At least 15 Am Law 100 firms are offering bonuses up to $50,000 to 1L law students who commit to firms' 2L summer programs.

       

A Jewish charter school suit in Oklahoma raises constitutional issues the Supreme Court left unresolved in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond.

       

"We have found that the original expectations and deadline were clearly communicated and, therefore, attorney Wolf's instruction was reasonable," the appeals court said.

       

U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin questioned whether the Trump administration violated the law when it designated Anthropic a "supply-chain risk to national security" after the Claude artificial intelligence developer publicly refused to tailor its AI models for lethal autonomous warfare.

       

Conflict-driven energy shocks and supply chain disruption have fueled demand for legal advice on contracts, disputes and compliance across Asia.

       

Tuesday's verdict, in the 1st Judicial Circuit in Santa Fe, comes less than a day after jurors began deliberating in the state of New Mexico's case against Meta.

       

"The issue here is whether the alleged violation of the reinstatement statute is also a violation of section 1692f(6)(A) of the [Fair Debt Collection Practices Act]," the federal appellate court said.

       

"We strongly reject any implication or political narrative that State Farm engages in illicit or unlawful conduct," State Farm stated. "We work hard to protect our customers from predatory contractors and billboard attorneys who may take advantage of people after a loss."

       

Investors are suing entrepreneur Ben Pasternak, alleging misleading statements and insider enrichment tied to crypto tokens that wiped out hundreds of millions of dollars in value.

       

The justices heard arguments Tuesday over whether immigrants stopped near the U.S. border have a right to apply for asylum or whether they can be flatly turned away without any processing during surges in migration.

       

Jens Ohlin, who became the Allan R. Tessler Dean of Cornell Law School on July 1, 2021, has been renewed for a second term.

       

Friday's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit approved the settlement, which reimburses each PACER user up to $350 forovercharges.

       

In this Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith interview Blickstein Group CEO and founder Brad Blickstein.

       

U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts asked the intervening states what is wrong with Hewlett Packard Enterprise hiring outside counsel and exercising its "right to petition the government" to settle the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust claims alleging HPE's $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks is harmful to competition.

       

The annual Dealmakers of the Year list provides a powerful illustration of the feats these sophisticated corporate firms can help their clients accomplish in strategic M&A, leveraged buyouts, IPOs, financings, take-private transactions, and more.

       

A recent decision from the SDNY, United States v. Heppner, has generated outsized commentary suggesting that the use of generative AI tools may jeopardize attorney-client privilege. A closer reading shows something far less dramatic.        

“There's definitely been an increase in the demand for advice and counseling in areas that, before, clients were very comfortable with handling themselves, said Ted Chiappari of Duane Morris.

       

Over the course of the year, the chipmaker hired a new CEO who rolled out tens of thousands of job cuts and sold 10% of the company to the U.S. government.

       

In her annual State of the Judiciary address to the Legislature, Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero said a disparity between judges' salaries and pay for attorneys employed by other state and local entities "jeopardizes the judicial branch's ability to attract and retain the best-qualified candidates."

       

Jurors in the social media addiction trial against Meta Platforms and YouTube sent a note Monday to the judge indicating they were “having difficulty coming to a consensus with one defendant.