Some Redditors were harsher than others, with some blasting this year's rankings, while others turned to humor—at the expense of both the rankings and the law schools.

       

“He was one of the most dynamic people I've ever worked with, said Eric Belfi, a member of Labaton's executive committee, talking about Keller. “He had an insatiable desire to make things better. He would not be satisfied with coming in second. He pushed everyone and he knew how. He was very effective in getting the best out of people.        

Experts suggest investors may focus more on Asia to offset the impact of U.S. tariffs, which could reach as high as 104% on Chinese imports.

       

"We're going to use some of those firms to work with you on your leasing,” Trump said Tuesday, gesturing to miners visiting the White House.

       

Philadelphia attorney Raja Rajan asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to review a $16,000 discovery sanction against him, though a recent $2,500 penalty for using 'AI hallucinations' in related motions was not challenged.

       

"When [Lockton] finally announced the data breach, it deliberately underplayed the breach's severity and obfuscated the nature of the breach," the complaint said. "[Lockton's] breach notice fails to explain how the breach occurred (what security weakness was exploited), what exact data elements of each affected individual were compromised, who the data breach was perpetrated by, and the extent to which those data elements were compromised," one suit alleged.

       

GCs, bar associations, and litigation firms are among the latest to file amicus briefs supporting Perkins Coie in its legal fight against the federal government.

       

“The settlements have allowed [the president] to build an unrivaled network of Lawyers' to advance not the interests of their own clients, but instead the government's chosen agenda, Jenner said, citing Trump.

       

Experts have previously been on the fence on whether businesses could hope for relief from President Donald Trump's tariffs from the federal courts, which have been increasingly deferential to the Executive Branch's national security powers. But there may be a different reception for the new duties.

       

“What we have seen in recent years are examples that make the news headlines of the destructive sort of separate opinion, one that's not actually meant to reason to the right answer, but is written for another reason: to audition or to make waves or to attract the attention of groupies, said William & Mary Law School professor Allison Orr Larsen.

       

Texas AG Ken Paxton launches an investigation into Kellogg's for potentially breaking the law by allegedly falsely claiming to remove unhealthy artificial dyes from its cereals.

       

“Just talk. Use language a nonlawyer can easily understand," Liu said.

       

U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss denied 7-Eleven's motion to dismiss a Federal Trade Commission complaint that seeks up to $77.5 million in civil penalties against the convenience store chain for alleged consent agreement violations.

       

Federal agents demanded the phone of civil rights attorney and U.S. citizen Amir Makled as he returned to the U.S. following vacation with his family.

       

Desiree Ralls-Morrison's pay fell 19% last year as McDonald's cut back on short-term incentive pay for its top executives.

       

Nokia is suing Acer for patent infringement over use of its video technology. It claims it has tried to negotiate in good faith with Acer to license its technology since 2018 but to no avail.

       

Syme, a former trial attorney in the Antitrust Division, joins as a partner in DiCello Levitt's Antitrust and Competitive Litigation Practice Group. She is based in New York.

       

Firms that have cut deals with the president might reasonably believe that the backlash would be brief, relative to the timelines of their firm histories. So how long is Big Law's memory?

       

When the SEC issues the next annual enforcement report for fiscal year 2025, we expect securities offering actions and investment adviser actions will almost certainly be up, and the “crypto and “cyber cases will almost certainly be down. Public statements by the new SEC administration have said as much, but even more telling than public statements are the allocation of limited enforcement resources.

       

The justices lifted a federal court order requiring six U.S. agencies to begin reinstating approximately 16,000 probationary workers who were terminated amid President Donald Trump's push to reduce the federal workforce.