Nokia is suing Acer for patent infringement over use of its video technology. It claims it has tried to negotiate in good faith with Acer to license its technology since 2018 but to no avail.

Syme, a former trial attorney in the Antitrust Division, joins as a partner in DiCello Levitt's Antitrust and Competitive Litigation Practice Group. She is based in New York.

Firms that have cut deals with the president might reasonably believe that the backlash would be brief, relative to the timelines of their firm histories. So how long is Big Law's memory?

When the SEC issues the next annual enforcement report for fiscal year 2025, we expect securities offering actions and investment adviser actions will almost certainly be up, and the “crypto and “cyber cases will almost certainly be down. Public statements by the new SEC administration have said as much, but even more telling than public statements are the allocation of limited enforcement resources.

The justices lifted a federal court order requiring six U.S. agencies to begin reinstating approximately 16,000 probationary workers who were terminated amid President Donald Trump's push to reduce the federal workforce.

“The administration announced this move, like it did at the SEC, as part of its overall push to return enforcement to investigations and cases that harm retail investors, said Scott Armstrong, a principal at McGovern Weems and a former federal prosecutor who served as senior leadership in cases involving cryptocurrencies.

“The U.S. News rankings are so arbitrary as to have no meaning to me anymore, Dave Killoran, CEO of Powerscore Test Preparation, told Law.com. “[Harvard Law School] at six?

During a post-trial motion hearing, Los Angeles Judge Robert Draper engaged in a soliloquy about Black football players and miscegenation.

In a 5-4 ruling Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a D.C. federal judge's order blocking the Trump administration from invoking the Alien Enemies Act to deport suspected members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

Under Massachusetts Rule 68 of Civil Procedure, defendants may offer a settlement agreement to avoid trial expenses and protracted litigation. However, if a plaintiff rejects the offer but recovers less at trial, legal costs and attorney fees cannot be recovered after the date of the proposal, according to Suffolk County Superior Justice Anthony M. Campo Jr.

“The facts of this case thus present the potential for a disturbing loophole: namely that the government could whisk individuals to foreign prisons in violation of court orders and then contend, invoking its Article II powers, that it is no longer their custodian, and there is nothing that can be done," wrote Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III.

Letters to both Sullivan & Cromwell and Kirkland probe potential recruitment efforts by the firms looking to poach talent or clients from Paul Weiss.

Investment giant is the latest to tone-down mention of DEI, which the Trump administration says can violate federal anti-discrimination laws.

As major law firms strike agreements with U.S. President Donald Trump, the rank and file of the legal industry is growing increasingly unhappy, writes The Global Lawyer. Should Big Law be worried?

“With each new Supreme Court expansive ruling, defendants are raising demands for arbitration in many more state and federal cases than ever before, Adam Moskowitz, the managing partner at the Moskowitz Law Firm, said, referring to a larger trend surrounding a pending ruling.

The Supreme Court will try to resolve a deep split over whether the Sixth Amendment guarantees the right for trial counsel to confer with their clients about testimony-related issues during an overnight recess.

Appellate attorney Tom Goldstein faces up to 30 years in prison if a criminal trial jury convicts him on the most serious white-collar felony in the 22-count indictment.

“I do not appreciate being misled, Justice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels scolded Jerome Dewald, who attempted to present his arguments via the phony individual.

Speaking at a Bet Tzedek fundraiser last week, former Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff said he urged Willkie Farr & Gallagher leaders not to negotiate with the White House to fend off an executive order.

Immunovant Inc. is accused of discriminatory hiring due to the use of artificial intelligence in the hiring process. But one legal observer said the AI claims are not well-supported and might have been included simply to attract attention.