The former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas would succeed J. Christopher Giancarlo at the helm of CFTC, which ever more is asserting its regulatory voice in the cryptocurrency arena.

Consumer Education Foundation's Laura Antonini says the EU's incorporation of "the loser pays principle, together with the new prohibition on contingency fees" in its class action proposal "slams shut the courthouse doors" for plaintiffs bringing "legitimate" cases.

Could the stars be aligning for a legislative compromise on patent eligibility? Or will the issue land at the Supreme Court in Berkheimer?

SEC Chairman Jay Clayton defends "no admit, no deny" settlements, state AGs are on the prowl, and scroll down for Who Got the Work. Thanks for reading!

Data privacy and cybersecurity attorneys interviewed Tuesday generally agreed that Equifax could have done more to prevent the 2017 data breach, but at least one prominent data privacy and data security lawyer said that the report was unfair because the government has done little to help protect U.S. companies and organizations from bad actors.

The successor to defunct ridesharing company Sidecar claims Uber lowered prices to eliminate competition from the market.

Judge S. James Otero reduced the award Trump and his attorneys requested by 25 percent. While finding the attorneys' rates reasonable, the judge noted that the amount of hours the firm spent on matters was "excessive."

“It wasn't intentional. It wasn't deliberate. And it wasn't reckless, the pilot's lawyer says. “Suspension is the appropriate sanction." A panel of D.C. Circuit judges Wednesday will hear the case.

What happens in Vegas leads to a lawsuit, which is claiming that the $378 million “relocation fee the Raiders paid the league acted as “supra-competitive cartel payments to owners of other teams.

The tech company's general counsel Dev Stahlkopf looks back on a decade of diversity initiatives with outside counsel.

Manafort's attorney said it made sense to continue their talks with the special counsel, suggesting they might be able to resolve some disagreements and head off a future court hearing.

"By all means, let's keep studying the issues, but that shouldn't hold us back from making the sensible decision to align the state's cut score with the rest of the nation," three law school deans wrote in a recent op-ed.

Jonathan Kobes' confirmation makes him Trump's second Eighth Circuit appointee to be confirmed, despite receiving a “not qualified rating from the American Bar Association.

In the hit song "Milly Rock," 2 Milly raps that he'll do the title dance move "on any block." But when it comes to video game avatars doing a similar move called "Swipe It," that's where the rapper is drawing a line.

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia's compensation fund for victims of childhood sexual abuse has been lauded by many as a step in the right direction for survivors who face long odds when it comes to getting their day in court. But several attorneys said they are concerned about the fund's impact on access to justice.

Sundar Pichai attended a Tuesday House Judiciary Committee on Google's data collection and privacy practices.

"Particularly for a question of this magnitude, the court may wish to wait for a vehicle in which all nine justices are likely to participate," Jeffrey Wall, the acting U.S. solicitor general, said in a brief in a case where newly confirmed Justice Brett Kavanaugh would recuse.

Insiders see plenty of reasons to expect Kirkland & Ellis to keep up its aggressive lateral hiring with Jon Ballis at the helm.

Leslie Caldwell, now at Latham & Watkins, has signed on to represent United Microelectronics Corp., the Taiwanese semiconductor maker charged with conspiring to steal trade secrets from a U.S. rival. Co-defendant Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co. Ltd. has brought on Morrison & Foerster.

There's more at stake than selling paperback copies of “The Grapes of Wrath or “Of Mice and Men to high school sophomores. Universal Studios had been interested in producing “East of Eden and DreamWorks wants to remake “Grapes of Wrath."