Texas Lawyer and Law.com are proud to announce the finalists and winners of the 2025 Texas Legal Awards. Congratulations, and good luck to the finalists at the September 25 awards dinner.

       

Hong Kong's Georgiou Partnership and Singapore's JTJB LLP have both added senior lawyers to their partnerships ranks as well.

       

The company argued that it did not view the plaintiff's medical records as indicating he was disabled, but rather that the records showed that seizures may impair his work later.

       

The demand stated that Allstate needed to follow every term and condition of the offer to the letter. Allstate did not use the exact wording specified by the plaintiffs in its response, and the plaintiffs responded by telling the insurer there was no settlement.

       

A quick-service restaurant holding company's plans to use artificial intelligence to enhance customers' ordering experience is highlighting a new era of cyber liability risks. Data privacy concerns continue to drive lawsuits, and plaintiffs' attorneys continue to seek creative ways to litigate privacy violations alongside rapidly evolving AI technologies, often bringing claims under laws that predate the internet itself.

       

"Maintain strong relationships with everyone you work with—across all roles and levels. I believe that one of the most important components of leadership is the ability to listen and show vulnerability. It's also critical to seek and accept feedback from colleagues at every level, including junior staff and business support teams."

       

In Ex parte Michalek, the PTAB evaluated an invention involving medical health technology and artificial intelligence. While this case involved medical health technology, the implicated issues inform patent strategies for AI enabled inventions across all industries.        

If U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore in Miami denies dismissal under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) or to compel arbitration, the defendants requested a stay “pending resolution of the bankruptcy proceedings.

       

Talc lawyers submitted several names for the new lead negotiation counsel on Friday after U.S. Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah Singh in the District of New Jersey ordered the appointment.

       

Forrest Solutions, a staffing and outsourcing firm, surveyed about a quarter of the Am Law 200 and found that while law firm tech innovation has jumped significantly, firms could be doing more when it comes to investing in people themselves.

       

Check out who landed where in our annual rankings of highest-paid legal chiefs, which is based on an analysis of Fortune 1000 companies' proxy statements covering fiscal years ending after June 30, 2024.

       

One legal chief went from last to fourth. Another rode the AI wave to a 75% compensation increase.

       

The founder of the firm's Riyadh office offers insight into the work in Saudi Arabia, offering a behind-the-scenes look at what it's like to operate as an international law firm in the Kingdom.

       

The firm has hired a four-partner group from K&L Gates, three of whom will be based in the firm's new Seattle office.

       

Stinson, Barclay Damon and Meirowitz & Wasserberg have made major expansions to their New York offices, but other midsize peers are holding their existing spaces or reducing.

       

McDermott chair Ira Coleman said there will be leadership representation from both firms, though who and where has yet to be fully fleshed out.

       

The departure early this year of Archer Aviation's chief legal officer, Andy Missan, has triggered one promotion and one outside hire.

       

AI is rapidly transforming the legal industry, but an even bigger threat to Big Law may come from law firms' inability — or unwillingness — to adapt fast enough, writes The Global Lawyer.

       

The Milbank lawyers shaved thousands off their hourly rates to represent the group of cities in a suit the Department of Justice filed on May 22.

       

President Donald Trump's executive order directs the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice to act within 60 days to protect college sports from “unreasonable antitrust lawsuits but offers no specifics.