Deal volume remains down, but several larger deals have helped bolster overall numbers.

Ivan Fong, 63, was one of the highest-proifile GCs to sign an amicus brief supporting Perkins Coie's legal challenge of President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm.

Heather Gerken, Yale Law School's first woman dean, is stepping down after serving as dean for eight years to become president of the Ford Foundation.

Democracy Forward is deepening its appellate expertise with recent DOJ and Big Law attorneys at a time when the Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal will be central in the legal battles over Trump administration policies.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act into law, effective Jan. 1, 2026. But federal legislation currently being considered by Congress might override state AI regulations.

"Harvard is far from indifferent on this issue and strongly disagrees with the government's findings," Harvard spokesperson Jason Newton said.

Organizations in mainland Europe and the Middle East and Africa are recording higher investment in AI than the U.S., according to Thomson Reuters' 2025 Future of Professionals report.

The ruling has implications for more than 70,000 inactive licensees in California.

The U.S. Institute of Peace seeks emergency intervention from the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit after a three-judge panel granted a stay allowing President Donald Trump's USIP firings to proceed pending appeal.

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court asked the U.S. Solicitor General to file a brief in a Roundup case.

John Goldberg will become the Morgan and Helen Chu Dean of Harvard Law School effective immediately, after serving as interim dean of HLS since March 2024.

Mark West, who served as dean of Michigan Law for 10 years—the maximum allowable term—will join Washington as provost and visiting law professor.

Scott Wise's arrival gives Crowell "a perspective virtually no other outside counsel can offer," said Dj Wolff, co-chair of the firm's international trade group.

“The SEC wants to lay out a path where players in the industry can issue tokens, can trade tokens and build products off of those tokens with clear guidelines on what's permitted and what isn't, said Arlo Devlin-Brown, a partner at Treanor Devlin Brown.

Hogan Lovells, Husch Blackwell, Dechert, Cooley, ArentFox Schiff, Morrison & Foerster, and Crowell & Moring announced D.C.-based partner and of counsel hires this past week.

A lawyers' union official said that state courts could face overwhelming impacts. But the Office of Court Administration spokesman said judiciary leaders were in touch with all sides and that the court system would remain open.

“Don't look at this as a win for the tech companies. This is at best guidance for the plaintiffs," said Jason L. Haas, a partner at Ervin Cohen & Jessup.

Under the order, instead of the prior obligations imposed under EO 11246, federal contracts and grants will now be required to include a clause mandating that the contractor or grant recipient agrees that they are in compliance “with applicable federal anti-discrimination laws. The order notes that such a certification is a term “material to the government's payment decisions for purposes of the FCA.

The justices said they will hear an appeal from Cox Communications over a copyright ruling that could it expose it to up to $1 billion in damages to the music industry.

"Realize that you cannot change the world in a day. I think this is especially true in the context of a law firm where you really need to develop consensus and buy-in from your fellow partners."