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Why Lathrop GPM Chose to Remain Midsize After Merging With Hopkins Carley

Fri, 2025-06-13 16:14

The firms combined last fall, which was estimated to add about $60 million in revenue.

       

Maryland State Judge Overrules 'Grossly Excessive' $266M Jury Verdict in Opioid Trial

Fri, 2025-06-13 15:45

"[T]he jury's verdict was grossly excessive and cannot be supported by the evidence introduced at trial," Judge Lawrence Fletcher-Hill of the Baltimore City Circuit Court wrote in his memorandum opinion overruling a jury's $266 million damages award in an opioid public nuisance trial.

       

Flex Factor: Simmons & Simmons' Senior Partner Marks 4-Day Week Milestone

Fri, 2025-06-13 15:38

Exactly two decades ago Julian Taylor started working reduced hours and he has gone on to be the re-elected leader of the firm. He explains why he made the request, how he made it work and what lessons it holds for the industry.

       

SEC May Have Bypassed White House Executive Order in Nixing Rule Proposals

Fri, 2025-06-13 15:27

“A lot of folks I am speaking to internally are scratching their heads about whether the SEC is or is not having their actions reviewed by the White House, said Amanda Fischer, the policy director for Better Markets and former chief of staff at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

       

Hochul Set to Decide on Sweeping Realignment of Judicial Districts

Fri, 2025-06-13 15:22

Democratic-sponsored legislation that would add create two judicial districts, while making Erie, Monroe and Onondaga counties their own districts effective in January 2027, has passed in the legislature, in an effort to diversify the bench in urban hubs in Central and Western New York. However, a political foe said the proposal attempts to "gerrymander" the judiciary.

       

Legal Malpractice Suit Tossed After Expert Report Deemed a Net Opinion

Fri, 2025-06-13 14:50

The estimate of $20.1 million in damages for a startup company that failed was denounced by Lewis Brisbois as "speculative and far short of the 'reasonable certainty' as required under law."

       

How I Made Partner: 'Ensure That Everyone Internally Knows Your Work Quality,' Says Matthew Jorge of Marshall Gerstein

Fri, 2025-06-13 10:59

"The first question is whether you want to be a partner in the firm where you are working. If yes, to achieve that status and stature, you must ensure that everyone internally knows your work quality and that you deliver it continuously."

       

Retired Associate Justice Talks Life After New Jersey Supreme Court

Fri, 2025-06-13 09:30

In this week's Legal Speak episode, retired New Jersey Supreme Court Associate Justice Lee Solomon discusses his personal and professional life after the bench.

       

Morgan & Morgan Chairs Wage-and-Hour Class Action Against Wayfair

Fri, 2025-06-13 09:01
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Ex-Disneyland, Audible Legal Chief Thrusts Himself Into Fracas Over State Farm's Palisades Wildfire Response

Fri, 2025-06-13 08:32

Merritt Farren says the giant insurer seems to be trying "to reduce its exposure by frustrating insureds to a point of surrender.”

       

Down the Rabbit Hole: Bankruptcy Practice In Uncertain Times

Fri, 2025-06-13 07:59

The world — and particularly the U.S. economy — is navigating unprecedented and turbulent times. For bankruptcy professionals, it may feel as though we've fallen down Alice's rabbit hole, where the rules we've long understood and accepted no longer apply. In this new reality, uncertainty defines both the global and American economic landscapes.

       

What GOP Senators Are Saying About House Bill That Curbs Courts' Power to Enforce Rulings

Fri, 2025-06-13 07:44

Questions are swirling over whether the provision will survive in the Senate version of the bill. One issue is that the Senate's so-called Byrd Rule requires reconciliation bills to focus only on fiscal issues.

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5 Years Post Merger, Duane Morris Consolidates in One NYC Office

Fri, 2025-06-13 00:29

Duane Morris merged with Satterlee Stephens at the start of February 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic upended in-person work. Both legacy units are now united at 22 Vanderbilt on 335 Madison Ave.

       

Surge of 'Made in USA' Class Actions Up Pressure on Companies to Toe the Line on Marketing Claims

Fri, 2025-06-13 00:20

“These kinds of cases are important for leveling the playing field, said Abbas Kazerounian, a founding partner at Kazerouni Law Group, which files many of the lawsuits.

       

In Wake of Trump Deal, Willkie Loses 7 Litigators to Cooley

Fri, 2025-06-13 00:19

The group includes San Francisco managing partners Simona Agnolucci and Benedict Hur, both of whom were formerly partners at Keker, Van Nest & Peters.

       

Ex-DOJ Prosecutor Files Lawsuit Demanding Installation of Jan. 6 Monument

Thu, 2025-06-12 21:18

The plaintiffs seek a court order that would force the government to install a plaque listing the names of every police officer who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

       

The Largest 50 Firms by UK Revenue: US Firms Continue to Capture Market Share

Thu, 2025-06-12 19:33

Chicago-founded behemoth Kirkland & Ellis is on course to become the largest law firm by U.K. revenue, according to the latest table by Law.com International.

       

'The Missouri Supreme Court Got It Wrong': Lawyers React to State's Sex Discrimination Decision

Thu, 2025-06-12 18:58

In a 5-2 decision, the majority affirmed a Jackson County Circuit Court Judge's decision to nullify a jury's $4 million award to R.M.A., a transgender male student.

       

Federal Judge Rejects Experian's Efforts to Reinstate Favorable FCRA Ruling

Thu, 2025-06-12 18:30

The court concluded its March order remained, determining its conclusion wasn't at odds with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding willful violations under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

       

‘Not Popping the Champagne Cork': MAHA Report Not ‘Ammo' for Plaintiffs' Bar, Lawyers Say

Thu, 2025-06-12 17:11

Last month's Make America Healthy Again report, and two related FDA advisory panels on talcum powder and infant formula, focus on products at the center of much mass tort litigation.

       

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