This year, Mayer Brown has increased its lateral partner hires, from 26 to 56, by leaning on practice leaders to recruit and emphasizing six particular areas it says touch high-value sectors.

Law schools are partnering with legal tech companies and tapping innovators to guide them in using rapidly developing technology.

On Monday, the Consumer Attorneys of California opposed Uber's motion to postpone a Jan. 13 bellwether trial in the multidistrict litigation involving sexual assaults by its drivers.

The action comes after another former Kasowitz partner, Eric Herschmann, sued the veteran litigator and his firm over unpaid wages.

A special master found this month that Heninger Garrison Davis and two of its partners, Lew Garrison and Bill Bross, and former attorney Taylor Bartlett, failed to adequately vet nearly 1,000 claims made on behalf of Ugandan citizens in 3M's $6 billion earplug settlement.

Families of terror victims are trying to seize billions of dollars in hacked Bitcoin, arguing it belongs to Iran's hidden crypto-mining operation.

Mitchell Hamline School of Law professor Gregory Duhl will begin teaching his "reimagined" contracts course this spring.

The two Southeast-founded firms followed a trend of most Am Law 100 firms making fewer promotions this year

Kirkland, Latham, Goodwin and Paul Weiss are among the fast growers as U.S.-based institutions continue their relentless assault on the U.K. capital.

Several industry observers have said that if McDermott or any other big firm actually makes good on its talk and welcomes PE investment, it's likely others will follow suit.

Gen Z attorneys appear to be staying at the firm they entered the industry with for longer than their predecessors at the tail-end of the Millennial generation.

"It goes without saying that making partner requires developing excellent technical skills, substantive expertise, sound judgment, and strong relationships with clients and colleagues. Beyond that, I'd encourage associates to be vocal about their goals. Seek regular feedback, and—awkward as it may feel—insist on clear communication from your practice group leaders about where you stand."

President Donald Trump won case after case at the Supreme Court in his first year back in the White House. But the justices also pushed back against some of his boldest moves and could hand him more defeats in 2026.

Hyde Park Town Justice Michael H. Plass unethically promised to "incarcerate offenders and protect victims of domestic violence" and stated that "together we can make a change in the safety of our community," the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct noted in its admonition.

"I'm not sure I understood how massive and challenging the job was going to be," Rachel Brand said of her 2018 move from the Justice Department to Walmart, which had 2.3 million employees and more than 10,000 stores across 20 countries.

The disgraced rapper and entrepreneur also seeks to overturn conviction on First Amendment grounds

Meta and Microsoft also saw changes at the top of their legal departments, and Berkshire Hathaway hired its first-ever general counsel.

Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including the 2025 U.K. A-List.

U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner, of the Central District of California, ordered Dovel & Luner partners Christin Cho and Rick Lyon to pay nearly $625,000 for excessive litigation against Walmart.

The government's motivation behind appealing might not just be to win.