The risks and costs for corporate defendants increase substantially if a plaintiff's civil RICO claims survive a motion to dismiss, according to Martin Weinstein, a Cadwalader partner who said the U.S. Supreme Court's April 2025 decision allowing a civil RICO lawsuit to proceed against a CBD producer may encourage plaintiffs to file civil RICO claims in cases alleging predicate acts of wire fraud.

       

"Even under the 'narrowest' test for determining whether a claim is for a 'personal injury tort,' assault and battery clearly constitute personal injury torts," said Judge Cynthia A. Norton, who authored the opinion.

       

The Supreme Court has been deferential toward President Donald Trump's crackdowns in Democratic-led cities. Its latest test involves his deployment of 700 troops to Chicago.

       

“I think it is easier to get arrested, convicted of murder, and sentenced to death in this state than it is to actually get disciplined for a [case running] bar violation, Darl Champion told the Daily Report. “I've heard of people saying they've submitted audio recordings of somebody using a runner, mentioning the name of the firm and then getting dismissed [they] didn't even get past the grievance stage.

       

“Getting a seat at the table isn't enough, Lynn said. “You need a seat at the table early. Because that's when the gaps start—when your male counterpart gets a deposition in year two and you don't until year four."

       

ManpowerGroup dismissed Shannon Kobylarczyk less than 24 hours after the Milwaukee Brewers fan was captured on video telling a Latino Los Angeles Dodgers fan, "You know what, let's call ICE."

       

Some background and practice tips from U.S. District Judges Casey Pitts, Eumi Lee and Noe l Wise, who took part in a Federal Bar Association panel earlier this month alongside their colleagues Trina Thompson and Araceli Marti nez-Olgui n, who sit in San Francisco.

       

The landscape for discretionary denials at PTAB is evolving quickly; both patent challengers and owners must adapt their strategies to ensure they are not left behind by the USPTO's new approach.

       

When pushing out lawyers, law firms often keep their website profiles online so they can get another job, but some believe this could lead to ethical and insurer scrutiny.

       

“This new studio is part of ASU Law's bold initiative to reimagine legal education for the AI era, a mission that deeply resonates with me, new program director Sean Harrington wrote on LinkedIn.

       

"This lawsuit was filed with maximum press fanfare and the promise of proving up an egregious series of misrepresentations," wrote OpenAI's counsel at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Morrison & Foerster in the motion.

       

“[T]he President is entitled, and indeed, duty-bound, to evaluate the entire context of events leading up to a decision to invoke [10 U.S.C.] Section 12406 as part of the constitutional command to 'take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed,'" the appeals court stated.

       

The defense attorney said in a statement that his client was hesitant to take the case to trial because “the subject of cryptocurrency is unfamiliar to most—including a jury—and often thought to be wrought with fraud and wrongdoing.

       

If the Third Circuit upholds the ruling by Brann, that would set up a conflict with a 2022 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, United States v. Arthrex, giving the case a straight path to the U.S. Supreme Court.        

The deal—the largest copyright class action settlement in history—“provides value in prompt closure, Alsup wrote. “It avoids a prolonged, complex, and expensive trial—and all ensuing appeals.

       

President Donald Trump ordered the prosecution of James Comey in retaliation for the former FBI director's criticisms, his lawyers said in a motion asking a federal judge to dismiss the indictment for alleged vindictive prosecution from an interim U.S. attorney that in another motion, they said is serving in the role unlawfully.

       

"[T]here is no good faith basis to claim a 'conflict' between Mr. Comey and his counsel, much less a basis to move to disqualify lead defense counsel," former FBI Director James Comey's expanded defense team wrote in a brief responding to allegations federal prosecutors raised in court documents alleging Comey used his lead attorney to improperly disclose classified information.

       

In announcing the hiring of James Canafax as chief legal officer on Monday, the company made no reference to Shahram Ghasemian, whom it had hired for the role in June.

       

"Focus on strategic vision, people, leadership and operational excellence."

       

Seattle U. Law is launching the Central Washington Hybrid Hub Pipeline Initiative through a five-year grant from AccessLex Institute.