Marc Kasowitz is also representing student plaintiffs in other Title VI antisemitism cases against Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University.

Pauline Newman failed to show the statute is unconstitutional "in all of its applications" since it gives committees investigatory powers that fall outside the Fourth Amendment, such as interviewing court employees, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled.

The Superior Court ruled that sanctions "must be based in the rules or supported by contempt law, and must be based on actions in the individual case, not a courtwide policy for imposition of sanctions."

"Specifically, Freeland's pay statements demonstrate some discrepancies between pay periods, contrary to his assertion that he was always paid consistently. For instance, Freeland's pay statements show that there were several pay periods when Freeland received nothing in regular pay salary," wrote U.S. District Judge Nancy L. Maldonado for the Northern District of Illinois.

Although Javerbaum Wurgaft's client has his own suit against Holtec, the litigation privilege does not apply because the law firm made defamatory statements that went beyond those in the complaint, Holtec's suit claims.

The mayor's office said it is "moving forward with Randy," even as the mayor has yet to officially nominate the King & Spalding partner for the corporation counsel role.

"Sir, I'm doing something here," the judge reportedly told a defendant who came into his courtroom. "Could you shut up and sit down?"

Maldonado, who was confirmed in a 53-45 vote, will be the first Hispanic judge to sit on the Chicago-based appeals court.

It's possible the decision may spur other states to pass laws similar to the one in California.

According to the 2024 Am Law Pro Bono Scorecard, almost half of U.S. lawyers at 120 firms devoted at least 20 hours to pro bono in 2023.

As law firms face pressure to head into mediation earlier and earlier, junior associates feel the need to hit the ground running quicker than ever before. The new AltaClaro training series is hoping to speed up the process with real-life litigation simulations.

Chairman Richard Hays said the new partners, who focus on real estate transactions and M&A, "will contribute significantly to dynamic practice areas that have been longtime strengths of our firm while ushering in a new era of growth in two important U.S. markets."

Jenner & Block knocked Covington & Burling out of their top spot in this year's Pro Bono Scorecard.

The full buildout of its new offices will be a combination of some existing Weil personnel from its Silicon Valley office, which it intends to maintain, and other U.S. offices, as well as lateral hires, the firm said.

The firm's U.S. revenue rose by nearly a quarter in the latest financial year, it announced on Tuesday, continuing a run of strong U.K. firm financials.

On Tuesday, George Norcross III, along with his brother, Philip A. Norcross, a managing shareholder and CEO of Parker McCay, and William M. Tambussi, a partner with Brown & Connery, among others, pleaded not guilty before Mercer County Judge Peter Warshaw Jr.

In a 30-page order, the council said Joshua Kindred bombarded his clerks with hundreds of texts containing "crude, sexual, personal and vulgar messages" about his and their personal lives.

"Ultimately, I'll be surprised if the end of the road for the FTC isn't that the rule is struck down, never to be revived again," said Edward Schwartz, a partner at Reed Smith.

"Commercial filing trends continue to show strong double digit percentage increases in year-over-year filings, while individual filings increased at a much lower rate compared to commercial filings in the first half of 2024," said Michael Hunter, vice president of the Epiq AACER bankruptcy data platform.

"The decision should put a significant dent in the current mass arbitration model, at least as it has been addressed in the reported decisions," said Allen Garrett Jr., a Kilpatrick Townsend partner.