The outcome of the country’s presidential election in February has restored investor confidence in Southeast Asia’s largest economy, and international law firms are now getting ready for an increase in Indonesia-related work.        

“In massive, high-stakes litigation, it’s really, really difficult to try cases [against] somebody like Amazon who’s got, for all intents and purposes, unlimited resources,” said the plaintiff’s counsel, Courtland Reichman, noting his team put more than 30,000 hours into the suit.        

The global law firm saw rising demand across its platform, said U.S. managing partner Jeff Cody.        

The ex-president—now on trial over alleged hush money payments—violated a gag order in his social media statements.        

It is not exactly news at this point that alcohol use in the legal profession is pervasive and frequently unhealthy or problematic. What is less well known is why, exactly, that is the case.        

“On every matter you work, take time to think critically about the big picture issues facing your client, even if the specific task you are assigned does not require going that far.”        

“The regulatory landscape is trying to keep up with technological advancements. As a result, there will be an increase in the demand for lawyers with expertise in AI-adjacent spaces like privacy, intellectual property and regulatory affairs,” Anna Gorodetsky of Major, Lindsey & Africa said.        

“However, where an entity has a nondelegable duty, it cannot avoid liability simply by delegating its duty to an independent contractor,” Chief Justice Steven C. González wrote on behalf of the Washington Supreme Court. “Instead, an entity will be vicariously liable for the independent contractor’s negligent performance of that duty absent special circumstances not present […]

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the longest-serving of the agency’s five commissioners, said any suggestion that the FTC should be in the business of “protecting national champions” is absurd.        

While growing by acquiring lateral partners and practice groups can be lucrative, it carries many risks. Lateral candidates’ projections of the revenue they will bring to a new firm can prove inaccurate, or a particular candidate may simply be a bad fit culturally.