Private equity-owned international law firm DWF has bought an Australian claims management business, boosting its insurance capabilities in Australia. The purchase of Melbourne-based Proclaim will nearly double DFW’s Australia workforce to about 130 people.

Elite U.S.-headquartered law firms continue to generate the highest revenue per lawyer figures in the U.K., according to the latest research by Law.com International. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Weil, Gotshal and Manges lead the rankings, as they did last…

As the Chicago legal market confronts countervailing currents, several Am Law 200 firms are facing them with new leaders in their Windy City offices. And some office leaders have high ambitions for the Chicago offices, from growing specific practices to courting firm mergers in the city. Winston & Strawn, which also…

The Manhattan judge who oversaw former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial need not recuse himself from the case, the New York Attorney General’s Office argued in new court papers. “Throughout this case, Defendants have engaged in spurious efforts to avoid accountability for their fraudulent and illegal business conduct by…

TransPerfect has filed suit against a lawyer representing a class action complaint against the translation service, alleging defamation per se over statements made to the press. Attorney Jeremiah Frei-Pearson represents plaintiffs in a wage-theft action currently pending against TransPerfect in Manhattan federal court. As part of that litigation, Frei-Pearson told…

Damages Awarded in $2.25B Roundup Verdict ‘Shocks the Court’s Sense of Justice,’ Phila. Judge Rules | The Legal Intelligencer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2024/06/27/damages-awarded-in-2-25b-roundup-verdict-shocks-the-courts-sense-of-justice-phila-judge-rules/ Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge Susan Schulman. Courtesy photo NEWS Schulman’s 75-page opinion lays out the reasoning behind a June 4 order in which she slashed…