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7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring

President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House will likely have a number of downstream effects on partne... (more story)

E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection

Several recent rulings make clear that the proportionality of additional proposed custodians will depend on whethe... (more story)

Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer

While I originally came to the Peloton bike for exercise, one cycling instructor’s teachings have come to serve as... (more story)

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Sen. Warren To Grill Treasury Pick On Trump's Tax Agenda

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., plans to ask Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent at his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday about President-elect Donald Trump's tax a... (more story)

Purdue Pharma Inks Draft Deal, Seeks Mediation Extension

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP has inked a 50-page term sheet and 75-page draft master settlement agreement that could resolve its more than 5-year-old bankruptcy case after its last plan was tossed out, it ... (more story)

Infowars Bidder Raises Offer As Attys Consider Auction

A failed bidder for conspiracy-monger Alex Jones' Infowars has more than doubled the amount it would pay to acquire the website, and the parent company of satirical news site The Onion is preparing to submit i... (more story)

Alex Jones Switches Conn. Attys In $1B Sandy Hook Appeal

A Randazza Legal Group attorney will represent Alex Jones in a Connecticut Supreme Court bid to erase the remainder of a $1.44 billion defamation judgment for Sandy Hook shooting victims after the Infowars hos... (more story)

Yellow Corp. Says Pension Funds Set Liability Too High

Bankrupt trucking company Yellow Corp. told a Delaware bankruptcy judge on Monday that the administrators of its union pension funds have set the company's liability for ending its contributions too high.

Hospital Operator Hits Ch. 11 With $1B-Plus Debt, Sale Plans

Listing more than $1 billion in debts, California-based hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. and several subsidiaries on Saturday filed a Chapter 11 petition in bankruptcy court in the Northern Dis... (more story)

Bradley Arant Promotes 17 Attorneys To Partner

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has announced that it promoted 17 of its attorneys from various practice groups and offices nationally to partner.

Ferguson Braswell Adds 5-Atty Vogt Resnick Team In Calif.

Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta PC has grown its presence in Orange County, California, with the addition of five Vogt Resnick & Sherak LLP attorneys and a new office space.

J&J Talc Claimants Seek Sanctions Over Morelli No-Show

A group of attorneys representing talc claimants in Johnson & Johnson unit Red River Talc's Chapter 11 case has urged a Texas bankruptcy judge to sanction Morelli Law Firm PLLC's founding partner, Benedict Mor... (more story)

Ex-McKinsey Partner Admits To Obstructing Purdue Probe

A former senior partner at consulting giant McKinsey & Co. pled guilty Friday to obstructing the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation into the firm's work with opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma LP, a mon... (more story)

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Trade Secret Suit Sends New Zealand Software Co. Into Ch. 15

A New Zealand company that develops actuarial software products supported by artificial intelligence commenced a Chapter 15 bankruptcy case in Delaware Tuesday, saying ongoing trade secrets litigation had harm... (more story)

Giuliani Atty Chided For 'Higher Power' Remark Ahead Of Trial

A Manhattan federal judge pushed back Tuesday against Rudy Giuliani's lawyer ahead of a trial on whether the former New York City mayor must turn over his Florida condo and World Series rings to help cover a $... (more story)

Ace Gallery Founder Gets 2 Years In Prison For Embezzlement

A California federal judge on Monday sentenced art dealer Douglas Chrismas, who founded the internationally renowned Ace Gallery, to two years in prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the... (more story)

Colombian Refinery Co. Gets $1B McDermott Award OK'd

Colombia's state-owned oil company on Friday won enforcement of a $1 billion arbitral award issued against Dutch and British units of Texas-based construction firm McDermott International following a dispute o... (more story)

Crypto Miner Hits Back At Involuntary Ch. 11 Petitioners

Bankrupt cryptocurrency mining operation Mawson Infrastructure answered an involuntary Chapter 11 petition by a group of secured creditors, telling a Delaware court that the December filing is a bad faith effo... (more story)

Canadian Packing Co. Files Ch. 7 For US Plant

A Pennsylvania food and beverage packaging facility has filed for Chapter 7 liquidation with over $300 million in debt on the heels of its Canadian parent company petitioning for creditor protection after one ... (more story)

Ex-Sacks Weston Atty's Theft Supports Suspension, Court Told

The severity of a suspended Philadelphia attorney's actions when he defrauded his former firm, Sacks Weston LLC, of almost $320,000 supports the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board's recommendation of a five-year ... (more story)

Smith Gambrell Faces DQ Bid In Major Lindsey Suit

A former Major Lindsey & Africa employee with a lengthy legal history with the recruiter is seeking to disqualify Smith Gambrell from representing Major Lindsey in her $75 million federal defamation suit, argu... (more story)

Texas Construction Group Hits Ch. 11 With Up To $50M Debt

Timeline Construction LLC, a Houston-based commercial and residential design and construction firm, filed for Chapter 11 in Texas listing an estimated $10 million to $50 million in liabilities.

Wynne Transportation Files Ch. 11 After $32M Arbitration Loss

Transportation services company Wynne Transportation Holdings LLC filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware after an arbitrator said it must pay a former subcontractor $32.8 million because it severed their ... (more story)