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Latest Firms Join Junior Lawyer UK Salary Race

White & Case and McDermott Will & Emery have become the latest firms to jump on the junior lawyer salary hike bandwagon, both breaking into the upper pay echelons of the London pay scale.  White & Case announced that as of January 1 2025, it would be paying its London…

Trump Again Seeks Merchan’s Recusal, Citing Daughter’s Political Work

Defense counsel for Donald Trump are again seeking the recusal of the Manhattan judge overseeing the former president’s criminal case—this time citing the jurist’s daughter’s work with their client’s “presumptive opponent,” Vice President Kamala Harris. In a submission made public Thursday, Trump’s lawyers argued that Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice…

A Judge Asks: Is It Time to End Ken Feinberg’s Roundup Settlement Program?

As juries in state courts came out with multiple verdicts this year over Monsanto’s Roundup pesticide, one federal judge has asked: Should a settlement program managed by noted special master Ken Feinberg continue? U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, who is overseeing the Roundup multidistrict litigation in the Northern District of…

Ex-CNN Host Don Lemon Sues Elon Musk Over Canceled X Contract

TV journalist Don Lemon sued Elon Musk and Musk’s X Corp. for fraud and breach of contract after Musk unexpectedly scrapped an exclusive content partnership deal with Lemon in March. Lemon, best known for his 2006-2023 tenure on CNN, filed the complaint on Thursday in the Superior Court of the State…

FTC Chair Lina Khan Calls for Investigation of High Grocery Prices

The Federal Trade Commission will launch an investigation to determine whether consumers are receiving competitive and affordable prices at the grocery store, FTC Chair Lina Khan said Thursday. “I’ll be asking [the] commission to join me in launching an inquiry into grocery prices to shed light on why it is…

Jacksonville Jury Awards .1 Million to Navy Family

A Duval County jury awarded a Navy family a $1.1 million verdict for the injuries they sustained in a 2021 car crash in Jacksonville, which was six-and-a-half times more than the defense’s highest pretrial settlement offer from its insurance company, Allstate. Diante and Chrissy Page and their infant daughter were driving…