Expert Perspectives on Biggest Court Cases Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/litigationdaily/2024/07/23/an-empirical-look-at-social-inflation/ Credit: Bart Sadowski/Adobe Stock ANALYSIS In a 103-page report released earlier this month, RAND Corporation researchers took a look at changes in court filings, jury verdicts in personal injury cases and insurance claims and concluded that the trendlines were “consistent…

Missouri-founded Polsinelli is engineering one of the largest lateral additions lately, snagging more than 20 partners from Holland & Knight in Philadelphia en route to planting its first flag in the City of Brotherly Love and continuing on a path of post-pandemic growth in the Northeast. The firms hadn’t released…

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…

Lateral partner hires among Am Law 50 and Magic Circle firms in four major markets are up 9% through the first half of the year, recruiting firm Macrae found. Moves in New York and London, in particular, surged. Additionally, the number of partner moves in investment management, funds and white-collar…

Following a federal appellate ruling that college athletes can sue claiming they are owed wages, employment attorneys say lower courts will face a host of difficult legal questions as litigation over player compensation likely grows. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled for the first time on…

Following a federal appellate ruling that college athletes can sue claiming they are owed wages, employment attorneys say lower courts will face a host of difficult legal questions as litigation over player compensation likely grows. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled for the first time on…