DLA Piper Prevails in Discrimination Lawsuit by Ex-Associate
DLA Piper did not discriminate against an ex-associate who sued the firm after she was fired while pregnant, a Manhattan jury found Monday.

The Department of Justice’s latest written defense of President Donald Trump’s law firm attacks shows a desire to protect parts of the executive orders even if sections are struck down.
The Department of Justice hit back at four law firms on President Trump’s target list late Friday in a final written brief before arguing in person next month.
Partners at Perkins Coie and Ashurst voted to combine the two firms, resulting in a $2.8 billion, 3,000-lawyer entity by the third quarter of the year.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor moves a bit slower than when she joined the Supreme Court 17 years ago and no longer roams the auditorium like a talk show host, something that made the pioneering Latina justice seem all the more approachable, a shift she says is at the direction of her security detail.
President Donald Trump is nominating Matthew Schwartz, a Sullivan & Cromwell partner representing him in court, to a seat on the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.



DLA Piper did not discriminate against an ex-associate who sued the firm after she was fired while pregnant, a Manhattan jury found Monday.
Amalia Sax-Bolder joined Reed Smith as a partner in its financial industry group in Denver, the firm announced Monday.
Harvey Weinstein is considering testifying at a rape retrial kicking off in New York on Tuesday, he told Bloomberg Law, a turn that would mark the ex-movie mogul’s first time on the stand after four trials.
Tara Lee, Scott Lerner and Melissa Taylormoore joined Dechert as partners in its enforcement and investigations group in Washington D.C., the firm announced Monday.
Partners at Perkins Coie and Ashurst voted to combine the two firms, resulting in a $2.8 billion, 3,000-lawyer entity by the third quarter of the year.
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Kraken, one of the world’s oldest crypto exchanges, said it’s being extorted by a criminal group that claims to have access to some client account information.
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Investors are demanding a higher premium on bonds issued by US banks than their European counterparts, reflecting anxiety about American financial institutions’ exposure to private credit, even as the space has shown signs of stabilizing in recent days.
HSBC announced the launch of its Tokenized Deposit Service in the United States, expanding its digital money capabilities to enable real-time funds movement across jurisdictions in a regulatory-compliant environment.
Partners at Perkins Coie and Ashurst voted to combine the two firms, resulting in a $2.8 billion, 3,000-lawyer entity by the third quarter of the year.
A lot of worries are hitting the $1.8 trillion private credit market at the same time, setting off a scramble by some investors to withdraw money from the industry’s giants.
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