Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, a year after seeing its profits per equity partner dive 12.5%, flipped the script in 2023, riding strong practices in transactions, corporate real estate and fund formation to see its PEP shoot up 20.9% to $4.36 million, as its equity partner count declined. Its…

Ten months after a Manhattan jury delivered E. Jean Carroll’s first verdict against former President Donald Trump in a defamation and sexual abuse case, Carroll’s lawyers late Wednesday evening urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to affirm the judgment. In Trump’s appellate brief, which was filed…

Akerman Sues Former Client for Almost $3 Million in Unpaid Fees | Daily Business Review Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2024/03/21/akerman-sues-former-client-for-almost-3-million-in-unpaid-fees/ Photo: J. Albert Diaz/ALM Partner Bradley Henry decamped for Blank Rome last month. Now his old firm is going after his client for money racked up in a representation that culminated…

The National Collegiate Athletic Association was slapped with a wrongful death lawsuit accusing the organization of failing to combat debilitating, long-term dangers surrounding concussion-related injuries. 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…

A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that a company’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives do not support a reverse discrimination suit by a white employee who was fired over racially insensitive Facebook posts. In Zack v. Integra Life Sciences, the appeals court upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a suit regarding the…

Judge Pittman to U.S. Chamber on Venue Order: Your Case Isn’t That Special | Texas Lawyer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2024/03/21/judge-pittman-slaps-down-u-s-chamber-your-case-is-not-most-important/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters in Washington, D.C. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM “The court does not have the luxury to give increased attention to certain cases just because a party…