Farhad Azima had accused the law firm of paying an operative to steal his computer information on behalf of its client, the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.        

At a Feb. 2 telephonic hearing, Girardi’s Illinois lawyer, Seema Ahmad, asked U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland, of the Northern District of Illinois, to allow her to determine whether her client is mentally competent to stand trial.        

“HLS does not award merit aid (or ‘full-ride’ scholarships, which are not typically need-based,) because doing so would decrease the resources available for need-based aid, and significantly increase the debt burden of every student with financial need,” according to its website.        

“The decline in male enrollment and the increasing number of students who choose not to disclose their gender present new dimensions in the evolving narrative of gender diversity in legal education,” the Enjuris report states.        

In Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Reynolds, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld Iowa Code Section 717A.3B(1)(a)-(b) (2019), prohibiting using deception to access an agricultural production facility with intent to cause harm to the facility, and using deception in an employment application, on a matter that would reasonably result in denial […]

Bret A. Cohen, chair of the firm’s L&E practice, died in June 2023 from brain cancer without receiving a bonus and “overage allocations” that totaled about $1.9 million, his widow says in a new suit.        

We heard about generative AI approaches at Wall Street heavies, global firms, labor and employment giants, and outfits with roots in nearly every major legal market in the U.S.        

The majority of respondents to a recent survey of practicing lawyers across the U.S. said they would question a lawyer’s competency if they had a difficult time passing the bar or if they never sat for the bar.        

More than a dozen current and former Davis Polk partners testified in the course of the trial, along with several current and former professional development staff members. That level of detail gave weight to the defense.        

Johnson & Johnson subpoenaed records concerning plaintiffs’ expert Dr. Jacqueline Moline and a partnership involving attorney Andy Birchfield and one of its former lawyers.