ArentFox Schiff has named Brian Waldman in Washington, D.C., as firmwide managing partner, marking the latest leadership transition in Big Law this year. Waldman, a longtime partner, succeeds co-managing partners Cristina Carvalho and Joseph Krasovec, who took on the leadership role following the March 2022 merger of D.C.-based Arent Fox…

In Johnson & Johnson’s talc bankruptcies, there were innumerable fights about the mediators, the discovery and, most vocal, the total value of thousands of claims tying its baby powder to cancer. In fact, everything about the talc bankruptcies was contentious.

Australia’s financial regulator, the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC), will keep finance, regulatory and litigation partners busy this year as it turns its sights on cryptocurrencies, cybersecurity and greenwashing and plans to take more companies to court. The Commission also has indicated it plans to target misconduct in Australia’s…

A lawyer with deep experience in Mexico and other parts of Latin America has rejoined Greenberg Traurig in Washington, D.C. as a shareholder in the firm’s international trade practice. Irwin Altschuler returns after three years helping Mexican steel company DEACERO launch and grow its corporate affairs office in Washington, D.C.,…

A Hard Rock Cafe employee has sued the restaurant chain’s U.S. branch in Delaware federal court, claiming she and hundreds of others have been underpaid while working overtime and making tip wages. Ferry Joseph, the Beligan Law Group and Ohio attorneys Michael Fradin and James Simon filed the class action…

The Clark Law Firm successfully secured a $5.3 million jury verdict for an ironworker injured on an access road to the construction site of a luxury high-rise condominium complex, 235 Grand, in Jersey City. Donald Hoiland, 44, was working at the jobsite, located at 235 Grand Ave., on Nov. 2, 2017,…