Law.com International spoke with top UK finance partners, their rivals and recruiters, among other market commentators, to find the most frequently named lawyers to have power or influence while designating private equity mandates.

"Whistleblower reward programs have been extraordinarily effective in combating corporate fraud," Zuckerman Law said in a note to clients.

Can partners, leaders, junior lawyers or clients have the most effect in challenging Big Law's mental health crisis? The Global Lawyer assesses each group.

The LinkedIn post sparked discussion.

The 2015 assault on Rotem and Yoav Golan resulted in no deaths, so federal courts lack jurisdiction to hear the case, the D.C. Circuit held.

"The fact that there is considerable disagreement among courts as to how to treat cases that implicate marijuana businesses that are legal at the state level is not an 'extraordinary circumstance' that warrants relief under Rule 60(b)(6). For a Rule 60(b)(6) motion to prevail, the relief granted must be necessary to accomplish justice," U.S. District Judge Brendan A. Hurson wrote for the District of Maryland said.

Thomas Duffy accused his former law partner Ken Fulginiti of withholding settlement fees on Wednesday, just a week after Fulginiti filed his own lawsuit—withdrawn a day later—accusing Duffy of defrauding him of millions.

"I think that one of the hardest parts of being a general counsel is keeping the team together and making sure everybody understands that you sink or swim together," Starbucks legal chief Brad Lerman said.

Merger and acquisition practitioners are having a difficult time figuring out how best to counsel their clients, and litigators are left with questions on how best to make their case to the Court of Chancery.

The footwear company neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing, but it agreed to a cease-and-desist order.

"It's all psychologized," Wax said. "What the woke catechism, the woke set of precepts, has done is that they've taken subjective reactions and made them reign supreme, which is completely contrary to every First Amendment principle that ever existed."

Judge Amy St. Eve authored the opinion, which certified two questions posed from the district court, and added a third, after concluding there is no controlling precedent in the Illinois Supreme Court as to questions revolving around the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act.

The Dallas-founded firm's lawyer head count grew slightly, a turnaround from years of declining lawyer numbers.

Trump lawyer Alina Habba posted the bond just a day after U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan denied the defense bid to stay execution of the judgment.

The fact that the mid-market is increasingly turning heads can be attributed to a wide range of factors. A number of them, though, can be traced back—directly or indirectly—to technology.

The ultimate guardian of the quality of client service is the partners' own judgement but properly utilizing AI can set expectations that will benefit the clients and the firm and end forever the "End of the Billable Hour" stories.

"Asking questions is not a weakness and people are usually willing to help if approached properly, even if they are busy," says Gang Chen, partner at Crowell & Moring.

"You need to be a real player to have credibility in this space," legal recruiter Sean Burke said. "Law firm partners who just add 'blockchain' to the bottom of their website bio [will be] discounted."

Goldberg said a wider public understanding that judges strive to be impartial "could help to lessen some of the misconceptions about the judiciary that unfortunately have been created over the last few years."

Hosted at ALM's Women In Power and Law event, the panel discussion involved senior in-house lawyers and focused on what they expect from external counsel.