"With our clients, we are taking a stand for families across the country and are committed to securing damages for affected families and injunctive relief to prevent further harm," plaintiffs lawyer Shana Khader said.

Brownstein, Akin and K&L Gates' firm PACs have contributed nearly half a million dollars this election cycle.

The court determined that "an employee is entitled to compensation for overnight travel when it 'cuts across' his 'workday.'"

"If the manner of providing clarity to the industry is by winning against this attempted regulation by enforcement, then Immutable is happy to do so," Immutable said in the blog post.

On appeal from the Cook County Circuit Court, the manager of Onward restaurant in Chicago argued that trial judge Robert F. Harris wrongly denied his motion for continuance to push back a jury trial because his attorney was injured and required surgery just prior to the start date.

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Jen Patton, the chief talent officer for Foley & Lardner in Houston, and Leigh Riley, a Milwaukee partner and member of the firm's management committee, speak with ALM senior business of law reporter Brenda Sapino Jeffreys about how the firm's new partner training program can help benefit lawyers throughout their careers.

The 19-page complaint is mainly due to a long series of insults directed at the Democratic nominee, her party and debatable accusations about the overall integrity of CBS.

"The biggest piece of advice I would give to my younger self is to embrace action over excessive planning. As a natural planner, I have often found myself caught up in analyzing potential outcomes and scenarios, especially in the context of trial work. This hesitation sometimes prevented me from taking decisive action, whether it was making an objection in court or stepping up to try a case. It took me a few years to get over it. Once I did, I tried case after case. I litigated motion after motion."

"Defendant CASA was given numerous notices of infringement and actual confusion by Plaintiff CASA," Akerman partner Bryan G. Scott alleged in the complaint demanding injunctive relief and damages from the Maryland nonprofit advocacy group.

The defense prevailed on a copyright defense of fair use, but the San Jose federal court jury awarded nominal damages of $550,000 to Synopsys on its breach-of-contract claim.

Companies can't use race or ethnicity as a factor in employment decisions. But if those employment decisions—such as whom to terminate during a round of layoffs—disproportionately affect one class of workers, they become vulnerable to discrimination claims.

"Most of the litigation to date is novel, and a win in one court doesn't necessarily scare away the plaintiff's counsel from trying over and over again, or from flooding every website that their clients come in contact with and sending a demand letter," said Bethany Lukitsch, a BakerHostetler partner.

Some firms now make partner pay data less accessible. Opening up pay data can lead to "a lot of partner dissatisfaction and angst," one consultant said.

The court denied the defendants' attempts to move the medical malpractice suit from Cook County to Will County.

"[A]s a simple matter of fact, there have not been any pure criminal defense lawyers on the appeals or SJC [since] 2002. That's a statistic that the criminal defense bar is aware of and people remind me of that," said Chauncey Wood, a criminal defense attorney nominated to the Massachusetts Appeals Court bench.

The paradigm of legal administrative support within law firms has undergone a remarkable transformation over the last decade. But this begs the question: are the changes to administrative support successful, and do law firms feel they are sufficiently prepared to meet future business needs?

Catch up on data and insights from across the Law.com Newsroom, including the percentage of multidistrict litigation appointments that went to attorneys of color in 2023.

In closing arguments on Wednesday, plaintiff's lawyer Timothy Cronin asked jurors for $6 billion in punitive damages.

Starbucks is targeting the board's 2022 decision in Thryv Inc. v. NLRB that the agency can order "make-whole relief" for those who suffered an unfair labor practice, including compensation for "all direct or foreseeable pecuniary harms," including credit-card fees, mortgage charges, child-care bills and medical expenses.

Amazon General Counsel David Zapolsky has been deeply critical of antitrust enforcement under the Biden administration. Nonetheless, he's trying to get Vice President Kamala Harris elected to succeed him, co-hosting a high-dollar fundraiser for her this month.