A dozen law firms with a big Washington, D.C., presence landed in the latest Am Law 100, as regulatory and litigation practices helped the majority of these firms rise in the rankings or keep steady. Half of the firms moved up the Am Law 100 revenue rankings from the year prior,…

Former Secretary Files Sexual Harassment Suit Against Firm, Founding Partner | The Recorder Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/therecorder/2024/04/19/former-law-firm-secretary-files-sexual-harassment-suit-against-founding-partner/ Los Angeles Superior Court. Courtesy photo NEWS This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM’s source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court…

A state court judge in Fort Lauderdale entered a ruling late Thursday evening against the  founder and former CEO of Bang Energy in connection with his motion to dissolve the receivership, finding his actions were “illegal or fraudulent.” Jordan Shaw, a partner and chief operating officer at Zebersky Payne Shaw…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday finalized a rule designating two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, popularly called PFAS or “forever chemicals,” as hazardous substances under the federal Superfund law. “Designating these chemicals under our Superfund authority will allow (the) EPA to address more contaminated sites, take earlier action, and…

The Dallas Court of Appeals rejected an attempt by Texas Attorney General Kenneth Paxton to dismiss a State Bar of Texas disciplinary action for his role in the 2020 election. On a split vote, the three-panel tribunal agreed with the Commission for Lawyer Discipline, the bar’s prosecutorial arm, that the…

An effort to hold New  Jersey motel owners liable for human trafficking on their premises has been put on hold pending the resolution of a related criminal case. The civil suit, E.B. v. Howard Johnson Wyndham Newark Airport, filed in 2021, is believed to be the first in New Jersey…