Thomas Goldstein, co-chair of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld’s appellate practice and the primary author of SCOTUSblog, will leave Akin to rejoin Howe & Russell as a name partner.

Multidistrict litigation cases were so phenomenally large this year that they generated significant political interest, with the Obama administration and various government oversight departments getting actively involved.

Nearly $1 billion has been paid over the past decade to resolve claims against the New York Police Department, the nation’s largest. The total spending outstrips that of other U.S.

Filing of federal securities class actions continued to wane during the first half of 2010, according to separate reports released this week. Both NERA Economic Consulting and the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse reported that filings during the first half of 2010 were down compared to one year ago. The numbers have been on the decline since 2008

The president of the New Jersey State Bar Association said on Wednesday he agrees with the state judiciary’s advisory opinion warning lawyers they violate New Jersey’s bona fide office rule when they list and advertise space rented on a periodic basis as their primary place of business.