A nonprofit organization has filed a lawsuit against Northwestern University and staff this week alleging that its law school’s hiring practices discriminate against white, male applicants, and gives preferential treatment to less-qualified women and minority candidates. A group of attorneys, including Jonathan F. Mitchell, of Mitchell Law in Austin, Texas;…

A former DEI leader at Armstrong Teasdale is suing the Am Law 200 firm in Missouri state court, describing numerous instances of race and gender-based discrimination allegedly perpetuated by the firm’s former managing partner, Patrick Rasche, and several other firm leaders. The complaint, filed on June 30 in the St.…

When I hear practitioners talk about RICO, I often hear how no one understands it. I also hear some practitioners talk about how RICO is dead. It is not. The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) was enacted by Congress and signed into law in 1970 as a tool…

Schenck, Price, Smith & King partner John Ursin has been promoted as the firm’s new managing partner, effective June 17, only its fourth in the last 40 years. He takes over from Gary Werner, who has been with the firm since 2002 and served as its managing partner since 2016.

In a state court in West Palm Beach, two South Florida law firms beat a malpractice lawsuit—before even filing an answer to the complaint—over their alleged failure to bring a wrongful-death case within the two-year statute of limitations. Todd Baker, a shareholder at Kogan & DiSalvo, represented the defendants, Kogan…

As environmental and litigation firm Beveridge & Diamond looks to grow across attorney ranks, the 130-attorney firm hired this month Amy Tenney Curren as its new chief talent officer, based in its principal office in Washington, D.C. As part of her goals, Curren said she is looking at talent demands…