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Lawyer who reported suspected wrongdoing can’t collect whistleblower award, DC Circuit says
An in-house lawyer who reported suspected wrongdoing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission can’t recover a whistleblower award, a federal appeals court has ruled.…
New metric inspired by baseball stats aims to measure real value of lawyers’ work
The Thomson Reuters Institute is introducing a new metric that measures how well lawyers are generating fees and collecting them by comparing them to their…
Supreme Court rejects Missouri’s suit seeking to delay Trump sentencing in New York case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Missouri’s motion to file an original jurisdiction lawsuit contending that the conviction of former President Donald Trump…
Law firms are seeing ‘significant resurgence’ in financial health, new report says
Most major practice areas experienced growth in the second quarter of 2024, leading to “a significant resurgence in the financial health of law firms,” according…
AI-generated court filing had name, bar number of lawyer who had nothing to do with case, complaint says
Updated: A Florida foreclosure lawyer has said his name and his bar number were used in a court filing generated by artificial intelligence. And he…
California National Guard prosecutors will focus on county following ‘surge operations,’ bringing concern from PDs
Prosecutors with the California National Guard’s Counterdrug Task Force will help prosecute state cases originating in Alameda County, California, according to an announcement Friday by…
Sharecropper’s son who rose from poverty to become first Black New Jersey justice dies at 91
Updated: Former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice James H. Coleman Jr. died at age 91 on Aug. 2, rising from his childhood in a home…
Beyond Logic: The case for emotional branding for law firms
When Pixar’s Inside Out 2 hit theaters in June, audiences were once again invited to explore the inner workings of the human mind. The original…