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Transactional Work Rebounds in 2024 to Help Grow Revenue, Profits for Moore & Van Allen

Tue, 2025-03-25 16:30

Gross revenue increased 10% to $298.7 million, while profits per equity partner grew 14% to $1.35 million.

       

Corporate Work Boosts Wilson Sonsini's Revenue to Record Highs in 2024

Tue, 2025-03-25 16:24

“Last year, like the two years preceding, the capital markets environment was challenged, though we had a number of transactions of relevance, said managing partner Douglas Clark.

       

Tornado Cash Users Demand Texas Judge Reject ‘Mootness Flag' and Enter Final Judgment

Tue, 2025-03-25 16:12

“This case, by the plaintiffs who seek a court judgment despite the Treasury delisting of the sanctions, shows that that strategy of trying to avoid a judgment may not succeed, said Mike Katz, a partner at Manatt Financial whose specialty includes litigation and advising startups, emerging companies and investment funds in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries.

       

Litigation Funder Burford Capital Taps Financial Services Vet for New CMO

Tue, 2025-03-25 15:52

Jessica Zall began her new role Monday as chief marketing officer with publicly traded, third-party litigation financing company Burford Capital. Her background includes marketing roles with the likes of J.P. Morgan and Fidelity.

       

Baker & Hostetler Reaches Financial 'Milestone,' Exceeding $1B in 2024

Tue, 2025-03-25 15:24

Chair Paul Schmidt says the historic $1.05 billion in gross revenues last year capped 31 straight years of growth and helps to paint a picture of a firm that has continued to expand domestically while putting a strong focus on lateral hiring.

       

Trump Attacks America's Big Law: When the Shoe Is on the Other Foot, Leaders in the West Fall Silent

Tue, 2025-03-25 15:19

It's hard not to draw a comparison between what's happening amid attacks on the rule of law in Trump's America with what has taken place in Asia.

       

Jenner the Latest Law Firm to Get Hit by Trump Order

Tue, 2025-03-25 15:14

It's the fourth presidential action or order against a big law firm.

       

Home Court Advantage? Justices Consider Which EPA Cases Must Go to DC Circuit

Tue, 2025-03-25 15:13

"If location in D.C. meant that the D.C. Circuit is a hometown court, then this court would be a hometown court for EPA, and I've never had that perception," joked Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Malcolm Stewart.

       

Bolstered by a Diverse Practice Mix, Cooley Continues Upward Trajectory

Tue, 2025-03-25 15:13

"It's as much of the marquee high-value transactions as it is the aggregation of what we call our bread and butter, and it's that combination that ends up being magical for us in the end,” said CEO Rachel Proffitt.

       

Pay Triples for Simon Property Group Legal Chief

Tue, 2025-03-25 15:06

The shopping mall giant awarded Steven Fivel $8.1 million in stock under a special bonus program tied to the performance of investments outside of the company's core business.

       

Apple Lawsuit Highlights Perils of Making AI Boasts

Tue, 2025-03-25 13:57

"Consumers are excited about AI, and unfortunately that's led to Big Tech overpromising and under-delivering,” said Timothy Giordano, a partner at Clarkson Law Firm, which sued Apple last week.

       

Constitutional Law Expert Warns Expanding Presidential Power Threatens U.S. Democracy

Tue, 2025-03-25 13:50

Constitutional Law Expert Erwin Chemerinsky warns about the expansion of presidential power, and how that weakens the congressional and judicial branches and can threaten the U.S. Democracy. The UC Berkeley Law School dean gave a lecture Monday night at the University of Houston Law School.

       

$411 Million Verdict: Lawyers Call It State's Largest Single-Plaintiff Personal Injury Award

Tue, 2025-03-25 11:36

A Texas man received a $411 million verdict for injuries sustained while working for Brock Industries at a Phillips 66 refinery in Louisiana. It is the largest award to a single plaintiff in the state's history, according to Roland Christensen of Arnold & Itkin, and Valdivia's lead attorney.

       

Holland & Knight Surpasses $2 Billion in Revenue in First Year of New Leadership Team

Tue, 2025-03-25 11:35

After managing partner Stephen Sonberg stepped down after 16 years in the role, new leaders Robert Grammig and David Whitestone oversaw continued growth.

       

Ford Faces Another Suit Over Allegedly Defective 12-Volt Batteries

Tue, 2025-03-25 09:52
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Complaining of Judicial 'Power Grab,' DOJ Asks Justices to Thwart Mass Reinstatement of Fired Workers

Tue, 2025-03-25 06:44

A new day brings a new emergency Trump appeal to the Supreme Court. Plus: Why did Monday's voting rights hearing veer into a discussion about complying with court orders?

       

CA Bar Files Disciplinary Charges Against Another Ex-Girardi Keese Partner

Mon, 2025-03-24 19:50

Robert Finnerty, now at Abir Cohen Treyzon Salo in Encino, California, faces disciplinary charges for failing to inform clients about their $53 million settlement.

       

‘Nazis Got Better Treatment': DC Circuit Judge Slams DOJ Attorney on Alien Enemies Act Deportations

Mon, 2025-03-24 18:16

“If the government says we don't have to give process for that, then y'all could have picked me up on Saturday and thrown me on a plane thinking I'm a member of Tren de Aragua and given me no chance to protest it," said Judge Patricia Millett.

       

Elon Musk's X Platform Files Suit Against Indian Government Over Censorship

Mon, 2025-03-24 17:38

The social media giant alleges India is wrongly using an IT law and a new portal to ‘facilitate' censorship of information in India.

       

New York Court Frees Barclays From Two Investor Lawsuits Over $17.7 Billion Error

Mon, 2025-03-24 17:09

Investors had argued that the bank and its top brass should have known that it lacked the controls necessary to prevent the $17.7 billion sale, as that issue spun out of the bank's well-known loss of filing privileges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. But U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman was skeptical that executives who knew of the lost privileges would have known the bank lacked the controls to cope.

       

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