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Apple Lawsuit Highlights Perils of Making AI Boasts

Tue, 2025-03-25 13:57

"Consumers are excited about AI, and unfortunately that's led to Big Tech overpromising and under-delivering,” said Timothy Giordano, a partner at Clarkson Law Firm, which sued Apple last week.

       

Constitutional Law Expert Warns Expanding Presidential Power Threatens U.S. Democracy

Tue, 2025-03-25 13:50

Constitutional Law Expert Erwin Chemerinsky warns about the expansion of presidential power, and how that weakens the congressional and judicial branches and can threaten the U.S. Democracy. The UC Berkeley Law School dean gave a lecture Monday night at the University of Houston Law School.

       

$411 Million Verdict: Lawyers Call It State's Largest Single-Plaintiff Personal Injury Award

Tue, 2025-03-25 11:36

A Texas man received a $411 million verdict for injuries sustained while working for Brock Industries at a Phillips 66 refinery in Louisiana. It is the largest award to a single plaintiff in the state's history, according to Roland Christensen of Arnold & Itkin, and Valdivia's lead attorney.

       

Holland & Knight Surpasses $2 Billion in Revenue in First Year of New Leadership Team

Tue, 2025-03-25 11:35

After managing partner Stephen Sonberg stepped down after 16 years in the role, new leaders Robert Grammig and David Whitestone oversaw continued growth.

       

Ford Faces Another Suit Over Allegedly Defective 12-Volt Batteries

Tue, 2025-03-25 09:52
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Complaining of Judicial 'Power Grab,' DOJ Asks Justices to Thwart Mass Reinstatement of Fired Workers

Tue, 2025-03-25 06:44

A new day brings a new emergency Trump appeal to the Supreme Court. Plus: Why did Monday's voting rights hearing veer into a discussion about complying with court orders?

       

CA Bar Files Disciplinary Charges Against Another Ex-Girardi Keese Partner

Mon, 2025-03-24 19:50

Robert Finnerty, now at Abir Cohen Treyzon Salo in Encino, California, faces disciplinary charges for failing to inform clients about their $53 million settlement.

       

‘Nazis Got Better Treatment': DC Circuit Judge Slams DOJ Attorney on Alien Enemies Act Deportations

Mon, 2025-03-24 18:16

“If the government says we don't have to give process for that, then y'all could have picked me up on Saturday and thrown me on a plane thinking I'm a member of Tren de Aragua and given me no chance to protest it," said Judge Patricia Millett.

       

Elon Musk's X Platform Files Suit Against Indian Government Over Censorship

Mon, 2025-03-24 17:38

The social media giant alleges India is wrongly using an IT law and a new portal to ‘facilitate' censorship of information in India.

       

New York Court Frees Barclays From Two Investor Lawsuits Over $17.7 Billion Error

Mon, 2025-03-24 17:09

Investors had argued that the bank and its top brass should have known that it lacked the controls necessary to prevent the $17.7 billion sale, as that issue spun out of the bank's well-known loss of filing privileges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. But U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman was skeptical that executives who knew of the lost privileges would have known the bank lacked the controls to cope.

       

CLOs Taking Greater Role in Cybersecurity as New Rules Escalate Legal Stakes

Mon, 2025-03-24 17:00

A new Association of Corporate Counsel survey found that 38% of legal chiefs have a cybersecurity leadership role—up from 15% in 2020.

       

Spooked by Paul Weiss Deal and Trump, Big Law Firms Scrambling to Undergo Risk Assessments, Build Consensus

Mon, 2025-03-24 16:56

“I don't think there's a firm in Big Law that is not talking about this today," noted one consultant.

       

Litigation Boutiques Push Back Against Trump's Law Firm Memo

Mon, 2025-03-24 16:45

Big Law remains silent, but some at smaller firms are raising their voices. "I am concerned about a government where one person is an authoritarian figure and Congress is silent and the courts are marginalized or threatened with impeachment when they rule on the lawfulness of government action," said Keker Van Nest & Peters partner Elliot Peters.

       

EEOC DEI Letters Challenge Law Firms' Involvement with Diversity-Oriented Nonprofits

Mon, 2025-03-24 16:28

The EEOC asked about law firms' relationships with Sponsors for Educational Opportunity and the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity in each of the 20 letters to law firms this month.

       

Virginia Legal Community Mourns the Loss of Former US Attorney Jessica Aber, 43

Mon, 2025-03-24 16:15

Jessica Aber, who rose up the ranks and led about 300 prosecutors and litigators as the former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, died at age 43 of natural causes related to a longstanding medical issue, according to a close family friend.

       

Manhattan Lawyers Group Planning Summit to Discuss Challenges to Rule of Law

Mon, 2025-03-24 15:51

The New York County Lawyers Association announced that it's convening an April 2 summit to address concerns about the rule of law. The call comes as bar associations here and other major metropolitan areas speak out with greater frequency about what they perceive as threats to the legal community posed by President Donald Trump in his second term.

       

How Will the War Against Big Law End?

Mon, 2025-03-24 15:28

If Trump wins, we could see firms collapse; if Big Law prevails it could be its greatest moment; but a draw is the most likely outcome, writes the Global Lawyer.

       

Georgia Jury Hits Monsanto With $2B+ Roundup Verdict

Mon, 2025-03-24 14:59

Friday's verdict, for $65 million in compensatory damages and $2 billion in punitive damages, is the first in a Roundup case in Georgia's state courts.

       

The Week in Data March 24: A Look at Legal Industry Trends by the Numbers

Mon, 2025-03-24 14:09

Catch up on data and insights from across the Law.com Newsroom, including the 2025 Dealmakers of the Year.

       

Blender Battle: Vitamix Accuses Rival Brand of Trademark Infringement

Mon, 2025-03-24 13:50
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