"As Virginia Surety recognizes, if a ruling denying intervention is overturned on appeal, the trial court can reopen discovery to allow the intervenor to catch up and, to the extent needed to avoid unfair prejudice, permit the intervenor to relitigate issues decided in its absence," U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the Northern District of Illinois wrote.

       

"For media lawyers, at least, I would encourage actively participating in bar organizations, both locally and nationally. The D.C. Bar's Arts, Entertainment, Media, and Sports community and the ABA's Forum on Communications Law have both been great ways to strengthen my connections within the tight-knit media law ecosystem of law firms, news organizations, non-governmental organizations, and insurers."

       

       

“CFTC expertise is more in demand now than it ever has been, Behnam Dayanim, a partner at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, observed in an interview.

       

Many law firms have had their own general counsel for several years, but some believe the role has never been more crucial.

       

The $250,000 Smith & Heyliger Endowed Scholarship Fund will support students at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.

       

The risks and costs for corporate defendants increase substantially if a plaintiff's civil RICO claims survive a motion to dismiss, according to Martin Weinstein, a Cadwalader partner who said the U.S. Supreme Court's April 2025 decision allowing a civil RICO lawsuit to proceed against a CBD producer may encourage plaintiffs to file civil RICO claims in cases alleging predicate acts of wire fraud.

       

"Even under the 'narrowest' test for determining whether a claim is for a 'personal injury tort,' assault and battery clearly constitute personal injury torts," said Judge Cynthia A. Norton, who authored the opinion.

       

The Supreme Court has been deferential toward President Donald Trump's crackdowns in Democratic-led cities. Its latest test involves his deployment of 700 troops to Chicago.

       

“Getting a seat at the table isn't enough, Lynn said. “You need a seat at the table early. Because that's when the gaps start—when your male counterpart gets a deposition in year two and you don't until year four."

       

ManpowerGroup dismissed Shannon Kobylarczyk less than 24 hours after the Milwaukee Brewers fan was captured on video telling a Latino Los Angeles Dodgers fan, "You know what, let's call ICE."

       

Some background and practice tips from U.S. District Judges Casey Pitts, Eumi Lee and Noe l Wise, who took part in a Federal Bar Association panel earlier this month alongside their colleagues Trina Thompson and Araceli Marti nez-Olgui n, who sit in San Francisco.

       

The landscape for discretionary denials at PTAB is evolving quickly; both patent challengers and owners must adapt their strategies to ensure they are not left behind by the USPTO's new approach.

       

When pushing out lawyers, law firms often keep their website profiles online so they can get another job, but some believe this could lead to ethical and insurer scrutiny.

       

“This new studio is part of ASU Law's bold initiative to reimagine legal education for the AI era, a mission that deeply resonates with me, new program director Sean Harrington wrote on LinkedIn.

       

"This lawsuit was filed with maximum press fanfare and the promise of proving up an egregious series of misrepresentations," wrote OpenAI's counsel at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Morrison & Foerster in the motion.

       

“[T]he President is entitled, and indeed, duty-bound, to evaluate the entire context of events leading up to a decision to invoke [10 U.S.C.] Section 12406 as part of the constitutional command to 'take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed,'" the appeals court stated.

       

The defense attorney said in a statement that his client was hesitant to take the case to trial because “the subject of cryptocurrency is unfamiliar to most—including a jury—and often thought to be wrought with fraud and wrongdoing.

       

If the Third Circuit upholds the ruling by Brann, that would set up a conflict with a 2022 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, United States v. Arthrex, giving the case a straight path to the U.S. Supreme Court.        

The deal—the largest copyright class action settlement in history—“provides value in prompt closure, Alsup wrote. “It avoids a prolonged, complex, and expensive trial—and all ensuing appeals.