The Atlanta-based midsize firm is adding new partners in New York and Florida to help clients adjust to policy changes.

       

The appellate court concluded that Safehouse, an injection site that seeks to provide overdose prevention services, was protected under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the free exercise clause, following years of litigation with the government.

       

A dozen lawsuits have been filed over spinal cord stimulators, which are medical devices surgically implanted to reduce chronic back pain. The suits name device manufacturers, such as Abbott and Medtronic, but also the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

       

The FCC's approval came amid speculation that Paramount's CBS subsidiary went to extraordinary lengths to appease the Trump administration to gain the governmental OK.

       

“How should managing partners be spending their time? one firm chair asked aloud during a recent group discussion. “I think they should spend it talking to their partners.

       

The majority concluded that only one local government is authorized to impose a 3% sales tax on all retail sales of non-medical marijuana sold within that political subdivision.

       

A recent move from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture may end up giving the term 'ultraprocessed foods' some more weight, with the agencies announcing Wednesday that they are working to create a federally recognized definition of ultra-processed foods.

       

Private investment advisers have served as an entry point into U.S. markets for foreign investors using illicit finance associated with fraud, tax evasion and corruption, according to a 2024 Treasury Department report. Investors from Russia and China have invested through venture capital firms in particular to obscure ownership of U.S. assets, the report stated.

       

“Whether the disclosures were the acts of a disgruntled, recently-terminated employee or of a dutiful public servant, McCarty knowingly disclosed client information in violation of his sworn duty of confidentiality. No matter how noteworthy his disclosure may have been, it does not justify violating his sacred duty to his client," the state high court said.

       

Sources estimated that the cost of litigating against the Trump administration may be $5 million or more in a year. And litigating an appeal may be $500,000 per month.

       

A new Gartner survey of risk leaders found that corporate executives' tendency to optimize costs during uncertain economic times could make matters worse.

       

Elsewhere, in western New York, U.S. District Judge Frank Geraci declined to "open the floodgates" to intervenors in a previous, similar lawusit, saying the New York Civil Libertarian Union's slate of clients' “informed, unique perspectives on the purpose and benefits of sanctuary policies could be sufficiently raised in amici briefs to the court.

       

It's unclear whether the errors were generated by artificial intelligence. But the mistakes brought to mind the criticism faced by attorneys who have filed AI-generated documents in court that were found to contain inaccuracies.

       

"We are very proud of this landmark settlement which will transform the lives of college athletes and bring them tens of billions of dollars in damages and future benefits," Jeffrey Kessler, co-executive chairman of Winston & Strawn, said of the antitrust class-action settlement providing $2.576 billion in compensation to college athletes for their name, image and likeness and nearly $500 million in fee awards to class counsel.

       

"Without the former Chair or her staff providing any detailed justification based around safety/security, logistical constraints or the availability of other transportation options submitted for review, it became difficult to determine whether their actions caused the agency to incur higher costs than necessary," the Office of the Inspector General said in a report.

       

On the same day, U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman of the Southern District of Florida will retire from the bench.

       

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Many law firms are fixated on insuring they choose the right service provider. Granted the right partner is important, however it's not the service provider you select; it's how that service provider is managed that determines success.

       

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While there are existing legal frameworks, CMcMurrough and Fein said, companies can prepare by examining their posture for dealing with particular types of risks.