In a matter of first impression, the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas addressed whether medical bills related to an out-of-state medical provider’s work are subject to a reduction under the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law. In a recent ruling, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judge Alan Hertzberg agreed…

More than a dozen Big Law partnerships are among the 40-plus firms that signed the Paris Bar Association’s first Charter for Inclusion of LGBT+ people in firms. The charter sets out concrete measures for signatory firms to fight discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. The…

Three public defenders on Long Island are suing their union in a New York federal court, alleging it’s trying to expel them for filing a prior lawsuit that blocked the passage of a proposed resolution that called for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. Lieb At Law and the Louis D.…

Paul Hastings partner Adam Fee on Tuesday told the jurors who will soon decide whether his client, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, is guilty of bribery, extortion, fraud and obstruction of justice to consider whether prosecutors have invented “a story” unsupported by evidence. “The absence of evidence should be…

Johnson & Johnson lost its bid to subpoena Beasley Allen and others in an escalating fight over its planned $6.48 billion talc bankruptcy after a special master on Tuesday granted motions to quash the requests. Retired U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Schneider, of the District of New Jersey, ruled that there was…

Employment disputes in Australia are more frequently ending up in court as both employers and employees pursue their complaints more aggressively than they have in the past, lawyers say. The change may be due in part to a slowing economy and a more competitive employment market. It also may be…