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Former DOJ Leaders, Big Law Attorneys Sign Brief Opposing 'Retaliatory' Prosecution of Comey

Tue, 2025-10-28 13:23

Roughly a third of the list includes lawyers from large firms and top boutiques. Many others include former judges and law school professors.

       

Parameters of Legal Relationship Between Co-Lenders for Film Production

Tue, 2025-10-28 10:32

An “agreement between lenders (ABL) to help co-fund a film production is a common vehicle for sharing financial risk. But what happens when a legal dispute arises between a film-production senior lender who has provided a larger loan amount than a junior lender who has loaned less?

       

Read the Filing: 'Fatally Marred': Sullivan & Cromwell Lawyers File Appeal of Trump's Criminal Conviction

Tue, 2025-10-28 09:10

The submission to the midlevel New York appellate court comes as Trump's legal team battles to remove the state court case to federal court. Trump was convicted of business records felonies in 2024 in Manhattan, prior to his re-election to the presidency.

       

READ THE FILING: Sullivan & Cromwell Files Appeal of Trump's Criminal Conviction

Tue, 2025-10-28 09:10

The submission to the mid-level New York appellate court comes as Trump's legal team battles to remove the state court case to federal court. Trump was convicted of business records felonies in 2024 in Manhattan, prior to his re-election to the presidency.

       

HSF Kramer Hits Cleary for Newly Minted Chief AI Officer

Tue, 2025-10-28 07:13

The role signals a growing appetite to formalise AI onboarding.

       

Best of WIPL Webcast: Legal & the Business

Tue, 2025-10-28 07:11

This “Best Of webcast provides proven strategies for collaborating with finance, M&A trends, and post-merger pitfalls.

       

Ohio Small Business Accuses TikTok, NFL and Fanatics of Scheming to Monopolize Sports Collectibles

Tue, 2025-10-28 00:16

BigPapa Breaks alleges that because the NFL is one of Fanatics' owners, it's incentivized to help the retail giant knock independent sellers out of the multibillion-dollar market.

       

US Senate Confirms Trump's Fourth Appellate Court Judge Pick of Second Term

Mon, 2025-10-27 20:25

The U.S. Senate voted 52-46 along party lines to confirm Rebecca Taibleson as a judge on the US. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Taibleson is a former Kirkland & Ellis associate and law clerk to two U.S. Supreme Court justices.

       

Government Asks Supreme Court to Allow Trump's Firing of Copyright Chief

Mon, 2025-10-27 19:00

The administration on Monday asked the high court to reverse a decision by an appellate panel to allow Shira Perlmutter to resume her duties as head of the U.S. Copyright Office.

       

Trump Considers Unprecedented Move: Going to Supreme Court Arguments

Mon, 2025-10-27 18:28

"I might go there," he said recently. "I really believe I have an obligation to go there."

       

DOJ Halts $16M Fraud Case After Defense Alleges Prosecutorial Misconduct

Mon, 2025-10-27 18:20

"This was a really super tenuous case to begin with," a Dykema Gossett criminal defense attorney for defendant Hoau-Yan Wang said after the U.S. Department of Justice voluntarily dismissed an indictment in Maryland federal court charging Wang with defrauding the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

       

Small, Skeptical, and Boosting Billable-Hour Revenue with AI

Mon, 2025-10-27 17:07

In a recent law.com video podcast, Williams & Finkbine managing partner Arnold Finkbine lays out how and why his law firm's AI caution became AI confidence.

       

From AI Anxiety to Bigger Billables

Mon, 2025-10-27 16:59

Williams & Finkbine managing partner Arnold Finkbine talks about his firm's AI journey from resisting AI to using it to drive efficiency and revenue.

       

Trump War on Cartels Has Companies in Latin America Scrambling for Advice

Mon, 2025-10-27 15:56

The financial industry in particular is looking for guidance from firms like Sullivan & Cromwell on how to avoid punitive actions in the U.S.

       

Fannie Mae GC Latest to Exit as New Board Chair Overhauls Leadership Team

Mon, 2025-10-27 15:17

Departing GC Danielle McCoy called her 19 years at Fannie Mae "the privilege of a lifetime."

       

Here's How Three Florida Law Schools Are Embracing AI in the Classroom

Mon, 2025-10-27 14:58

Patricia S. Abril, the interim dean of University of Miami's School of Law, says a new optional application question asking potential students to design an AI prompt is a way to take the technology "out of the shadows, because we know that it's there anyway.”

       

Deluge of New Data Sources Ratchets Up Risks for Legal Departments

Mon, 2025-10-27 14:41

"Traditional workflows are no longer sufficient to manage the volume, variety and velocity of modern data," according to a new report from FTI Consulting.

       

How I Founded a Law Firm: 'Find a Niche and Get Great at It,' Says Tom D'Amore of D'Amore Law Group

Mon, 2025-10-27 10:59

"I wish more young lawyers would ask about building a sustainable practice, not just winning cases. My advice? Find a niche and get great at it. Don't spread yourself thin trying to dip your toes in every practice area. Join organizations, go to events, get on committees. The work you do outside the courtroom, networking, mentoring, leading, that's what helps build a long-term, meaningful career."

       

Making the Leap: Practical Guidance for Migrating to RelativityOne

Mon, 2025-10-27 10:48

The transition from on-premise e-discovery systems to a cloud-native platform like RelativityOne is now at the heart of legal technology strategy for organizations racing to modernize discovery, compliance, and client service. While the promise of greater scalability, automated upgrades, and advanced analytics is motivating, a RelativityOne migration is a journey, rich in both complexity and opportunity.

       

'Fortifier and Formula Are Different Products:' Judge Sides With Abbott in Infant Formula Case

Mon, 2025-10-27 10:39

The court said D.B.'s parents could not meet the threshold for a product liability claim under Louisiana's Products Liability Act because their suggested alternative, a supplement added to human-milk-based produced by Prolacta, could not be feasibly produced on a large scale, mainly due to lack of donor supply, ethical issues and high costs.

       

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