– Twenty-eight law firm mergers took effect in the first six months of this year, compared with 25 deals each in the first halves of 2022 and 2021, new data shows.
– A federal judge dismissed rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson’s $32 million lawsuit claiming legal malpractice against Reed Smith and its former partner Peter Raymond.
– Conservative law firm Consovoy McCarthy achieved late founder William Consovoy’s goal in affirmative action cases when SCOTUS agreed to strike down race-based college admissions policies.







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