Rachel Gonzalez joined GE Vernova in April 2023, a year before the energy business spun out the industrial conglomerate as a stand-alone public company.

The record year included 33% growth in average profits per equity partner and a 23% rise in gross revenue.

Houston trial lawyer Don Foty has sued his partner David Hodges for access to bank accounts as they dissolve their trial firm, Hodges & Foty.

"Always be willing to work harder than the person next to you and do the job no one wants to do. Everyone wants to do the work that sounds the most exciting, but when a partner asks associates to do the tedious research, and everyone is looking down at their shoes, the person who raises their hand gets noticed."

Chief U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. of Rhode Island gave the Department of Justice until Sunday to respond to allegations federal agencies are not complying with his order blocking a Trump funding-freeze directive.

Microsoft has been hit with at least three class actions in Washington federal court, becoming the latest tech company—after fintech giant PayPal and credit card company Capital One Financial—to field claims it stole marketing commissions from online influencers via its shopping browser extension.

"The Court's order ensures that FBI Agents who are keeping our country and our communities safe can continue to do their jobs without fear of public exposure or retaliation," Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder partner Chris Mattei said on behalf of his client the FBI Agents Association.

A total of six law firms served as lead class counsel in cases that were resolved with "mega-settlements" of $100 million or more. Jurisdictionally, the Southern District of New York and Northern District of California were the most popular venue for filing new securities class actions in 2024.

"The statute's plain language clearly suggests that § 1831a(j)(1) is meant to ensure that out-of-state state banks can compete with nationally chartered banks. This means that because the court granted the preliminary injunction with respect to nationally chartered banks, forcing out-of-state state banks to comply with the IFPA would run afoul of § 1831a(j)(1)," said Chief U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Kendall for the Northern District of Illinois.

U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin pressed the government about long-standing U.S. Supreme Court precedent that the 14th Amendment ensures citizenship for anyone born in the United States.