"When you boil down allegations that involve matters in the crypto space and cut through the complexity, the basics of the U.S. securities laws still apply," said Edmund Polubinski, a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell.

"People naturally tend to think that younger people, relatively recently out of law school, might not know as much as people who've been practicing for a while. And to some extent that could be true, and to some extent that isn't true," said Andrew M. Epstein, 82, of Wilson Elser.

It's a conversation coming up more often among practicing lawyers who are approaching their 70s or, in some cases, are well into that decade of their life. Many who started practicing decades ago don't want to retire or play golf.

"The defendants' gross negligence eliminated a healthy recovery for Ricky Do," the plaintiff's complaint alleged.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and attorneys general from California, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, New Jersey and New York, among others, voiced their support for the amended standard requiring schools continue to improve access to legal education and the legal profession for all qualified aspiring lawyers.

In Karr v. Kansas City Life Insurance Company, the Jackson County Circuit Court initially entered a jury's $28,362,830.96 verdict in favor of Karr. However, the lower court declined to award plaintiff David B. Karr prejudgment interest.

The firm's latest partner promotions are the first time the class has decreased year-over-year in at least the last eight years.

Sheppard Mullin Houston Office Managing Partner John Keville's team scored a victory for the Atlanta-based pop group in the case's third trial over trade dress infringement.

"Ross contends that Thomson Reuters violated and still violates antitrust laws, but Ross has not backed up its allegations with enough evidence," Judge Stephanos Bibas wrote in his memorandum opinion. "So I grant summary judgment to Thomson Reuters on those counterclaims."

"You need to be the person who can walk into a room and capture everyone's attention, deliver your message in a way that people listen to, trust, and are inspired by," said John Gilmore, managing partner of the search firm BarkerGilmore.

The GOP minority on the Federal Trade Commission says Democrats are using a ridiculous legal theory to sideline directors, realizing firms will cave, sparing the agency from having to test the theory in court.

"You have to accept the situation and keep moving forward," says managing partner Elias Chedid. "If you give up, you stop living."

Leaders of the new firm said they anticipate all of their clients joining them.

Spencer Fane adds about 14 lawyers in its combination with Las Vegas-based Holley Driggs.

Some firm leaders say nonequity tiers can offer women and diverse lawyers earlier opportunities, while others say they've seen a lack of transparency and "moving goalposts."

"The rule being rescinded has shifted venue litigation to a couple different areas and has intensified both of them," said John Hare, the appellate chair for Marshall Dennehey.

A plaintiffs attorney said that the settlement process was swift, with mediation happening in March. The proposed settlement is still awaiting approval by the court.

"The at-fault driver pled guilty to failing to yield right of way, but then disputed being at fault in the civil case," said plaintiff counsel Seth Diamond of Morgan & Morgan in Atlanta. "A Chatham County jury ultimately awarded Ms. Smith, now 35, a $3,400,000 verdict."

Former Justice Mariano-Florentino "Tino" Cuéllar, now president of a Washington, D.C., think tank, is part of a group that will advise Gov. Gavin Newsom on possible generative AI guardrails.

The California Supreme Court previously said it would not consider a proposal to allow Kaplan Exam Services to write the multiple-choice section of the bar exam unless the Committee on Bar Examiners "considered and approved" the move first.