Congress should clarify language in a voter registration law to explicitly require states to release voter lists in a digital format when it’s the most cost-effective way to deliver them, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Judge Nancy Abudu wrote Wednesday in a partial dissent criticizing Alabama for…

A Dallas County jury found a trucking company and its driver mostly at fault in a wrongful death trial that concluded with a $4 million compensatory damages verdict. Malorie Peacock, lead counsel for the parents of the deceased said, “They felt very relieved that the jury recognized, finally, that someone…

International law firms are vying for roles in Egypt’s $35 billion Ras El Hekma building project, the county’s largest-ever development project, set in a valuable coastal location and fueled by financial support from Gulf nations. Baker McKenzie has counselled the Egyptian government while Cairo law firm Matouk Bassiouny advised the…

An Atlantic City, New Jersey, law firm is accused in a suit of taking $836,839 held in trust for a client to pay the personal expenses of a third party. Callaghan, Thompson & Thompson and one of its principals, Brian K. Callaghan, allegedly accepted the funds on behalf of a…

Japan’s private equity and M&A market is having its time in the sun but the existing pool of legal advisers may not be equipped to ride the wave. It’s a confluence of factors that has given rise to Japan’s big break, following years of economic decline and struggle to recover…

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that a trial court can entertain another judgment in a foreclosure action, even if the Appellate Court has previously affirmed the original ruling of the trial court. The underlying foreclosure case began after the failed efforts of Susanne O. Wahba, the plaintiff, to obtain a…