Lefkowitz counts two high-profile U.S. Supreme Court victories on behalf of the pharmaceutical industry as part of his legacy, but the recent release of the Epstein files has put a spotlight on his and Kirkland's work to secure a 2008 plea agreement for their client.

       

The settlement sheds light on what to expect from the EEOC under the Trump administration, where chair Andrea Lucas has vowed to use the agency's resources to fight discrimination against whites.

       

In this Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith interview Limelight CEO and founding partner Ken Gary and CSO and founding partner Erin Harrison.

       

Investors say two more financial firms enabled a $328 million crypto fraud, deepening the fallout from Goliath Ventures' collapse and its founder's arrest on federal charges.

       

“The Secretary of War has recently determined ... that [Anthropic's] behavior has undermined the trust required to sustain that relationship and given rise to the risk that [Anthropic] may unilaterally manipulate its software to enforce its own moral and policy judgments about the military's appropriate use of the software, the U.S. Justice Department told the federal appeals court.

       

Make every single minute of your career a learning opportunity. I tell all the associates that I mentor that they should view their jobs as additional schooling. Every email is an opportunity to hone your written communication skills. Every drafting exercise is an opportunity to learn how to draft better. Each interaction with a senior attorney at your firm is an opportunity to learn different communication, leadership, and lawyering styles and skills.

       

Objections and opt-outs to Bayer's $7.25 billion class action settlement are due June 4, after April 27 oral arguments in a key Roundup case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

       

The panel relied on the plain reading of the state's wage law to clarify that courts cannot introduce federal wage-law limitations where the state legislature did not expressly include them.

       

The rule is out of sync with an order the president signed last year that directed agencies to shut down their diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

       

The Federal Communications Commission blessed the deal, even though the combined company's broadcast signals reach 80% of U.S. TV households, more than double the 39% limit in the agency's own rules.

       

Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including the rise in women leaders at U.K.'s highest earning law firms.

       

Prevailing themes of Legalweek—disruption and reinvention—were fitting, given how much programming focused on two phenomena currently rattling the legal industry as we know it: AI and private equity investment.

       

One plaintiff referred 7,402 individuals but claims she only received compensation of $41.90 per individual referred—not the $500 or $1,000 per individual referred that UPS allegedly promised. Another claimed he referred 1,400 individuals but was only compensated $32.50 per referral.

       

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia granted the Justice Department's motion this week to continue defending President Donald Trump's law firm executive orders through appeal after initially asking to drop the cases.

       

Attorney General Letitia James was sued in Westchester County Supreme Court this week by the Christian Brothers' Institute for a declaration that it, and not other educational charities, is entitled to roughly $22.5 million in proceeds from the sale of the shuttered All Hallows High School in the Bronx.
       

In this Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith interview Matt Rasumssen, founder and CEO of ModeOne, live from the Legalweek 2026 Conference in New York.

       

Numerous similar suits targeting the represented protein contents in products have been filed recently, including this week against Trader Joe's chicken bone broth.

       

Investors accused Gemini Space Station of hiding a major business shift before its 2025 initial public offering—a move they said erased billions of dollars in market value.

       

While the defendant succeeded in getting the claim dismissed at the summary judgment stage, a Wilson Elser attorney's case still had a pending discovery dispute when District Court for the Parish of Orleans Judge Ken Reese made the ruling, according to the opinion.

       

In this Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith interview Jason Brown, CEO and president of the Association of Corporate Counsel, live from the Legalweek 2026 Conference in New York.