Damages | News

Joshua Wright's $108M Defamation Case Against Former Students to Proceed to Trial

By Christine Charnosky

A Virginia judge has decided to allow former George Mason University law professor Joshua Wright's lawsuit against two former students, who now practice in Big Law. Read More

Administrative Law | Analysis

'Misses the Forest for the Trees': Barrett Knocks Thomas' Use of History

By Jimmy Hoover

Judges should be "very, very careful" about using historical evidence in constitutional adjudication," Justice Amy Coney Barrett has said, adding that citations to favorable historical practices can be like "looking over a crowd and picking out your friends." Read More

Litigation | News

US Jury Finds Chiquita Liable for Colombia Terror Deaths

By Amy Guthrie

Jurors award $38.3 million to families of eight Colombians who were murdered by death squads that the banana grower paid to protect its business in the South American country. Read More

Class Actions | News

Kirkland & Ellis Faces Class Action Over 2023 Data Breach

By Justin Henry

Ransomware group CLOP took credit for a mass cyberattack last summer that impacted more than 50 organizations, including Kirkland, Proskauer Rose and K&L Gates. Read More

Judges | News

Biden Picks Nominees for US District Judgeships in Pennsylvania, California and Minnesota

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman

Biden is expected to formally submit his nominees to the U.S. Senate for confirmation hearings in the very near future, where the nominees appear to have immediate support from their home-state senators. Read More

Deals and Transactions

Freshfields Recruits Davis Polk, Kirkland Lawyers, Building for 'Next Generation'

By Patrick Smith

"What we are trying to build here is something that will sustain generationally," said Damien Zoubek, Freshfields co-head of U.S. corporate and mergers and acquisitions. Read More