H&M had argued the plaintiff's claim of having independently tested the origin of the clothes was a "logical impossibility."

       

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Simone Wuhe, 60, notified Choice that she will exit after the franchising giant hires her successor.

       

Ian Freeman and his co-conspirators opened and operated accounts at financial institutions in the names of various churches, including the Shire Free Church, the Church of the Invisible Hand, the Crypto Church of New Hampshire and the NH Peace Church.

       

“The whole competitive landscape has changed now, a King & Spalding Brussels partner said.

       

Atlanta Judicial Circuit Judge Shermela J. Williams has resigned from the Fulton County Superior Court amid an ongoing ethics investigation.

       

While court systems issued closure alerts through Monday for New York City, upstate courts appear largely unaffected. Criminal court arraignments across New York City will open at 2 p.m., and any NYC family court emergency applications will be heard in criminal court.

       

The president put Netflix on the hot seat as the Justice Department scrutinizes whether it should greenlight the company's proposed $82 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets.

       

"Lateral hiring isn't simply a recruiting function — it's a capital allocation decision made with partners' own earnings."

       

Often used by European firms as a tool to disincentivise partner departures, the move to use the full extent of the firm's contractual notice period marks a shift in normal practice, and follows the exits of several high profile partners from across the firm's Europe offices.

       

The Epstein files expose the extent of the Big Law firm's involvement in a plea deal that, 17 years after it was finalized, garners worldwide attention for its perceived leniency.

       

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would review whether local governments and private plaintiffs may bring climate change lawsuits in state court against major fossil fuel producers.

       

A Sutton Place couple is suing their co%E2%80%91op board, its managing agent and several pump manufacturers over a 2023 plumbing failure that flooded their duplex and derailed a pending $6 million sale. The complaint alleges years of ignored expert warnings, defective pump components and negligent maintenance resulted in more than $3.5 million in damages.

       

"It was consistent performance and reliability over time. Being an associate is a protracted interview in many ways, and I have always approached it that way—showing up day after day as someone colleagues and clients can count on."

       

Former Cravath business development and communications chief and current founder and president of Farone Advisors, Deborah Farone, discusses her new book, which lights a path for women attorneys looking to build their own sustainable legal practices.

       

The American Bar Association's accrediting council voted Friday to send a repeal of Standard 206 for notice and comment.

       

The plaintiff claimed the utilities company paid its salaried employees on a monthly basis in violation of the Massachusetts Wage Act.

       

Several recruiting and staffing experts in touch with big firms said AI isn't alone leading to cuts, and some firms could simply be using AI as a public justification for cuts, even if slower performance, large staffing overheads or inefficiencies are the primary drivers.

       

The way legal value used to be measured was hours billed by private practice lawyers and strong business partnerships for in-house teams, but as technology reshapes workflows, globalisation accelerates complexity, and clients demand clarity as much as expertise; those traditional markers no longer capture the full scope of what modern organisations need from their legal advisers.

       

In the past few months, several firms from outside the Garden State have set up a presence, expanded or moved operations to the state of Delaware, including Ice Miller, Bernstein Litowitz, JVK Law and Akerman.