Paul Hastings has added a long-time structured finance partner from Weil, Gotshal & Manges  in London,  further strengthening its asset-backed finance and complex securitization offering. Partner Brian Maher is set to join Paul Hastings after 17 years at Weil.

Kaplan Martin, the newest boutique of high-profile litigator Robbie Kaplan, has added four people from Kaplan’s previous firm. The firm, with seven lawyers now, looks to have up to 10 to 15 lawyers by the end of the year. In a Friday interview, partners Robbie Kaplan and Tim Martin said…

When U.S. law firms flex, the global legal market feels the ripple—so leading German law firms can be forgiven for feeling a touch nervös. U.S. law firms are accelerating their stealthy, decades-long march into the world’s third largest economy with the likes of Kirkland & Ellis, White & Case, Gibson…

Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., discusses TikTok privacy concerns and whether Israel is heading for all-out war with Hezbollah on The Big Money Show. The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed a lawsuit against TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance over the company’s alleged failure to protect children’s privacy…

Justice Merchan Need Not Recuse Himself From Trump Case, Prosecutors Say | New York Law Journal Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2024/08/02/trumps-3rd-request-that-merchan-recuse-from-manhattan-case-is-vexatious-and-frivolous-prosecutors/ Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan. Photo by Rick Kopstein/NYLJ “Defendant’s motion to renew is a vexatious and frivolous attempt to relitigate an issue that was twice addressed by…

Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal reversed and remanded an action from the Volusia Circuit Court in which jurors returned zero damages for the pain and suffering of a man who experienced second-degree burns. “Reversals on denial of additur are rare and generally limited to situations where the damages are so…