U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani appointed interim lead counsel in 15 putative class actions seeking to hold Zoll Medical liable after a data breach allegedly affecting more than a million people.

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Elsberg Baker & Maruri will open in February with a roster of "aggressive, first-chair" trial lawyers, said David Elsberg.

Cranston intended to become a police officer but found himself gravitating toward acting, even though his father's struggles in the profession had split his family.

Ten percent of legal departments faced ESG-related litigation last year, up from 2% a year earlier, Norton Rose said in a new study.

The average Am Law 50 firm upped its rates by 8% to 10% in 2024, according to bankruptcy records.

A crew chief for 747s used by the president alleges the tank exploded because Boeing failed to properly maintain the tools and equipment used to service it. He blames the company for the severe burns he suffered.

Most law firms aren't feeding client data into generative AI tools, but a handful have begun testing the technology on closed systems with client permission.

It comes as firms increasingly channel resources to the rapidly developing tech and private capital specialisms.

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"The single justice's decision, like that of the State Ballot Law Commission, was on procedural grounds," said Shannon Liss-Riordan of Lichten & Liss-Riordan. "All courts to date who have addressed this issue head on—on the merits—have determined that Trump is disqualified from serving as president again under the Fourteenth Amendment.

With the Senate's 66-25 vote, President Joe Biden has appointed his fourth judge to the Chicago-based appeals court.

Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick concluded Musk was a controller of Tesla under Delaware law, putting the burden of entire fairness on his defense team from Cravath, Swain & Moore and Ross Aronstam & Moritz.

Jan. 6 will be the "single greatest assault on America's democracy throughout the remainder of history," J. Michael Luttig said.

"Squeezing general counsel resources while expanding their remit is unlikely to be sustainable for the long term," said Veta T. Richardson, CEO of the Association of Corporate Counsel.

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"The mindset is toward growth as opposed to cutting, and that's a change over the last 18 months," Wells Fargo's Owen Burman said.

Former U.S. Attorney Brian Stretch will fill a vacancy created on the San Francisco Superior Court by Judge Rita Lin's move to the federal bench.

"Law firms can address these perspectives and adopt strategies that recognize and honor the different needs and expectations of employees, leadership and clients," Kathleen Pearson writes in the first part of this series.