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Lawyers at Wigdor LLP previously alleged that former DLA Piper partner Louis Lehot assaulted partner Vanina Guerrero, leading to his departure from the firm. The Wigdor lawyers now represent a second woman, an unnamed former human resources manager, who claims she was fired after complaining she...

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The patent lawyer is the eighth partner to leave the premium boutique in the last two months for firms with global reach.

Kim Sinatra is accused of playing a role in a plan to send spies posing as clients to a hair salon of a former Wynn Resorts employee who had spoken out about casino mogul Steve Wynn.

"This is an absolutely ridiculous letter.," tweeted Gibson Dunn's Ted Boutrous. "No serious lawyer would ever think of sending such a frivolous letter making such a baseless threat."

Federal prosecutors can admit a transcript of the scene, where Frank Pentangeli lies during congressional testimony.

Paul Hanly of New York's Simmons Hanly Conroy said co-lead counsel were finalizing details of a deal until 1 a.m. on Monday.

Partner Craig Primis called the case "an important step in ensuring that states do not cavalierly seize people's property under absurdly low burdens of proof that stack the deck against defendants."

The defense team said the judge's greeting showed bias, but plaintiffs counsel said the recusal allegation was a 'vituperative' allegation against a sitting judge.

While Citi was "reckless and deliberately indifferent" to the risk Bernie Madoff presented, its actions did not rise to the level of "willful blindness" necessary to claw back the funds, the judge concluded.

Chevron Corp. and suspended New York attorney Steven Donziger have been foes since the 1990s, when Donziger sued on behalf of indigenous and farmer communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest.

A team from Paul Weiss, led by appellate veteran Kannon Shanmugam, convinced the justices to hear a constitutional challenge to the single-director power scheme at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The law professors claim that White House counsel Pat Cipollone's letter "fails to recognize the seriousness of the charges against President Trump for abusing executive power for personal political gain and violating federal election law."

Honorable mention goes to lawyers from Sidley Austin and Finnegan Henderson.

"Our challenge was not a partisan effort or about political views, but rather a defense of the Constitution and delicate balance between the executive and legislative branches upon which our government is founded."

The three-judge appeals panel described the abortion case as "extraordinary" because the plaintiffs, represented by a team from Debevoise & Plimpton, seek to challenge a raft of state laws under a "cumulative effects" theory.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicolas Roos said he expected the Justice Department to produce "fairly voluminous" discovery materials, including 10 search warrant applications, electronic records from more than 10 email accounts and financial records from more than 50 bank accounts.

Lawyers and legal experts list a host of reasons for larger jury awards such as the $8 billion Risperdal verdict last week, including evolving societal norms, changes in the plaintiffs bar and the actions of defendants.

Thursday's ruling was the latest turn in Philip Shawe's long-running feud with the Chancery Court and its appointed custodian, even after he secured full control of TransPerfect in a 2018 court-ordered auction.

Six partners, some of whom have been at the firm for less than a year, have left Pierce Bainbridge since August, according to announcements at their new firms or public posts.