On Wednesday, legal analytics provider Lex Machina, a part of LexisNexis, announced the launch of Litigation Footprint, a major expansion of its litigation analytics that triples the total number of cases on its platform. Specifically, Litigation Footprint adds party litigation analytics for 18 million new civil cases from 1,233 additional…

Slut-shaming presents a uniquely unfair disadvantage to women and non-binary femmes by implementing required unrealistic normative behavior. Slut-shaming is the pervasive act of ridiculing often a woman or femme individual for their perceived sexual “promiscuity” or engagement in sexual relations. Ness, Wendy, “Slut-Shaming in the Workplace: Sexual Rumors & Hostile…

Deb Tropp and Jim Beasley Jr. may practice on opposite sides of the country and opposing sides of the bar, but they agree on this much: Jurors don’t necessarily abide by those admonitions not to look up information about the lawyers handling the cases that they’re sitting on. Tropp, an…

Upon a New York trial judge’s advance of a lawsuit by estates and surviving victims of the racially-motivated mass shooting in Buffalo, against social media giants, plaintiffs’ counsel said on Tuesday they’re pleased with the early win, yet prepared for the certain appellate battle to ensue. On Monday, Erie County…

Editor’s note: This piece is part of The American Lawyer’s Dealmakers of the Year package. A listing of the year’s top dealmaking attorneys can be found here.  Even after all the layoffs and associate deferrals in the last two years, Big Law’s tech firms are keeping their focus on the…

Rideshare platform Uber has agreed to pay $178 million to more than 8,000 Australian taxi and hire car owners, operators and drivers who lost income when Uber moved into the Australian market. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers filed the class action in 2019 on behalf of the drivers and owners in 2019…