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The Law Firm Disrupted: Can Billing Rate Increases Withstand the Tariff Buzzsaw?

Thu, 2025-05-08 18:35

For the last few years, it's seemed like nothing could stand in the way of rising billing rates. But they may have met their match in a global economic disruption.

       

Tom Girardi Hospitalized One Day Before Key Court Hearing

Thu, 2025-05-08 18:09

On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton, in downtown Los Angeles, rescheduled Girardi's sentencing for June 3, his 86th birthday.

       

The Supreme Court and Congress Brace for Nationwide-Injunctions Debate

Thu, 2025-05-08 17:37

The U.S. Supreme Court could rule on the validity of nationwide injunctions by July after the justices hear arguments May 15 on whether a U.S. district court judge properly issued such a broad mandate in rejecting as unconstitutional Trump's executive order to limit birthright citizenship.

       

'It's a Very Tough Time for Government Lawyers': Will Upheaval at DOJ Impact Litigation Over Trump's Agenda?

Thu, 2025-05-08 17:30

How will morale issues and turnover among Department of Justice lawyers impact the course of litigation over hot-button issues in the Trump agenda?

       

Supreme Court Ends Carvana Insider Trading Case in Delaware

Thu, 2025-05-08 17:29

Carvana isn't yet completely free from litigation over shareholders who say they were misled when material information was withheld from them. The online car dealer is still defending a securities class action that makes similar allegations in Arizona federal court.

       

DC Appeals Court Disbars Hunter Biden Amid Convictions and Father's Pardon

Thu, 2025-05-08 17:16

The D.C. Court of Appeals cited Hunter Biden's criminal gun case and his consent to attorney sanctions in disbarring former President Joe Biden's son from practicing law in Washington, D.C.

       

Judge Presses Government on Reasoning Behind Susman Godfrey Executive Order

Thu, 2025-05-08 17:14

Judge AliKhan repeatedly asked DOJ lawyer Richard Lawson to justify the government's arguments that Susman Godfrey engaged in discrimination.

       

California Businesses Hit With Discrimination Suits for ‘Ladies Only' Marketing

Thu, 2025-05-08 16:58

The class action complaints claim the marketing violates the Unruh Civil Rights Act, which “prohibits offering promotions or discounts based on sex or gender, and California Civil Code.

       

The European Legal Industry's Women Rising Stars, 2025

Thu, 2025-05-08 16:43

Over 100 entries featuring women practicing in Continental Europe and Ireland have been whittled down to the top 25 women aged under 40 tipped to spearhead the next generation of leading partners.

       

Stay or Go? Some Partners and Associates Are Considering Exits at Law Firms Settling With Trump

Thu, 2025-05-08 16:15

The choices law firms have made, to make a deal with or fight Trump, are leaving an impression on firm partnerships, firm morale, culture and unity.

       

McDermott and Schulte in Merger Talks

Thu, 2025-05-08 15:35

The proposed deal would create a firm with a combined revenue of $2.8 billion, a size that currently fits within the top 20 of the Am Law 100, and a firm with more than 1,600 lawyers.

       

3,000 Bitcoins: Investor Sues to Recover Tokens From Bankruptcy Estate

Thu, 2025-05-08 15:24

“What I am seeing in these crypto cases is an ambiguity in the laws regarding what's reachable, and it is whether it is the value of the crypto or whether it is the value of the value received, said Joseph Pack, a bankruptcy attorney at Pack Law.

       

UnitedHealth Shareholder Claims Company Covered Up Impacts of Its CEO's Killing

Thu, 2025-05-08 15:22

A shareholder alleged that in the months following Brian Thompson's death, UnitedHealth Group secretly moved away from the coverage policies that reportedly motivated Thompson's alleged killer, Luigi Mangione, and drew an enraged elements of the public to the his side.

       

Class of 2024 JDs Clocked Nearly 5M Pro Bono Hours During Law School

Thu, 2025-05-08 14:16

This reflects a notable jump from the class of 2023, which entered law school during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, which reported about 3.3 million pro bono hours during their three years in school.

       

Trump Withdraws Embattled US Attorney Nominee for DC

Thu, 2025-05-08 13:38

"He wasn't getting the support from people that I thought," President Donald Trump said of interim U.S. attorney Edward R. Martin Jr. and the withdrawal of Martin's nomination to serve as the permanent top prosecutor for Washington, D.C.

       

Roku GC Lavished With Millions Making Surprise Exit After 10 Months

Thu, 2025-05-08 10:54

Louise Pentland, a former legal chief at Nokia and PayPal, had to stay aboard a year to keep her entire $300,000 signing bonus and to avoid forfeiting her entire $9.75 million new hire stock grant.

       

Law.com's Top 100 Verdicts of 2024

Thu, 2025-05-08 09:59

The nation's highest-ranking verdicts were compiled by Law.com analyst team VerdictSearch.

       

Curiosity Outpacing Fear?: Lawyers and Judges Reveal How They're Using AI

Thu, 2025-05-08 07:29

Litigators and judges reveal how they're using artificial intelligence to enhance efficiency and productivity in their private practices and courtrooms.

       

Judge Allows FTX Investor Lawsuit to Proceed Against Celebrities, YouTube Promoters

Wed, 2025-05-07 20:14

“When Defendants urged people to invest in FTX, they solicited the purchases that followed, U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore ruled Wednesday in a 49-page order.

       

GC Group Championing Rule of Law Tops 500 Members Just Days After Launch

Wed, 2025-05-07 19:34

"We can no longer trust that law firms will put their professional ethics and their clients' long-term interests first over political influence, fear of retribution, and their own short-term interests," General Counsels United stated.

       

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