Just about everyone can access WhatsApp. It's what attracts international clients—and concerns attorneys.

       

District Judge Stanley Blumenfeld, who presides in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, dismissed the plaintiffs' individual claims on the merits with prejudice and the claims on behalf of the putative class without prejudice. The plaintiffs' counsel plans to appeal the judgment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

       

The case involved a clinical trial of Akero's only product, a drug candidate aimed at treating a liver disease. It's the second time U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has ordered dismissal.

       

If classified as a commodity, a token would be overseen by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission—which many in the crypto industry view as a more favorable regulator than the Securities and Exchange Commission.

       

It can take millions of dollars to mount a case against a utility company accused of starting a wildfire.

       

Burford, recognized as the world's largest player in litigation finance, is now looking to move beyond funding cases and make investments in managed service organizations formed by law firms.

       

Employment lawyers who reviewed the cases said the suits reflect the Trump administration's focuses on fighting religious discrimination and on opposing mandatory vaccinations. The COVID-19 vaccination suits could also be seen as a harbinger of a new approach to LGBTQ issues in the workplace, one lawyer said.

       

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, of the Northern District of California, ordered claims administrator Angeion to provide, in camera, its revenue-sharing agreement with prepaid card provider Blackhawk.

       

Four law schools have formed a course swapping system allowing its students to take online classes at the other three institutions.

       

"Anytime I have a bank client who's looking to sell, credit unions are now routinely part of the discussion," said Anton Moch, a shareholder of Winthrop & Weinstine in Minneapolis.

       

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On Tuesday, Tether, the world's largest issuer of stablecoins, announced it hired Bo Hines, a former White House cryptocurrency adviser under President Donald Trump, to help steer its U.S. strategy as the company seeks a stronger foothold in Washington.

       

Catherine Hanaway, a partner and former chair of the Am Law 100 firm, is headed back to government service after being appointed to serve as the state's next attorney general.

       

A focus on adding more competitive compensation rates has pushed expenses higher across the Golden State, Citi's Global Wealth at Work Law Firm Group found.

       

The lack of existing state-level precedent opens the door for states to employ novel and aggressive legal theories that increase risk and uncertainty for private actors. Businesses should respond by evaluating opportunities to leverage the more comprehensive body of federal law as persuasive authority for previously unresolved questions of state law.

       

"There's a real concern about institutional stability. If a firm you've invested in suddenly can't represent you because of outside pressure, that's a major problem for companies.”

       

Given Chapter 93A's broad statutory language, which invariably invites creative pleading and captures conduct that would otherwise fit imprecisely within common-law fraud, contract, or tort doctrines, Chapter 93A has become the most widely used statute in all of Massachusetts civil litigation.

       

"Dr. Bean's reliability is shot, and the proof is overwhelming," attorneys for Louisiana said of clinical psychologist Anthony Bean. Bean did not respond to Law.com's requests for comment.

       

One year on, and questions around the tragedy are no closer to being answered, neither is who could be liable—Law.com takes a look at the various strands of disputes and the counsel involved.

       

Mark Tate of the Tate Law Group and co-counsel Brent Savage of Savage Turner Pinckney Savage & Sprouse have five legal malpractice cases pending against Morgan & Morgan, with more claims in the works.