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State Age-Appropriate Website Design Laws Pick Up Steam

Thu, 2026-03-26 14:52

"All of these companies need ... to figure out whether or not they're covered by these age-appropriate design codes. I think there are some people who are going to be shocked that they fall under them," said Nerissa Coyle McGinn, a partner at Loeb & Loeb.

       

Capital One GC's Pay Doubles After $35B Discover Purchase Closes

Thu, 2026-03-26 14:21

Mathew Cooper, Capital One's legal chief since 2018, took on the additional title "president of Discover integration" last spring.

       

New York Jury Awards State's Largest Premises-Liability Verdict Since 2018

Thu, 2026-03-26 13:38

Honario Rosario-Silverio was awarded a verdict of $36.4 million in his suit against PPC Commercial and Foodtown.

       

California Judge Certifies Investor Class in Nvidia Crypto-Mining Lawsuit

Thu, 2026-03-26 13:10

The ruling allows the case to move forward on behalf of investors who purchased NVIDIA shares between August 2017 and November 2018, a period marked by surging and then collapsing cryptocurrency markets.

       

State High Court Reinstates Full Attorney Fee Award in Anti-SLAPP Dispute

Thu, 2026-03-26 10:38

The state high court reinstated a $67,361.25 attorney fee award in connection with plaintiff Andres Hidalgo's successful challenge of anti-SLAPP counterclaims brought by his employer Watch City Construction Corp.

       

Antitrust Litigation Against Major Brokerages Can Largely Move Forward, Fed. Judge in Chicago Rules

Thu, 2026-03-26 10:13

Major real estate firms will have to face claims that their commission practices drove up home prices across the nation, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said this week.

       

Denver Airport GC Sues City, Says He's Being Forced Out for Pushing Back Against Mayor's Office

Thu, 2026-03-26 10:01

Everett Martinez, who's led the airport's 18-person team since 2022, says he raised concerns about the propriety of a city land swap and about how the city sought to justify refusing to grant a lease to Key Lime Air, a contractor for U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement.

       

Legal Speak at Legalweek 2026: Luminance Technologies' Jaeger Glucina

Thu, 2026-03-26 09:15

In this Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith interview Luminance Technologies Chief of Staff Jaeger Glucina, live from the Legalweek 2026 Conference in New York.

       

'We Are Hamstrung': Are US Firms in London Turning Their Back On Women Partners?

Thu, 2026-03-26 07:36

With data showing the proportion of women partners shrinking at AmLaw 200 firms in London, Law.com speaks with senior female partners at top U.S. firms who point to a range of explanations, including the recent curtailment of DEI in Big Law.

       

Legal Speak at Legalweek 2026: Lexis Nexis's Jeff Reihl and Alexandra Smyth

Wed, 2026-03-25 21:32

In this Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith interview Lexis Nexis CEO Jeff Reihl and EVP and GC Alexandra Smyth.

       

Big Law Partners File Amicus Briefs in Support of Anthropic in Row With Pentagon

Wed, 2026-03-25 20:35

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Covington & Burling, Crowell & Moring, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Perkins Coie represent a diverse group of amici curiae who all want a San Francisco federal judge or the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to rule in favor of Anthropic as the AI developer challenges the Trump administration's "supply-chain risk" designation of Anthropic.

       

‘A Righteous Moment': What the Lawyers and the Jurors Said About $6M Social Media Verdict

Wed, 2026-03-25 19:39

After Wednesday's $6 million jury award against Meta and YouTube, plaintiffs attorney W. Mark Lanier told the press the verdict was a "huge precedent."

       

Texas Judge Rejects Crypto Developer's Lawsuit Over Alleged Prosecution Risk

Wed, 2026-03-25 17:38

U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor of the Northern District of Texas entered the ruling in a case that brought out amicus briefs from some of the top crypto advocacy organizations, such as the Blockchain Association, Defi Education Fund and the Uniswap Foundation.

       

Kalshi Faces Legal Fire in NY Over Prediction Market for Death of Iranian Leader

Wed, 2026-03-25 16:55

Kalshi refused to provide full payouts to users who predicted that Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, would be “out of leadership by April 1, 2026, citing a policy against letting users benefit from someone's death. But a lawsuit claims Kalshi misled users on the rules of the market.

       

White & Case Worker Alleges He Was Photographed Unconscious During Firm Retreat

Wed, 2026-03-25 16:47

A suit claims that an unnamed manager and possibly other White & Case workers removed an employee's clothes and took unauthorized photos of his body.

       

State Appellate Court Reverses $6M Judgment in Allstate Insurance Dispute

Wed, 2026-03-25 16:47

The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District reversed the Boone County Circuit Court's $6.14 million judgment for Connie E. Lyda, finding that the ruling improperly stripped Allstate of its statutory right to contest liability and damages under the Revised Statutes of Missouri, Section 537.065.4.

       

8th Circuit Joins Sister Court's Interpretation of No-Bond Immigration Policy

Wed, 2026-03-25 15:55

"If Congress wanted to make clear that 'seeking admission' was an independent requirement in the statute, it could have easily done so," Judge Bobby Shepherd wrote on behalf of the majority.

       

NAACP Taps Former DOJ Civil Rights Chief Kristen Clarke as General Counsel

Wed, 2026-03-25 15:24

“We are seeing this Justice Department fully abandon its commitment to full and fair enforcement of our civil rights laws, said Clarke. “The NAACP will be stepping into the breach and leveraging mass impact litigation as a way to stand up for vulnerable communities across our country.

       

FIU Law Student Sues University Alleging Free Speech Violations After Facing Discipline for 'Controversial' Group Chat

Wed, 2026-03-25 15:19

Five of 15 law students involved in a private chat on WhatsApp have had student conduct charges filed against them after some students leaked the content of the chat to the university.

       

Elon Musk Seeks Chancellor's Recusal, Citing Her Reaction to LinkedIn Post on Securities Case

Wed, 2026-03-25 14:33

The motion references two recent LinkedIn posts, each related to the securities class action trial where a San Francisco federal jury concluded two of Musk's statements made by Musk in the leadup to his 2022 acquisition of what was at the time Twitter Inc. amounted to securities fraud.

       

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