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Seton Hall University urged a New Jersey state judge Thursday to toss a whistleblower lawsuit by the school's former president, contending that the very filing of the suit broke his separation agreement that both sides willingly signed.
George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School will have incurred more than $38 million in losses over five years by the end of its 2025 fiscal year, according to budget projections shared with the wider university's board of visitors at a meeting Thursday.
Jenner & Block LLP announced Thursday that it has appointed Washington, D.C., partner Ishan Bhabha as the firm's next co-managing partner, succeeding New York partner Katya Jestin as she steps down from the position at the beginning of next year.
After filling numerous duties in her 25 years with JAMS, Kimberly Taylor is ready to use her self-described "360-degree view" of the alternative dispute resolution service as she looks toward the organization's future as its new leader.
Burford Capital LLC is entering a more aggressive phase of its expansion strategy, looking at everything from acquiring stakes in boutique law firms and legal tech companies to expanding into the alternative legal services space, the legal funder's new chief development officer tells Law360.
Roughly 90% of law firms that recently relocated or renovated say the updated digs have been for the better regarding culture and "office energy," and such positive change has been most widely felt among firms that moved, according to a recent report from real estate brokerage firm Savills.
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has added two partners in New York City and Washington, D.C., including a familiar face who rejoins the firm as co-leader of the investigations and white collar team, the firm said Thursday.
The Binnall Law Group is representing North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson in what the socially conservative Republican gubernatorial candidate calls a smear campaign over his alleged posts on a porn site. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at the firm and partner Jesse Binnall, who has worked for former President Donald Trump on several matters.
As the days grow shorter and the scent of pumpkin spice lattes fills the air, the glimmer of hope that BigLaw firms would follow Milbank LLP in awarding associates special summer bonuses has floated away on the breeze like autumn leaves.
The Chapter 11 examiner appointed in the bankruptcy case of fallen cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading determined Wednesday that debtor law firm Sullivan & Cromwell didn't ignore any "red flags" about FTX's misconduct related to a $500 million purchase of stock in financial service and digital trading platform Robinhood Markets Inc.
Jones Day will have to defend its parental leave policy at trial, after a D.C. federal judge declined on Wednesday to shut down a long-running suit filed by two married ex-associates that claims the firm discriminates by offering female attorneys more leave than male attorneys.
An attorney suing three lawyers from Blank Rome LLP wants the firm's other attorneys disqualified from representing their colleagues, accusing them of improperly contacting a plaintiff's expert witness to intimidate him into no longer participating in the case.
The Arizona Supreme Court recently approved seven applications, including one from a subsidiary of Rocket Lawyer, for alternative business structure licenses allowing nonlawyer ownership of law firms, in a record year for the program.
Labor and employment firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has grown its Chicago office with the addition of a Seyfarth Shaw LLP partner.
A Los Angeles-based cannabis company called Smoke Tokes LLC has filed a legal malpractice suit accusing Buchalter PC and two of its attorneys of causing a federal trademark action to drag on unnecessarily even after Smoke Tokes took all necessary steps to satisfy a judgment and injunction.
The vast majority of courthouses in Florida will be closed on Thursday in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Helene, in the largest shutdown since Hurricane Irma in 2017.
A longtime Baker McKenzie intellectual property litigator whose work touches on sectors including medical devices, software, and the oil and gas industry has moved his practice to Venable LLP, the firm announced Wednesday.
Husch Blackwell LLP has hired a former tax structure counsel from global credit investing firm Silver Point Capital LP as partner, the firm has announced.
Haynes and Boone LLP is expanding its finance offerings in North Carolina with the addition of an experienced attorney who most recently served as the head of the swaps and derivatives practice at Moore & Van Allen PLLC.
Holland & Hart LLP announced it has invested in family law talent with the addition of two practitioners with experience advising high-net-worth people and families, along with two paralegals.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced Wednesday that it's welcoming an energy-sector-focused attorney from Greenberg Traurig LLP, as the firm says opportunities to invest in sustainable energy projects have fueled client demand.
King & Spalding LLP has strengthened its government investigations, cybersecurity and special matters offerings with a counsel in Austin, Texas, who led efforts to combat cybercrime and pandemic-era fraud during his more than 15 years as a federal prosecutor.
McGuireWoods LLP has added a former administrative judge with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board as a partner in its Richmond, Virginia, office.
The focus at Latham & Watkins LLP on trying to impose New York rates on clients in other markets might be driving the spate of departures by partners to rival outfits this year, sources close to the firm say.
Cindy Zuniga-Sanchez, Dechert LLP’s new talent development manager, is also a self-taught expert on financial freedom. She is the author of a book that details how she was able to pay off $215,000 of law school and credit card debt six years early. Here, she gives away her key tips.