"The underlying complaint alleges that as a result of Dello Russo's faulty workmanship during renovations, the building partially collapsed, requiring the demolition of the remaining structure. In other words, the underlying complaint alleges that Dello Russo's negligence caused an accident. Accordingly, the claims against Dello Russo allege 'property damage' caused by an 'occurrence,'" the court said.

Judge Leonie Brinkema's 30 years on the bench have featured a few significant antitrust cases.

"Long ago, I learned that I can't be happy if I can't be my authentic self. ... I focused on being myself, and eventually people got comfortable with me," said Nona Lee, who rose to the heights in the white, male-dominated world of professional sports.

"We do not intend to pursue rulemaking allowing the use of CBD in dietary supplements or conventional foods," FDA principal deputy commissioner Janet Woodcock said Friday.

Experts see both current and future applications for generative AI in legal work. These largely relate to replacing tedious work to boost productivity.

Haynes was a long-time volunteer with the WSBA and often traveled to attend meetings and conferences. She charged some WSBA-related volunteer expenses to one law firm's credit card without prior authorization from the firm but failed to promptly notify and reimburse the law firm when she received direct reimbursement from the WSBA for those expenses, the court said.

"In deciding whether to complete this year's statistical survey, we asked U.S. News to make this information available to students free of charge," Dan Takaji said in his announcement. "Unfortunately, U.S. News has not committed to do that" so "[w]e see little reason to devote our resources to completing this lengthy survey so it can sell the information back to prospective students."

Graham, who writes Law.com's Skilled in the Art briefing on intellectual property, made his mark as a keen observer of appellate arguments and mentored generations of ALM journalists.

Attorneys with Susman Godfrey, Merritt Law, and the Civil Rights Clinic of Georgetown Law are bringing additional allegations against the Fairfax County School Board and the Virginia Department of Education on behalf of families with students with disabilities, alleging that the school system was complicit in ensuring students did not receive the necessary services, according to the amended complaint filed Jan. 20.

"If an activist does buy into a company, the company should seek to meaningfully engage with the activist, rather than ignoring them or dismissing them out of hand," the law firm Herbert Smith Freehills said in a client briefing.

"Even though at times hard to hear or read, everything Prof. Wax is accused of saying finds support in social science research and other empirically based sources and has been expressed by various critics and commentators all over the country and the world," Wax's attorney, David Shapiro, wrote in the grievance.

A New Mexico jury hit Public Underwriters Liability Insurance Company with $52 million in punitive damages, finding the insurer violated the Unfair Practices Act in an insurance bad faith case after a decade of litigation.

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"Contrary to the unfortunate remarks of Dr. Brackney and her attorney, the decision was made by a respected and experienced United States District Court Judge, who considered a lawsuit of 73 pages with over 150 pages of exhibits containing facts set forth in 11 counts against 11 defendants and determined that no plausible claims had been stated," said attorney for the defendants, David Patrick Corrigan of Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman, of Richmond, Virginia.

Plaintiffs suing over combat earplugs filed a brief on Wednesday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to affirm an Aug. 26 bankruptcy decision not to extend a Chapter 11 case's automatic stay to include the debtor's parent corporation, 3M.

Two licensed Virginia attorneys brought their fight over a contingency fee in a civil litigation case before the Virginia Court of Appeals.

That rule requires an insurer to defend all claims brought against an insured if at least one claim falls within the scope of the insurer's duty to defend, but the appeals said it "makes little sense" to extend that concept beyond the insurance context.

But consultancy ODDS Legal found that general counsel based in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru still require assistance on complex matters such as compliance, privacy and ESG.

"The World's First Robot Lawyer" has announced the discontinuance of all "non-consumer legal rights products" effective immediately.

Legal tech layoffs often stay under the radar, but there is good reason for it—revealing a large staffing cut can cause a company a significant financial hit.