Over 50 law firms, including Austin, Texas-based Watts Law Firm and Chicago’s Edelson, will be leading the growing lawsuits against Southern California Edison over one of the deadly […]
To Avoid Trump’s Target, Law Firms Scrutinize Practices Amid Investigation Threats
There is no playbook for dodging the types of presidential actions that hit Covington & Burling and Perkins Coie recently. Instead, law firms are writing their strategies from […]
Lawsuits Claim Plaintiffs Firms Are ‘Weaponizing’ Mass Arbitration
Companies are pushing back against what they claim to be a “weaponization” of their arbitration agreements by plaintiffs firms. Three lawsuits targeting plaintiffs firms who file mass arbitrations […]
Single-Tier Partnerships Consider Options, While Other Firms Continue Rapid Nonequity Expansion
While many Am Law 200 firms are maintaining a tight grip on the brass ring of equity partnership, they’re also adding or extending nonequity tiers. Among a sample […]
Am Law 200 Firm’s $38M Malpractice Settlement Gets Court Approval
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott on Friday received final approval for a $38 million legal malpractice settlement resolving suits filed against the firm for former partner John Pauciulo’s […]
Local Firms Are Getting ‘Bird’s-Eye Views’ of the Eagles Super Bowl Parade
Expect absolute chaos in Philadelphia on Valentines Day—not because the city is full of couples enjoying the holiday, but because the city will be filled to the brim […]
2 Law Firms Disqualified Over Litigation Funding
Two law firms have been disqualified from representing the defendants in a New Jersey patent dispute because they were getting funding from a nonparty. The ruling serves as […]
Was It Ever A Profession? A Look at the History of Law Firms as a Business with RJon Robins
RJon Robins has been helping smaller law firms with the business end of the legal profession for over 25 years. His company, appropriately named How To Manage a […]
AI Firms Face Class Action by ‘Taskers’ Exposed to Traumatic Content
Contract workers who say they suffered severe psychological harm by being exposed to “deeply unsettling” and traumatic scenarios used to train generative artificial intelligence models filed a class […]
Law Firms Join Abortion Legal Hotline
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and the Reproductive Equity Now Foundation Friday announced an abortion legal hotline. The goal is to provide legal support to patients residing in […]