A ruling by a federal judge in Texas striking down the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete agreements in the workplace has set the stage for a court battle that is likely to end up at the Supreme Court. The ruling, handed down shortly before the FTC ban was slated…

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr is creating a non-equity partnership tier, the firm said to the National Law Journal on Wednesday, as the number of large law firms with a single-tier partnership dwindles even further. Wilmer’s managing partner Anjan Sahni said in a statement that by creating a non-equity partnership tier, it…

According to dockets, Kirkland & Ellis was involved in 10 bankruptcies in New Jersey over the past two years, which is exactly the same number of bankruptcies the Am Law behemoth was involved in in the Garden State over the preceding 30 years from 1992 to 2022. Clearly, someone has taken…

States continue to expand their antitrust enforcement efforts, taking on high-level cases against big tech companies alongside federal enforcers, a partnership Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said has reached a “historic level.” “This is truly an equal partnership,” Weiser said Tuesday. “It comes from a place of respect, where we’re…

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey is an active jurisdiction, but it’s only grown more so as Am Law 50 firm Kirkland & Ellis has recently begun filing large-scale Chapter 11 bankruptcies in the district. Many view the firm as a market leader in the space and…

The Connecticut Supreme Court narrowly construed the savings statute in a 7-2 decision. The plaintiff’s attorneys say the interpretation could complicate the reliance on abode service. Paul Laiuppa, the plaintiff, brought a lawsuit against Mary Moritz due to a major motor vehicle collision between the two. The marshal served the…