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There’s a Break in Sight for Phila. Lawyers Grappling With Jam-Packed Med Mal Trial Schedules | The Legal Intelligencer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2024/01/11/theres-a-break-in-sight-for-phila-lawyers-grappling-with-jam-packed-med-mal-trial-schedules/ Credit: George Leonowicz / iStockphoto.com NEWS The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas’ densely packed medical malpractice trial scheduling that took off last year is on track to…

Mitchell and Susan Shook of Salter Shook, a husband-wife trial team out of Vidalia in south Georgia, secured a $1.3M personal injury verdict out of Lanier County. The number is a far cry from the $4,800 Mitch Shook said the defense told the jury the case was worth in closing or…

Canadian mergers and acquisitions lawyer Walied Soliman is taking on his second term as global chair of Norton Rose Fulbright, the firm announced Thursday. Soliman, who has been chair of the firm’s Canadian arm since 2017, previously served as global chair in 2019. He takes on the one-year term as…

The jurors who will decide whether Davis Polk & Wardwell engaged in racial discrimination and retaliation against a Black associate saw examples of how that associate began raising concerns about diversity and inclusion at the firm on Thursday, while the judge cautioned the jury that one such email did not…

King & Spalding and Alston & Bird’s associate pay increases this year, including in Atlanta, will place more pressure on Southeast law firms to match, legal industry observers say, but they don’t expect most firms in the region to move in lockstep with them. Both King & Spalding and Alston &…