Last year was a banner year for law firm billing rates. And as litigation demand remains strong and deal-work optimism grows, don’t expect firms to throttle back. Industry sources and new law firm survey data suggest Big Law will continue to escalate rates at similar or higher levels in 2024.…

Defense attorney Lee Kindlon unseated five-term Albany County District Attorney David Soares in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, securing nearly 55% of the vote. Kindlon, founder of The Kindlon Law Firm in Albany, New York, is set to face Republican Ralph Ambrosio in November.

Elliott Greenleaf has won its bid to retain $11 million in referral fees for a case it referred to Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky in 2014, after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a former shareholder’s appeal. The dispute centered around former Elliott Greenleaf shareholder Richard DeMarco’s claims…

An obscure New York-based patent holder filed cybersecurity patent infringement lawsuits against eight major companies in the U.S. Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Secure Matrix LLC, a company formed in Delaware on Aug. 21, 2023, is asserting claims against Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Bank of America, and five foreign-based…

Former DLA Piper partner Stuart Liner has joined Los Angeles-based boutique law firm Freedman Taitelman + Cooley, which will soon rebrand as Liner Freedman Taitelman + Cooley, as a managing and name partner to help run the firm in an operational role. Co-founder and managing partner Bryan Freedman told The Recorder on Monday that he…

A bill pending in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives aims to undo the effects of recent case law significantly restricting the application of the Fair Share Act. House Bill 2390 would expand the situations in which defendants are only be held liable for damages in proportion with their responsibility under Act…