The government's motivation behind appealing might not just be to win.

       

Three major Big Law mergers capped off a year in which actual law firm mergers finally caught up to reported merger interest.

       

Armond Wilson partners Monica Arnold and Michelle Armond are back with the latest installment of their year-end column recapping the top patent law decisions from 2025.

       

Law firms have used a host of different methods to partake in legal tech funding rounds this year.

       

"Success is hardly ever linear, which is an advantage if you embrace it. Providing value to your firm, clients and colleagues while positioning yourself as a subject-matter expert in your field will help set you up for success. Build a strong network, invest in your professional development beyond what your firm provides, and remember that feedback from reliable sources is a gift."

       

An ongoing tug-of-war between federal and state governments exacerbates the need for continually updating AI governance

       

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe secured a defense win for Snap Inc. in Washington state court last week, knocking out class certification in an employment class action that accused the Snapchat parent of violating state labor laws by failing to display pay ranges on Washington-based job advertisements.

       

Jessica Dean, of Dallas-based Dean Omar Branham Shirley, talked to Law.com about the $1.5 billion talc verdict that jurors in Baltimore, Maryland, returned on Monday against Johnson & Johnson.

       

The legal industry is closer than ever to having third-party financial backing within the country's largest law firms, and that has major implications for talent, clients, vendors and the competition.

       

“Mandelbaum Barrett has been growing exponentially over the last several years, and we created a seven-year plan a couple of years ago to take us through our 100th anniversary. Part of that plan was looking for the right opportunity that could come along in the Connecticut-Fairfield County area, firm CEO William S. Barrett said.

       

The technology has been a game changer for Weil clients, according to two clients who spoke with Law.com.

       

While suits targeting food and beverage companies isn't anything new, legal experts have opined that they have seen an increase in litigation in recent years as conversations around ingredients and additives increase at the federal level and within food and beverage companies themselves.

       

Redefining legal risk in the Middle East: Navigate change, compliance, and cross-border exposure.

       

As the expiration date on Alexion Pharmaceuticals' patent protections grew closer and competitors began developing their own medications, Alexion started filing patent infringement claims against those companies.

       

Many lawyers will be focused on bellwether trials in 2026 that feature the novel legal theory about social media's addictive nature.

       

“This matter highlights an all-too-common form of investment scam that is being used to target U.S. retail investors with devastating consequences, Laura D'Allaird, chief of the SEC's Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit, said in a statement.

       

“This matter highlights an all-too-common form of investment scam that is being used to target U.S. retail investors with devastating consequences, Laura D'Allaird, chief of the SEC's Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit, said in a statement.

       

A jury in Baltimore City Circuit Court awarded $59.84 million to plaintiff Cherie Craft, then added $1.5 billion in punitive damages against Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Pecos River.

       

When the Standards committee met in November, it “engaged in a comprehensive view of the Standards with the goal of looking for the standards to be discussed by the advisory committee.

       

The firm's 149,000 square feet in New York across four floors is an increase of about 6,000 from the prior location.