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Inside Track: Smart Companies Will Pass on Trump's Invitation to Bribe

Fri, 2025-02-14 14:02

"Companies must maintain their compliance commitments—notwithstanding any pause in enforcement by a single enforcement agency,” Paul Hastings advised clients this week.

       

Davis Polk's Leor Landa on Wild Times in Fund Formation

Fri, 2025-02-14 13:52

The expansion of private credit and increased private equity hold times have led to a surge in creative solutions to get capital back to investors.

       

Read the Order: US Judge Grants TRO Restraining Trump's Gender-Affirming Care EOs

Fri, 2025-02-14 13:42

U.S. District Judge Brendan Hurson's 14-day temporary restraining order prohibits the White House from "conditioning or withholding federal funding based on the fact that a healthcare entity or health professional provides gender affirming medical care to a patient" aged 18 or younger.

       

Australian Judge Bans Use of Gen AI for Affidavits, Witness Statements

Fri, 2025-02-14 12:47

Statements should reflect a person's knowledge, not AI-generated content, judge says.

       

Powerful Shareholder-Advisory Firm Abandons Push to Diversify Corporate Boards

Fri, 2025-02-14 12:35
Institutional Shareholder Services' retreat on DEI follows decisions by BlackRock and Vanguard to deemphasize the issue.
       

Florida Federal Judge Sanctions Attorney in Litigation Against DaBaby

Fri, 2025-02-14 12:33

In a 65-page order, U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez found that “counsel's conduct causes the court to seriously question whether the attorney “should be appearing before any court in our district or state.

       

'All Firms Are Vulnerable,' Even Historically Impenetrable Ones, in the Modern Hiring Market

Fri, 2025-02-14 05:59

Data shows Wachtell, Gunderson and Sullivan & Cromwell have lost few partners in recent years.

       

Administrative Head of NY Judiciary Presents $3B Spending Plan, Addresses ICE Access to Courthouses

Thu, 2025-02-13 23:58

New York Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas' spending plan for fiscal 2026 asks for $3 billion, to return the system to 2009 staffing levels. Zayas also addressed concerns about ICE detainment on court grounds, and judicial security.

       

Federal Court Evaluates Constitutionality of School's Transgender Policy Prohibiting Parental Notice

Thu, 2025-02-13 23:52

“Here, the constitutional questions raised by Landerer's substantive and procedural due process claims are not beyond debate, as shown by the various courts that addressed the same issue in differing manners, but ultimately reaching the conclusion that policies not requiring notice of a student's requested gender pronoun is not violative of the Constitution, U.S. District Judge Jennifer P. Wilson said.

       

Klarna Among the Latest E-Commerce Sites Hit With Suit Over Marketing Commissions

Thu, 2025-02-13 23:46
This action was surfaced by Law.com Radar, which delivers real-time alerting on new litigation across more than 2,600 state and federal courts. Click here to get started and be first to act on opportunities in your region, practice area or client sector.        

Authenticity In an AI World

Thu, 2025-02-13 23:45

In today's digitally connected world, we have unparalleled tools at our disposal to connect with target audiences. But with them comes a critical challenge: how to maintain authenticity, human intelligence and personal connection in a landscape increasingly dominated by algorithms, data and automation.

       

How I Made Practice Group Chair: 'Keep Listening and Keep Learning,' Says Pavan Agarwal of Foley & Lardner

Thu, 2025-02-13 22:59

"As much as you can, stay focused on the privilege of having the opportunity to work with an incredible team of people (lawyers and business professionals) and being so lucky that companies and individuals trust us to help them drive their business forward. Our colleagues want to do good for clients and the organization. I say keep listening and keep learning. Ask questions along the way."

       

Midtown or Buckhead? For Atlanta Law Firms, Neighborhood Preferences Are Shifting

Thu, 2025-02-13 22:12

New Class A space and proximity to interstates attract most Big Law firms to Midtown.

       

News Publishers Sue AI Firm Cohere, Alleging Copyright and Trademark Violations

Thu, 2025-02-13 21:04

The suit filed by a coalition of news publishers from the U.S., the U.K. and Canada say Cohere's AI products regurgitate near-verbatim stories in real time and invent false stories that are wrongly attributed to the newsrooms.

       

The Law Firm Disrupted: Arizona Merger Offers A Playbook To Strike Fear in Midsize Law Firms

Thu, 2025-02-13 18:07

An accounting firm with 2,100 employees across the U.S. has joined forces with a business law boutique. Now it can sell clients on the ability to solve business and legal challenges under one roof.

       

'Work There Will Dry Up': White-Collar Defense Practices Poised to See Slow Downs

Thu, 2025-02-13 17:52

Litigation and investigation partners are bracing for shifting demand after Trump's executive order pausing FCPA enforcement, among other policy changes.

       

White Man Claims Seattle Discriminated Against Him. Judge Disagreed

Thu, 2025-02-13 16:54

The ruling dismissing the reverse-discrimination claims comes just as employers brace for a new onslaught of DEI-based investigations and lawsuits from the federal government and private parties.

       

'Legal Frankenstein' Led to PCB Verdict, Monsanto Tells Washington Supreme Court

Thu, 2025-02-13 16:45

On Tuesday, Monsanto attorney Lauren Goldman of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher asked the Washington Supreme Court to overturn a jury's $185 million PCB verdict in 2021.

       

Disqualification Row Emerges in $2.8B Blue Cross Settlement as Opt-Out Deadline Approaches

Thu, 2025-02-13 16:38

March 4 is the deadline for health care providers to decide whether or not they want to stay in a proposed settlement with Blue Cross Blue Shield for $2.8 billion. Class counsel has filed motions to disqualify two law firms allegedly soliciting "opt outs" on behalf of providers to bring their own litigation.

       

Canadian Firms Dust Off Their COVID Playbook to Respond to Tsunami of Client Inquiries Over Tariffs

Thu, 2025-02-13 16:29

Lawyers are so busy dealing with anxious clients, it's “like drinking from a firehose, said one Dentons lawyer about the impact of a looming U.S.-Canada trade war.

       

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