The company's former CLO, CEO and CFO have filed a defamation lawsuit seeking at least $137 million.

Senate Bill 69, which would mandate that third-party financiers register with the state and require public disclosure of financing agreements, cleared the chamber on Thursday.

“With no definitive court ruling and the potential for conflicting judicial opinions, the SEC's decision to drop the case can be seen as an implicit acknowledgment that its legal footing was not as solid as it initially claimed, said Charlyn Ho, managing member at Rikka Law.

In an amicus brief submitted to U.S. District Judge Dale Ho of the Southern District of New York, the former judges—represented by Keker, Van Nest & Peters—urge the court to conduct a factual inquiry to determine whether dismissal is in the public interest and if a quid pro quo has occurred.

Seventeen deans of ABA-approved law schools also urged the high court to move the bar exam back to in-person testing sites in July and to scrap the new Kaplan-written questions. State bar staff have recommended returning to the testing-sites format for this summer's test.

In Friday's hearing, which lasted 10 hours, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez heard closing arguments in Johnson & Johnson's Chapter 11 talc case.

The U.S. Department of Justice argued that foreign nations are not "persons" protected by the Constitution's Fifth Amendment right to due process.

The firm, focused on expanding its global presence, now has more offices in foreign locations than it has in Japan.

Gibson Dunn; Latham & Watkins; Sidley Austin; Morrison Foerster; Bracewell; Nixon Peabody; and McGuireWoods are among the latest to hire former senior government attorneys.

Kim has returned to the firm he co-founded in 2017 with fellow former federal prosecutors Paul Krieger and Nicholas Lewin. Initially known as Krieger, Kim & Lewin, the boutique will now rebrand as KKL.

The suits filed against the firm concerned a former partner's role in counseling Par Funding.

This will be Jonathan Waclawski's second tour of duty at the nation's largest trade group.

Bartko Zankel Bunzel and Miller is combining with Pavia & Harcourt to create Bartko Pavia, which will have 66 lawyers in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.

The insurance defense firm has rapidly expanded in the last year, adding offices in Houston, Philadelphia and Sacramento.

New York firms Skadden and Debevoise have considered a nonequity tier, according to sources.

Even with an increase in equity partners, net income rose 15%, while PEP soared 11.8% to $2.3 million.

In a 4-3 majority ruling, the Missouri Supreme Court suspended a judge for one year without pay for allegedly failing to return timely rulings in several cases.

“By dismissing this action, the SEC is signaling to the industry that, one, it will not pursue these types of 'registration' cases going forward and, two, it will presumably focus its resources on fraud cases that harm consumers, said Scott Armstrong, a principal at McGovern Weems and a former federal prosecutor who served as senior counsel in cases involving cryptocurrencies.

Jones Day sees the mix of genomics and life sciences, two specialties of the duo, working nicely with the firm's existing client base in tech.

Prevailing plaintiff counsel leveraged ChatGPT to uncover evidence that contradicted defense expert testimony.