Ultimately, Wright claims in the new complaint, he was forced to resign from his employment at the university in June (effective in August) because “it had been made clear to Mr. Wright through the University’s actions that he was not going to receive any fair process at the University.”        

Litigation boutiques and other small firms compete for the same top law students as Big Law, so they are likely to move to the new, higher market salary and bonus scales for associates.        

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One in five U.S. workers identifies as having a disability, but lawyers currently self-identify at a rate of 1.4%, per Diversity Lab.        

They are the latest attorney departures from the federal agency ahead of a presidential election year.        

The Eighth Circuit recently held, as a matter of first impression, that private parties may not sue to enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Instead, lawsuits to enforce Section 2 can only be brought by the Attorney General of the United States.        

The U.S. Senate late Monday voted 80-12 to confirm Irma Carrillo Ramirez as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.        

Finding abuse of discretion by U.S. District Judge Alan Albright, the court reversed a $2.1 billion verdict and ordered a new trial in VLSI Technology LLC v. Intel.        

Smokeball’s 2024 State of Law Report found that firms’ adoption of artificial intelligence will likely depend on their size, use cases and practice areas.        

Jury selection began Monday in San Benito County Superior Court, where Monsanto attempted to remove Judge Patrick Palacios from the trial.