The ruling serves as a reminder of the ethical questions that can arise when litigants accept funds from nonparties who are willing to pay the bills.

       

The ruling serves as a reminder of the ethical questions that can arise when litigants accept funds from nonparties who are willing to pay the bills.

       

Broadfield has hired Sidley Austin's veteran partner and investment funds expert Effie Vasilopoulos and two others to lead its ambitious growth plans in Asia Pacific.

       

"The president is not a king, and his power has limits within our Constitutional system of checks and balances—checks and balances that, at Public Citizen, I will fight every day to preserve," Karla Gilbride said.

       

The change was signed on Jan. 28 by New York Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas, and is set to take effect on March 31.

       

"A plaintiff's underlying claim exists regardless of any procedural time bars the General Assembly prescribes for bringing it. The running of the statute of limitations blocks the plaintiff from suing. It does not relieve the defendant of liability, nor does it create or alter property belonging to the defendant," said North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby.

       

Former associate Gita Sankano sued the firm in 2024 claiming that she was fired in retaliation for raising complaints about allegedly racist behavior by firm partners.

       

The decision comes after Senior U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal, who was hearing the ethics complaint, determined that she has no authority to impose a financial penalty on a law firm under the disciplinary rules of the district.

       

In Makela v. Apex Hospice and Palliative Care, the plaintiff filed suit against the hospice care provider, claiming she was unlawfully retaliated against and terminated because she repeatedly opposed the provider's efforts to admit patients who didn't meet the standards for hospice care under Medicare.        

Stephen S. Toeppich & Associates, a midsize oil and gas firm, alleges in a lawsuit that two lawyers who departed in 2024 violated their independent contractor agreements by soliciting other lawyers to leave the firm.

       

Catch up on data and insights from across the Law.com Newsroom, including what's driving the dollar value of class action and mass tort settlements to surpass $40 billion for the third year in a row.

       

The plaintiffs' attorney had told Law.com that the efforts of reinsurers to remove jurisdiction and avoid liability raised the risk of an insurance market crisis, as companies refused to reserve adequate funds in the face of ballooning judgments for air disasters.

       

S&R Associates deployed legal tech platform Lucio in January, while Trilegal implemented its AI suite in November last year.

       

TRU Staffing Partners' Jared Coseglia on the evolving legal tech talent market, where it is headed, which jobs will likely be 'in demand' and which, perhaps against current belief, won't.

       

“What if, instead of just sending a case to a law firm and hoping for the best, you could hand them a playbook outlining the most effective way to handle it? That's exactly what we did," said Murtuza Vohra, managing director at Morae Global.

       

A day before Winston DeCuir Jr. submitted his resignation letter, he'd offered encouraging words to a group of students protesting the suspension of law professor Dan Levy.

       

A day before Winston DeCuir Jr. submitted his resignation letter, he'd offered encouraging words to a group of students protesting the suspension of law professor Dan Levy.

       

Elite law firms are targeting lateral partner groups who can increase the firm's wallet share with existing, significant clients.

       

Latham called John Sobolewski "a leading authority" in his area. He joins several other fresh recruits at Latham.

       

"Finally, and perhaps most importantly, cultivating a culture of mutual trust within your practice is essential. As a leader, you must earn the confidence of every team member while simultaneously placing your trust in them. Your colleagues look to you for guidance, support, and leadership in ways that profoundly influence their professional trajectories and personal lives. By fostering this environment of trust and respect, you create a foundation for sustainable success and meaningful growth, both for your practice and for the individuals within it."