Precruiting will increase in 2024, Big Law recruiting directors said, despite two law schools’ recent efforts to place more students through virtual on-campus interviews.        

“There are significant issues which must be addressed related to the security, integrity, scalability, and accommodations available for the JD-Next exam,” wrote one commenter.        

Cleary Gottlieb, Davis Polk, Shearman and Simpson Thacher are among the firms busy advising the region’s state and corporate issuers as market conditions welcome debt and even some equity offerings.        

This installment covers the second annual Southeastern Legal Awards with Regional Managing Editor Michael Marciano, who will be leading judging across all categories.        

The future of antibody claiming in the United States is uncertain following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in ‘Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi,’ a highly anticipated decision concerning enablement and whether the traditional way to claim antibodies — claiming antibodies by their function — will survive as a valid claiming strategy.        

John Quinn, co-founder of one of the world’s leading litigation firms, talks about global litigation opportunities, the rise of class actions in Europe and podcasting about the law.        

John Roesser told Judge Analisa Torres that he has “always, always, always loved the law” and regretted the impact of his offense on the court system.        

In part, Meridian argued that the Batstones miscalculated the prejudgment interest by calculating them from the date of the defendants’ original denial. The judge agreed.        

The merger is the firm’s third combination of 2024.