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During late 2021, a game called Wordle was released to the world, and it became very popular incredibly quickly. The appeal of the game is its simplicity, the relatively short [...]

Welcome to the second annual Alaska Business Legal Elite! This list features Alaska's most talented lawyers, as nominated by their peers. Earlier this year, we invited licensed Alaskan lawyers to [...]

In criminal cases, the accused has the right to an attorney and, if the accused cannot afford an attorney, one is appointed by the court. In civil matters, though, there [...]

There is a special breed or attorney that needs to transcend expert comprehension of the legal system--the litigator. Lawyers who go to the proverbial mat to fight for their clients [...]

What exactly is elite? Webster's Dictionary defines the term as 'superior in quality, rank, skill.' All the names below certainly fit that description by virtue of their achievements, as well [...]

From 2003 to 2006, I served as deputy city attorney of Atlanta, appointed by Shirley Clarke Franklin, the first woman to lead the city and the first-ever Black woman elected [...]

Ever wondered why certain careers are called professions? The term comes from the Latin root 'profited,' as in professing something of importance to others. The hallmarks of today's professions are [...]

WELCOME TO THE 2024 EDITION OF THE LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL'S SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT HONORING the region's most influential women legal professionals, Women of Influence: Attorneys. There are some particularly stellar [...]

ANGELA AGRUSA Managing Partner, Los Angeles Office; Co-Chair, Mass Torts & Class Actions Litigation Group; Co-Chair, Food and Beverage Subsector; Member, DLA Piper Executive Board DLA Piper DLA Piper partner [...]

Performing a daily act of kindness. Connecting more with family and friends. Being more present. Those were a few of the responses Business North Carolina received when we asked this [...]

annie Sarnblad knows what you're thinking. No, really. She's an expert in reading and decoding facial expressions and can tell what someone is thinking and feeling--oftentimes before that person has [...]

Career criminals are not the only people who perpetrate insurance fraud. The temptation has become so great that almost anyone who is given the opportunity, will try. Those who do [...]

Byline: Bhavini Srivastava The lawyer informed that he paid a é 7.7 lakh legal fee to a senior advocate on behalf of his client, which the client failed to reimburse. [...]

Byline: Bar The decision is likely to pave way for designation of more Senior Advocates at the High Court. No new designations had happened after 2019 due to the pendency [...]

Byline: Amit Gupta Lawyers need to ensure that there is proper planning in and around court complexes to avert disasters which are exacerbated on account of negligence. The downpour in [...]

Eddy Grant's 2020 copyright suit against Donald Trump was in federal court in Manhattan on Friday. Trump's side referenced Taylor Swift and Bob Dylan in challenging the 'Electric Avenue' copyright. [...]

Byline: Bar The mutilated body of a woman lawyer was discovered floating in a canal in Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. The woman lawyer, who practiced at the Kasganj district [...]

Byline: Debayan Roy The Jharkhand government on Friday cleared a bill which provides insurance, stipend and pension for lawyers. In the cabinet meeting held today and chaired by Chief Minister [...]

Byline: Bar Ramanathan Chellam has joined Bar and Brief Attorneys as a Partner in Banking practice at the firm's Mumbai office. Chellam is a 1998 graduate of Government Law College, [...]

Donald Trump showed up for an appeal in the case that found him liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll. Friday's arguments focused on whether it was OK for the [...]

(https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffba536de-573a-4f82-82f4-2a81887b4814_1920x2521.jpeg) A real judge. Boy oh boy, Donald Trump’s lawyers must be missing his self-appointed butt-slurping hacks on the Supreme Court, not to mention Judge Aileen Cannon, the den mother [...]

Plus:Sonali Patel, a top DOJ attorney on foreign corruption, heads to Mayer Brown. Sonali Patelhas joined Mayer Brown as a partner in its Global Investigations & White Collar Defense practice. [...]

Byline: Shashwat Singh A first information report (FIR) has been lodged against a lawyer in Kerala after he exposed himself and showed sexual gestures while appearing before a court via [...]

Byline: Debayan Roy Senior Counsel and Supreme Court Bar Association President Kapil Sibal mentioned the matter before a Bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Rajesh Bindal today and sought time [...]

Byline: Anadi Tewari The Supreme Court on Monday expressed strong disapproval against the actions of Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad Bar Association to call for and organise lawyers' strikes on a frequent [...]

Byline: Ratna Singh The Rajasthan High Court recently made note of a gesture by Advocate Shreyansh Mardia who volunteered to cover all the child-delivery-related expenses of a minor rape pregnant [...]

Byline: Ratna Singh The Court directed the team to accompany the petitioner, a practicing advocate, to locations within the municipal limits of Lucknow where destitute individuals are reportedly found. The [...]

Dance-floor icon Eddy Grant's 2020 copyright suit against Donald Trump hits a courtroom Friday. Trump's side will argue Grant never copyrighted the master for his 1983 hit 'Electric Avenue.' Grant [...]

Schouest, Bamdas, Soshea, BenMaier & Eastham PLLC (SBSB Eastham) reported the addition of veteran litigator Don Jones. The firm said Jones joins as a partner in the firm's office in [...]

Goranson Bain Ausley, a family law firm in Texas, reported that 18 of its attorneys have been recognized in the 2025 edition ofThe Best Lawyers in America for Collaborative Law: [...]

Byline: Bar Eminent scholar, lawyer and a political commentator, Abdul Ghafoor Majeed Noorani passed away on Thursday in Mumbai. He was aged 93. Noorani was a prominent figure in Indian [...]

By David Wright, Barrister CPD Coach Introduction: In the dynamic landscape of legal practice, the role of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for barristers remains paramount. CPD ensures that barristers stay [...]

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Byline: Abhimanyu Hazarika Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said that the new creche facility is larger than the earlier facility and can accommodate nearly 100 children. The Supreme Court [...]

Byline: Bar & Bench 4BaseCare has raised $6 million from this fundraise. 4BaseCare, a healthcare startup, has secured $6 million in its Series A round led by Florintree, Yali Capital, [...]

Byline: Prashant Jha Advocate Sanjay Rathod had appeared before a magistrate in a challan case and threatened her. The judge sent a communication to the High Court which initiated a [...]

Mike Lynch's lawyer wrote a chilling LinkedIn post two months before the superyacht tragedy. Celebrating his client's acquittal, Christopher Morvillo wrote: 'They all lived happily ever after.' Morvillo was one [...]

Byline: Bar The Allahabad High Court recently ordered that any act of an individual lawyer or their association to go on a strike or to give a call for strike [...]

Byline: Bar & Bench In addition, the firm has promoted 13 lawyers to Principal Associate and Senior Associate positions. Saraf and Partners has announced the elevation of six lawyers to [...]

Byline: Allie Jones You may have heard: Jennifer Lopez (https://www.thecut.com/article/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-divorce-reason.html) filed for divorce from Ben Affleck on Tuesday. The split was (https://www.thecut.com/article/is-bennifer-getting-divorced.html) reportedly months in the making, so it's not [...]

Byline: Debayan Roy A lawyer was attacked by monkeys in the Supreme Court campus on Thursday as she was entering the court premises leaving her with injuries and trauma. Advocate [...]

Byline: Bar HarperCollins has granted the right to create audiobooks for certain licensed titles, which shall be published on the 'Kuku FM' platform. HarperCollins has concluded a licensing deal with [...]