“This has been a trying day, amidst a trying two weeks, and the crisis on campus has left no member of our community unaffected,” Columbia Law Dean Gillian Lester wrote in a letter late Tuesday.        

Wednesday’s proposed plan immediately got pushback from lawyers representing ovarian cancer victims: “This is not a done deal,” Beasley Allen’s Andy Birchfield told Law.com. “There is substantial opposition to this.”        

John Orta will depart the social media platform for neighborhoods on May 8, ending his nearly six-year run as legal chief.        

“With that dash of caution, law firms have an opportunity to leverage the political landscape to amplify visibility and engage relevant practice areas,” write Elizabeth Lampert and Traci Stuart.        

Fourth Circuit decision highlights the wide discretion federal district courts have to manage their calendars. The timing of litigation in federal courts is case-specific and hard to predict, but data from North Carolina federal courts provides some general guidance.        

The New York law firm is the third Am Law 100 law firm to announce a Boston location in the last eight days.        

“But being an effective leader is more than that—communication is key, and the human component—identifying, hiring, developing, supporting and retaining talented attorneys—cannot be understated.”        

The combined firm said the broad strokes on leadership, practice structure and compensation have been ironed out.        

Keith Davidson spent much of the day reading text messages he and the ex-National Enquirer editor-in-chief. In one, he joked about receiving an “ambassadorship” for helping suppress negative information about the man who would become President.