By Charles Toutant | May 12, 2017
Allegations in a legal malpractice suit that a lawyer failed to obtain discovery in a timely manner are not so readily apparent that the plaintiff is exempt from obtaining expert testimony on proximate cause, the Appellate Division ruled Friday.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 12, 2017
A day after Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams' arraignment on additional corruption charges, the federal judge overseeing the case pushed the trial back roughly three weeks.
By Brian Baxter | May 12, 2017
In the largest U.S. bank failure since 2010, New Orleans-based First NBC Bank Holding Co. filed for Chapter 11 protection in its home city Thursday. The bank, which went public in 2013, saw two top Am Law 100 firms listed among its 20 largest unsecured creditors.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 12, 2017
A federal judge has denied attorney fees to the state of Pennsylvania stemming from its involvement in a case over the proposed merger between Penn State Hershey Medical Center and PinnacleHealth Systems.
By David Gialanella | May 12, 2017
Years after technology made it possible, the lawyers making up New Jersey's Big Law ranks aren't strangers to plugging in remotely. But the implementation and utilization of formal flextime policies varies by firm.
By Rebecca Cohen | May 12, 2017
Larry Popofsky, a former head of Heller Ehrman who argued a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court case that shifted the course of antitrust law, died on May 9. Popofsky, senior counsel at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in San Francisco, leaves behind an antitrust legacy that includes his son, Mark Popofsky, chair of Ropes & Gray's antitrust group.
By Meghan Tribe | May 11, 2017
Monday marked Kristina Maynard's first day back at the office in six years. Her children—ages 9, 12 and 13—wanted to commemorate the moment as she had done for them every first day of school. The American Lawyer caught up with Maynard to discuss her decision to come back to Big Law.
By Brian Baxter | May 11, 2017
Walter "Chet" Little, who left Foley & Lardner last summer to join the Tampa office of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, has been hit with criminal insider trading charges by federal prosecutors in New York. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has also filed a parallel civil case against Little and a co-defendant.
By Katelyn Polantz | May 11, 2017
As a prospective law firm hire, Comey combines a prestigious resume with unusual political baggage.
By Scott Flaherty | May 11, 2017
The name partners at the firm known for its advertising campaign and television jingle are fighting over the dissolution of the firm in court.
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