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New NALP figures show that the number of law firms willing to hire associates and partners in areas where they don’t have offices is steadily declining.        

The defendants are a ring of illegal sites and services defendant William Freemon operates directly or through resellers he actively recruits, the complaint alleges.        

Reed Smith is expanding its Innovation Lab and Intelligence Center of Excellence. Firm CINO David Cunningham said the venture involves new hires, outside-the-box thinking and fewer inter-departmental communication gaps.        

“We saw financial growth from top 200 clients, including significant increases in international engagements, which indicates that our global platform is working for our international clients,” said global managing partner Casey Ryan.        

The panel’s decision to allow what it considers to be an unconstitutional “racial gerrymander” to be used is a result of the Supreme Court’s monthslong delay in ruling on the map’s validity.        

With nationwide lateral movement down by 35% last year, South Florida saw a decrease of over 43% thanks to a correction period following post-pandemic highs, according to data from the National Association for Law Placement.        

Chief Legal Affairs Officer Kevin Rhodes “drove actions to reduce risk and uncertainty through reduced exposure to litigation and regulatory risk,” 3M’s compensation committee says in the company’s newly filed proxy statement.        

“If you talk to Bank of America about why they did it, you can’t really get a consistent explanation for that,” class attorney Neil R. Anapol said.        

“Knowing that this testimony could evoke sympathy in the minds of the jurors, experienced trial lawyers used these improper and highly prejudicial statements to paint a detailed picture—one that graphically illustrated two independent, emotional conversations between a dying mother and her loving sons,” Third District Court of Appeal Judge Monica Gordo held in the opinion. […]

Bankman-Fried, 32, was also ordered to forfeit more than $11 billion. His attorneys at Mukasey Young, led by Marc Mukasey, have said he will appeal.