The Saudi Big Law Gold Rush Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor Big Law firms are continuing to move into the increasingly crowded Saudi legal market scrambling for a piece of the action. In the last two years, nearly four dozen global law firms have either set up shop or beefed up their presence in Saudi […]
The Dorsey & Musk Battle on IP Law Jacqui Coombe, LawFuel contributor When Jack Dorsey, the bearded oracle of Twitter (now X), tweeted “delete all IP law,” and Elon Musk, the world’s most famous meme stock, replied “I agree,” the legal world collectively spit out its coffee. Was this a joke, a provocation, or the
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Ponzi Financial Scheme By Attorney Leads To Jail NEWARK, N.J. – A Somerset County, New Jersey, disbarred attorney was sentenced to 30 months in prison for a wire fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced. Lawrence Coven, 61, of Hillsborough, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Robert Kirsch in Trenton federal court
The US Attorney has issued a press release relating to the former Girardi Keese law firm headed by Tom Girardi regarding the firm’s former accountant, sentenced to over 10 years’ prison. Tom Girardi was a former celebrity lawyer in Los Angeles. The US Attorney media release is below – Former Accounting Chief at Now-Defunct Girardi
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Harvard’s Nosedive and Cornell’s Exile Rock Legal Academia The U.S. News & World Report law school rankings just dropped like a first-year’s GPA after fall semester, and the legal world is watching as the once-mighty T14 has transformed into the “T-whatever” as traditional powerhouses stumble while others crash the elite party. Stanford and Yale remain
The opposition mounted by over 500 law firms against Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms was a remarkable show of unity in a profession facing intense criticism for its compliance and genuflection before the President.
The collective action, which culminated in the submission of an amicus brief supporting Perkins Coie’s lawsuit, was orchestrated by Munger Tolles & Olson, with former Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, Jr., leading the charge as counsel for the amici.
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Herbert Smith Kramer Merger News Tom Borman, Contributing Editor The much-anticipated transatlantic merger between Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and Kramer Levin is hitting a slight speed bump. Originally slated for May 1, the official merger date has now been pushed back to June 1, giving partners at both firms extra time to finalize their votes.
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Trump’s Law Firm Showdown The law profession’s response to President Trump’s campaign against perceived enemies within the profession continues to diverge, with Milbank becoming the fourth major U.S. law firm to strike a deal with the White House, while Perkins Coie has chosen to fight back in court. New York-headquartered Milbank committed $100 million in
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Wilkie Farr Bows with Pro Bono Arrangement Willkie Farr & Gallagher, home to Doug Emhoff, husband of former Vice President Kamala Harris, has been the latest law firm to strike a $100 million pro bono deal with Trump’s administration to avoid becoming collateral damage in what critics are calling a political shakedown. Emhoff joined Wilkie
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In the marble-lined corridors of legal power, a rebellion is brewing over the ‘Trump deals’ being made by biglaw firms targeted by the administration in recent weeks.
Associates at two of America’s most prestigious law firms are doing what many might have thought to have been the unthinkable—resigning from coveted positions that pay north of $220,000 annually to protest their firms’ Faustian bargains with President Trump, marking perhaps the most significant crisis of conscience Big Law has faced in a generation.
