Three lawyers running for elected office in Georgia this year are taking different approaches to how they can run full-time law practices while asking for votes. Each also already knows what to expect because each has run for office before. But each sees different obstacles to balancing the two responsibilities because of such…

Ex-Legal Assistant Claims Ballard Spahr Fired Her for Caring for Sick Husband | The Legal Intelligencer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2024/05/31/ex-legal-assistant-claims-ballard-spahr-fired-her-for-caring-for-sick-husband/ Ballard Spahr offices in Washington, D.C. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM NEWS The plaintiff claimed in her complaint that “no legitimate business reason existed for the termination of her employment and…

A former New York state senator who’s under investigation by the Empire State’s 2-year-old ethics watchdog is arguing through his attorneys that the panel should be declared unconstitutional and his sexual misconduct investigation should be shelved. Ex-state Sen. Jeffrey Klein’s civil complaint, filed in state Supreme Court of Albany County…

Today’s new young partners have had to demonstrate they possess qualities and skills that their predecessors did not. Gone are the days when a business case for promoting associates to a law firm’s partnership was made based on hard metrics: How many hours did they bill? What headline deals did they…

Attorneys with Bursor & Fisher and Gucovschi Rozenshteyn filed a consumer fraud class action lawsuit Wednesday in district court against Poppi regarding its Poppi Prebiotic Sodas, alleging the company falsely represents that their sodas have prebiotic gut health benefits. This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM’s source for immediate alerting…

Middletown Jury Returns $3 Million Verdict: Meet the Lawyers | Connecticut Law Tribune Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/ctlawtribune/2024/05/30/middletown-jury-returns-3-million-verdict-meet-the-lawyers/ Brian Flood, left, and Jonathan Bak, right, of the Flood Law Firm. Courtesy photos “Hopefully, this verdict and other verdicts we’ve had will transcend to insurance companies to change the status quo,” Jonathan…