After a day and a half of deliberations, the Miami jury found Tesla partly liable in a fatal 2019 Florida car crash.

Nixon Peabody intellectual property attorney Michael Gray's passion for scuba diving closely parallels his approach to litigation strategy and trial preparation. Gray has been practicing in Texas for more than 10 years, but he had a non-traditional route to the legal profession. Before going to the University of Houston Law School, he built a career in mechanical engineering as a drilling engineer.

The Second Judicial Department of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York said that the law—Section 7003(c) of the Civil Practice Law and Rules—violated the separation of powers, by incentivizing judges to decide one way while considering petitions for writs of habeas corpus.

McDermott Will & Schulte was created on Friday, creating a new major player in the Am Law 100.

The largest settlement, of $150,000, involved an employee so humiliated by a senior official that it caused her "to have panic attacks at work," according to a new report from the agency's Office of Inspector General.

Thursday's courtroom closing arguments threw blame in many directions.

"The Fourth Circuit is in line with the three liberals on the [Supreme] Court," said University of Pittsburgh law professor Arthur Hellman. "It's out of line with the conservative majority. But you do have to dig a little more into [the cases].”

The law firm is Figma's counsel and holds a sizable chunk of shares following the startup's debut on the New York Stock Exchange.

The Wild Horses Act places wild horses—symbols of the West's pioneer spirit—under federal protection and management. In southern Wyoming though, these herds largely live on “checkerboard land, in other words, lands that alternate between public and private ownership, creating a checkerboard effect. After its enactment, wild horse populations exploded, leading to damaged habitats.

The National Conference of Bar Examiners released six new resources on Friday to prepare test-takers for the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam, which launches July 2026.

"First and foremost, learn the work you're doing inside and out. Do it reliably (e.g., on-time and mistake-free). Speak up when you have something to contribute. Understand that you are in client services, to both your firm's clients and to the partners giving you work."

Legal department lawyers feel hamstrung by a lack of transparency about what lawyers at their level, in their industry and in their part of the country earn. On top of that, some attorneys hurt themselves in negotiations by failing to grasp the wealth-building power of equity.

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“My own views are not relevant to the job that I would have," the judicial nominee said.

Some argue that a larger payout up front for top lateral partners could be a sign of later problems.

While it remains to be seen whether deferrals become a more widespread trend, there are concerning signs, those tuned into the associate job market say.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of claims brought by a former medical resident who alleged that Washington University (WashU) and the Barnes Jewish Hospital (BJH) wrongfully forced him out of their residency program.

“Being forced to prioritize a Scantron while they brought out the defibrillator was horrifying. The way the students had to demand they call 911 was equally as horrifying, wrote one Reddit user.

"[T]he Court concludes that judicial intervention is needed to ensure the defendants' compliance with the preliminary injunction," U.S. District Senior Judge Royce C. Lamberth wrote in an order requiring the Trump administration to explain how the government will restore Voice of America programming as mandated by federal law.

Court reporters can make mistakes in transcripts if they misunderstand an attorney's statement. That became evident in one case when a reporter mistook "counter motion to compel" for "motion from hell." That mistake was a human one, but legal experts fear more errors might occur with the introduction of AI-assisted recording systems in the courtroom.