The deal will require all residents, many in their 80s and 90s who have lived at the Pierre for decades, to vacate their homes within one year of closing.

       

"Maune and Raichle had no corporate capacities separate and apart from their individual capacities such that they can act solely 'on behalf of' MR Law. Instead, they were MR Law. They signed the OA as individuals, and, because they comprised all the partners of MR Law, they had the authority to and, therefore, did submit partnership claims and liabilities between them to arbitration under section 358.090.3(5)," the court said.

       

"The imposition of the maximum sentence seems appropriate given the money involved," said criminal defense attorney Sam Bassett of Minton, Bassett, Flores & Carsey.

       

Look to the example of accounting firm Citrin Cooperman, says one investment banker who's placed a bet on legal.

       

“Until some relevance to the issues before the court is made clear, the court is unwilling to follow the parties down this rabbit hole, Judge Joan Gottschall wrote on Thursday.

       

"Ultimately, the client sets the destination," ethics attorney Ellen Brotman said. "The lawyer sets how we get there."

       

Western New England Law School's JD Access, a part-time evening online hybrid J.D. launching next fall, is the 21st distance J.D. program in the U.S.

       

A fifth case over the 737 Max 8 crash of Ethiopian Air Flight 302 is on hold given the government shutdown, which hit its 37th day on Thursday.

       

The investigation comes at a time of transatlantic tensions over the extraterritorial effects of the EU's digital rules on U.S. companies.

       

The decision kicks the case back to U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who in 2024 denied Trump's second motion to remove the state case to federal court, in light of the last year's U.S. Supreme Court decision broadening presidential immunity. "The district court did not grapple with any of the central issues," the appeals court wrote.

       

The National Law Journal celebrated exemplary lawyers and law firms from Washington, D.C., and around the country at our 2025 National Law Journal Legal Awards.

       

David Farkas objected that FirstEnergy of Akron, Ohio, tied at least 10% of executive bonuses to diversity, equity and inclusion metrics.

       

Attorney, author, and mental health advocate Corey Minor Smith outlines steps litigators can take to help manage the dual role of being a legal professional and caregiver.

       

The largest firms were assessed on their total pro bono hours, average hours per lawyer, and overall participation rates.

       

A major vulnerability is the "patch gap"—the often-months-long delay between when software vendors release security fixes and when organizations actually install them.

       

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Several conservative justices raised doubts that a 1977 law gives President Donald Trump authority to impose steep tariffs on virtually all U.S. imports.

       

“I think this is going to be hotly contested. I think states want to maintain more control over customer interconnections in their territories," said Steven Shparber, a member of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo.

       

“What a defendant says in pre-sentence interviews about his or her finances should not be given short shrift, said Scott Armstrong, a principal at the boutique firm McGovern Weems who is not involved in the case.        

Before joining Jones Day, Tung served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Central District of California from 2016 to 2017 and then as counsel in the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel. He previously clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Neil Gorsuch.