Brussels is a goldmine for law firms targeting EU regulatory work, but the gap between winners and wannabes is stark. Some firms have expanded while their competitors languish with skeleton crews.

       

LeClairRyan's failed experiment with UnitedLex was a "lifetime" ago, according to one observer. Since then, existential changes to the legal industry have created an environment where firms are ready to take chances.

       

In a Tuesday report, retired U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson, acting as special master, recommended most of the 39 experts should be allowed in the talc multidistrict litigation against Johnson & Johnson.

       

Lindsey Halligan's expired service as interim U.S. attorney of the Eastern District of Virginia raises questions over whether the U.S. Department of Justice has a live case or controversy to continue its pending appeal seeking to revive criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey, according to legal experts.

       

Letter From London: Not every firm needs a merger, but for some, 2026 may be the year the conversation turns serious.

       

A federal judge on Wednesday partly denied the American Bar Association's motion to dismiss the American Alliance for Equal Rights' lawsuit over the ABA's diversity scholarship.

       

“Though immigrants comprise roughly 15% of the U.S. population, they account for a quarter of all patents and almost 30% of our Nation's recent Nobel Prize winners in the sciences, one amicus brief filed Tuesday states, adding that “the cancellation of Harvard's student visa program, if allowed to stand, will disrupt this pipeline of talent and inflict profound harms—both short and long term.

       

Only one international firm, U.K.-headquartered Clifford Chance, ranks in the top 10 of firms advising on the 330 active listing applications.

       

Appellate lawyers are watching closely for lower court decisions on the availability of universal relief under the Administrative Procedure Act.

       

Plaintiffs have accused Pump.Fun of enabling an online intimidation campaign against lawyers, raising questions about platform accountability and the limits of legal protections for digital speech.

       

The court found Under Armour's allegedly misleading public financial forecasts and accounting practices were a single claim—not two—under the policy.

       

"Florida's Constitution is not for sale, and we will not allow a mega marijuana corporation to hijack our state's governing document," Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said in a Tuesday press releasing targeting Smart & Safe Florida, the group fighting to get a referendum on recreational cannabis on Florida's 2026 ballot.

       

"Ultimately, a reasonable factfinder considering all the evidence could find that there is a likelihood of consumer confusion," the court said. "People in the 21st century expect accurate labels. We—mostly—no longer live in the world of quack doctors, snake oil salesmen and covered wagon medicine shows."

       

The justices appeared skeptical of the Trump administration's claim that the president's firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook cannot be reviewed in court, suggesting that would undermine the historical independence of the central bank.

       

A three-judge panel held that the Sustainability Institute and other nonprofits' claims that the grant terminations violated the Administrative Procedure Act are essentially contractual in nature and therefore belong in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims under the Tucker Act.

       

The much-anticipated decision in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, filed on June 17 and argued on Nov. 5, is whether the IEEPA authorizes the President to impose tariffs. But if the court strikes down the tariffs, what does that mean for importers who have collectively paid more than $200 billion in 2025?        

The state's high court ruled in September that plaintiffs suing over job postings that fail to include a salary range do not have to be "bona fide" candidates for the positions.

       

Manhattan federal judge Paul Engelmayer said the request from U.S. Reps. Ro Khanna, D-California, and Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky, "raised legitimate concerns" but that he had no authority to appoint a special master or independent monitor.

       

“These are people you deploy into ugly, complex, high-pressure situations. It's SEAL Team 6," said Elizabeth Smith, a recruiter in Major, Lindsey & Africa's interim talent practice.

       

The firm's First Amendment and free expression practice group will be co-chaired by Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., Katie Townsend and Connor Sullivan, who have collaborated on a number of high-profile cases.