Lawyers behind a record $4 billion sex abuse settlement with Los Angeles County have brought in a second mediator to oversee potential fraud after an article in the Los Angeles Times last month revealed that recruiters paid cash to potential plaintiffs on behalf of Downtown LA Law Group.

U.S. District Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins for the Northern District of Illinois declined to grant summary judgment on plaintiff American Wire's claims for breach of an indemnification clause against Wind Turbines and Energy Cables Corp. (WTEC), which had previously agreed to indemnify the plaintiff against certain claims relating to defective electric cables.

According to the complaint, one of those air diffuser patents expired five years ago, but Bath & Body Works was still paying royalties. Now, it wants its $74 million back.

The move effectively means that Norton Rose Fulbright will have no presence in South Africa, joining its peers, A&O Shearman and Hogan Lovells, who shut their Johannesburg offices last year.

"Also, take the time to invest in the people with whom you work. Having strong working relationships leads not only to career longevity and a happier career, but also to having the support to be appointed or elected to leadership positions when those opportunities arise."

"It is clear that simply having named an agent for service of process pursuant to the Admittance Statute does not constitute consent to personal jurisdiction," the high court held.

A Chicago federal judge said Prime Therapeutics' confidentiality and disclosure concerns could not prevent discovery from moving forward in a lawsuit over Walgreen Co.'s Prescription Savings Club.

According to the plaintiff, Datavault AI, all it took was a bad review and a barrage of negative social media posts from the financial research and due diligence firm, Wolfpack Research, to put the company's reputation in a tailspin.

The president has had mixed success in challenging his legal travails at the Supreme Court.

Despite the appeals cases being on hold for over a month, the federal government has tapped a new attorney to argue on its behalf, with Deputy Associate Attorney General Abhishek Kambli entering a notice of appearance.

"Inconsistent messaging is one of the biggest pitfalls,” Judge Paula Patrick of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas said during her keynote at General Counsel Conference East on Tuesday. "Internal documents, witnesses and experts might all be saying different things than what you're trying to portray."

"This was a very significant win for Kalshi and the predictions market space more generally," said Renato Mariotti, a partner at Paul Hastings who closely follows prediction markets and is not involved in the case.

"The logo fiasco may be a single incident, but in the public eye it has come to define the company," Institutional Shareholder Services said in a note to clients.

Alex Grishman joins Legal Speak co-host Patrick Smith during the General Counsel Conference East in New York.

Three unions representing federal and public services employees have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Office for Personnel Management, contending that its inclusion of a question that allegedly seeks to establish candidates' loyalty to the Trump administration on civil service job applications violates constitutional law.

The patent world is at a moment of change. The incentives for obtaining and aggressively monetizing patents are increasing. In contrast, defending a patent litigation is becoming more difficult and the stakes are higher. Companies that take steps now to navigate these changes may be rewarded with significant competitive advantages.

Law firms are juggling high-stakes Gulf data centre deals. Kirkland & Ellis helped close two mega-deals in October alone, including a $40 billion deal to acquire Aligned Data Centers and a Blackstone-backed AirTrunk deal on a $3 billion partnership with Saudi AI HUMAIN.

AZB & Partners has dominated M&A deals in the financial services space while CAM, SAM, Trilegal and JSA fight for market share.