“The President may determine his policy priorities and instruct his agents to make funding decisions based on them," Chief Judge Albert Diaz wrote. “Whether that's sound policy or not isn't our call. We ask only whether the policy is unconstitutionally vague for funding recipients.

On Friday, the New Jersey Appellate Division reversed Atlantic County Superior Judge John Porto's 2024 decision not to disqualify Beasley Allen from lawsuits tying Johnson & Johnson's talc products to ovarian cancer.

Large law firms were settling into 2026 on a high note. But, as events in the last week show, nothing is certain.

Four large law firms targeted by EOs last year will have their oral arguments on the same day and before the same appeals panel as a separate case involving Mark Zaid.

Jonathan Kuai assumed his first nonlegal responsibilities in 2015, when the company promoted him from deputy GC to GC and managing director of ESG and business affairs.

Former Utah running back Devin Green says the school ended his scholarship midyear, forcing his withdrawal, based on “fear, stereotypes and misconceptions about diabetes.

The removal of Julie T. Le from her special assignment at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota is comparable to the 2025 termination of Erez Reuveni, the whistleblowing attorney who previously represented Trump administration defendants in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia habeas case in Maryland federal court, according to legal observers.

Scott Barshay, along with Brad Karp, helped transform Paul Weiss. Their leadership styles are radically different.

The firms that will thrive when it comes to the adoption of AI will not be those with the most tools or the most prompts. They will be the ones with clear standards, defined human ownership and a dedicated AI partner able to turn raw generation into reliable, high%E2%80%91value content.

"The role requires skills across several areas, which is part of what makes it challenging. Having a co-leader helps because we balance one another's strengths and weaknesses. But above everything, you must be able to communicate, engage with people, and support them. Leadership is fundamentally about people—the rest can be learned."

Ultimately, the two exchanged notes on several subjects not yet fully detailed in media reports to date—including Epstein's own legal issues.

A federal jury in Arizona awarded the $8.5 million on Thursday to Jaylynn Dean, who alleged her Uber driver raped her on a ride in 2023.

At a news conference Tuesday that was livestreamed on Instagram, attorney Ben Crump called on California Attorney General Rob Bonta to investigate the Dec. 31 shooting death of Keith Porter Jr. at the hands of an off-duty ICE agent.

Mobile discovery has reached an inflection point. Courts spent 2024 handing out sanctions for two opposite failures: failing to preserve mobile data and collecting far too much of it. Litigants now face a genuine discovery double bind, including being punished for being careless and being punished again for being overly aggressive. That push-pull (collect more vs. collect less) is shaping the 2025 e-discovery landscape more than any technical development or new tool.

We'll now see if another year of Big Law chaos—from perpetual free agency moves to the unforeseeable—turns curiosity into something much more.

Florida lawmakers are considering bills that would loosen stablecoin regulations, invest state funds in crypto, regulate kiosks and expand the jurisdiction of courts over digital asset disputes.

An insurance dispute over out-of-network medical payments between a California hospital and a Blue Cross Blue Shield insurer will partially move forward, an Illinois federal judge held Tuesday.

One key change was the organization stopped paying board members.

The entire group consists of litigation partners, including a former chair of firmwide business litigation at Perkins Coie, David Perez.

In Scott Barshay, the Paul Weiss chairmanship gets someone who “has widely been seen as [Brad Karp's] successor and also widely seen as the power behind the power in recent years, noted one market observer.