One challenge for legal departments is that it is hard to demonstrate the value of something not happening—a threatened lawsuit not being filed or a regulatory fine not being assessed.

Sources told Legaltech News that several law firms and legal tech providers dove into integrations with Microsoft's Azure OpenAI Service without noticing the fine print that authorizes Microsoft employees to manually review certain prompts.

Delaware Superior Court Judge Paul R. Wallace granted a California-based biotech company's motion for partial summary judgment.

The decision in an appeal filed by Latham & Watkins attorneys including ex-New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, is not final, but an important step toward possible reform.

"I really think 'McKelvey' will prove to be a landmark decision because other courts, not necessarily all of them or the majority of them, will follow it because we're in the modern world here, and courts have to be cognizant of technology and the impact on our rights," the defendant's attorney, Robert John in Fairbanks, Alaska, told Law.com.

The merger would net Donald Trump a 90% stake in Trump Media & Technology Group valued at approximately $4 billion. That windfall would come at a time when Trump owes more than half a billion in civil damages.

U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman of the Southern District of New York found that Cohen's attorney David M. Schwartz did not act in bad faith when he submitted the fake citations, which Cohen acquired from the generative AI program Google Bard.

A combination of cultural concerns and incentives, lack of uniformity across practices, and a need for leadership to encourage younger attorneys to return to office by example is complicating the process of bringing attorneys back to the office.

"When I was a fourth year associate, there was a large group departure from our New York-based antitrust team. That was a bit of a wake up call for me, and I realized I needed to really step up my game and become more in tune with the practice and our clients' needs."

"His integrity, wealth of experience at Stanford and collaborative style of leadership will greatly benefit the students, faculty and staff of the law school, as well as Stanford's senior leadership team," said Stanford provost and former law dean Jenny Martinez.

Orrick Chair Mitch Zuklie said that internationally, performance from the firm's London office was strong. He also said the firm started seeing a meaningful amount of cross-border work coming from China, where the firm has offices in Beijing and Shanghai.

Jonathan Hamilton was previously head of White & Case's Latin America arbitration practice.

It was another challenging year in 2023 for dealmaking, but Big Law's talented transactional lawyers brought expertise, creativity and profoundly hard work to bear.

The rideshare platform fought "tooth and nail" against the action, says plaintiff law firm Maurice Blackburn.

Trust is one of your most valued currencies in the legal profession—you actively cultivate it daily with your clients to become a highly coveted "trusted advisor."

Nicole Berner will succeed Judge Diana Gribbon Motz, who took senior status in September.

Erie County Supreme Court Judge Paula Feroleto allowed the case to proceed, siding with the estates of those murdered in a mass shooting motivated by racist ideology.

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Washington State Bar Association outlined four instances in which Nicholas George allegedly engaged in misconduct from instances involving conflicts of interest with his clients to using a client's information to her disadvantage after withdrawing as her counsel to using prejudicial language to describing a prosecutor as a "dumb bitch."

"Because I represent taxpayers examined by the IRS, I have a compelling need to understand how the IRS plans to impose on my clients so that I can effectively advise them and protect their rights," Baker McKenzie partner George Clarke said in a previous Freedom of Information Act request.