After growing from five to 27 lawyers over the last five years in Los Angeles, litigation-focused Shook, Hardy & Bacon is trying to reach “critical mass” in the city by adding roughly 20 more lawyers there over the next five years. “To have critical mass, to really have a presence…

23andMe has reached a settlement in principle of class actions brought over last year’s data breach, lawyers disclosed at a Tuesday court hearing in San Francisco. The amount and details of the settlement weren’t disclosed, but, in its annual report this year, 23andMe revealed it had $216 million in cash.…

Platinum Partners hedge fund co-founder Mark Nordlicht was sentenced to 6 months of home confinement and probation on Tuesday after a Brooklyn federal court judge dwelled on how “unique” the case was. “It’s just such a weird case, Mr. Pitluck,” U.S. District Court Judge Brian Cogan told Assistant U.S. Attorney…

The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas is in the middle of what is on track to be a record-breaking year for large verdicts. Court data shows that by the halfway mark of 2024, Philadelphia saw nearly as many eight-plus-figure civil jury verdicts as it did in the entirety of 2023. That…

A trio of Atlanta litigators obtained a $5 million settlement for a client who endured catastrophic injuries while in police custody. Cash Krugler Fredericks partners Lisa McNary and Alwyn Fredericks teamed with Kurt Kastorf of Kastorf Law to secure the seven-figure outcome against former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill and deputies accused of utilizing “physical…

A Manhattan federal jury found U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, guilty of bribery, fraud, extortion and obstruction of justice on Tuesday after 10 hours of deliberation in the tenth week of a trial in the Southern District of New York. The jurors also found two of Menendez’s co-defendants, New…