Last June, a federal jury in Camden New Jersey said a white Starbucks manager had been scapegoated for a racially-charged and widely publicized incident and determined that the coffee mega-chain needed to pay its former employee $25.6 million for the way it treated her. The case was unusual for several reasons,…

Midsize litigation firm Walden Macht & Haran has grown from just a few partners in 2015 to now about 50 lawyers and gross revenue of about $40 million. Now the firm is ready to add another name partner: Milt Williams, who has been practicing at the firm since 2017. The firm, effectively now, will…

Austin, Texas-based company GoodPop has kicked off a “popsicle war” against competitor JonnyPops in a new lawsuit brought by Los Angeles-based litigation boutique Hueston Hennigan. The complaint, filed Thursday in the Texas Western District Court in Austin, accuses JonnyPops of violating the Lanham Act by deceiving consumers and retailers about the…

After Beach Boy Brian Wilson’s ex-wife Marilyn filed a request in Los Angeles Superior Court for an accounting and for payment, under the couple’s 1981 divorce judgment, of 50% of the monies Brian received from his 2021 sale of his song rights to Universal Music, Brian’s counsel had the case…

Freshfields Bruckhaus & Deringer has added Steven Matays, the head of the New York tax practice at Skadden, Arps, Meagher, Slate & Flom, the international firm said Thursday. Matays is the latest transactional hire at Freshfields, as the U.K.-founded firm pushes to gain market share in the U.S.

Sullivan & Cromwell is used to being an outlier, even by Big Law standards. The firm already maintained a black box partner compensation system, it continues with a single-tier partnership, and it doesn’t regularly announce lateral partner additions. But change has come relatively quickly in Big Law, pushing firms to adapt…