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Thursday Public Notices/Calendars
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (124+ words) Thursday Public Notices/Calendars'Law.com The 2025 Am Law 100 Rankings The Am Law 100 is the definitive ranking of the 100 largest law firms in the United States. Dynamically explore and compare data on law firms, companies, individual lawyers, and industry trends. Real-time…...
Chinese Firms Continue Expansion Streak In Asia With 3 New Offices
7+ hour, 16+ min ago (168+ words) DeHeng Law Offices has launched a new office in Vietnam and entered into a strategic alliance with Malaysian firm RDS Partnership, while Jia Yuan and Zhong Lun add new offices to their domestic spread. Chinese law firm DeHeng Law Offices…...
Emotional Injury and the Zone of Danger in Medical Malpractice Defense
11+ hour, 12+ min ago (205+ words) The j case allows family members to recover emotional damages only if they witness serious injury or death caused by negligence and were at risk themselves. Courts have consistently applied this narrow rule, often dismissing claims when there's no physical…...
7th Circuit Scrutinizes Unconventional Clearview AI Privacy Settlement
13+ hour, 11+ min ago (136+ words) The controversial agreement created a settlement fund equal to a 23% stake in Clearview AI while resolving claims that the company broke state privacy laws and unjustly enriched itself by scraping and creating a database made of class members" biometric facial…...
Prime Hydration Reaches Settlement in Forever Chemicals Suit
13+ hour, 29+ min ago (235+ words) The lawsuit was filed in August 2023, accusing Prime Hydration of containing toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances, which have been shown to cause cancer. Prime Hydration and a consumer who alleged the company's sports drink is "poisonous" and contains unsafe…...
Revenue and Profits Surge Across Industry, as Am Law 50 Firms See Higher Gains
14+ hour, 9+ min ago (200+ words) Despite the rosy metrics, law firms faced a 10.2% overall expense increase, helping to curtail net income growth below the levels seen the previous year, Wells Fargo said. Law firm revenue across the legal industry surged by 12.6% in 2025, driven by billing…...
Restrictive Covenant Enforceability Is 'Evaporating' in Delaware, Counsel for Waterworks Company Tells Supreme Court
14+ hour, 9+ min ago (324+ words) DLA Piper partner Craig Martin, arguing for Fortiline, said the Supreme Court's 2024 opinions in Cantor Fitzgerald L.P. v. Ainslie and LKQ Corp. v. Rutledge, which both addressed when Delaware courts can enforce restrictive covenants, support enforcing the contracts at issue because they were…...
References to Non-Testifying Expert's Report Not Enough to Overturn $3M Verdict, Court Says
15+ hour, 9+ min ago (229+ words) In 2024, a Philadelphia jury found the defendants negligent in failing to properly treat an elderly patient following hip surgery, which led to a lower left extremity deep vein thrombosis and a pulmonary embolism. The Pennsylvania Superior Court denied attempts to…...
Professor, Backed by America First Policy Group, Hits Cornell University With Discrimination Suit
15+ hour, 20+ min ago (217+ words) The federal claim alleges the Ithaca, New York university intentionally bypassed white applicants for a specialized faculty post. Richard Lawson, vice chairman of litigation at the America First Policy Institute, is on the team of attorneys who filed the claim....
Manhattan DA's Office Seeks to Try Mangione Before Feds: Letter
15+ hour, 27+ min ago (228+ words) Manhattan prosecutors asked a state court judge to set a July 1 trial date for Luigi Mangione, who is accused in the killing of UnitedHeathcare CEO Brian Thompson, saying state interests would be unfairly prejudiced if the feds tried him first....