"Part of the way we've done it was to ask a lot—a lot—of questions ... being very, very inquisitive," said attorney Jessie Loong, a group senior vice president of Changi Airport Group who found herself overseeing an insurance team.

Counsel for the plaintiff, Termaine Hicks, devised a "scream test," where a looped recording of a woman screaming at 122 decibels played for over an hour, starting at 5:30 a.m. Sept. 23. Area residents apparently weren't warned ahead of time.

The plaintiff was represented by a team from Abbey, Weitzenberg, Warren & Emery in Santa Rosa, California. The court awarded the plaintiff $20 million in past noneconomic damages; $25 million in future noneconomic damages; $262,000 for future medical expenses; and $780,000 for future lost earning capacity.

"There's no substitute for hard work and a genuine desire to improve. While it may not seem like it at times, the sweat equity pays off."

"Judge shopping sounds very sinister... but lawyers often look for venues and places they think will be favorable," said Judge A. Marvin Quattlebaum of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

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The latest hire, this time in funds regulation, will be a boost to the firm's growing rapidly growing practice in London.

"People are less patient than they have ever been before. People want to be awarded now," noted one consultant.

"The moment a client or business leader senses that you can be told to come up with a desired answer, regardless of whether or not you believe it to be true, is the minute they stop respecting you and taking your advice," said Aaron Alter, who stepped down as legal chief of Hawaiian Airlines last month.

In an Oct. 8 order, a New York appeals court allowed Johnson & Johnson to subpoena plaintiffs' expert Dr. Jacqueline Moline and her employer, Northwell Health, for the names of the individuals in her two groundbreaking reports, published in 2020 and 2023, both of which linked cosmetic talcum powder to mesothelioma.

"You want to be part of a winning team," one former Big Law CEO said. "It's very important in legal, maybe more so than other professions. As a leader, you need to be very attentive to that."

On the surface, "FDA v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor" centers around a routine question of statutory standing about what is the proper forum where litigants can challenge negative rulings by a federal agency.

"It probably deserves a careful look, if for no other reason than we don't know what we don't know," said U.S. District Judge David Proctor, who sits in the Northern District of Alabama.

The court determined there was no good cause to seal documents relating to how long Lyft stored the audio recording of calls between its safety team and riders, or information relating to its internal operations when responding to user safety reports.

The verdict marks the fourth plaintiffs win in the Philadelphia Roundup litigation since trials in the mass tort began a year ago, and the third win for the plaintiffs team of Kline & Specter and Arnold & Itkin.

"Human resources professionals and in-house counsel need to hone their conflict-resolution skills," said Jennifer Rubin, a member of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo.

The justices unanimously said a so-called portfolio bar exam would create "an array of ethical and practical problems." The court also rejected a proposal for licensing reciprocity with other states.

Attendees shared that the experience delivered a powerful combination of valuable insights, networking opportunities, and a sense of empowerment and inspiration.

AAAi Panelist Search allows case managers to search for panelists more thoroughly to meet the needs of their cases, and will soon be available to parties in the coming months.

The dismissal follows a second report from an independent examiner that found Sullivan & Cromwell didn't ignore red flags in pre-petition work for FTX.

"Even though I'm generally not in favor of broadening liability for attorneys in the rules, I think that this is a correct reflection of what conduct is actually prohibited, and it was important to formalize it," ethics attorney Ellen Brotman said.