Investing more broadly and deliberately in business development support helps firms retain lawyers, recruit talent, and reduce long-term risk. In a market where compensation alone no longer differentiates firms, it's one of the most practical ways to strengthen the organization.

       

Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan, Judge Cornelia Pillard and Judge Neomi Rao have been selected to be on the panel that will hear arguments on May 14 in the combined appeals cases, involving Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, Susman Godfrey, and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.

       

From Fujitsu to SoftBank, Ken Siegel turned a bold expatriate move into a legal career at the intersection of Japanese business, global finance, and enduring personal relationships.

       

The jury found that a senior associate failed to prove that the firm was liable for discrimination under the New York City Human Rights Law. The panel also said the firm was not liable for interfering with their Family Medical Leave Act Rights.

       

A bail-in is a regulatory instrument by which banks close to failure restructure their debt and mandate creditors to take losses. It is the opposite of a bailout, where the costs of saving a bank fall on governments and taxpayers.

       

“Data is really useful and also sometimes not useful at the same time, said Stephen Mar, general counsel of Odeko.

       

Pennsylvania Legal Awards recognizes the best of its legal community in Pennsylvania and Delaware on its shortlist, with winners announced at an awards dinner in June.


       

"There can be no dispute here that the president wants some of the provisions to take effect even if others are enjoined," the DOJ says.

       

"There is no substitute for being an excellent lawyer and colleague. I frame lawyer and leader success around three concepts: being humble, hard-working and hungry. Our most successful lawyers recognize they don't know everything and are constantly learning and growing."

       

Georgia products liability attorney Rebekah Cooper talks law after riding in a self-driving Waymo rideshare in Atlanta with Law.com senior litigation reporter and Legal Speak podcast co-host Cedra Mayfield.

       

Partners at Ashurst and Perkins Coie have "overwhelmingly" voted in favour of the trans-Atlantic tie-up to create a $2.8 billion firm with around 3,000 lawyers.

       

"The Committee's rating of Ms. [Kathleen] Lane is based on issues with her experience, which is an important component of competence, not her temperament or integrity," the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary wrote in a letter explaining why the ABA rated Lane "not qualified" to serve as President Donald Trump's pick for a Montana federal judgeship.

       

Winston and Taylor Wessing have regulatory approvals, and they'll announce a final closing time within the range of May to June, said chairman Steve D'Amore.

       

A jury in Cook County Circuit Court hit Abbott with $17 million in punitive damages on Friday after awarding $53 million in compensatory damages on Thursday to the parents of four premature babies who developed a life-threatening gastrointestinal illness after ingesting its cow's milk-based formula.

       

There are 300 regulated coal facilities that contain 775 coal ash surface impoundments and landfills across the country. At least 91% of those coal plants are polluting groundwater above federal safety standards, according to Earthjustice.

       

Distributors of wound care products are cracking down on unpaid invoices as federal regulators seek to rein in "substantial and unusual" spending increases.

       

Michelle Morgante, regional managing editor of The Recorder, speaks with Amanda Bronstad about two recent verdicts that found social media platforms harmed the mental health of their young consumers.        

In-house lawyers say they're getting flooded with suits alleging website-tracking tools violate the California Invasion of Privacy Act.
       

       

Employers have plenty of spadework to do before the law kicks in in June 2027.