Sara O’Brien took office as assistant secretary-treasurer for the 2024-25 bar year at the Connecticut Bar Association. O’Brien said she wants to be a liaison between the Young Lawyers Section and established members of the bar. O’Brien recently joined the CBA in 2017 after she was admitted to practice. Once…

A divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Facebook’s owner violated the free speech rights of a Robert F. Kennedy Jr.-founded anti-vaccine group by making its posts less visible on the social media platform. Judges Eric Miller and Edward Korman said Meta Platforms…

Seven employment and workplace relations partners are to defect from Australian corporate law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth to King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) in one of the largest partner departures in Australia in recent years. In a much-anticipated move, Corrs partners John Tuck, Kirsty Faichen, Paul Burns, Graeme Watson, Sarah…

The drowning death of a civil service employee on a U.S. Army facility has raised an issue on whether it’s possible to preserve a storm-related liability claim against the United States. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sent, and the Texas Supreme Court accepted, a certified question…

A federal judge in Pennsylvania cleared the way for two American Airlines passengers’ claims of breach of contract and false light invasion of privacy against the airliner, finding the plaintiffs put forth sufficient allegations to show that they were wrongly removed from their flight. In an Aug. 12 decision, U.S. District…

A longtime attorney seeking to dissolve a Rochester law firm for which he’s the lone remaining shareholder hasn’t been able to head off a federal New York lawsuit alleging a years-long practice of blending employee-contributed retirement funds with its general operating account. The U.S. Department of Labor recently filed suit…