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Luigi Mangione Faces June 8 Murder Trial in NY State Court

Luigi Mangione will face a June 8 murder trial in a New York state court for the fatal shooting of UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive Brian Thompson, three months before he is slated to be tried by federal prosecutors for the same crime, a judge ruled.

Uber Jury Awards $8.5 Million Damages in Sexual Assault Case

Uber Technologies Inc. was hit with $8.5 million in damages in a trial over a 19-year-old woman’s claim that she was raped by her driver in Arizona, raising the rideshare giant’s risk of a costly settlement to resolve thousands of similar cases.

New Epstein Revelations Bring Massive Upheaval at Paul Weiss

Paul Weiss is getting a new chairman for the first time in nearly two decades, but this transition is definitely not happening in a planned, orderly fashion. On this special episode of our podcast, On The Merits, Bloomberg Law editor Chris Opfer talks about what happened at this elite law firm and why the firm’s profits may not actually suffer that much from this abrupt change in leadership.

Making Millions Off Others’ Lawsuits: How Litigation Finance Works

A look at the growing field of litigation finance and what it means for the future of the business of law.