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The plaintiff-appellants indicated that they are considering filing a motion for reconsideration or an application for certiorari with the Supreme Court.        

“Clients really want to just pick their lawyers more than they want to pick sometimes the law firm,” noted Steve Solow, who left Big Law after more than 20 years.        

“The rule says if you caution a prospective client to not reveal anything until you agree to accept representation, and they are acting in bad faith, then it won’t effectively taint you,” attorney Lewis Kinard said.        

In financial disclosures released Friday, members of the U.S. Supreme Court revealed how they supplemented their $285,400 salaries ($298,500 for the chief justice) in 2023.        

The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan state court, claims the defendants preyed on people’s faith, focusing on Haitian and other immigrant communities. Victims were targeted through prayer groups and through social media, sometimes in Creole, according court papers.        

“It is extraordinary that in this case, there were so many important details that were not included in the disclosure statement that are key to the ultimate decision of whether you approve the plan or not,” said Adam Moskowitz, managing partner at the Moskowitz Law Firm.        

“I’ve worked hard and achieved professional success, but prioritizing my family is the foundation on which all of that is built. With the benefit of hindsight, it was undoubtedly the right decision, and that’s the advice I would give to lawyers just starting out in their legal careers: set your priorities, then stick to them, […]

Jurors are expected to start deliberating Friday in a class-action case sparked decades ago by the banana grower’s self-report of payments to a Colombian terrorist group.        

Jurors are expected to start deliberating Friday in a class-action case sparked decades ago by the banana grower’s self-report of payments to a Colombian terrorist group.        

In 2022, U.K. Supreme Court president Lord Robert Reed and his colleague Lord Patrick Hodge also resigned from CFA.