‘You Can’t Get a Fair Trial in Clayton County’: Jury Outcomes Challenge Lawyers’ Perceptions of Typecast Venues | Daily Report Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2024/08/06/you-cant-get-a-fair-trial-in-clayton-county-jury-outcomes-challenge-lawyers-perceptions-of-typecast-venues/ (Credit: Andrii Yalanskyi/Adobe Stock) NEWS “A lot of people think you can’t get a fair trial in Clayton County, which is not true, and most people think…

The firms among the 20 runners up to this year’s A-List are posting strong results across a number of critical areas that demonstrate a combination of financial and cultural success. The full A-List package can be found here. It recognizes firms based on a combination of factors, both financial and cultural: revenue…

Regulators Prowl for Financial Firms That Wield NDAs to ‘Muzzle’ Whistleblowers | Corporate Counsel Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/corpcounsel/2024/08/06/regulators-prowl-for-financial-firms-that-wield-ndas-to-muzzle-whistleblowers/ Credit: Nuthawut/Adobe Stock ANALYSIS Nondisclosure agreements “send a message that reporting violations outside the company is wrong—this adds to the culture of silence the whistleblower laws are designed to prevent,” said Stephen…

“At the constitutional level where we work, 90% of any decision is emotional. The rational part of us supplies the reasons for supporting our predilections.” —William O. Douglas, former justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Some weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court confronted an issue that the authors of the…

The top two spots, with Munger Tolles at No. 1 and Ropes & Gray at No. 2, are unchanged, while WilmerHale and Morgan Lewis each move up one spot to Nos. 3 and 4, respectively. There was a corresponding move down by Orrick, to No. 5 from No. 3. Skadden…

Big Law has always been a balancing act. But so far this decade, the scales have threatened to tip more than ever, with even the most successful firms making seismic changes to maintain position in an era where they’ve collectively never been more keen to grow. “It just reduces your…