For some, news of a lawsuit seeking to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent campaign for president off the New Jersey ballot elicited one question: Who is Scott Salmon? Salmon, an election lawyer and partner at Jardim Meisner Salmon Sprague & Susser in Florham Park, is both plaintiff and plaintiff’s counsel in…

The president of Daniel Coker Horton & Bell has teamed with Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer lawyers to help AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals sue the Mississippi attorney general. Attorney Wilton V. Byars III joined Arnold & Porter partners Allon Kedem and Jeffrey L. Handwerker and senior associates Stephen K. Wirth and Samuel I. Ferenc to file a…

In 1992 the Florida Supreme Court issued a ruling encouraging lawyers to aspire to provide 20 hours of pro bono work annually or contribute $350 to a legal aid organization. While some firms might view pro bono work as a wedge between billable hours and charitable efforts, many South Florida attorneys are increasingly finding…

Kenny Polcari, SlateStone Wealth’s chief market strategist, reacts to Tesla shareholders voting to reinstate Elon Musk’s pay package on “Varney & Co.” Tesla is arguing in a court filing that CEO Elon Musk won the legal battle over his $56 billion pay package because shareholders voted to reapprove the compensation…

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of Connecticut-based OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy deal. The agreement would have shielded Purdue’s owners, the Sackler family, from liability.

More than a week after a judicial misconduct hearing for Middle Georgia Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Robert Reeves did not get underway as scheduled, both the Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia and respondent counsel for Reeves are remaining tight-lipped about the status of the judge’s ethics investigation. Meanwhile, the judge has…