New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s on-again, off-again proposal to divert tens of millions of dollars from an attorneys’ fund that pays for low-income New Yorkers to receive civil legal services is back on, an Interest on Lawyers Accounts executive said, as negotiations with lawmakers on a $237 billion proposed state…

A trio of Atlanta attorneys has successfully defended a client against a plaintiff’s quest for $51 million in damages linked to an alleged breach of an oral contract regarding ownership interest in a movie studio. Having convinced a Fulton County Superior Court jury to find in favor of real estate investor…

Two large law firms as well as several plaintiff firms in the Washington, D.C., region are representing clients tied to last month’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. And legal observers anticipate more lawyers to get involved as litigation and investigations proceed. Blank Rome, Duane Morris, DiCello Levitt, Saltz…

ClaimScore, which provides artificial intelligence-powered claim management and anti-fraud solutions for class action settlements, announced the closing of a $3.15 million seed funding round led by ROC Venture Group, on Wednesday. The provider’s seed round was oversubscribed by $1.15 million, which means that the funding exceeded ClaimScore’s initial target raise amount…

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued an order Monday denying the National Collegiate Athletic Association‘s motion to centralize two lawsuits alleging the association and multiple collegiate athletic conferences engage in antitrust behavior by not letting student-athletes receive compensation for their athletic services. Karen K. Caldwell, the chair of the…

Seven jurors have been sworn in to serve on the Manhattan criminal case of Donald Trump—including two lawyers—after Trump’s legal team sought unvarnished opinions about their client. “You’re not gonna offend me, the Court, the People, by really talking about your opinion of President Trump,” defense counsel Todd Blanche told…