In a Tuesday ruling, New York Supreme Court Judge Phaedra Perry-Bond found that the mass arbitration campaign of Kind Law, based in Las Vegas, and San Diego's Ben Travis Law, was public speech and protected from what she deemed was a SLAPP—Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation.

       

Minority representation among examinees has also increased for most minority groups over the last five years.

       

Afridi argued on appeal that the MRI footage was real evidence rather than a demonstrative aid, looking to overturn the jury's February 2024 defense verdict, but Mikva and Justice Thaddeus L. Wilson disagreed. Justice Sharon Oden Johnson dissented from the majority.

       

The litigation funding firm wants to take minority stakes in law firms in the U.S. and U.K. Law.com sat down chief development officer Travis Lenkner to find out why and how these deals could happen.

       

During Pam Bondi's 14-month stint as attorney general, the U.S. Justice Department has seen an exodus of career prosecutors as the agency carried out the president's campaign of retribution against his political enemies.

       

"A plaintiff who alleges thousands of claims under BIPA Section 15 is only 'entitled to, at most, one recovery under' Section 20. We hold that this amendment applies retroactively because it impacts only the statutory damages available to plaintiffs—it does not change BIPA's substantive standards of liability," the federal appellate court said.

       

Texas Lawyer and Law.com's Texas Legal Awards recognizes professional excellence in the legal community in the state.

       

All Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee signed their name to an amicus brief, arguing that the executive orders against four law firms undermined "our constitutional separation of powers."

       

"It is our position that DM Law did not confer value on the client's claim sufficient to support the fee it is seeking. We have asked the court to determine the value conferred under Missouri law, and we will present the relevant facts and evidence in that forum," the plaintiff law firm said in a statement.

       

In a motion to recuse filed Wednesday, Mahmoud Khalil's attorneys said Bove's participation would create at least an appearance of a conflict of interest as he was acting deputy U.S. attorney general before joining the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

       

Three Am Law Second Hundred and midsize firms have all opened Wilmington offices since the start of 2026 with the help of lateral bankruptcy partners, while several other large firms have added on partners to pre-existing bases in the state.

       

In this Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith interview Shook, Hardy & Bacon attorneys Patrick Oot and Jamie Brown, live from the Legalweek 2026 Conference in New York.

       

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been railing against "activist judges" since taking office, but this week was the first time the governor has gone so far as to lobby for the removal of a sitting member of the judiciary.

       

Matt Doughty talks culture, debt, investor involvement and whether PE ownership of law firms is likely to catch on.

       

"I would assume that they'll keep ramping up the sanctions until this gets resolved. Again, this is an error that there might have been an excuse for previously, but as we go further and further along, there'll be less and less of an excuse for," one litigator told Law.com.

       

Simpson Thacher is taking a second stab at Singapore as private equity activity deepens on the ground and regional market dynamics shift.

       

The case, called Durnell v. Monsanto, could resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging the pesticide Roundup causes non-Hodgkin lymphoma.        

Regarding U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer's independence from President Donald Trump, Rutgers Law School professor Thea Johnson said, "You need a US Attorney's Office that can prosecute crime effectively. I'm hopeful that maybe we can get back to a US Attorney's Office that can do that, but I also think we have absolutely no idea how it will play out until we've had some opportunity to see what kinds of decisions [Frazer] makes and how the president responds to those decisions."

       

In this Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith interview Haystack ID Executive Vice President of Data Intelligence, Esther Birnbaum, live from the Legalweek 2026 Conference in New York.

       

An Illinois appellate court ruled that summary judgment was improper because questions remain about whether the chief of orthopedic surgery at St. Joseph Hospital in Chicago abused qualified immunity privilege about false accusations against another surgeon.