"No investigation is perfect. There's always going to be things that you can question, that you can attack," Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster said from the bench. "The ultimate decision the court has to make is whether there are enough problems with the investigation that it arises to the level of a material dispute of fact ..."

       

The nine suits filed this month alleged the telecom giants have infringed on patents attributed to Headwater Research and its co-founder, inventor Gregory Raleigh.

       

Goodwin filed a data security notice with the Maine Attorney General's Office acknowledging the breach on July 2, while Eckert Seamans was sued in Pennsylvania federal court on Tuesday over its breach.

       

The lawyer group's statement coincides with Tuesday's hearing at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on a constitutional challenge to Daniel's Law by a group of corporations facing suits under the law. But the statement from the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey was not timed to coincide with the Third Circuit hearing.

       

U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon found that Core Capital Partners Ltd., represented by Pomerantz LLP and Bronstein Gewirtz & Grossman, had identified five alleged misstatements that could support Core Capital's fraud claims.        

An early morning flash flood in the Texas Hill Country claimed the lives of more than 100 people including many campers and tourists visiting the Kerr County area along the Guadalupe River.

       

Merritt Farren said customers insured by State Farm had a vastly inferior experience to those insured by some other carriers.

       

The decision reinstates President Donald Trump's February executive order instructing federal agencies to plan reductions in their workforces.

       

Professional students, which include law students, will be limited to borrowing a maximum of $50,000 per year in unsubsidized loans, and will no longer be eligible for the federal Direct PLUS loan.

       

“Based on my conversations with the SEC, they are trying to make thoughtful, careful decisions and provide useful and clear regulatory guidance," the incoming partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman said in an interview. “It is not short-term thinking."

       

“The COVID uncertainty persisted over a long period, and it was impossible to predict how long lockdowns would persist. It's hard to see how companies were better placed than the market to assess how things would swing as the pandemic receded," University of Michigan Law Professor Adam Pritchard said.

       

Following the acquisition, Eudia hopes to leverage Johnson Hana's legal professionals to assist its AI tools and launch a managed services offering.

       

Several firms spotlighted their work on broader pro bono issues rather than individual cases, including work to exonerate the wrongly-convicted or help veterans access resources.

       

Pro bono work was a factor in several of the executive orders lodged against law firms, adding in a new risk to overall pro bono practices that remains even as the White House's focus has shifted elsewhere.

       

While 2024 proved solid, the pressing question now is whether firms—including those at the top of the Pro Bono Scorecard ranking—have scaled back or adjusted their focus.

       

Jenner & Block leads in average hours and has the most committed attorneys, based on the firm's percentage of lawyers who contributed at least 20 hours of pro bono last year.

       

Jenner & Block has knocked Dechert out of the number one spot as having the highest pro bono score among its non-U.S. lawyers.

       

Jenner & Block remained in the top spot in this year's Pro Bono Scorecard.

       

Insiders said that the firm's partnership is unwilling to disrupt the progress the firm has made in the past four years, particularly stateside.

       

The New Jersey Supreme Court ordered Multicounty Litigation designation for more than 40 Roundup cases pending in New Jersey state courts.