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Legal Speak: Aaron Sorkin This Is Not – Trump Trial with Emily Saul (Part 1)
Patrick Smith interview’s ALM litigation reporter Emily Saul as she details the happenings of the first Trump criminal trial from inside the courtroom in Lower Manhattan.
Fox Rothschild Scores $17M Win in Fight Over Maryland Lakefront Property Development
The Howard Research and Development Corp. will pay nearly $17 million in compensatory damages after a jury unanimously determined it kept IMH Columbia from developing a six-acre lakefront site on Lake Kittamaqundi.
Sullivan & Cromwell Says Client Demand, Government Activity Led to National Security Practice Focus
The Wall Street law firm’s national security group will initially have five co-heads and about a dozen attorneys “actively involved,” said Anthony Lewis, Sullivan & Cromwell partner.
Microsoft, Activision Blizzard Seek Chancery Approval of $69B Merger
The companies are seeking to end an ongoing, parallel case that an Activision shareholder, the Swedish pension fund Sjunde AP-fonden, has been pursuing since November 2022.
Columbia Grad Students Arrested, CUNY Law School Commencement Speakers Backout
A look at the latest challenges facing New York law schools, including at Columbia, CUNY and NYU.
How I Made International Legal Network Chair: 'Versatility and Creativity Kept Me Afloat,' Says Anastasia M. Campbell of GrahamThompson
“Practicing while remaining healthy during COVID was a real challenge that required, in some respects, a significant shift in the way we worked and interacted. During that period, versatility and creativity kept me afloat.’
Paul Weiss Launches Latin America Practice With Former Willkie Farr Partner at the Helm
Colombia-born Leticia Ossa Daza, who created the Latin America practice at Willkie Farr, will now do the same for Paul Weiss as the U.S. firm targets the region for growth.
'Indefensible & Inexcusable': Ex-Judge Luttig on Role of Lawyers in Lead Up to Jan. 6
“I doubt that January 6 would have ever occurred had it not been for the enabling of that effort by lawyers of the legal profession,” said Michael Luttig, formerly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Related StoriesAI in Arbitration? and Judicial Nominations Roundup – EnclosureJudges in the Hot Seat Over Oral […]
Wachtell Star Received Record-Breaking Pay in First Year as Salesforce CLO
Sabastian Niles joined the CRM giant in July, giving up his career as one of the nation’s top legal advisers on M&A and shareholder activism.