Gary Born, chair of the international arbitration practice group at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, says that a flight to quality is underway in the choice of arbitral institutions around the world—and that the Middle East stands to be a prime beneficiary.  Widely regarded as one of the preeminent…

Despite impressive gains at the top of the Am Law 200 charts and a mindset geared more toward growth, layoffs and cuts continue to rattle the industry. Several Big Law firms trimmed their ranks in 2023 and deferred associate classes, amid economic headwinds and depressed demand, including in technology and corporate practices.…

The Castaneda Firm, an energy industry litigator, is representing a Houston-based energy trader in a suit taken directly to Austin’s Third Court of Appeals, alleging the Public Utility Commission violated the Administrative Procedures Act. The lawsuit alleges the PUC approved and implemented an unpublished rule that creates artificial scarcity by…

The legal industry’s deeply entrenched pricing model—the billable hour—isn’t going away any time soon, though generative artificial intelligence may chip away at its dominance for certain types of work, in-house counsel and legal industry experts say. A newly released report from the law firm network Lex Mundi has reinvigorated the age-old…

In entering an order of recusal, a South Florida state court judge presiding over a mortgage foreclosure case held that the disqualification motion would have been denied but for the rule that a jurist cannot comment upon its merits, and then proceeded to comment on the merits. In doing so,…

A proposed New York bill that aims to designate Albany County trial courts as the lone venue that could hear redistricting lawsuits has captured the attention of elections lawyers in the Empire State. Filed by Sen. Zellnor Myrie, D-Brooklyn, and Assemblyman William Magnarelli, D-Syracuse, the legislation is meant to thwart…