If the firm waited any longer for a merger, it may have been vulnerable to the same fate that other New York-founded firms outside the Am Law 50 have seen.

       

A former legal academic has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, while a barrister has also been sentenced.

       

“The thrust of our jobs is when things in the business go right, because that's when we gain trust within the company, said Obiamaka Madubuko, chief ethics and compliance officer of Visa.

       

Kidd, confirmed on a 49-45 vote, will be President Joe Biden's second appointee to the federal appeals court that covers Alabama, Florida and Georgia.

       

On Nov. 15, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers allowed school districts' public nuisance claims to go forward against social media sites including Instagram and TikTok.

       

In Newman v. Uber Technologies, the court denied attempts to hold Uber responsible for the safety of Lyft drivers, concluding it didn't owe drivers of a separate company a duty "to protect them from known, dangerous passengers."        

The Health Resources and Services Administration has “invoked the nuclear option of removal from not only the 340B program but also Medicaid and Medicare Part B if manufacturers implement a cash replenishment model, counsel for Eli Lilly—the manufacturer of Mounjaro, Trulicity and other treatments for weight loss or diabetes—alleged in their complaint.

       

Specific litigation areas are driving demand for Big Law. Meanwhile, IP is the only law firm practice that saw a slowdown by Q3, according to one report.

       

The complaint was surfaced on Law.com Radar.        

Lawyers leading the India desks of international law firms comment on penetrating the market and the challenges that come with it.

       

New York's highest court will have an opportunity to get its say on whether the state's revamped, 11-member ethics watchdog is a constitutional body.

       

“Gensler's framework will continue to exist and be an option for whoever sits at the SEC going forward, said Dorothy Lund, a leading expert on securities regulation and professor at Columbia Law School.

       

Attorneys from California, New York, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama outline the state of play in the class action litigation, and the steps they're taking in the hope of becoming interim class counsel.

       

After a slower Q3, the rate of large corporate bankruptcies picked up in October.

       

"Unfortunately, the research shows the attrition risk is blinking red," according to the "2024 In-House Report," from Axiom and Wakefield Research.

       

“Ignoring privacy requests in states where they are legally obligatory creates a huge legal risk. Most companies that do so usually don't have evil intentions but haven't properly configured their consent-management tools," said Jules Polonetsky, CEO of the Future of Privacy Forum.

       

Col. James H. Kennedy III will transition from the Air Force Judge Advocate General's School to lead the law school in January 2025.

       

Kathi Vidal, who announced she is stepping down from her role in Washington ahead of the change in administrations, will rejoin the AmLaw 200 firm's litigation department in the Silicon Valley and Washington offices.

       

"You need a vision of what you want your firm to accomplish, but at the same time, you must be willing to listen and remain open to your partners and their views. Leaders must be good listeners. People want to be heard, and leaders must respect their opinions. You may not always agree, but it is critical that they feel they have been heard."

       

“We're having this realization in the industry" that law firm partners won't be able to have financial literacy "through osmosis alone," said Fairfax's Kristin Stark.