Quinn Emanuel celebrity attorney Alex Spiro, rebutting a motion for sanctions against him, argues opposing counsel in an Elon Musk defamation case is misrepresenting what transpired in a contentious deposition. A Travis County district court will decide, based on opposing motions and argument scheduled in a hearing today, whether Spiro…

While Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling continue to see lateral exits in the lead-up to their merger next month, both firms are still adding lateral partners in the U.S. Both firms announced lateral hires on Monday. Shearman added Carolyn Stoner, former counsel at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, as a partner…

Attorneys representing the New York Attorney General’s Office and former President Donald Trump on Monday came to an agreement on terms for the $175 million bond posted as Trump appeals the nearly half-billion dollar judgment ordered by the Manhattan judge in a civil fraud case. After the AG’s office raised concerns about…

As many law firms sharpened their profitability in 2023, they often extended their leverage last year, including many big firms in Atlanta and the Southeast. Overall, Am Law 100 firms in 2023 increased their leverage. The metric—defined as total lawyers (excluding equity partners) divided by the number of equity partners—is often…

Last week, Legal Speak spoke live on location at the General Counsel Conference Midwest 2024 in Chicago with a senior level audience of in-house counsel from multinational companies in the US. Legal Speak co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith interviewed professionals across the legal industry about key insights and practical solutions that…

With the passing of OJ Simpson, we go back to 1995 and “the most dramatic courtroom verdict in the history of Western civilization,” as The Washington Post called it.  “If the glove doesn’t fit, you must acquit.” Was there ever a more memorable instruction given to a jury? On the…