Currently, there are 1,374,720 lawyers in the U.S. as compared to 1,355,963 in 2024—a 1.38% increase from 2024, according to the ABA's 2025 Profile of the Legal Profession.

       

The jury in a 51-day opioid trial against Walmart, Walgreens and CVS sent a note on Monday saying, for the second time, that they were deadlocked.

       

The contract lasts one year, but has "an option to renew" for an additional one-year period.

       

The court granted colead counsel—Brian Calandra, a partner at Pomerantz, and Olimpio Squitieri, a partner at Squitieri & Fearon—their request for $2.7 million in attorney fees, or 20.4% of the settlement fund.

       

Meta Platforms is urging the Ninth Circuit to explicitly adopt the "apex doctrine," a legal principle that generally bars CEOs from being deposed. The doctrine has divided lower courts.

       

Mark Lanier has filed one of the wrongful death lawsuits on behalf of six young campers who died in the July 4 floods, while Mikal Watts is defending Camp Mystic.

       

After a three-month-long battle over the legality of her appointment, beleaguered acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba has resigned from her post.

       

The U.S. Supreme Court seems inclined to overrule a 90-year-old precedent upholding laws that insulate federal agency officials from political pressure.

       

Antitrust lawyers cannot help asking the question: If she has great power, does Taylor also possess market power?        

In a case that interrogates the scope of the federal Ending Forced Arbitration Act and the definition of sexual harassment under state laws, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit considered whether to uphold the denial of a motion to compel arbitration in a sex discrimination and harassment suit brought against a biopharmaceutical company by its ex-chief financial officer.

       

Meta brought the case to Massachusetts' high court Friday to challenge a Suffolk Superior Court judge's October 2024 decision denying its bid to escape a suit alleging it misled consumers on the "addictive nature" of its Instagram app.

       

A proposed opt-out system could revolutionize class actions, but political delays leave its fate—and timing—uncertain.

       

Large law firm leaders remain ambitious moving into 2026 even as concerns mount over private equity and new technologies, according to a new legal industry survey.

       

Big Law's top quadrant sees growing class sizes, while a majority of smaller firms promoted fewer partners by early December.

       

Paramount said it would pay $30 per share, putting the bid around $108 billion.

       

"My biggest advice is to find great partners to build with. Starting a firm is incredibly challenging and requires a tremendous amount of hard work. I truly admire those who launch solo practices, it's no small feat. But for us, success wouldn't have been possible without a strong core team from the start: great co-founders and colleagues who shared our business values, practice philosophy, and work ethic."

       

The battle for private equity talent has turned into an arms race of eye-watering guarantees and partner raids, but the economics won't add up forever, writes The Global Lawyer.

       

New suits blame rising egg costs on algorithmic pricing. 

       

The Harvard Law School visiting professor was arrested in October for firing shots near Temple Beth Zion on Yom Kippur, but the Temple did not deem it an anti-Semitic event.

       

On its 13th day of deliberations, a Florida jury in a high-profile opioid trial that lasted 51 days provoked concerns about possible misconduct, with one member alleging improper behavior by a fellow juror.