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By the Data: A Weekly Look at Legal Industry Trends

Thu, 2024-10-31 16:00

Dig into must-see data from the Law.com Newsroom.

       

'Only When They Have No Choice': Has Big Law's Remote Hiring Wave Run its Course?

Thu, 2024-10-31 15:44

While Quinn Emanuel continues to allow all attorneys to work remotely, other firms that had embraced out-of-footprint associates have shifted their stance.

       

Ties Go in Favor of Voters: NY Court of Appeals Upholds 2021 Canvassing Law

Thu, 2024-10-31 15:11

The state's highest court was unanimous in deciding that the 2021 reform measure doesn't run afoul of an equal representation mandate.

       

Why Retirement Might Be Increasingly Top-of-Mind for Older Attorneys

Thu, 2024-10-31 14:47

Generational trends driving a need for succession planning and a rapidly moving technological goal post are spurring some elder attorneys to ask themselves whether now is the right time to retire.

       

Dapper Labs $4M Settlement, $1.3M in Attorney Fees Reveal NFT Settlement Trend

Thu, 2024-10-31 14:13

"What you see happening is the real development around NFTs isn't necessarily in a particular image or art or music or film," said Jim Walker, a partner at Perkins Coie who counsels blockchain businesses on potential regulatory risk avoidance and mitigation.

       

Nike Promotes Legal Chief to Marketing Chief as New CEO Launches Turnaround

Thu, 2024-10-31 11:56

New Nike boss Elliott Hill predicted that 18-year company lawyer Ann Miller "will inspire, innovate and push the boundaries of what's possible" in her new role as executive vice president of global sports marketing.

       

Texas Lawyers and Campaign Fundraising: Which Presidential Candidate Is Leading?

Thu, 2024-10-31 10:02

Texas lawyers making large donations practice at Am Law 200 firms such as Haynes and Boone, Winstead, Clark Hill and Jackson Walker.

       

Meet the Lawyers on Kamala Harris' Transition Team

Thu, 2024-10-31 09:25

The team would be tasked with leading a transfer of power, should Harris win the election. Attorneys on and advising the transition team have backgrounds at Jenner, Covington and Hogan Lovells.

       

Pre/Dicta Expands Litigation Analytics Platform to California, Its First Venture Into State Courts

Thu, 2024-10-31 09:01

In an expansion enabled by the 2023 purchase of Gavelytics, the company will predict case timelines and motion outcomes in California Superior Courts, with the hope of expanding to additional states in the near future.

       

Clifford Chance Splashes $20M on New Houston Office

Thu, 2024-10-31 07:35

The move underlines the importance of Houston to firms eager to crack the U.S. market.

       

The EU Top 30, 2024: Ranking the Largest Law Firms in the European Union by Headcount

Thu, 2024-10-31 05:09

The likes of CMS and Hogan Lovells rank highly in the inaugural rankings, but firms told Law.com International that while they see the EU's market as stable it is also challenging and not necessarily their current top source of global growth.

       

Latham's New Academy Starts Associate Training on AI

Thu, 2024-10-31 05:00

The law firm will focus first on training first through fourth-year associates, but as the program expands, more attorneys, including partners, will participate.

       

Hearing on Krasner's Lawsuit Against Musk Hits Road Block With Last-Minute Jurisdictional Dispute

Thu, 2024-10-31 00:19

"On Mischief Night last night, Mr. Musk and America PAC filed a removal petition to try and divest this court of jurisdiction," Hangley Aronchick shareholder John Summers said at the Thursday hearing. "Your Honor," he continued, "that was both cowardly as well as irresponsible."

       

Judge Sinks Goodwin's Request for New Trial After Jury Sides With Boston Police in Wrongful-Death Suit

Thu, 2024-10-31 00:05

"Because the jury found that the officers did not violate Stilphen's constitutional rights, the court will dismiss the Monell claim. Here, because the jury determined that the officers did not violate Stilphen's constitutional rights, the § 1983 claim against the city necessarily fails, and the request to dismiss the Monell claim must be allowed," wrote U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns for the District of Massachusetts.

       

Decongestant MDL on Death's Door After Judge Strikes Key Claims

Wed, 2024-10-30 18:21

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan in New York dismissed key consumer claims in the multidistrict litigation against drugmakers of decongestants including Sudafed PE and NyQuil Severe Cold & Flu.

       

Georgia Big Law Lawyers Overwhelmingly Backing Harris With Dollars in Final Days

Wed, 2024-10-30 17:49

More than 100 Georgia-based lawyers from Am Law 100 and Second Hundred firms have contributed to the Harris campaign since Aug. 1.

       

Justices: Can Delaware Courts Put a Price Tag on Corporate Move to Nevada?

Wed, 2024-10-30 17:22

Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz Jr. and two associate justices focused on what would give Delaware courts authority to weigh the pros and cons of .corporate redomestication.

       

Former FTX Executive Nishad Singh Sentenced to Time Served

Wed, 2024-10-30 17:21

"You did the right thing," District Judge Lewis Kaplan told Singh. "You very quickly, within days, told the truth."

       

Judge Cannon Says She Has No Relationship With Trump and Won't Step Down From Attempted Assassination Case

Wed, 2024-10-30 17:16

"I have never spoken to or met former President Trump," Judge Aileen Cannon said in her respose for motion to recuse Tuesday."

       

3rd Circuit Judges Zero In on Constitutional Challenges to Medicare Drug Pricing Program

Wed, 2024-10-30 17:13

Part of the drugmakers' argument is that the federal scheme violates the First Amendment by compelling speech.

       

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