Law firms are utilizing less than half of their real estate. Kastle Systems reports that as of March 2023, the overall office occupancy rate is 48%, with the occupancy rate for law firms varying around that, ranging between 26% to 50% of their space for most firms. See, Colliers 2023 Law Firm…

Joel D. Eaton, one of Miami’s top appellate litigators and a Podhurst Orseck partner, has died, the firm announced. The fighter-pilot-turned-attorney lost his battle with cancer on Jan. 3, surrounded at home by his three sons, nearly two years to the day after losing his wife, Mary.

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough’s Jim Lehman, who was just reelected managing partner, said the firm had another year of revenue growth in 2023. Lehman, who was first elected in 2012, declined to give specifics in an interview but said the firm in 2023 will exceed its 2022 revenue and other…

In Harmon v. Borough of Belmar, a municipality paid $2.81 million in November to settle a suit by the prospective operators of a bar and outdoor cafe who claimed that local officials used their regulatory authority to obstruct the project. The plaintiffs, Timothy and Matthew Harmon, operators of various restaurants and taverns,…

In the midst of aggressive efforts in lateral partner hiring, leaders at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison have decided to obscure compensation among the firm’s partners, according to people with knowledge of the firm. The adoption of a nontransparent pay system comes as leaders at Paul Weiss seek to…

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday told the judge overseeing his civil fraud case that he should receive damages for having to endure a lawsuit from the New York Attorney General. “What happened, sir, is a fraud on me,” Trump said of the AG’s case, which alleges that Trump and…