The mother of police shooting victim Ashtian Barnes won a unanimous Supreme Court ruling last May. Then a judge’s surprising about-face left her, and her lawyers, without answers.

The mother of police shooting victim Ashtian Barnes won a unanimous Supreme Court ruling last May. Then a judge’s surprising about-face left her, and her lawyers, without answers.

"[A]t some point, we realized that we had more synergies than we could imagine, and we thought it would be a perfect time for us to launch, to build Philadelphia's next premier plaintiffs personal ...

Firms like Polsinelli (No. 59 in the Am Law 100) and Barnes & Thornburg (No. 73) announced partners in New York this past ...

Former public finance practice chair George Magnatta spent more than four decades with Saul Ewing. His departure follows Ballard Spahr shifting focus away from the practice, a move that saw 35 of its ...

Did the Supreme Court Just Make It Easier to Sue the Media for Defamation? A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision may make it more difficult for news organizations to defeat vexatious litigation from ...

Morrison & Foerster poached 15 lawyers from Perkins Coie to open an office in Seattle this week. The Seattle office is the firm's first in the Pacific Northwest. Firm vice chair Bita Rahebi said ...

Joseph Serpe holder of twenty-four percent (24%) of all shares of Stalco Construction, Inc., individually, Joseph Serpe holder of twenty-four percent (24%) of all shares of Stalco Construction, ...

Sean Wheeler joins Paul Weiss as a partner, co-chair of global M&A and head of the firm’s new Houston office, alongside partner Debbie Yee. Both lawyers join from Kirkland & Ellis. The firm joins a ...

Daniel Segal, age 79, passed away on Jan. 8 of stomach cancer. He was well-known for his pro bono work on behalf of victims impacted by the "kids-for-cash" scandal in the mid 2000s. Daniel Segal, ...

The firm previously boasted that it was home to "one of the premier public finance practices in the country," but Ballard Spahr chairman Peter Michaud said Tuesday that it had shifted its focus to ...

Trans-Atlantic firm Womble Bond Dickinson is adding a 19-lawyer team in five U.S. cities. The team moved from McGlinchey Stafford and includes 11 partners, three counsels and five associates. It ...