Amazon.com filed a consumer protection and breach-of-contract lawsuit against Seller Central, based in New Mexico, operating as premiumsellers.com, in Washington Superior Court for King County over allegations of illegally brokering Amazon seller accounts. The action, brought by Davis Wright Tremaine, accuses the defendant of selling verified Amazon seller accounts for as much as $8,500 and providing fraudulent verification documents, helping bad actors evade Amazon's verification processes.        

"The trial court apparently believed that any risk to the class was resolved simply by precluding Chatman from serving as class counsel, without discussing the relationships between Chatman and the other attorneys named as class counsel. We disagree. Given the identified conflict involving Chatman, we cannot say it was reasonable to permit her law partner at the Community Lawyers firm, Wood, to remain as class counsel. Further, we are troubled that the court failed to conduct an adequate factual inquiry to assess whether the other attorneys could remain as class counsel, given their relationships with Chatman," Judge Aurelia Pucinski said.

       

"The state court decided that Zurek's agreement to arbitrate in 2020 did not apply to a claim that arose during the period governed by the 2022 [Platform Access Agreement] PAA. Instead, such a claim was governed solely by the 2022 arbitration provision, which was the subject of Zurek's 2022 opt-out. That was the exact issue before the district court," Lee said,

       

Squire Patton Boggs, K&L Gates, Akin, Ballard Partners and Arnold & Porter, among others, have pulled in six and seven-figure paychecks this year for their work in representing foreign entities.

       

If law firms are providing free legal services to government agencies as part of their deals with Trump, it could implicate a federal statute, with federal officials—but not the law firms—facing repercussions, several legal observers raised.

       

Process presents unique challenges and potential public exposure, underscoring importance of honesty, careful document preservation, and reliance on qualified legal counsel.

       

Even though the director of the law school's Public Defender Project is being laid off, the program will continue, according to the law school.

       

The MBE national mean scaled score for July was 142.4, 0.6 points higher as compared to the July 2024 mean of 141.8, according to NCBE's announcement.        

“Wax does not allege facts showing she was discriminated against because she was speaking on behalf of any protected class. She did not associate with any person or persons who were in a protected class. She did not support any protected class, Judge Timothy Savage of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania wrote in his 52-page opinion.

       

In a recent law.com video podcast, Blackstone Law associate Lara Heckman talks about how her firm's AI tools have made her a faster and more effective lawyer.

       

Announcing this year's honorees for the New Jersey Legal Awards, including finalists for two of the Law Journal's most prestigious awards: Attorney of the Year and Law Firm of the Year.

       

"There's no reason for us to accept the narrative that AI belongs to just a few people," said Benjamin Prud'homme, vice president of Mila, a Quebec-based AI research institute.

       

Wondering where everyone is right now? They're probably at home or abroad, thanks to one of several perks law firms are offering employees to ease the shift to more in-office days.

       

"So many lawyers want to talk first. But the most important part of communication—especially for a lawyer—is the ability to listen," Brown said.

       

The U.S. Transportation Department said the station is known more as a center for vagrancy than a hub for commerce and travel.

       

Elon Musk is "fighting for frontier land territory in the next [technology] war," Armstrong Teasdale partner Monte Mann said of the billionaire businessman's possible motive for having his social media and generative artificial intelligence companies file an antitrust complaint against Apple and OpenAI.

       

U.S. District Judge Jerry Blackwell allowed the U.S. Department of Justice to present oral arguments at a Sept. 29 dismissal hearing in class actions alleging price-fixing in the granulated sugar industry.

       

Blackstone Law associate Lara Heckman talks about how AI has made her a better and faster attorney despite initial skepticism.

       

“Simply put, subject to certain exceptions, an aggrieved individual must first exhaust any remedies within the administrative tribunal before seeking judicial relief, and the failure to exhaust is fatal to the plaintiff's lawsuit, Illinois Appellate Court Justice David W. Ellis said.

       

“If you had been updating your subscription model in anticipation of the click-to-cancel rule, your best course of action is to complete the play,
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough wrote in a note to clients.