Citing recent orders in other courts, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary sought on Tuesday to reopen its 2023 lawsuit against plaintiffs' talc expert Dr. Jacqueline Moline.

       

In an open letter to employees, an American Airlines executive disclosed that the company had sued JetBlue to recoup money allegedly owed following the dissolution of their former Northeast Alliance, an arrangement that was ultimately blocked by a Massachusetts federal court for antitrust concerns.

       

“If you've historically had 2% increases and suddenly they're asking for 15%, that's a conversation starter," said Jennifer McIver, director of legal operations and industry insights at Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions.

       

“[T]he Court harbors a grave suspicion that more than one witness who submitted a declaration in opposition to the motion to sanctions has perjured themselves in either their declarations or earlier depositions, U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington observed in a text order on the docket.

       

"The court is cognizant of its obligation to view all of the facts in the light most favorable to plaintiffs and draw all reasonable inferences in their favor, but here plaintiffs have not alleged any facts about their use of the Google or Apple app stores."

       

The retail giant provided $6.6 million in cash and stock to offset compensation she forfeited by leaving her last employer.

       

The total number of J.D. degrees awarded reached a nine-year high in 2024, rising by more than 3,400 compared to 2023, as J.D.s awarded to people of color hit an all-time high.

       

Diversity Lab founder and executive chair Caren Ulrich Stacy said Mansfield's framework "does not conflict with long-standing anti-discrimination laws.”

       

U.S. District Senior Judge Amy Berman Jackson called off the two-day hearing—blasted by the U.S. Department of Justice as an "inquisition"—after a split U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit filed a modified order blocking the Trump administration from the mass firing of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees.

       

The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District denied the defendants' challenge to the Jackson County Circuit Court's ruling that affirmed the $5.18 million jury verdict against the defendants, including the award of damages and punitive damages, in favor of Racket Merchandise Company.

       

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Legal Speak at GC Midwest 2025: Julie Chapman, VP and head of legal for North America at LexisNexis

       

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The dissenting judges said a temporary restraining order against Trump's effort should have been lifted in light of a separate U.S. Supreme Court decision this month that allowed the government to keep frozen $65 million in Department of Education grants for teacher training and professional development.        

U.S. District Judge John Bates sharply questioned the government's lawyer on several points.

       

Washington has become the first state to require premerger notification for deals in any industry. Other states are hot on its heels.

       

"It would have been appropriate for the court to state that a proposed sentence without a term of incarceration was too lenient but the court's gratuitous comment that an acceptable plea would include 'some months' of incarceration was unnecessarily descriptive," wrote U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton in agreeing to step down from a criminal case.

       

If there is a revival, which firms are set to be the biggest winners and losers?

       

"I've met many lawyers who are highly successful in building their book of business but had blinders on when it came to what the colleagues around them were doing. Such rainmakers are often in high demand (with corresponding compensation) but this does not always translate into becoming a strong leader. The institutional goodwill you build by being the best firm citizen you can be will be remembered when that time comes for you to be called upon to lead."

       

Here's a first look at the law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2024 graduates to associate jobs at the largest 500 law firms.