Los Angeles courthouses will reopen Tuesday “with limited functionality” four days after a ransomware attack crippled computer networks across the nation’s largest trial court system. All 36 courthouses in the Los Angeles County Superior Court were closed Monday as technicians worked to bring databases and documents back online and law…

A $1.6 million settlement has been reached for a Hackensack construction worker injured when an electrical cord broke free from the scaffolding above and fell 37 stories, striking the man and causing severe injuries. Carlos A. Terranova was working for Iron Works F.E. on July 20, 2018, conducting exterior repairs…

Lawyer head count grew by 2.1% overall in 2023 at the 100 firms with the most lawyers in Texas, with midsize Texas firms and out-of-state firms with Texas offices accounting for much of that growth. Meanwhile, as firms look nationally and globally for expansion, many of the large firms founded…

Harvey, the generative artificial intelligence-powered professional services and legal technology startup, announced on Tuesday that it raised $100 million in a Series C funding round, bringing its valuation to $1.5 billion. The round was led by Google Ventures, with participation from OpenAI, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Elad Gil and SV Angel,…

Fabricant Law of New York filed patent infringement complaints against five major companies—Costco, Kroger, Shell, Starbucks and Walmart—for allegedly using contactless payment technology that violates the rights of its client. The claims were filed last Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on behalf of…

Another year means another class of summer associates in New Jersey, and this year’s class remains strong. A total of 100 summer associates were hired across the surveyed firms, which is slightly above the total of the last two years. Similar to the last three years, the average number of…