“I urge any of you who are defenders of the First Amendment," said Edith Jones. "It's a case called NAACP v. Alabama, which says that that violates the First Amendment—that kind of compelled disclosure.        

The South Africa investigation found no client information was compromised, according to the firm, but others say the matter has raised tensions.

       

Tom Girardi's attorneys said that a member of their team, Alejandro Barrientos, is leaving the federal public defender's office on Monday.

       

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Texas is set to get more than $83 million from the national $1.37 billion settlement agreement with Kroger, a retail pharmacy giant.

       

“The activists are very press-savvy. They know how to leak to the outlets. They're quite often quite good on CNBC. And CNBC becomes almost like their megaphone," said Steve Lipin, CEO of Gladstone Place Partners.

       

Noah Hurwitz told Law.com that he believes the decision issued last week by a Michigan federal jury is just the fourth religious accommodation case to reach a jury trial since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020.

       

Multidisciplinary demands call for a new kind of legal professional who is not only an expert legally but also possess sharp business acumen. About 63% of CLOs agree, identifying business acumen as a skill they most wish to develop in their lawyers.

       

The rule allows panels to treat “well-reasoned dicta as precedential.

       

"When the firm needs something done, raise your hand, even if (and especially when) it is uncomfortable or otherwise challenging."

       

President-elect Donald Trump has said he will name D. John Sauer, who argued his immunity appeal to the Supreme Court, to be U.S. solicitor general. Todd Blanche, Trump's defense lawyer in the New York hush money case, will be named deputy attorney general.

       

"The current administration's leadership of the FTC appears to think our default should be placing roadblocks in the way of all mergers, wherever possible," GOP commissioner Melissa Holyoak said at Thursday's board meeting.

       

Once again, Milbank is the first mover, and peer firms will likely follow. But two questions remain. What figure are they going to match? And when?

       

Federal-court watchers say they would not be surprised to see the GOP-appointed judges opting to step down shortly after Trump is sworn in on Jan. 20.        

“We're holding them hostage, Republican Commissioner Melissa Holyoak of the Federal Trade Commission said of merging parties affected by FTC Chair Lina Khan's strategic use of consent orders. “This is an extreme abuse of our authority. It is so troubling to me.

       

A New Jersey resident accused the bank of offering paltry interest rates on its "cash sweep" accounts.

       

The exhibits seen by the jury did not contain the full redactions ordered by the presiding judge, according to federal prosecutors..

       

As part of his ongoing cooperation, prosecutors say Wang has built software that will help the DOJ detect fraud.

       

"I was acting in absolute good faith" Kirkland & Ellis partner Jim Hurst told 22nd Judicial Circuit Judge Michael Noble hours before the court entered an Oct. 24 sanctions order in an infant formula trial, according to a transcript. "I was nowhere near intentionally violating your orders."

       

COSRO Advogados is launching as a full-service firm with 12 partners, several of whom held prominent roles at DLA Piper and its affiliate, Campos Mello.