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"The defense bar fought against class actions for years," said retired U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin as part of a panel at the virtual Class Action Money and Ethics 2020 conference Monday.

Court watchers note that Kavanaugh often aligns with the chief justice, who was a key swing vote last term.

Boies Schiller Flexner partner Christopher Belelieu first joined Boies Schiller in 2014 and was head of the firm's recruitment effort in New York. He started his career at Cravath, Swaine & Moore.

After nominating Ginsburg for the D.C. Circuit, President Jimmy Carter noted in his diary that she had been "a matter of some controversy," according to a forthcoming biography.

"Every different phase of the spread of the virus has resulted in redefining procedures and whenever we change then we have to sort of redefine and restructure."

The plaintiffs have shown serious questions going to the merits of the First Amendment claim, U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in San Francisco ruled.

Angela Zambrano and Yolanda Cornejo Garcia of Sidley Austin got about as definitive a defense win as possible.

Let's get right to this week's runners-up. First up, a Willkie Farr & Gallagher litigation team led by partner Rich Mancino worked with pro

Impeach a witness on matters that are not trivial when you know you can.

The Second Circuit ruled Wednesday that a district court judge was not required to provide any written reasoning when he dismissed a complaint from Todd Bank—who was ejected from a Second Circuit argument last year for "discourtesy"—alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer...

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The firm's first appellate showdown with plaintiffs represented by Keller Lenkner featured one judge saying he was "completely unsympathetic" to the merits of their argument that filing large batches of individual arbitrations somehow games the system.

The moves are part of U.S. Attorney David Anderson's ongoing efforts to speed up prosecution timelines.

Marc Kasowitz argued in court papers that the ex-president of the Marlborough Gallery was removed as part of a "coup d'etat" while his father was seriously ill with COVID-19. But lawyers for the gallery at Robins Kaplan pushed back, saying its former president breached fiduciary duty and...

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While their client's conviction was vacated, Steptoe & Johnson attorneys have pursued evidence they suspected the government had withheld. U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan said Wednesday that the actions of the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office had eroded public trust in the criminal justice system...

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Let's just start by saying that the consultants we've talked to have wildly different takes on the topic.

Quinn Emanuel partner Luke Nikas represented the foundation while Williams & Connolly partner Thomas Hentoff represented photographer Lynn Goldsmith.

As we work in new settings and rely more upon the technologies of remote communications, understanding the purpose of the attorney-client privilege and the way courts have handled issues of privilege in the past can help inform best practices in the era of COVID-19.

Some Connecticut defense attorneys are livid on how criminal proceedings are held. They say it's unfair that defense attorneys and their clients have to be in court in person, while judges and prosecutors and clerks can appear virtually.

"Even if you were to say, we're not going to do it on Zoom, we're going to do it in person, it's still not going to be the way you thought it was or the way it used to be."

Judge Amul Thapar wrote that "despite our binding holding, the district judge refused to follow the law and impose an appropriate sentence."