monroe and Onondaga counties their own districts effective in January 2027, has passed in the legislature, in an effort to diversify the bench in urban hubs in Central and Western New York. However, a political foe said the proposal attempts to "gerrymander" the judiciary.

       

The estimate of $20.1 million in damages for a startup company that failed was denounced by Lewis Brisbois as "speculative and far short of the 'reasonable certainty' as required under law."

       

"The first question is whether you want to be a partner in the firm where you are working. If yes, to achieve that status and stature, you must ensure that everyone internally knows your work quality and that you deliver it continuously."

       

In this week's Legal Speak episode, retired New Jersey Supreme Court Associate Justice Lee Solomon discusses his personal and professional life after the bench.

       

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Merritt Farren says the giant insurer seems to be trying "to reduce its exposure by frustrating insureds to a point of surrender.”

       

The world — and particularly the U.S. economy — is navigating unprecedented and turbulent times. For bankruptcy professionals, it may feel as though we've fallen down Alice's rabbit hole, where the rules we've long understood and accepted no longer apply. In this new reality, uncertainty defines both the global and American economic landscapes.

       

Questions are swirling over whether the provision will survive in the Senate version of the bill. One issue is that the Senate's so-called Byrd Rule requires reconciliation bills to focus only on fiscal issues.

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Duane Morris merged with Satterlee Stephens at the start of February 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic upended in-person work. Both legacy units are now united at 22 Vanderbilt on 335 Madison Ave.