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This is Alaina Lancaster, editor in chief for Litigation, Law.com. We hope you’re enjoying your new Law.com Afternoon Update experience with national stories from across our newsroom combined with regional news tailored to your preferences. Please let me know what you think at alancaster@alm.com.

 

business of law

 

Meet the Former Simpson Associate Who Is Running for Congress

 

A 'Wake Up Call:' Mamdani's Election Alarms Many in Big Law

 

Stevens & Lee Launches in Pittsburgh, Continuing Corporate Hiring Spree

Litigation

 

Former Judges Urge Rejection of Bove's 3rd Circuit Nomination, Warn of ‘Personal Loyalty to President’

 

‘Untenably Broad:’ Federal Judge Dismisses Class Action Kickback Claims Against Chicago Pharmaceutical Company

 

25 AGs Sue Trump Admin Over $6.8 Billion Education Grants

Corporate

 

Former Showtime Legal Chief Flips Script for Moses & Singer

 

Yum Brands' Former CLO Jumps to Rival Fast Food Titan

 

Federal Judge Eliminates CFPB Rule That Removed Medical Debt From Credit Reports

Legal Technology

 

AI Frontier: Ethical and Practical Guidance for Texas Law Firms

 

Cleary Gottlieb Hires Legal AI Professional Kyle Bahr as AI Product Lead

 

No Longer a Dead End: How Expert Investigators Recover Unhosted Wallets in Crypto Litigation

US

 

Robert Josefsberg, Florida Lawyer Who Defended Doors' Morrison, Dies at 86

 

Stevens & Lee Launches in Pittsburgh, Continuing Corporate Hiring Spree

 

Prosecutorial Watchdog, in First Move, Calls for Censure of Western NY DA Who Ignored Police Stop

WORLD

 

Garrigues Hires Baker McKenzie M&A Partner in Colombia

 

Linklaters Swoops Again in Paris, Taking Two-Partner Leveraged Finance Team from Merger-Bound McDermott

 

Freshfields, A&O Shearman Advise on $7.8 Billion Techem Deal, Expected to Be Germany’s Largest in 2025

Pennsylvania

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Morgan Lewis Litigation Associate, 'A Bright Rising Star,' Killed in Hit-and-Run While Bicycling

Blake Ackerman, 27, died July 10 after being struck by a fleeing BMW driver. He had only just begun his legal career with Morgan Lewis in January. Read More

 

Stevens & Lee Launches in Pittsburgh, Continuing Corporate Hiring Spree

Kevin Acklin, the former president of the Pittsburgh Penguins, is returning to private practice to oversee the firm's second new office this year. Read More

 

Book by Philly Attorney—and Columnist for The Legal—Playfully Takes a Jab at Big Law

Peter Vaira, who still spends three days a week at Weir LLP, the Philadelphia firm where he is special counsel, said he had written occasional fictitious, slightly barbed columns about life in Big Law firms for The Philadelphia Lawyer magazine for about... Read More

 

There Is No 'Here-Say-So' Rule

This flagrant misunderstanding of the hearsay rule persists, not just here but nationally. I know this because a colleague in Florida called recently to ask “how can we educate judges that out-of-court assertions are still hearsay even if the declarant... Read More

 

Denaturalization—Visible and Invisible Costs

The Trump administration's renewed focus on denaturalization—the process of revoking U.S. citizenship from naturalized individuals—carries both visible and invisible costs. These consequences extend beyond legal proceedings, affecting families,... Read More

 

People in the News—July 15, 2025—Cohen Seglias

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman announced that Joshua Bonn has been named managing partner of the firm's Harrisburg office. Read More

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