In a challenge to a $4.1 million medical malpractice judgment, a doctor is arguing that the trial court violated his right to religious freedom by refusing to reschedule a trial that began on Yom Kippur. The defendant, a Jewish physician named Peter Gross, asserts in an appeal to the Pennsylvania Superior…

American Media Inc., the publisher of the National Enquirer, has a long history of weaponizing “checkbook journalism”—including suppressing negative information about politicians—against high-profile persons, defense counsel for Donald Trump elicited at the former president’s trial on Thursday. On cross-examination, Trump defense attorney Emil Bove pointed to example after example of…

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) currently has 90 active filings for initial public offerings. Of those, 18 issuer-hopefuls are being advised by Hong Kong and mainland China-based law firms only, giving Greater China-based firms a 20% market share for Hong Kong law advice, Law.com International research has found. So…

Attorneys scored nearly $100 million in attorney fees after a federal district court judge in Pennsylvania on Thursday granted final approval to a class action settlement over recalled Philips continuous positive airway pressure breathing devices. Judge Joy Conti, of the Western District of Pennsylvania. (Credit: Carmen Natale/ALM) U.S. District Senior…

Polish law firm LSW, responding to an influx of foreign investment in Poland, has hired 15 professionals, including eight partners, from a competing national firm. The additions, which the firm began bringing in last year, come from B2R Law. They include partners, associates, and administrative and marketing professionals. Most are based…

New York Chief Judge Rowan Wilson said he spends little time trying to sway colleagues on the Court of Appeals, the state’s court of last resort. During Thursday’s symposium hosted by Albany Law School, Wilson discussed his first 12 months on the job, while retired Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman talked…