Ep. 116: Down Goes LeClairRyan

LeClairRyan is no more. After years of losing money and hemorrhaging talent, the once-powerful Virginia firm announced last week that it would close its doors. Legal industry reporter Sam Reisman joins us this week to talk LeClairRyan -- the firm’s quick rise to national prominence, its unusual gamble on legal services, and how those choices ultimately led to its demise. Also this week: A ruling that allowed seven million people to sue Facebook over face-scanning; a judge who says his “grandmother” could have filed a case; and Ohio State University’s claim to a trademark on the most common word in the English language.