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A New York federal judge has trimmed claims in an employment suit lodged against the Bronx district attorney's office by a woman who worked there, holding that others alleging discrimination under the Family and Medical Leave Act and a racially driven promotion could move forward.
A Connecticut state court judge on Monday chided attorneys for an eleventh-hour filing and other missed deadlines on behalf of a couple lodging malpractice claims against Evans & Lewis LLC, blocking the wife from testifying to fight the firm's attempt to throw her husband out of the lawsuit.
Kelley Kronenberg has added an insurance partner in Jacksonville, Florida, from Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers LLP as well as four associates across several offices.
A legal advocacy group of defense-side attorneys has come out against a proposal by several plaintiffs firms to allow live virtual testimony in civil trials, calling it a "thinly veiled attempt" to put CEOs and other top executives "on the stand in every federal trial."
Public trust in the federal judiciary, and the U.S. Supreme Court in particular, has fallen in recent years, with fewer than half of Americans now expressing confidence in the federal courts, according to a study released Monday.
A law firm that represented National Football League players in a multidistrict litigation over the league's handling of concussions can't avoid a litigation funding agency's $2.9 million judgment against it, after a Pennsylvania federal judge shot down Mitnick Law Office's arguments that the fees being garnished fell under various exceptions.
Davis Saperstein & Salomon PC has been hit with a pair of lawsuits in New Jersey state court alleging the Bergen County-based personal injury firm didn't pay overtime wages, paid its female employees less than their male colleagues and subjected a pregnant woman to a hostile work environment.
A jury will have to determine whether the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office was following a neutral, general policy when it denied an employee's religious exemption from its COVID-19 vaccination mandate, or whether D.A. Larry Krasner harbored anti-religious bias in the decision, the Third Circuit ruled Monday.
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced Monday that it has hired three new partners to further strengthen its German offerings.
A pair of North Carolina-based attorneys involved in a legal malpractice suit filed by the parents of two children who died in a car fire were voluntarily dismissed from the family's suit against their former firm.
Michigan's Supreme Court has ruled state statute doesn't require all attorneys representing a sanctioned party "be held jointly responsible for frivolous conduct," reversing a decision that imposed sanctions on an attorney who joined a real estate contract dispute after sanctionable conduct occurred.
Tansy Woan of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has used her litigation prowess to score a one-of-a-kind victory in a crypto case, as well as successfully argue for the Second Circuit to free JPMorgan Chase from a long-running lawsuit, earning her spot as one of the securities attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Bradley Justus of Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP has represented Tyson Foods in growers' antitrust litigation alleging an industry-wide conspiracy to suppress prices paid to chicken growers, and Google against claims it helped suppress competition, earning him a spot among the antitrust and competition practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Britt Cramer secured a record $19.3 million civil verdict for deprivation of rights for a pro bono Jane Doe client who was repeatedly raped and abused by a counselor at an Illinois prison where she was housed, earning a spot among the trial attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Margaret T. Karchmer of Wiley Rein LLP got a $14 million judgment against Travelers Indemnity Co. reversed and helped Tokio Marine HCC escape a $75 million matter, earning her a spot among insurance law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 Rising Stars.
A Virginia federal judge has asked lawyers representing a plaintiff in a whistleblower case to defend why they should not be sanctioned for including seemingly fabricated case sources in a brief objecting to a protective order, questioning whether it was a case of "ChatGPT run amok."
Georgia's Augusta Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office got an early win Friday in a discrimination and retaliation suit lawsuit filed by a former assistant public defender, saying she relied on her office to "infer that discrimination has occurred" based on her race or sex.
A Manhattan judge on Friday allowed both the New York attorney general and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to appeal parts of a decision requiring the state to produce unredacted transcripts of some witness interviews in the sexual harassment investigation that led to Cuomo's resignation.
The Atlanta-based Wiggam Law has added a former Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry attorney to help guide businesses and individuals facing tax controversies.
The Fifth Circuit is powerless to review a remand order issued by a Texas district court in a Houston law firm's poaching suit against a former associate, with a panel finding that, although "intuition and basic legal principles" suggest the circuit court holds appellate jurisdiction to weigh in, precedent forbids it.
Florida-based insurance law firm Property Litigation Group PLLC has reached a settlement with a former paralegal who alleged she was fired after reporting unwanted sexual advances and case mismanagement by a senior attorney.
Benesch's work on a private equity acquisition of a bankruptcy advisory firm and Hausfeld's handling of a proposed class action in a data breach affecting over seven million people lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from July 12 to 26.
Rutgers University wants a New Jersey state court to reject a bid by a law school student who filed a discrimination suit against it to hold the school in contempt for moving ahead with disciplinary measures against him, arguing there is "no basis" to grant the request.
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP has filed suit against insurer Lloyd's of London in North Carolina state court, alleging the company has failed to reimburse the law firm for expenses related to a November 2022 data breach.
A five-attorney Connecticut law firm's "archaic" email and computer systems allowed hackers to infiltrate an approximately $800,000 home sale and divert cash to fake accounts, a new federal lawsuit against Hastings Cohan & Walsh LLP and one of its attorneys alleges.