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The 2025 Am Law 200: At a Glance

3 hours 8 min ago

An alphabetized listing of the Am Law Second Hundred firms and their core financial and census data.

       

Court Says Cuba Tobacco Company Has Right to Seek Cancellation of U.S. Rival's ‘Cohiba' Trademark

3 hours 25 min ago

The legal dispute dates back to 1997, when Cuba's state-owned company attempted to register its Cohiba mark but was turned away because of General Cigar Company's registration. The court found Cubatabaco has the right to seek cancellation of the mark held by its U.S. rival.

       

The Law Firm Disrupted: Can Billing Rate Increases Withstand the Tariff Buzzsaw?

3 hours 35 min ago

For the last few years, it's seemed like nothing could stand in the way of rising billing rates. But they may have met their match in a global economic disruption.

       

The Supreme Court and Congress Brace for Nationwide-Injunctions Debate

4 hours 33 min ago

The U.S. Supreme Court could rule on the validity of nationwide injunctions by July after the justices hear arguments May 15 on whether a U.S. district court judge properly issued such a broad mandate in rejecting as unconstitutional Trump's executive order to limit birthright citizenship.

       

'It's a Very Tough Time for Government Lawyers': Will Upheaval at DOJ Impact Litigation Over Trump's Agenda?

4 hours 40 min ago

How will morale issues and turnover among Department of Justice lawyers impact the course of litigation over hot-button issues in the Trump agenda?

       

Supreme Court Ends Carvana Insider Trading Case in Delaware

4 hours 41 min ago

Carvana isn't yet completely free from litigation over shareholders who say they were misled when material information was withheld from them. The online car dealer is still defending a securities class action that makes similar allegations in Arizona federal court.

       

Judge Presses Government on Reasoning Behind Susman Godfrey Executive Order

4 hours 56 min ago

Judge AliKhan repeatedly asked DOJ lawyer Richard Lawson to justify the government's arguments that Susman Godfrey engaged in discrimination.

       

California Businesses Hit With Discrimination Suits for ‘Ladies Only' Marketing

5 hours 12 min ago

The class action complaints claim the marketing violates the Unruh Civil Rights Act, which “prohibits offering promotions or discounts based on sex or gender, and California Civil Code.

       

The European Legal Industry's Women Rising Stars, 2025

5 hours 27 min ago

Over 100 entries featuring women practicing in Continental Europe and Ireland have been whittled down to the top 25 women aged under 40 tipped to spearhead the next generation of leading partners.

       

Stay or Go? Some Partners and Associates Are Considering Exits at Law Firms Settling With Trump

5 hours 55 min ago

The choices law firms have made, to make a deal with or fight Trump, are leaving an impression on firm partnerships, firm morale, culture and unity.

       

McDermott and Schulte in Merger Talks

6 hours 35 min ago

The proposed deal would create a firm with a combined revenue of $2.8 billion, a size that currently fits within the top 20 of the Am Law 100, and a firm with more than 1,600 lawyers.

       

3,000 Bitcoins: Investor Sues to Recover Tokens From Bankruptcy Estate

6 hours 46 min ago

“What I am seeing in these crypto cases is an ambiguity in the laws regarding what's reachable, and it is whether it is the value of the crypto or whether it is the value of the value received, said Joseph Pack, a bankruptcy attorney at Pack Law.

       

UnitedHealth Shareholder Claims Company Covered Up Impacts of Its CEO's Killing

6 hours 48 min ago

A shareholder alleged that in the months following Brian Thompson's death, UnitedHealth Group secretly moved away from the coverage policies that reportedly motivated Thompson's alleged killer, Luigi Mangione, and drew an enraged elements of the public to the his side.

       

Class of 2024 JDs Clocked Nearly 5M Pro Bono Hours During Law School

7 hours 54 min ago

This reflects a notable jump from the class of 2023, which entered law school during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, which reported about 3.3 million pro bono hours during their three years in school.

       

Trump Withdraws Embattled US Attorney Nominee for DC

8 hours 32 min ago

"He wasn't getting the support from people that I thought," President Donald Trump said of interim U.S. attorney Edward R. Martin Jr. and the withdrawal of Martin's nomination to serve as the permanent top prosecutor for Washington, D.C.

       

Roku GC Lavished With Millions Making Surprise Exit After 10 Months

11 hours 16 min ago

Louise Pentland, a former legal chief at Nokia and PayPal, had to stay aboard a year to keep her entire $300,000 signing bonus and to avoid forfeiting her entire $9.75 million new hire stock grant.

       

Law.com's Top 100 Verdicts of 2024

12 hours 10 min ago

The nation's highest-ranking verdicts were compiled by Law.com analyst team VerdictSearch.

       

Curiosity Outpacing Fear?: Lawyers and Judges Reveal How They're Using AI

14 hours 40 min ago

Litigators and judges reveal how they're using artificial intelligence to enhance efficiency and productivity in their private practices and courtrooms.

       

Judge Allows FTX Investor Lawsuit to Proceed Against Celebrities, YouTube Promoters

Wed, 2025-05-07 20:14

“When Defendants urged people to invest in FTX, they solicited the purchases that followed, U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore ruled Wednesday in a 49-page order.

       

GC Group Championing Rule of Law Tops 500 Members Just Days After Launch

Wed, 2025-05-07 19:34

"We can no longer trust that law firms will put their professional ethics and their clients' long-term interests first over political influence, fear of retribution, and their own short-term interests," General Counsels United stated.

       

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