• September 25, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

    District Attorney in the Hot Seat for Malicious Prosecution

    Most damning to the district attorney, Pulliam emphasized, was her instruction the sergeant to stop the investigation and proceed with arrest warrants.

    4 minute read

  • September 24, 2024 | Law.com

    Foreign Law Firms in Hong Kong Cut Head Counts; the 20 Largest Firms Trim 5% of Lawyers in 12 Months

    Senior partners have been encouraged to retire early, while capital markets and M&A teams also have been cut as deal work dries up. A Law.com analysis of Hong Kong Law Society data shows just how dramatic those cuts have been over the past year.

    5 minute read

  • September 24, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

    Trump Devotee to Pay $40K Under KKK Act in Biden-Harris Campaign Attack

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher partner Samuel Hall said, "We invoked the Klan Act of 1871 to reaffirm that threats, intimidation, and force have absolutely no place in American politics."

    3 minute read

  • September 24, 2024 | The American Lawyer

    This Law Firm Aims to Have 100 International Offices by 2026

    The firm formally opened in London this week, and currently has 53 directly-operated offices in 41 countries around the world.

    2 minute read

  • Balta v. Graner

    Publication Date: 2024-09-24
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Francois A. Rivera
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 514096/2023

    Defendant Did Not Give Reasonable Excuse as to Why They Did Not Answer Complaint

  • U.S. v. Suquilanda

    Publication Date: 2024-09-23
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law | Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Eunice C. Lee
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Jane Y. Chong, on the brief, Won S. Shin, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellant: S. Isaac Wheeler & Allegra Glashausser, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, NY, on the brief, Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA.
    for defendant: For Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Justice Strategies, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Legal Aid Justice Center, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, and National Immigration Law Center, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Nicholas D. Espiritu, Los Angeles, CA & Max S. Wolson, Washington, DC, National Immigration Law Center; Ghita Schwarz, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, New York, NY. For Legal Service Providers and Immigrant Rights Organizations, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Ann Garcia, Khaled Alrabe, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, Washington, DC; Charles Roth, National Immigrant Justice Center, Chicago, IL. For Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Human Rights First, and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Michele A. McKenzie, McKenzie Scott PC, San Diego, CA. For Critical Race and Nation Studies, and Professor Eric Fish, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Alexander G. Tievsky, Edelson PC, Chicago, IL, for the Center for Immigration Law and Policy, the Aoki Center. For Dr. S. Deborah Kang, amicus curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Philip L. Torrey, Crimmigration Clinic, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA. For Immigration Scholars, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Amanda Valerio, Washington, DC & Alexia D. Korberg, Melina Meneguin Layerenza, Patrick McCusker, New York, NY, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

    Case Number: 22-1197-cr

    Defect in NTA Did Not Strip Immigration Court of Jurisdiction to Order Initial Removal

  • September 22, 2024 | The American Lawyer

    Is the Global Elite Bigger Than We Think?

    The Global Elite is merely a concept—one that is ill-defined and may not actually exist. But Big Law is behaving as if it does, and everyone wants to be a part of it, writes The Global Lawyer.

    5 minute read

  • September 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Federal Judge Rejects Shook, Hardy & Bacon's Attempt to Reschedule Upcoming Trial Against Panera's Charged Lemonade

    "Defense counsel's whimsical treatment of scheduled trial dates as tentative and subject to change is why the parties are now in a difficult—but not insoluble—position,'" said U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Savage of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

    5 minute read

  • September 20, 2024 | The American Lawyer

    Armstrong Teasdale Faced Regulatory Inquiry Before Shuttering in London

    The firm's London office—which opened in 2021—brought in $14 million in revenue in 2022 but recorded less than $250,000 in profits.

    5 minute read

  • September 20, 2024 | Legaltech News

    Legaltech Rundown: UC Law San Francisco's Justice Tech Accelerator, New Steno and UnitedLex Hires and More

    An update on the legal tech market's past week, from product launches to new partnerships.

    3 minute read