A jury has awarded over $411 million to Jose Valdivia, a 28-year-old Texan who sustained severe spinal and brain injuries after a scaffolding bar fell on his head […]
Rapper’s Lawyers Say People Took Kendrick Literally
Drake’s lawyers are quickly firing back after Universal Music Group’s recent attacks on the rapper’s defamation lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us,” arguing that “millions […]
Global Bar Associations Among 18 Groups to Condemn Trump ‘Targeting’ Lawyers
Eighteen global bar groups, including the Law Society of England and Wales, the European Criminal Bar Association and the German Federal Bar, have jointly condemned U.S. government actions […]
Lawyers Clamor for Action, but Firm Leaders Slow to Denounce Trump’s Assault on Perkins Coie
Big Law associates are talking about the Trump administration’s executive order targeting Perkins Coie on message boards. In-house counsel and Perkins Coie alumni are authoring LinkedIn posts declaring […]
NY AG James’ Proposed Consumer Protection Bill Sends Strong ‘Signal’ to Business, Lawyers Say
New York Attorney General Letitia James’ proposed legislation to increase state enforcement power over consumer fraud is a signal that consumer protection enforcement would ramp up in the […]
CNN Denies Accusation From Diddy Lawyers That It Altered Cassie Video
CNN is denying accusations from Sean “Diddy” Combs’ attorneys that the network altered and then destroyed the infamous 2016 surveillance video of him assaulting his former girlfriend Cassie […]
‘A Lot of Untested Waters:’ Lawyers Grapple With NIL Contracts
College athletes are making millions through Name Image and Likeness (NIL) rights and South by Southwest expert panelists discussed how those contracts continue to transform college athletics. The […]
Drake Lawyers Cite Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl Halftime Show in Lawsuit
A federal judge is refusing to allow Universal Music Group (UMG) to delay the start of Drake’s defamation lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” — a decision […]
Bankruptcy Equitable mootness Appeal Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
Listen to this article Where a debtor whose amended Chapter 13 plan was confirmed has filed an appeal seeking review of an earlier order denying confirmation of her […]
Lawyers Secure Asylum Win Amid Trump Transition
In this week’s Legal Speak episode, New York City based Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes associate attorney Samantha Bennett details how she and several fellow associates secured asylum […]