"This is a significant victory," D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb said after an appeals court revived the District of Columbia's Consumer Protection Procedures Act lawsuit alleging Meta Platforms Inc. failed to protect Facebook users' privacy.

       

The officer was performing a judicial act in presiding over the venire stage of jury duty, when prospective jurors are asked questions, offer excuses and make exemption requests, the court stated. That procedural step calls for the officer's discretionary judgment, thus he or she enjoys judicial immunity, the court held.

       

"This case turns on whether any of Nestlé's Poland Spring Water sources satisfy the objective spring-water standard of identity," the motion to certify the class said. "Nestlé represents that they are all 'springs.' Plaintiffs contend that each one is merely a groundwater well and that Nestlé strips minerals from all its products. If plaintiffs are right—either that Nestlé collects groundwater or uses demineralizing purification towers—then Poland Spring Water is mislabeled."

       

“David is a prosecutor's nightmare," said Mark Rosman, partner at Proskauer Rose and former assistant chief of the Washington Criminal Section in the DOJ's Antitrust Division.

       

Paul Mahoney will become the university's interim president on Aug. 11, succeeding Jim Ryan, who resigned at the end of June.

       

Amid the arrival of self-driving rideshare vehicles in Atlanta, attorney Drew Ashby has created a road map for pursuing tortious claims against autonomous defendants.

       

"Public servants at those agencies have worked for almost 20 years to achieve these results from DuPont, and it took a month-long trial in Camden this summer to get here, but we're thrilled that we're here and just too happy that New Jersey can get this behind them, and address the contamination from the DuPont sites and PFAS contamination statewide," said William J. Jackson, national environmental practice co-chair at Kelley Drye & Warren in Houston.

       

The firm's total catch from K&L Gates is at least 12 partners now.

       

"It really increases the burden and imposes additional costs on companies that are trying to engage in transactions," Covington & Burling partner Ryan Quillian said of the Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act state laws compelling parties to report merger and acquisition proposals well before the transaction closes.

       

“[T]he Constitution grants Article III judicial power over all cases arising under the laws of the United States," the appeals court held in its 2-1 decision. "The Bankruptcy Code is a law of the United States. So, petitions for relief under the Bankruptcy Code—even those filed by solvent debtors—arise under the laws of the United States.

       

The changes are intended to streamline case assignment and filing data, as well as prepare for new categories of health care decision-making cases.

       

Ji “Liz Li alleges the company was all set to expand her duties when it suddenly reversed course and pushed her out.

       

"Don't be afraid to take on different or challenging matters. This will help showcase your true abilities. It is also important to take pride in your work, no matter the significance of the assignment, and to demonstrate to the firm's leadership that you are invested in the firm's success."

       

The new chief legal officer joined the organization 25 years ago and most recently was general counsel.

       

Corporate Counsel is pleased to announce the finalists of our 2025 Women, Influence & Power in Law Awards! The WIPL awards honor in-house and law firm women leaders and allies who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the empowerment of women in law. The winners in each category will be announced at an awards dinner on Oct. 7 as part of our Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference in Washington, D.C.        

By targeting the top end of the legal industry, the company believes it is gaining the market credibility it needs to remain the premier AI platform in the market.

       

The Boston-based law firm also added attorneys in New York.

       

Neal & Harwell will shut down Aug. 31 after 54 years of being part of some of the highest-profile civil cases of the past half-century in the U.S., according to a source.

       

Overall, lateral compensation “has gone up across the board for the top players at any stage, said Sabina Lippman, a recruiter for elite firms.

       

“If you're known to be a firm when it's a Republican administration, and you're known to be a firm that works in that space, then I think clients are mindful of that, said Jill Holtzman Vogel, of Holtzman Vogel.