3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (116+ words) Bloomberg Law News A federal appeals court rejected Corr Flight S.'s petition to appeal an administrative law judge’s order granting back pay and attorney’s fees to a pilot captain-in-training the company suspended and fired after he reported a safety violation....

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (121+ words) Bloomberg Law News Stephen Olson joined Foley & Lardner as a partner in its transactions practice group in Houston, the firm announced Thursday. Olson advises private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, public and private companies, and investment banking firms on mergers and…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (158+ words) Mississippi’s law counting absentee ballots postmarked before an election but are received five days or fewer after that day is constitutional, the Fifth Circuit ruled. The unpublished opinion relied on the the US Supreme Court’s June ruling in Watson v....

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (86+ words) Bloomberg Law News In this edition: Texas takes on financial crime, worrying news for law students, and a DOJ-New York City Bar event. Meet the Sheriff of Y’all Street As more of the financial world moves to so-called “Y’all Street,…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (66+ words) Bloomberg Law News Cooley LLP agreed to settle fraud and legal malpractice claims from Gould Ventures LLC and Jason Gould, who had alleged that the firm and two of its lawyers concealed information about fraud claims against the CEO of…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (91+ words) Bloomberg Law News Bill Miller, Brian Kelleher, Stephen Harper, and Christopher Bevan joined Proskauer as partners in its global finance practice in New York, the firm announced Wednesday. Miller represents leading financial institutions and sponsors on leveraged buyouts, acquisition financings,…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (797+ words) The country’s largest law firms last year hired fewer law school graduates for the first time since 2011, which could set the stage for a deeper plunge in hiring this year and next. That is the conclusion suggested by historical trends…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (87+ words) news.bloomberglaw.com A federal district court in Florida granted RedOak Communications Inc.'s motion for partial summary judgment on its action against an individual for copyright infringement relating to the film “Just Before Dawn a/k/a The Last…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (86+ words) Bloomberg Law News Weil, Gotshal & Manges white collar practice co-chair Daniel Stein is joining Freshfields’ New York office, where he will co-lead the firm’s global investigations practice. Stein served for a decade as an assistant US attorney in the Southern…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (506+ words) Nominations are now open for Inside In-House: Legal Departments of the Year, Bloomberg Law’s new award celebrating top legal departments. This award celebrates standout corporate legal departments that lead the legal industry in executing high-stakes, high-impact work. They further the…...