Australia's hiring blitz also continues as Baker McKenzie adds to its IP offering.

       

Legal spend has become a core business issue that now shapes financial planning, operational decision making and risk management. What once lived primarily in the legal department has become a shared responsibility across client legal, finance, and operations teams and their outside counsel.

       

"Take your time to build foundational skills, trial work, legal writing, and business basics, but don't let fear paralyze you. I spent nearly a decade practicing law before launching my own firm, and I'm glad I did. Know your niche, build systems early, and be willing to bet on yourself. You don't need to know everything; you just need to keep learning and moving forward."

       

An expert not involved in the matter said that "the statute of limitations could become a major point of contention if the federal government chooses to zealously defend the case."

       

Plaintiffs' lawyers in California moved to dismiss Uber's racketeering lawsuit against them, while another company, J-M Manufacturing, filed a new case alleging similar claims against the Gori Law Firm, an asbestos plaintiffs' firm.

       

In her annual meeting with reporters, Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero also decried the increasing attacks on judges, calling for more education about what bench officers do.

       

A West Texas rancher is suing eight oil and gas companies for at least $1 million. Defendants are Conoco Inc., Blackbeard Operating LLC, Citation Oil and Gas Corp., Formentera Operations LLC, Goodnight Midstream Permian LLC, Millwee Inc., PetEx Corp., and Walsh & Watts Inc.

       

Gibson Dunn attorneys, working with Homburger AG, successfully represented the U.S. gymnast before the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland, securing an opportunity for Chiles to reclaim the bronze medal awarded, then stripped, from her following the 2024 summer games.

       

"We agree with the defendants that the arbitrator selection language is not ambiguous and allows the three parties at issue in this case to each select his or her own arbitrator and the three chosen arbitrators must select the fourth arbitrator," the court said.

       

“It is time for clear rules and a clear understanding that the CFTC supports lawful innovation in these markets, said Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Michael Selig.

       

About a dozen fund finance attorneys are leaving Cadwalader as it prepares to merge with Hogan Lovells.

       

The case, which was set for opening statements on Monday, settled one day before the trial. 

       

Zachary Clopton has been serving as interim dean of the law school since July 22. He becomes permanent dean effective Feb. 1.

       

“Being in-house has given me a unique perspective into how companies launch new and innovative products, navigate regulatory requirements, meet compliance obligations and develop and implement complex business strategies, said incoming McDermott Will & Schulte partner, Steve Knipfelberg.

       

Huel faces more than half a dozen class actions after an Oct. 14 report in Consumer Reports found more than two-thirds of the 23 protein powders and ready-to-drink shakes tested, like its Black Edition product, had 10 times the recommended daily amount of lead in a single serving.        

The rapid turnover of the legal chief post is a first for the satellite radio company. Its initial general counsel, Patrick Donnelly, held the position from May 1998 to March 2025.

       

“Academic freedom is this special duty that we have, Conway said, explaining that it “allows us to investigate. It allows us to search for truth. It allows us to use facts and data to come up with ideas, to come up with concepts, to come up with discovered knowledge that we use to create knowledge, disseminate knowledge, and then distribute it as a feature of education.

       

“It's something I've been thinking about and talking about with management, partners and my executive committee for nearly the last 14 years, firm chair and managing partner Michael S. Stein said. "We finally got it into the end zone."

       

The firm's average PEP climbed over 15% to $2.39 million, amid a slight decline in equity partners.

       

U.S. District Senior Judge John A. Gibney Jr. ordered the state of Virginia to permanently end its absolute all-felon voting ban by May 1, 2026, ruling the policy violates a longstanding federal law that guarantees voting rights for more than 260,000 Virginians convicted of nonviolent criminal offenses not deemed common-law felonies in 1870.