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“Article III standing is a rapidly developing area of the law in the context of data breach class actions. We are pleased that the court found, correctly, that plaintiff has Article III standing to support these claims,” said plaintiff’s counsel Laura Van Note, a shareholder at Cole & Van Note in Oakland, California.        

“We expect to see some methodology changes to the rankings this year,” Dave Killoran, chief executive officer of PowerScore Test Preparation, told Law.com Wednesday. “If they were to use the same methodology as last year, then anyone could predict the final outcomes since the rankings are built on public data.”        

Kirkland, Crowell, Quinn and Susman Godfrey, among others, have all had financial gains from contingency fee cases. “We’ve seen a noticeable increase in interest in building out plaintiff side practices,” said Evan Meyerson, at Burford Capital.        

Despite a higher head count in 2023, Goodwin said it did not plan on any force reductions in 2024.        

“Human nature is responsible,” said Florida State University College of Law professor Lawrence Kriege. “If you look at history, there has been a persistent problem that has plagued mankind forever, and it’s called greed. It can be greed for money, greed for power, greed for prestige—but it’s greed.”        

Across the country, federal defender offices are struggling with increasingly complex litigation marked by escalating electronic discovery demands. Staffing shortages and the lingering effects of the COVID pandemic have added to their challenges.

Law firm leasing activity hit a square-footage record in 2023, with eight of the 10 largest leases in New York, according to a new report from Cushman & Wakefield.        

One challenge for legal departments is that it is hard to demonstrate the value of something not happening—a threatened lawsuit not being filed or a regulatory fine not being assessed.        

Sources told Legaltech News that several law firms and legal tech providers dove into integrations with Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service without noticing the fine print that authorizes Microsoft employees to manually review certain prompts.        

Delaware Superior Court Judge Paul R. Wallace granted a California-based biotech company’s motion for partial summary judgment.