Addressing New York State Bar Association members this week, the president of the ABA praised the bar’s recent report detailing the impact of $170 million in cuts in the 2011-12 court budget.

Mortgage-related litigation hit a three-year high during this year’s first quarter, according to a recent report, with 155 active state and federal cases. The increase was fueled partly by a jump in cases involving companies suing each other, as opposed to cases between lenders and homeowners

Women made up 34 percent of their 2010 new partner classes, compared to 28 percent the year before, according to a recent report by the Project for Attorney Retention. At nearly 20 percent of the firms tracked, women comprised half or more of the new partner classes.

A recent report concluded law firms — attractive targets because they maintain sensitive client data — are being targeted by sophisticated and well-funded teams of cyberattackers. But firms don’t often realize they’ve been infiltrated and rarely go public with security breaches.