"It has become ever more apparent that, to our president, the rule of law is but an impediment to his policy goals," Senior U.S. District Judge John Coughenour said in issuing a preliminary injunction blocking President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship.

U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr. temporarily blocked the Thursday deadline for federal workers to accept a “deferred resignation from the Trump administration.

Dallas native Jim Baldwin spent a quarter century at Keurig Dr. Pepper, most recently as chief legal officer, GC and secretary.

“If your Rule 30(b)(6) witness doesn't know anything or is unresponsive, life will become very, very, very unpleasant for the FDIC, U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes warned the agency's counsel.

"Competitive athletics and competitive lawyering are very similar," says Conrad Bolston, who returned to Vinson & Elkins after working at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

The SEC deems providing an executive with personal security as a perk, a classification that "forces companies into a catch-22," a trio of Cooley partners argue.

"The division cites to no case, nor could we locate one, where misconduct was found based solely on poor performance despite the employee's best efforts. Rather, we agree with the Appeals Tribunal that Whiteley's performance deficiencies, while justification for discharge, do not disqualify her from unemployment benefits," said Missouri Court of Appeals Judge Gary D. Witt.

“We feel very good about the group that we have and the fact that we've been able to assemble lawyers who we've worked together with for a very long time," said Terry Brantley, now the managing partner at Marsh Atkinson & Brantley after holding the same title at his old firm.

After some of Florida's top schools saw declines in law school applications over the last two years, data points to a reversal in fortune for fall 2025.

Tips and shared advice from lateral integration professionals provide creative, practical and streamlined solutions to law firm marketers involved in the lateral integration process.

The California-based corporation says Own Your Hunger has deliberately tried to confuse consumers by marketing its nut spreads with a logo similar to that of Wonderful. Own's CEO said it will file to cancel Wonderful's marks on grounds of genericness.

After the nonequity partnership tier expanded by 12.2%, White & Case now has about an equal number of equity and nonequity partners.

“This and the other changes, such as starting the crypto task force really shows that the incoming administration wants to make clear that this will be a more business-friendly agency across the board and in particular, in crypto, said Reed Smith partner Mark Bini.

Lead counsel called a special master's recommendation to return $24.4 million in fees "insulting" and full of "misunderstandings."

James Leonard's former client had lost previous rounds in her legal-malpractice claim stemming from a losing case against an insurance company.

A group of lawyers from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher took on the monumental task pro bono—without any help from AI.

At issue in the case is whether speech—when expressed over social media outlets not known for serious discourse, by a person wearing funny headgear and couching their statements with "I think"—can be termed defamatory.

“The flood has not just continued but has massively intensified. It is not just the buyout offer, it is also all the other stuff, the terminations, the reassignments and the fear," noted one recruiter.

The 2023-24 LLP accounts will be the firm's last before its transatlantic merger with Kramer Levin goes live if it is voted through this month.

The National Women's Soccer League also agreed to new protocols to improve player safety, including coach vetting, installing multiple mechanisms for players to report misconduct and establishing a league safety officer. It will also provide free and unlimited counseling services to players, according to a statement issued by the Office of New York Attorney General Letitia James.