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Billing Rate Hikes 'Not Slowing Down,' With Pricing Surges Expected in 2024
About 86% of large firms in the U.S. and U.K. expect to increase billing rates over the next 12 months, according to new survey results.
What Should We Know About AI and How Should We Use It?
"Artificial intelligence is not going to replace lawyers, but lawyers who do not use artificial intelligence will eventually be replaced by lawyers that do use it," according to Stacey Cozewith and Matthew Eichen.
In Split Ruling, 3rd Circuit Declines to Halt Consumer Fraud Probe of Gunmaker
"The decision shows that Smith & Wesson cannot run to federal court when it did not get its way in state court," Attorney General Matthew Platkin said in a statement.
Lowenstein Adds Bankruptcy Vice Chair, Partner From Kilpatrick Townsend
With the hires of David Posner and Gianfranco Finizio, Lowenstein has made three additions to its bankruptcy practice in as many months.
Former Federal Prosecutor IDs Possible Challenges in Norcross Prosecution
"It is not enough for someone to say, 'Are you threatening me?' and for the charged person to say, 'Yes, I am,'" former federal prosecutor Howard S. Master said. "That is not sufficient to constitute viable conduct. Lawyers threaten litigation, to walk away from a deal, or induce a business partner to walk away from a deal, all the time. None of that, by itself, is improper."
Inconsistent Defense Witness Testimony Fueled $5.75M Verdict, Attorneys Say
The jury awarded $2.5 million to Mujahid Sharif and $3.25 million to Pamela Sharif on May 23, following eight days of trial before Superior Court Judge Russell J. Passamano.
Not All Witness Contact Is Witness Tampering, Says NJ Supreme Court
"The decision is significant because trial courts now have the benefit of a concise and appropriate witness tampering jury instruction," writes retired Superior Court Judge Louis Locascio.
MDLs Make Up More Than Half of U.S. Cases, Whether It's 65% or 71%
According to fiscal year 2023 statistics from the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts, and the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, multidistrict litigation now makes up 65% of the federal civil caseload, a far bigger share than the 38% a decade ago.
Lowenstein Sandler CMO Jumps to Ropes & Gray
Kevin Iredell is set to join the Boston-founded firm as director of global marketing in a move effective Tuesday.
In First Published Ruling, Court Says Commissions Not Covered by Wage Payment Law
"Like the Wage Payment Law, the company's compensation policies and its March 2020 initiative addressing PPE sales are not a model of clarity," Appellate Division Judge Jack Sabatino wrote.Trending Stories
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