"We're pleased that the appellate court agreed with us that the Citizens Participation Act was intended as a shield for good faith participation in the political process, and should not be weaponized to enable bad faith, politically motivated, and false allegations of wrongdoing against our heroic teachers free of consequences," Sheryl Weikal said on behalf of the plaintiff.

Jillian Merns had been at Willkie for close to 14 years.

The complaint claims the insurance company had to pay out a judgment that was $2.5 million over the policy limit after its Lewis Brisbois counsel failed to accept a $25,000 settlement offer.

The firm, which announced a rebrand as Kasowitz LLP on Tuesday, thanked Dan Benson for his "decades-long dedication, contributions and friendship."

The retirement opens a key opportunity to fill a pivotal seat.

The wave of cyberattacks and data breaches has turned information governance from a compliance afterthought into a required business function. Yet, despite well-publicized threats and skyrocketing costs associated with cyber incidents, most companies remain both underinsured and fundamentally underprepared.

"Take ownership of every task you are given. Be responsive. Anticipate the needs of your team and client and identify how you can proactively address those needs."

This two-part article discusses the requirements for information to be considered a trade secret under U.S. law, focusing on courts' continued use of the six-factor test outlined in the Restatement of Torts. Part One covered the evolving tests for establishing a trade secret, while Part Two examines the compatibility of those tests and potential considerations for litigators and legislators.

Am Law 100 firms leaped to a 12.3-to-1 equity partner pay ratio on average last year, according to ALM survey data.

The measure, recently passed by the U.S. Senate, would establish a regulatory framework for stablecoins. Legal industry experts say that, if the bill is signed into law, more law firms might consider allowing clients to pay with dollar-backed cryptocurrencies.

“Even though we are speaking as part of Harvard alumni, our ultimate goal is to point out the fact that this isn't just about Harvard. This is about all higher education," said Crimson Courage spokesperson Evelyn Kim.

"In short, a reasonable person in Bryant's position might have overlooked it. Courts have routinely denied summary judgment and found a genuine issue of fact as to whether a condition was open and obvious where the plaintiff failed to notice a condition prior to slipping or tripping under facts like this case," said U.S. District Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins.

“The overwhelming majority of the sophisticated legal departments I work with are growing—emphatically not plateauing or shrinking, said Jason Winmill, managing partner of the in-house consultancy Argopoint.

Several top firms stayed busy hiring even as the calendar turned to summer.

“Ultimately, this court's grace evaporates in the face of lies, misrepresentations, and omissions, wrote U.S. District Judge Cristina Silva.

In one of the more explosive letters sent to lawmakers, a former colleague of Bove's raised serious allegations of partisan actions and advocating for lawyers to ignore court orders.

The firm's U.S.-based summer associates recently competed to build workflows with CoCounsel, alongside a number of first-years, partners and other staffers.

U.S. District Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV of the District of Massachusetts ordered Janssen Biotech, a wholly owned subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, which manufactures and sells Remicade and Simponi ARIA, to produce related to the litigation, where it is accused of unlawfully providing free services to physicians who prescribed its medications.

A New Yorker represented by Wolf Popper had argued that he had bought Visa Vanilla gift cards, believing that the payments giant had taken measures to protect its cards from widespread card draining scams. But U.S. District Judge Gregory Woods for the Southern District of New York dismissed the case, unconvinced that Visa had sold or marketed the cards to trick consumers into believing they were safe from scammers.