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Women in Texas Denied Life-Saving Abortions Despite Health Complications: Lawsuit Filed

A lawsuit filed on March 7, 2023, in state court in Austin, Texas, has accused doctors and hospitals in Texas…

Lawyer Sentenced For Stealing $26M Relinquishes Law License After Lavish Spending on Gambling, Jets, and Luxury Companions

Former managing partner, Nathan E. Hardwick IV of Atlanta, has resigned from his Georgia law license following his conviction for…

Gibson Dunn Partner Clears Name in Qatar Hacking Case, No Conflict of Interest Found

Zainab Ahmad, a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a former U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor, has denied having…

Law Firm Suspended by Federal Court for 856 Cases of Insurance Misrepresentation

McClenny, Moseley & Associates, a Houston-based law firm, has been suspended from practice in a Louisiana federal court for 90…

California Judge Denies Amazon Workers’ Remote Work Expense Claim

Amazon has defeated a proposed class-action lawsuit filed by nearly 7,000 workers in California. The workers had claimed that Amazon…

Gordon Rees Bolsters Legal Team with 19 Top Lawyers from Northeast Firm

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, a San Francisco-founded law firm, has announced that it hires a team of 30 professionals, including…

Big Law Firm Shearman & Sterling’s Merger Talks Collapse, Announces New Leader

Shearman & Sterling, a 150-year-old law firm headquartered in New York, has announced a leadership transition. David Beveridge, the outgoing…

U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Rule on Wage-and-Hour Class Actions

The US Supreme Court has refused to settle a split between appeals courts regarding whether federal wage law allows workers…

Top London Shearman Partner Jumps Ship to Paul Hastings in Latest Shocking Exit

International law firm Shearman & Sterling has suffered yet another high-profile departure, with partner Garreth Wong leaving to join US…

FAA avoids seat size regulations as US court dismisses case

A US appeals court has rejected advocacy group FlyersRights.org's request to force the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to adopt minimum…

Jan. 6 Witness’ Lawyer Under Fire: Ethics Probe Urged by Watchdog Group

A legal group called Lawyers Defending American Democracy has filed an ethics complaint against Stefan C. Passantino, a former White…

Michigan School Shooting Lawsuit Twist: Judge Dismisses Staff as Defendants

On March 4, 2022, a Michigan judge dismissed Oxford Community Schools and its employees as defendants in two wrongful death…