Wolf Block has asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to decide if a case by a former partner seeking severance payments can be removed to confidential arbitration. An appellate panel found ex-partner Michael Budin never signed a partnership agreement mandating arbitration and can therefore have his day in court.

Kaye Scholer saw gross revenue dip 3.4 percent last year, while profits per equity partner slipped 6.4 percent and revenue per lawyer dropped 4 percent. Managing partner Michael Solow said the numbers are in line with targets for revenues and profits per partner, in part due to a strong first half of the year.

A state lawmaker is demanding a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice’s removal from the bench due to his refusal to recuse himself from cases in which Michael Best & Friedrich represents clients, despite the fact that the judge received thousands of dollars in free legal services from the firm.

A Delaware Chancery Court judge sanctioned hedge fund pioneer Michael Steinhardt on Friday, finding that he traded on non-public information as a named plaintiff in a shareholder class action that sought to block a merger between telecom companies Occam Networks and Calix.

A long vacant New York federal judgeship will apparently remain vacant for the time being as congressional Republicans have blocked the nomination of Michael C. Green, a district attorney recommended by Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer.