Federal appellate judges sitting in Seattle, Washington, seemed wary Wednesday of reversing a court order stopping Idaho from enforcing the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors against a transgender teenager. During oral arguments, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judges Margaret McKeown and Ana de Alba pressed…

A Collin County district court judge awarded up to $1.6 million in attorney fees to plaintiffs’ counselors, as prevailing parties in a dispute over rights to develop a commercial property. Judge Christine Nowak of the 493rd District Court, entered the final judgment Aug. 16 in favor of MM CCM 13MC…

A ruling by a federal judge in Texas striking down the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on noncompete agreements in the workplace has set the stage for a court battle that is likely to end up at the Supreme Court. The ruling, handed down shortly before the FTC ban was slated…

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr is creating a non-equity partnership tier, the firm said to the National Law Journal on Wednesday, as the number of large law firms with a single-tier partnership dwindles even further. Wilmer’s managing partner Anjan Sahni said in a statement that by creating a non-equity partnership tier, it…

According to dockets, Kirkland & Ellis was involved in 10 bankruptcies in New Jersey over the past two years, which is exactly the same number of bankruptcies the Am Law behemoth was involved in in the Garden State over the preceding 30 years from 1992 to 2022. Clearly, someone has taken…

States continue to expand their antitrust enforcement efforts, taking on high-level cases against big tech companies alongside federal enforcers, a partnership Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said has reached a “historic level.” “This is truly an equal partnership,” Weiser said Tuesday. “It comes from a place of respect, where we’re…