“Given this warning, the Court exercises its authority to modify the proposed class definition to exclude investors who suffered no compensable losses from the class, U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska ruled, pointing to a 2025 U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

       

"Don't just chase titles, chase what inspires you. Set clear goals, but stay open to how to achieve them. Passion, curiosity, and consistency matter more than a perfect plan. Stay connected to your industry. Read, learn, ask questions, leaders are always students first. The more you invest in your knowledge and stay engaged, the more naturally leadership opportunities will arise. Show up with purpose, and people will take notice."

       

The Fourth Circuit has asked for the government's opening brief by Oct. 22 and for the judges' response by Nov. 21.

       

As a Latham & Watkins partner, Makan Delrahim helped Skydance Media pull off its $8 billion acquisition of Paramount Global earlier this year. The merged company took the Paramount name.

       

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Pallas Partners founder and former Boies Schiller partner Natasha Harrison discusses her decision to go out on her own and what was necessary to make that happen.

       

The Good Law Project first accused the law firm in March this year.

       

"Bad-faith dealing by a company or its counsel can permanently damage a relationship with the DOJ, potentially impacting future interactions," Hughes Hubbard & Reed lawyers wrote in a note to clients.

       

Large law firms rode a strong 2024 on the back of broad demand and aggressive rate growth — but the model is wobbling. Expense pressure is up, realization risk is real, and AI is reshaping how clients assess value. Firms that treat their legal and client experience as structured data (and not as anecdotal story sharing at meetings) will plan faster, pitch smarter, cross-sell wider, bill more, and protect margins when market tailwinds fade.

       

"The charges as alleged in this case represent a breach of the public trust at an extraordinary level," President Donald Trump's newly appointed interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan of the Eastern District of Virginia said after securing an indictment charging former FBI Director James Comey with criminal offenses.

       

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit pushed back next month's oral arguments to Nov. 17 in the multidistrict litigation over acetaminophen after both sides submitted letters discussing Monday's announcement from President Donald Trump linking Tylenol to autism.

       

“To the extent a client holds substantial assets in crypto, lawyers should consider advising the client about these risks and how to address them, such as maintaining their holdings in a way that they are not visible on public blockchains," said Jared Lenow, a New York based partner at Friedman Kaplan who is not involved in the case.

       

The national class includes nearly 2.3 million members, potentially reaching damages of nearly $1.15 billion, as the TCPA provides a minimum of $500 per violation. The 27,000-member subclass could net a $13.544-million damages award under the same framework, according to Thomas A. Zimmerman Jr., one of the attorneys representing Anthony.

       

U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted preliminary approval to a $1.5 billion settlement resolving claims that Anthropic used authors' copyrighted works to train its AI chatbot Claude without consent. The deal is the largest copyright settlement ever, covering nearly 483,000 works and paying authors slightly more than $3,000 per infringed work.

       

Will Rosenzweig's firing over past anti-Trump posts sparked debate on politics, free speech, and the Department of Justice's independence.

       

Law firms are doing so well going into the fourth quarter that you wouldn't believe that some firms had existential crises earlier this year amid government upheaval.        

Paramount, which just did a big merger, now is mulling a bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, The Wall Street Journal reported.

       

Availability of top talent has been the driving force behind Simpson's D.C. office build, the firm said, as it sees less competition for top corporate talent here than in New York.

       

Mississippi College School of Law is the second law school to require first-year students to complete the Introduction to AI and the Law certification.

       

Henry Paulson, Alan Greenspan and other former high-ranking economic officials filed an amicus brief opposing President Donald Trump's request for permission to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook.

       

Under the pact, the company will refund $1.5 billion to customers and pay a $1 billion civil penalty the largest ever assessed for an FTC rule violation.