Robert "Bob" Josefsberg, a towering figure in south Florida's legal community whose courtroom tenacity was matched only by his insistence on civility, died on Monday from a heart attack while conducting a deposition with his grandson by his side. He was 86 years old.

       

“Under [the plaintiffs'] reading, virtually all pharmaceutical product-support services would qualify as a kickback, U.S. District Court Judge John Tharp for the Northern District of Illinois said.

       

Mamdani is slated to meet with business and law firm leaders in the city on Tuesday and Wednesday through visits with the business group Partnership for New York City.

       

Scott Catlett will serve as chief legal and administrative officer of Inspire Brands, which has amassed 33,000 restaurants since launching seven years ago.

       

Despite women making up the majority of German law graduates, only 16% of partners at top law firms are women. So what's stopping them?

       

Employee and consumer class actions dominate while shareholder class actions are making a comeback.

       

The ex-judges—co-led by the well-respected conservative J. Michael Luttig—highlighted controversies during Emil Bove's short time at the Justice Department, including allegations he steered prosecutors to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams as part of a deal in which Adams would be expected to enforce Trump's anti-immigration policy.

       

The Third Circuit vacated and remanded a U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey's decision granting summary judgment to New Jersey personal injury firm Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman and two of its attorneys, who represented the plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation.

       

"Akerman left us no other remedy than to file today's complaint," said Javier Lopez, a partner at Vedder Price.

       

Taylor Wettach, running for Iowa's 1st congressional district, resigned from Simpson because he said he didn't want to be at the "capitulating" law firm after its deal with Trump.

       

Considine—who is rejoining the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York—most recently worked as a litigation partner at Seward & Kissel, where he co-managed the government investigations practice group and the litigation department.

       

U.S. District Judge Eric Komitee dismissed the lawsuit against TMC The Metals Co. on Friday, finding that the company hadn't deceived investors with statements that it could mine the minerals used in electric vehicle batteries at a “significant reduction in the footprint of metals. TMC was represented by Latham & Watkins.        

Blake Ackerman, 27, died July 10 after being struck by a fleeing BMW driver. He had only just begun his legal career with Morgan Lewis in January.

       

The Nevada bar examination will include a multiple choice examination, a performance examination and a supervised practice component, according to a joint report filed by two court-appointed task forces on April 2, 2024.        

Dallas-based Dean Omar Branham Shirley is handling another talcum powder trial against Johnson & Johnson, which began on Monday in Boston.

       

Paul Dacier is giving up his partner post at Quinn Emanuel to become chief legal officer of IonQ.

       

Over dissents from the liberal justices, the Supreme Court said it would allow the Department of Education to terminate nearly 1,400 employees, part of the Trump administration's efforts to gut the agency.

       

Sheppard Mullin secured a complete dismissal of defamation and extortion claims brought against Texas attorney Tony Buzbee and The Buzbee Law Firm in a highly publicized lawsuit filed by American music mogul Shawn “Jay-Z Carter in connection with pre-litigation demand letters and public statements relating to sexual assault allegations against Carter and Sean “Diddy Combs.

       

“Considering the complexity of the matter, the issues involved in the motion, and the challenges faced by defendants in defending against a federal agency's serious allegations of $300 million in potential liability, defendants' retention of highly experienced counsel at the hourly rates charged was a reasonable and necessary choice," U.S. District Judge Edward Kiel ruled in the opinion and order.

       

Las Vegas-based United Fight Championship hired Francisco Arias this month from Fifth Season, a Los Angeles-based film and TV production company, where he'd been legal chief since 2022.