Jennifer Contegiacomo joins Legal Speak co-host Patrick Smith during the General Counsel Conference East in New York.

Mrs Justice O'Farrell ruled that BHP was liable for the dam collapse, one of the worst environmental disasters in recent years, leaving the mining giant facing a potentially huge damages bill of some £36 billion.

Many single asset real estate (SARE) bankruptcies will check some or all of the boxes for a bad faith filing. Nevertheless, courts may be reluctant to dispose of these cases as bad faith filings, absent particularly egregious circumstances evidencing patent abuse of the bankruptcy process.

Cozen O'Connor is the latest major name to move into Minnesota, but observers say it remains relatively unsaturated with Am Law 200 firms.

As I reflect on our Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) conference, one of the most powerful takeaways was the importance of leading with confidence in times of uncertainty.

"Find a mentor you trust—someone ethical, talented, and invested in your success. We all know you don't learn how to be a lawyer in law school; you learn it from working alongside people who know how to do it well. It's imperative young associates find good mentors and learn from them side-by-side."

The four-week trial, featuring plaintiffs Monica Kent and Deborah Schultz, two women who got ovarian cancer, is the first from among talcum powder lawsuits coordinated in California's state courts and could be a harbinger for similar trials in 2026.

Attorney of the Year, Law Firm of the Year and winners for other highly anticipated awards were announced Thursday evening at the Industry Awards in New York.

Erin Wiggins joins Legal Speak co-host Patrick Smith during the General Counsel Conference East in New York.

Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including the aggregate valuations of the Am Law 100.

"The last thing you want is employees running around like chickens with their heads cut off when it's go time,” said Bukola Omishore, associate general counsel of Instructure.

Epiq GBTS relied on a different operating model than the rest of the business, and its sale will allow the company to reinvest the proceeds in research and acquisitions.

Last year, the firm also closed its Beijing office, joining a swathe of other firms closing operations in Asia.

Over the last decade, technology-assisted review (TAR) has become a preferred choice in the e-discovery toolkit. Now, as generative AI gains traction, legal teams face a new challenge: creating a technology stack that offers the best balance of efficiency, cost and usability.

Will the "act of God" defense hold up as lawsuits fly over deadly Texas flood?

"Almost every firm outside the top 20 by PEP in the Am Law 100 is either pursuing a deal or talking about pursuing one," said Kent Zimmermann, law firm adviser at Zeughauser Group.

Philips terminated a reseller agreement in 2019 without notice or reason, and its former business partner filed suit claiming the termination actually resulted from disputes over recertifying a Philips product as "airworthy."

Closing arguments began Wednesday in a 51-day opioid trial brought by 15 hospitals in Florida.

On Monday, the Trump-era Federal Trade Commission lost its first antitrust lawsuit challenging private firm GTCR's $627 million acquisition of hydrophilic coatings producer Surmodics in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

The American Bar Association Standards Committee met Wednesday for a review of standards that will be evaluated by a not yet established advisory committee, which will be discussed during Friday's Council meeting.