"We join the Coleman family, the legal community, and all those who respect our system of justice in mourning the loss of Justice Coleman," Vito A. Gagliardi Jr., managing principal of Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, said in a statement.

Despite a division in one of the two panels of judges to reinstate religious discrimination lawsuits against a Wisconsin hospital system, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit aligned with its sister court's decisions over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

The decision means the former U.S. Attorney will soon face collections attempts by various creditors and a resumption of litigation.

"The subject judges have chosen to boycott the hiring of future graduates of the university as a means to implement their hiring discretion," wrote Priscilla Richman, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. "While reasonable jurists may disagree about the effectiveness of their method and whether it is justified, the judges have not engaged in misconduct."

Kraft Heinz legal chief Rashida La Lande has resigned from her role effective immediately, the company announced Monday in a securities filing. La Lande had been with the food and beverage giant since 2018, and was promoted to chief legal and corporate affairs officer at the end of last year.

Citing case law from the Third Circuit calling back pay "impermissible retrospective relief" that "necessarily depletes the state treasury," U.S. District Judge Edward Kiel wrote, "I see no reason to stray from this general principle and award plaintiff what is in all practical respects back pay."

"I would stress the importance of developing relationships with your partners and colleagues. While you also need to be able to anticipate changes in the business climate and the practice of law, it is critical to develop a team environment to be able to get everyone moving in the same direction."

It is the firm's second office in Germany, after the opening of Munich in 2005.

Arguing Class Actions is a monthly column by Adam J. Levitt for the National Law Journal.

"Am I a competitive perfectionist who obsesses about my cases? Absolutely. Do I sometimes yell when under stress? For sure. But my job is not fighting parking tickets," said Roberta Kaplan in a statement to Law.com.

Am Law 100 firms continue to see most of their growth in transactional work, while Second Hundred firms have found a "goldilocks" zone in both countercyclical and corporate work, according to a new Q2 report.

In an internal email, West said he'll be "acting as a family-member surrogate, one who can speak about the vice president from the perspective of someone who's known her for decades."