Sources and early evidence shows that law firm diversity staff could be quietly pivoting away from DEI.

       

“The current regulatory environment for our financial system inhibits investment and often punishes success, Paul Atkins told the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. “Unclear, overly politicized, complicated and burdensome regulations are stifling capital formation while American investors are flooded with disclosures that do the opposite of helping them understand the true risks of an investment."

       

The trial court had sided with the physician's efforts to toss the case, finding the negligence and wrongful death claims were barred by the seven-year statute of repose based on the 2006 test results.

       

Two unnamed student athletes sued University of Michigan, ex-football assistant coach Matthew Weiss and other defendants after Weiss was indicted for allegedly downloading thousands of students' intimate photos and videos.

       

During his time as a Superior Court judge, Davis—a former Skadden partner—has overseen a range of cases, including a series of high profile defamation cases involving Fox News and Newsmax coverage following the 2020 presidential election, one of which is scheduled to go to trial next month.

       

A new study from the on-demand legal services provider Axiom said the challenges give GCs leverage "to put the pedal to the metal on transformation initiatives that may have been on a slower path prior to the current administration."

       

Massachusetts-based defense contractor MORSECORP agreed to pay $4.6 million to resolve allegations that it failed to comply with cybersecurity requirements for its contracts with the Departments of the Army and Air Force in violation of the False Claims Act Wednesday.        

"We write to reaffirm basic principles: The government should not punish lawyers and law firms for the clients they represent, absent specific findings that such representation was illegal or unethical,” said Georgetown Law Dean William Treanor.

       

"In this case, Roeslein has not submitted evidence proving that Wendt contracted a specific or specialized portion of its contract to Trillium, and there remains a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether Trillium was a subcontractor of Wendt," the court said. "As a result, summary judgment cannot be granted as to Roeslein's claim that Wendt breached the contract by failing to require Trillium to be bound by the agreements."

       

"When we closed the books at the end of 2023, our numbers were up so dramatically that people outside of the firm questioned whether we could have a repeat year. I'm proud to report we're up again rather significantly,” said co-managing partner Michael Carlinsky.

       

Collaborating plaintiff counsel with McArthur Law Firm and Dellacona Law Firm in Macon, Georgia, obtained a record-setting $25 million verdict in Bibb County State Court.

       

At a hearing last month, U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland of the Northern District of Illinois pushed back against Baker McKenzie's Barry Thompson after statements in a defense court filing appeared to negotiate with the judge.

       

“Like its statutory counterparts, predatory incursion referred to a form of hostilities against the United States by another nation-state, a form of attack short of war," wrote Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson. "Migration alone did not suffice.

       

“It is critically important to build a relationship with a regulator, said Bradford Edwards & Varlack partner Denver Edwards. “It is critically important to treat them like they're smart and engaged and responsible professionals just like you.

       

The circuit court found that the messages that Willie Dennis sent to a former colleague could be "distressing," but not true threats.

       

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell ruled that the defendants' motion to disqualify her “relies only on speculation, innuendo, and basic legal disagreements that provide no basis for disqualification of a judge.

       

"The Court concludes that the government's disbursement of the nearly $7.5 million in funds to RFE/RL does not mitigate RFE/RL's showing of irreparable harm," U.S. District Senior Judge Royce C. Lamberth wrote in a memorandum opinion granting a temporary restraining order protecting Covington & Burling's client Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

       

Benjamin ‘BitBoy' Armstrong has also tussled with a Florida attorney during litigation that allegedly resulted in one of the crypto influencer's followers threatening to shoot the lawyer and his family, court records show.

       

The firm said that its current priority is to invest in the transatlantic platform and operate selectively in the U.S., U.K., Europe and Middle East.

       

Defense claims they are unable to file their motions due to undisclosed grand jury testimony rings "hollow," the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said.