Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has risked drawing the renewed ire of President Donald Trump after filing a lawsuit against the Hudson Valley Proud Boys seeking collection of a judgment. The move comes months after agreeing to support conservative-friendly causes pro bono as a condition of Trump withdrawing an executive order targeting the law firm.

Westlaw Advantage will likely be the last version of Westlaw, as the company moves to rolling updates and focuses on deeper integration of its offerings.

"LSAC—an ostensible not-for-profit organization purportedly committed to making legal education 'equitable and accessible' for all—has been wildly enriched by LSAC's anticompetitive conduct, as have LSAC's executives," the complaint states.

Median pay for women in our rankings topped that of men, but men hold two-thirds of the posts.

The partners of Schulte Roth & Zabel will “assume key roles across the management, executive, and compensation committees" of the new firm and will also serve as co-leads of its New York and London offices, the firm said.

Attorneys for Shira Perlmutter said Judge Kelly's rejection of her request for a preliminary injunction failed to address the merits of her argument that the president lacks the authority to replace her or the librarian of Congress.

The justices may limit the ability of courts to take race into account when trying to remedy under-representation by minority voters.

Since May, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has closed at least two Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations and dropped a civil action.

In what may be seen as a law firm merger cautionary tale, the firm has struggled to successfully integrate its Chinese and Australian arms, lawyers say, and geopolitics now has the firm operating as two very separate entities. 

In a wide-ranging interview with Law.com International, Kate Barton says the firm remains unique in the breadth of global coverage, with India offering the greatest opportunities for growth.

Lynch Carpenter and Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz brought the claim for the plaintiff against the store, its notary Rex K. Ingram and other defendants, alleging their additional $4 "clerical fee" for $1 notary transactions violated the Illinois Notary Public Act.

On Aug. 1, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria ordered Monsanto to call the heads of the 37 firms, which haven't paid their required 8% assessment toward the common benefit fund.

"This is a significant victory," D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb said after an appeals court revived the District of Columbia's Consumer Protection Procedures Act lawsuit alleging Meta Platforms Inc. failed to protect Facebook users' privacy.

The officer was performing a judicial act in presiding over the venire stage of jury duty, when prospective jurors are asked questions, offer excuses and make exemption requests, the court stated. That procedural step calls for the officer's discretionary judgment, thus he or she enjoys judicial immunity, the court held.

"This case turns on whether any of Nestlé's Poland Spring Water sources satisfy the objective spring-water standard of identity," the motion to certify the class said. "Nestlé represents that they are all 'springs.' Plaintiffs contend that each one is merely a groundwater well and that Nestlé strips minerals from all its products. If plaintiffs are right—either that Nestlé collects groundwater or uses demineralizing purification towers—then Poland Spring Water is mislabeled."

“David is a prosecutor's nightmare," said Mark Rosman, partner at Proskauer Rose and former assistant chief of the Washington Criminal Section in the DOJ's Antitrust Division.

Paul Mahoney will become the university's interim president on Aug. 11, succeeding Jim Ryan, who resigned at the end of June.

Amid the arrival of self-driving rideshare vehicles in Atlanta, attorney Drew Ashby has created a road map for pursuing tortious claims against autonomous defendants.

"Public servants at those agencies have worked for almost 20 years to achieve these results from DuPont, and it took a month-long trial in Camden this summer to get here, but we're thrilled that we're here and just too happy that New Jersey can get this behind them, and address the contamination from the DuPont sites and PFAS contamination statewide," said William J. Jackson, national environmental practice co-chair at Kelley Drye & Warren in Houston.

The firm's total catch from K&L Gates is at least 12 partners now.