Small Firms Hit Hardest As Data Breaches Surged In 2025
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California Pulse
LA Superior Court Gains Prominence with 'Nuclear' VerdictsLos Angeles County Superior Court was among the country's top sites for awarding big civil damages in recent years, according to a Lex Machina report.
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California Pulse
'Rubber-Stamp' Doc Sealing In Federal Civil Cases 'Run Amok'Most sealing motions in federal civil litigation are granted, often without proper review, blocking important information from public view, a team of law professors and researchers found in a new study.
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Modern Lawyer
Loeb & Loeb Adds Cadwalader Finance ProLoeb & Loeb LLP announced the addition of a trio of finance attorneys on Monday, including a partner from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP who has left before the firm's imminent merger with Hogan Lovells.
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Georgia Pulse
Fish & Richardson Launches Patent-Focused AI ToolIntellectual property firm Fish & Richardson PC announced Monday that it has launched an artificial intelligence tool created in-house to assist with patent prosecution matters.
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DC Pulse
Crowell & Moring Adds CIO From CadwaladerCrowell & Moring LLP said Monday that it has hired Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's chief information officer, marking the latest departure from Cadwalader as the firm prepares for a merger next week.
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Modern Lawyer
Paul Weiss Adds Bracewell Energy M&A Atty In TexasPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has added a transactions attorney previously with Bracewell LLP who specializes in mergers and acquisitions in the energy industry, the firm announced Monday.
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California Pulse
Law Students Undeterred Under Trump's Immigration ClimateIn a climate where immigration lawyers are coming under the Trump administration’s scrutiny to tamp down on asylum fraud, law students are being ignited to enter the workforce early and rectify the injustices they see.
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Courts
NY High Court Upholds Mandatory Judge Retirement AgeNew York's highest court Thursday affirmed a ruling that rejected jurists' challenges to the Empire State's mandatory retirement age of 70 for state judges and justices, finding that the centuries-old constitutional mandate doesn't conflict with a recent state civil rights amendment banning age discrimination.
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California Pulse
Calif. Moves On Proposal To Allow Legal Aid By NonlawyersThe California Supreme Court has directed the state bar to solicit public comments on a proposed community justice worker program that would allow nonlawyers to provide limited legal assistance under the supervision of qualified legal aid organizations, according to a Thursday announcement.
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Courts
Rhode Island Supreme Court Lays Out GenAI GuidelinesThe Rhode Island Supreme Court has amended the state's rules to better address the use of generative artificial intelligence by attorneys and judicial officers while also laying out interim guidelines.
