"First, develop a mastery of the basics and a reputation for reliable and unimpeachable work product. The less redlines you deal with the easier your life becomes. Then, learn as much as you can from as many of the more senior lawyers and other professionals that surround you, try to incorporate the best qualities and avoid the worst qualities of each in your own practice, and formulate your own unique style."

In this Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith interview Chris Kruse, Executive Vice President and Advisor at Casepoint, live from the Legalweek 2025 Conference in New York.

In this Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith interview Raj Chandrasekar, Chief Innovation and Technology at Consilio, live from the Legalweek 2025 Conference in New York.

There's no language in the publicly available deal terms that protects the firms from a future executive order against them, should the president change his mind.

A grahpic timeline of the ongoing conflict between President Trump and some of Big Law's largest and most notable firms.

The settlement, which goes to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez for approval, is expected to be the first in a series of settlement agreements stemming from a romantic relationship between a former Jackson Walker partner and a former U.S. bankruptcy judge.

"Further, the complaint alleges that defendant sent plaintiff an employment and a severance agreement (upon threat of termination) only one day after denying his request for periodic testing in lieu of receiving the vaccine. Without additional factual evidence, the court cannot conclude that defendant's actions and offered accommodation was reasonable," U.S. District Judge John R. Blakey wrote, denying DLA Piper's motion to dismiss.

The robustness of DEI policies and the enforcement of them is being spotlighted.

Victims of a mass shooting at Fourth of July parade have standing to sue Smith & Wesson, weapons distributors, for allegedly failing to identify the M&P semi-automatic assault rifle as an illegal machine gun, Judge Jorge L. Ortiz ruled this week.

Described as a "titan of the plaintiffs' bar," Keller is survived by his wife, Anike, his sons, Max, Brandon and Cole, and the law firm to which he had dedicated much of his life and career.

Apple was accused of misrepresenting the latest iPhone's AI features.

As in two prior petitions, which the U.S. Supreme Court denied review of in 2022, Monsanto argues that federal law preempts claims that it failed to warn of Roundup's cancer risks.

Democratic states, pregnant immigrant women and advocacy groups are defending court orders blocking Trump's controversial executive order against birthright citizenship.

A law giving sexual harassment and sexual assault claimants relief from a mandatory arbitration clause has multiple ambiguities, and a case hinged on it could end up at the Supreme Court of the United States.

The merger will go live on June 1, a month later than originally planned.

Russell Reynolds Associates asked Fortune 500 legal chiefs to rank on a scale of 1 to 10 the extent of changes they made in their first 12 to 18 months. Their most common answer was 7.

Decisions pending in deceptive-marketing suits against nicotine products could soon forge a path for related litigation.

The question now is how other firms can adapt without compromising their principles—and whether there is space to carve out a more strategic, sustainable response, Erin Harrison writes.

In a motion decision, a federal judge mostly sided with a New York court officer who allegedly flagged antisemitic behavior by courthouse staffers.

John Vecchione, senior litigation counsel at the New Civil Liberties Alliance, said the organization's suit is the first against the second Trump administration's first wave of tariffs. But the organization is happy to bring more cases for other clients—"Everyone who cares about constitutional law or trade law should be suing about this. It is illegal," Vecchione said.