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Another Downtown law firm may be changing addresses. Duane Morris LLP is believed to be eyeing a move from U.S. Steel Tower on Grant Street to EQT Plaza on Liberty Avenue, according to real estate sources. The firm, which is headquartered in Philadelphia, is believed to be considering less space at the new location than the 18,000 it currently has on Grant Street for its Pittsburgh office. It...

Americans say by a roughly 2-to-1 margin that the Supreme Court should uphold its landmark abortion decision in Roe v. Wade, and by a similar margin the public opposes a Texas law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. The lopsided support for maintaining abortion rights protections comes as the court considers cases challenging its ...

LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL? - As Law.com’s Brenda Sapino Jeffreys reports, revenue at law firms grew by 14% for the first nine months of 2021, continuing the pace set during the first half of the year, and far exceeding 6% growth during the same period in 2020, according to results of the Wells Fargo Legal Specialty Group Nine-Month 2021 Check-in Survey. “Firms continue to benefit from this ‘bes...

Amid much pomp and for many, much relief, U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday signed the bipartisan Infrastructure and Investment and Jobs Act into law. By almost any measure, it is one of the greenest laws in American history, containing billions for energy efficiency, electric-vehicle infrastructure, and mass transit. But by the critical measure of whether it will keep Biden’s pledges to bri...

A CMP utility truck (WGME) The move over law in Maine is meant to prevent crashes and ultimately save the lives of first responders and workers who may be parked on the side of the road or highway. It's been in place for 14 years but is usually just associated with police officers and firefighters. Brian asked the CBS13 I-Team: "Does Maine’s move over law apply to utility workers such as CMP ...

A CMP utility truck (WGME) The move over law in Maine is meant to prevent crashes and ultimately save the lives of first responders and workers who may be parked on the side of the road or highway. It's been in place for 14 years but is usually just associated with police officers and firefighters. Brian asked the CBS13 I-Team: "Does Maine’s move over law apply to utility workers such as CMP ...

With the stroke of a pen, President Joe Biden on Monday put a bow on the infrastructure bill that is one of his key domestic priorities, and he asked two former mayors to help make it real. “Now our focus moves to implementing [the] infrastructure law,” he said during a chilly ceremony on the White House’s South Lawn. With former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu as infrastructure czar and Tra...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is increasing pressure on member nation Poland, with the 27-nation bloc’s top court ruling Tuesday that the country’s right-wing government has undermined judicial independence and the EU parliament’s major groups seeking to deny pandemic recovery funds until Warsaw meets rule-of-law standards. Relations between EU institutions and Poland have become increas...

BRUSSELS — The European Union's highest court ruled Tuesday that Poland's government has too much influence over judges, the latest EU court decision to question changes made to the country's judicial system. Ruling on the Polish justice minister's powers to endorse judges for high criminal courts and to end their terms, the European Court of Justice said that "EU law precludes the regime in ...

REUTERS/Edgar Su (Reuters) - Law firm business leaders are optimistic about client demand and profits over the next year, but they’re increasingly worried about the escalating war for attorney and staff talent. Recruiting and staffing issues were the top three risks to law firm profitability cited in a survey released Tuesday by Thomson Reuters and Georgetown Law’s Center on Ethics and the Le...