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Did the SEC Just Kill the Securities Class Action? Lawyers Are Weighing Impact of Mandatory Arbitration Agreements

Mon, 2025-09-22 17:41

The policy shift goes against decades of SEC history blocking companies from mandating shareholder arbitration. But securities litigators are unsure whether the policy change will be a bomb or bust.

       

Judge Louis Nock Leaves Manhattan Supreme Court Bench to Join Anderson Kill

Mon, 2025-09-22 17:35

Nock made the move following his reelection in November to a 10-year term on the civil court bench. He said he'd been thinking about returning to private practice and it was the right time.

       

Trump, Seeking Criminal Charges Against New York AG, Ousts US Attorney in Virginia's Eastern District

Mon, 2025-09-22 17:15

"I will be nominating Lindsey Halligan to be the United States Attorney in this very important part of our Great Country," President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post after ousting U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert of the Eastern District of Virginia to replace him with someone who may bring criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James.

       

'Politics, Not Merit'?: Mangione Defense Lawyers Urge Federal Judge to Dismiss Capital Case

Mon, 2025-09-22 16:40

In a motion that also urges the court to find the federal death penalty unconstitutional, Mangione's defense team accused the Department of Justice of a “brazen breach of the death penalty protocol with regard to their client, who is being prosecuted in connection with the fatal shooting of a health insurance CEO.

       

Alfred Youngwood, Former Paul Weiss Chair, Dies at 87

Mon, 2025-09-22 16:09

Youngwood preceded current chair Brad Karp and was the first democratically elected chair in the firm's history.

       

Supreme Court Keeps Fired Democrat Off FTC, Agrees to Reconsider Agency's Independence

Mon, 2025-09-22 16:00

Dissenting, Justice Elena Kagan said the court's emergency docket should not be used "to transfer government authority from Congress to the President, and thus to reshape the Nation's separation of powers."

       

Court of Chancery Completes Its Largest-Ever Bench With Seventh Magistrate

Mon, 2025-09-22 15:58

Jessie R. Benavides, who spent the past five years as an associate at Parkowski, Guerke & Swayze, has experience with family law, estate matters, guardianships, personal injury cases and other civil litigation, having litigated cases in the Court of Chancery, Superior Court, Family Court and Justice of the Peace Court.

       

$3,000 Mistake: Pressed for Time, Lawyer Misuses AI

Mon, 2025-09-22 15:18

The judge said he would impose a penalty on the low end of the scale, based on the attorney's prompt admission, honest disclosure, apologies and commitment to impose safeguards against future misuse of artificial intelligence.

       

Wave of Lawsuits Highlights Uncertainty About 'No Surprises Act' Enforcement

Mon, 2025-09-22 14:36

Federal courts disagree with one another on whether the law allows private rights of action.

       

$72M Global Crypto Scam Allegedly Linked to NY Lawyer, Gulfstream Jets

Mon, 2025-09-22 14:20

At least one investor “was told that a node was mailed to them for safekeeping, and that without that device, no withdrawals could be made.

       

Best of WIPL Webcast: Intentional Leadership - Lessons You Can Use Now

Mon, 2025-09-22 11:45

This webcast distills the most practical lessons from the Women, Influence & Power in Law 2025 conference into one focused session.

       

How I Made Practice Group Chair: 'Try to Keep Your Career in Perspective,' Says Rachel Faye Smith of Morrison Foerster

Mon, 2025-09-22 10:59

"Try to keep your career in perspective and be open to opportunities. There are infinite ways to be successful. I didn't even know ERISA existed when I went to law school, and here I am, two decades later, happy and with a career that I am proud of. Who knew?"

       

AI Firms Have Every Incentive to Settle Copyright-Infringement Suits, Even If It Costs Them Billions

Mon, 2025-09-22 10:53

“It's certainly reasonable that some companies will see the numbers and say that it's safer to resolve the cases, because then it becomes a line item, a business cost, rather than a risk that's hanging over their heads for years, said Regina Sam Penti, a partner at Ropes & Gray.

       

AI and the Fair Use Defense: Lessons from Two Recent Summary Judgment Rulings

Mon, 2025-09-22 10:17

Two judges in the Northern District of California recently issued groundbreaking summary judgment rulings regarding whether an artificial intelligence company's scraping and ingestion of copyrighted works to train its LLMs qualified as fair use. Both decisions carry potentially seismic importance for AI companies and intellectual property litigators.

       

When Patent Prosecution Becomes Something More

Mon, 2025-09-22 10:07

Most days, preparing and prosecuting patent applications follows a familiar rhythm. Talk with the inventors. Draft the application. Wait for the Patent Office. Argue a few times. Secure the patent. Repeat. But every so often, a case reminds us that our work can mean much more — especially when something has gone wrong, and someone needs an advocate to make it right.

       

As Kirkland and Other Big Law Firms Get Bigger, Revolving Lines of Credit Grow

Mon, 2025-09-22 05:59

Kirkland's revolver credit is perhaps the largest in the legal industry—more than 10 times the size of the average Am Law 100 firm's revolving line of credit.

       

Lights, Camera Accident? PI Lawyer's Crime Thriller Set for Atlanta-Based Film Adaptation

Mon, 2025-09-22 00:15

Brian Cuban, a Texas-based attorney and brother of billionaire Mark Cuban, recently announced that his novel “The Ambulance Chaser, a thriller starring a personal injury lawyer, is now getting a film adaptation set in Atlanta.

       

Plaintiff's Lawyers and US Sen. Hawley Hint at More Litigation to Come Over AI Chatbots Harming Children

Fri, 2025-09-19 18:17

Hawley, a Missouri Republican, sent a letter to Sam Altman on Thursday demanding he produce data about ChatGPT's product design, engagement practices and harms inflicted on minors after an emotional hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

       

Outgoing LSU Law Dean Reaches Settlement With University Following Removal From Position

Fri, 2025-09-19 17:48

Alena Allen, who was allegedly forced out of the deanship in late August, recently reached a settlement with LSU over her removal from the role.

       

Sidley Austin Files Data Scraping Claims Against Shopping Software Company

Fri, 2025-09-19 17:23

Two wholesale clothing suppliers filed trademark infringement and trade secrets misappropriation claims against a North Carolina-based software company this week and alleged the company's data scraping practices have undermined the control of their e-commerce platforms.

       

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