Health Care Law

SCOTUS Turns Back Bid to Pause Transition of New York State Medicaid Program

By Brian Lee

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's denial of the application filed by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher lawyers kept two lower court rulings intact. Tuesday remains the deadline by which New York is set to phase out more than 600 fiscal intermediaries, as the state government transitions its Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program. The high court denied an emergency application seeking to stop the switch to a single fiscal intermediary. Read More

Law Firm Management | News

More Than 500 Law Firms Sign Amicus Brief in Support of Perkins Coie

By Abigail Adcox and Amanda O'Brien

About a dozen Am Law 200 firms, including at least eight Am Law 100 firms, have signed on to the brief. Read More

Government | Analysis

Does Litigation or Dealmaking Pedigree Determine Whether Firms Fight—or Fall in Line With—Executive Actions?

By Andrew Maloney and Patrick Smith and Christine Simmons

The profession is viewing each law firm deal with Trump as having just as much impact on the industry as the firm itself. Read More

Government | News

Who 'Approached' Whom? Either Way, Cutting a Deal Is 'Unfair to Criticize,' Some Firm Leaders Say

By Patrick Smith and Christine Simmons

"I would have done what they did," one Am Law 200 firm leader said. "The people who run these firms are the fiduciaries responsible for them. You have a responsibility to make it go away." Read More

Big Law, Judges Under the White House's Microscope

The Trump administration is closely scrutinizing the legal industry: Find all our ongoing coverage here. Read More

Constitutional Law | News

Amicus Brief Supporting Perkins Coie Gets 170 Signatures so Far, but Few Am Law 100 Firms

By Amanda O'Brien

As of Sunday, only a handful of Am Law 100 firms have signed onto the amicus brief, sources say Read More