"There remain many open legal questions, including key fraud and abuse questions and a host of related regulatory consideration.s and complications," King & Spalding attorneys wrote in a note to clients.

A federal judge refused to block Nevada regulators from pursuing a state enforcement action against Coinbase Financial Markets Inc., rejecting the crypto exchange's bid for emergency relief and declining to intervene in what she described as an ongoing matter of state law.

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On Oct. 7, Bryan Bedford's deadline to divest his Republic Airways stock, he requested a 60-day extension, saying “demands on my time stemming from his work as FAA administrator "created an unusual hardship."

"Chandler's conduct was not so reprehensible that it warrants a punitive damages award that is more than eight times the amount previously awarded in excessive force/wrongful death cases in this circuit," U.S. Magistrate Judge Shirley Padmore Mensah said.

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Sudden leadership changes are “unsettling. New law firm leaders aim to stress continuity and strategy to clients and partners alike to build a stable foundation for the future.

"We found out about the merger on December 18th with Hogan, and we knew there was a conflict," Iovieno said in an interview.

"I think it's essential to show up as a leader well before you actually hold the title. In other words, preempt the promotion you're seeking by taking on leadership roles within your firm. (...) You want to demonstrate concretely to your firm's senior partners that you have the skills, the drive, the vision and tenacity to be a leader."

The resignation of Brad Karp as chairman of Paul Weiss demonstrates that the star culture associated with some U.S. law firms comes with risks, writes The Global Lawyer.

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation said it makes sense in terms of efficiency and practicality to centralize more than 20 cases currently pending in district courts in the federal court in San Francisco.

From 2005-24, a period including Karp's chairmanship beginning in 2008, the firm's growth in revenue, RPL and PEP well outpaced the Am Law 100 field.

A female former Blank Rome associate accused the firm of failing to "appropriately respond" after she reported a male associate at the firm sexually assaulted her.

Delivery drivers accuse FedEx of using third-party hiring agencies to misclassify workers as independent contractors.

“This historic settlement follows the court's ruling that the agency officially violated FOIA, Paul Grewal, the chief legal officer at Coinbase who backed History Associates Inc., said on social media.

U.S. District Judge William G. Young said the Suffolk County Superior Court will have to decide whether an employment class action can continue against Deloitte Consulting.

The California Legal Awards 2026 are now open for nominations.

“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.