A federal judge in Illinois approved a wrongful-death settlement for more than $880,000 and motion to approve the distribution of the funds against Cook County, as well as determining how to distribute the award granted to the estate of a man who died by suicide while detained at a jail…

The Johnson & Johnson law firm in Beverly Hills has filed a copyright infringement claim against rap artist Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus Jr. and his company, Death Row Records, alleging misuse of two compositions created by musician Trevor Lawrence Jr. The complaint filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Central…

As London’s legal sector continues to face rising pressure from talent wars, law firms are employing different tactics to retain and attract lawyers. This can include changing pay structures to reward top performers, enhancing bonus systems, offering loyalty payments, or ‘golden handcuffs’ as some call it. But another tactic which…

The Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Food and Drug Administration have alerted five  companies that their marketing of cannabis edibles could be misleading and unsafe because their packaging resembles children’s cereal, snack and cookie containers. On Tuesday, the FTC and FDA sent joint cease-and-desist letters to cannabis shops Hippy Mood,…

Amazon is facing a suit in a Texas court on behalf of a nationwide class of warehouse workers who claim the company’s human resources smartphone app wrongly denied their requests for disability accommodations. Amazon warehouse employees are required to download an app called A to Z on their smartphones where…

Blank Rome Adds Private Equity Duo From Ballard Spahr | The Legal Intelligencer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2024/07/16/blank-rome-adds-private-equity-duo-from-ballard-spahr/ Blank Rome partners Christopher DePizzo, left, and Jeffrey Fickes, right. Courtesy photos NEWS Jeffrey Fickes, who co-chaired Ballard’s private equity practice, and Christopher DePizzo join the firm in New York as partners. July…