New York’s association of trial court judges has now officially endorsed a recently filed Assembly bill that would lower the constitutional cap on judges in a particular district, its spokesman said Wednesday. The present long-held law allows for one judge per population of 50,000 in New York’s 13 judicial districts.

Proskauer Rose chair-elect Tim Mungovan is the first to say that deal work and private capital deployment in 2023 was sluggish and that had an impact on how the New York firm performed. But he also said Proskauer showed “great strength” in the face of those headwinds, managing to see…

California Roundup Case Dismissed Midtrial, Monsanto Declares Victory | The Recorder Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/therecorder/2024/03/06/california-roundup-case-dismissed-midtrial-monsanto-declares-victory/ Manuel Cachán, left, and Jennifer Saulino, right. (Courtesy photos) NEWS Plaintiffs lawyers on Tuesday voluntarily dismissed a Roundup case in California’s Sonoma County Superior Court on the third day of trial. March 06, 2024 at…

International plaintiffs firm Pogust Goodhead plans to tap into increased demand for class actions in Australia and pursue such lawsuits involving mining and resources, environmental matters, technology and consumer and employment law, the firm’s Australia principal said. The U.K.-headquartered firm launched in Sydney last month to support its pursuit of…

Ten states are mounting a federal court challenge to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s climate disclosure rule, which the SEC had approved just hours earlier on Wednesday.  West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said his state and Georgia are leading the lawsuit to be filed in the U.S. Court…

A former professional football player is on the hook for a $400,000 arbitration award in a wrongful-death suit because his request to vacate the award was filed one day late, a New Jersey appeals court ruled. Appellate Division Judge Heidi Currier. Courtesy photo Litigants who are unhappy with the outcome of…