Citing a likelihood of success on the merits, the New Orleans federal appellate court granted a stay, pending review, of a U.S. Department of Transportation agency’s order prohibiting transport of an explosive device used in oil and gas drilling. The U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit temporarily…

We presume that most attorneys in New Jersey at one time or another, if not more frequently, have posted on a professional listserv or participated in discussions with colleagues about issues, theories, and questions of law as a means of helping a client in the successful resolution of a case. American Bar Association…

Lawyers from Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein have filed four more products liability complaints in a week against medical device maker CooperCompanies and one of its subsidiaries, CooperSurgical, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The lawsuits alleged “manufacturing defects” in a product used for in vitro…

First up this week are Jay Lefkowitz, Devora Allon and Alexandra Russell of Kirkland & Ellis who scored a knockout win for Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. in a more than decadelong multidistrict litigation where the company was accused of conspiring with Pfizer to delay the launch of a generic version…

Sidley Austin has become the latest firm to raise its salaries for newly qualified lawyers, as pressure mounts on top law firms to join the pay race. The Chicago-headquartered firm is raising its rates from £166,500, a rate it set just months ago in January, to £175,000, according to a person with knowledge of…

The race to replace retiring Douglas Judicial Circuit Chief Judge William “Beau” McClain will be decided by voters during a runoff election on June 18. Voters will decide whether to elect attorney Nicole Jones of Jones Federal & Appellate or Douglas County Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney Lauren Wallace to…