'Chasing Goodfellas': Former prosecutor's memoir recounts taking on the mob and playing himself in the film

Former federal prosecutor Ed McDonald’s new memoir recounts his role in the film “Goodfellas” and his role in taking down New York mobster Henry Hill and other major crime figures.

Oct 28, 2026 10:18 AM CDT

Weil hires restructuring counsel after unsuccessful merger talks

As more partners exit Weil, Gotshal & Manges, the law firm has hired ‌a team of lawyers from Davis Polk & Wardwell who have experience in restructuring and firm mergers.

Oct 28, 2026 9:44 AM CDT

Weil, Gotshal & Manges creates AI-centric 1L summer program

Weil, Gotshal & Manges is launching an artificial intelligence-based program for 2027 1L summer associates that will pair law students with the firm’s AI and innovation team, the law firm announced Wednesday.

Oct 27, 2026 1:53 PM CDT

It takes a lot of workouts to look this mediocre, but exercise makes lawyers better

While the headline of this article may suggest it’s about vanity, it’s not. Well, for the most part.

Oct 27, 2026 8:46 AM CDT

Am Law 200 partners earned more in 2025, despite billing less

Average compensation for Am Law 200 partners continues to climb, hitting a record high of nearly $1.55 million in 2025, according to new data from Major, Lindsey & Africa.

Oct 27, 2026 8:01 AM CDT

DOJ unlawfully fired Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI director, judge rules

A federal judge in New York ruled Monday that the Justice Department unlawfully fired Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI director James B. Comey, from her job as a federal prosecutor.

Oct 26, 2026 12:42 PM CDT

Responding to attorney discipline letter? Avoid ‘stray words,’ ethics counsel says

Ryan Little, a legal ethics lawyer, says there are two important things to remember when you get a notice from your state disciplinary authority that you are under investigation. The first is: Don’t ignore the complaint.

“Some lawyers decide they won’t respond because they didn’t do anything wrong,” Little says. “That is almost universally a mistake.”

Oct 23, 2026 10:30 AM CDT

Beat the Rap: Drew Findling defends rappers, and he says their cases represent a microcosm of society’s challenges

Until three months ago, Atlanta lawyer Drew Findling didn’t have a website. He says that in almost 40 years of practicing law, he’s relied mostly on word of mouth. A criminal defense lawyer, Findling is known for representing rappers including Lil Durk and Waka Flocka Flame. Never having hired a PR firm, he entrusts his son, Zack, also a lawyer at the Findling Law Firm, with running his Instagram account, which has approximately 322,000 followers.

Oct 22, 2026 11:48 AM CDT

Hourly billing remains dominant among small, midsize firms, new 8am data shows

Hourly billing is significantly outpacing flat fee arrangements at small and midsize law firms, despite widespread predictions about the death of the billable hour, according to new data from professional business platform 8am.

Oct 22, 2026 9:14 AM CDT

Federal judge didn’t answer questions, instead emailed sealed documents to over 100 people

According to a second federal appellate order involving a federal judge in Dallas, she sent 140 emails with sealed court documents to judges, lawyers and journalists. The Oct. 20 order, written by the judicial council of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans, follows a Sept. 29 order that was attached to a statement by judicial council of the 5th Circuit.

Oct 21, 2026 11:54 AM CDT

Hofstra University says it had no responsibility to help bar candidate in cardiac arrest

Hofstra University has asked a New York judge to dismiss the lawsuit of a July 2025 bar candidate who suffered cardiac arrest while taking the bar exam at the Long Island, New York, school last year, stating that it didn’t have a responsibility to help her.

Oct 21, 2026 9:42 AM CDT

When AI training casts survivors as fabricators, survivors pay the price

Lawyers, law enforcement and judges need to understand how to evaluate digital evidence: where a file came from, what its metadata can and cannot tell us, and how to consider other evidence alongside it.

Oct 20, 2026 3:10 PM CDT

Cider Man: Chicago lawyer reclaims his heritage with cidery in upstate New York

In 2021, Seminary Hill opened its doors. It has a 12-acre organic orchard that grows 60 varieties of apples and pears. Its cidery was constructed with wood from New York’s now-demolished Tappan Zee Bridge, and it was the first building of its kind to receive Passive House certification for reducing energy use.

Oct 19, 2026 1:55 PM CDT

Unspoken Past: A lawyer disappeared in 1962; his granddaughter hopes her podcast leads to some answers

More than 60 years ago, Olavi Hendrickson, a former Miami city attorney and a World War II veteran, vanished. His family assumed that he’d left because of another woman, according to Dana Dean, Hendrickson’s granddaughter. She never met him. Her family didn’t really want to talk about him. “My family believed he was alive somewhere living another life,” Dean says. But for the past five years, Dean, a former television reporter, has been investigating her grandfather’s disappearance, looking for answers as to whether he died at the time that he disappeared or went into hiding or something else happened to him.

Oct 19, 2026 11:29 AM CDT

Federal judge accused of misconduct, abandoning her job

A federal judge in Dallas has been accused of refusing to take cases, making racial insults to judges and court staff and abandoning her role, judicial investigators have found.

Oct 19, 2026 9:40 AM CDT