The agency's staff said the ABA's standards for law school accreditation "impose an elitist model of legal education, driving up the cost of legal education and thereby limiting the supply of lawyers."

       

The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Eastern District revived a contract and fraud dispute between St. Louis medical%E2%80%91device developers Kogent Surgical and Katalyst Surgical and global medical technology company Carl Zeiss Meditec, amidst allegations that the defendant deliberately stalled product development to avoid paying most of the contingent milestone money promised.

       

"Take opportunities as they come up. It can be hard to balance billable work with non-billable leadership and firm-building activities, but those things matter and contribute to the development of the firm. When an opportunity presents itself, take it—even if it feels overwhelming—because it's important to your growth and to the firm."

       

The large volume of employee suits over mandatory vaccine policies show the importance of trying hard to accommodate workers' disabilities, rather than firing them, said Amanda Fugazy, an employment lawyer at Ellenoff Grossman & Schole in New York.

       

Judge Ali says that the ABA's complaint "details at length the chilling effect the alleged policy has had on firms and lawyers."

       

After juries hit Meta Platforms with two verdicts in New Mexico and California, social media companies face similar trials this year involving a teenager, a school district and another state.

       

Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including how non-traditional markets have become a critical battleground for Big Law.

       

A preliminary analysis of Am Law 200 firm data shows that the number of clients that firms billed last year fell. At the same time, more revenue was concentrated among their top clients.

       

"Although the harm caused by the States' improper disclosure is largely irreparable, the Court should enforce its Protective Order to show that the violation will not be tolerated and to mitigate further harm," U.S. Department of Justice attorneys wrote in a joint letter after state attorneys general mistakenly filed highly confidential materials on the public docket regarding Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.'s acquisition of Juniper Networks and HPE's nonpublic communications.

       

It is that time of year again! We are excited to again begin the process to honor in-house legal departments and legal department leaders in our Best Legal Departments issue.

       

Before Musk can appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, post-trial motion practice must be completed at the district court level.

       

Last week's $375 million verdict against Meta Platforms in New Mexico, and $6 million jury award against Meta and YouTube, owned by Google, were the first to use new legal theories to blame social media on harm to children.

       

The school will be renamed the Donald P. Klekamp College of Law at the University of Cincinnati, after Klekamp, a 1957 law school graduate.

       

A new report by Baker & Hostetler records an increase in both data breach class actions and resolution of web tracking and pixel cases through settlement in 2025.

       

Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick, the top jurist on the Delaware Court of Chancery, sent a letter to counsel on Monday granting Musk's motion to reassign the cases but denying the motion for her recusal.

       

In this Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith interview Seyfarth Shaw Chief Innovation and Strategic Design Officer Zeynep Ersin, live from the Legalweek 2026 Conference in New York.

       

The London co-managing partner discusses what is behind the office's continued rise.

       

The Texas Supreme Court denied mandamus petitions in five bellwether cases affecting multidistrict litigation involving more than 200 lawsuits, about 30,000 plaintiffs, and more than $1 billion in damages sought for losses during Winter Storm Uri.

       

The end of its Mallesons tie-up forced King & Wood to reconcile its global ambitions with a recognition that integration across markets is not straightforward.

       

Chief executive partner Renae Lattey, who was previously in charge of the Australian arm of King & Wood Mallesons, expects Mallesons' independence to be a key differentiator for the firm.