The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Justin Henry | July 18, 2024
How a partner uprising over alleged financial mismanagement at an Am Law 100 firm led to one of the industry's largest spinoffs—and fastest collapses.
By Patrick Smith | July 18, 2024
Kirkland saw another boost in Manhattan head count last year, growing by 6% to 842 lawyers and retaining its top spot as the largest firm in the state.
By Dan Roe | July 17, 2024
Withholding equity partner compensation comes with risks to a firm's culture, although the practice isn't new in Big Law, recruiters say.
By Jimmy Hoover | July 17, 2024
Texas, Alaska and South Carolina seek an emergency order blocking the president's plan to reduce the percentage of discretionary income borrowers must spend on student debt repayment.
By Maydeen Merino | July 17, 2024
"The concern with the broad brush is putting the entire industry in one basket when there might be some isolated issues," said Earsa Jackson, a member at Clark Hill.
By Amanda O'Brien and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | July 17, 2024
While the firms had hoped to hold partnership votes in July for an October merger, sources said, the plan is now to formalize the combination before the start of 2025.
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | July 17, 2024
"The court properly recognized that the Republic of Iraq and its Ministry of Defense are immune from suit in this country because this contract had nothing to do with the United States," Boaz S. Morag of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton said of the D.C. Circuit's ruling overturning a $120 million damages award.
By Jimmy Hoover | July 17, 2024
Ruben Gutierrez has been fighting to obtain DNA testing to show the murder was committed by his accomplices and that he should therefore be spared the death penalty.
By Avalon Zoppo | July 17, 2024
The three-judge panel rejected David Lesh's argument that he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial, citing Supreme Court decisions that the right is limited to "serious" infractions defined as those punishable by six or more months of imprisonment.
By Chris O'Malley | July 17, 2024
The cost is small compared with the $12 million deal the retailer struck recently to resolve allegations of safety violations at its stores.
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