State Senate Judiciary Chair Tom Umberg amended legislation that would effectively require the state bar to use the National Committee of Bar Examiners' multistate exam through 2027.

       

About 20 lawyers are now expected to leave Willkie for Cooley, including several associates who criticized the New York firm's decision to make a deal with Trump, according to resignation letters.

       

Gail Slater of the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division said a proposed divestiture remedy allowing Safran to acquire an RTX business unit for $1.8 billion represents a "structural solution to an acquisition that would have harmed competition."

       

Counsel for the State of California maintained that the president's actions unlawfully circumvented California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who did not approve the order, and held that the diversion of troops—which, he said, accounted for one third of California's National Guard—interfered with drug interdiction and addressing wildfire risks in the state.

       

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, which represents two parties challenging the tariffs, argued in a petition for certiorari before judgment that U.S. businesses and consumers will “bleed billions of dollars each month to pay Trump's “punishing tariffs.

       

“I love the story that Republican Sen. Loomis and Democrat Sen. Gillibrand, both women, who crossed over party lines to pass this, for all of us who believe in America leading the financial industry globally, said Beth Haddock, global policy lead at Stablecoin Standard.

       

The National Law Journal highlights the biggest outstanding cases from the October 2024 term.        

Renee Meisel had been general counsel of UnitedLex for just four months when she landed the top job.

       

The complaint claims that Fidelity's lack of restrictions on the board's ability to award compensation allowed chairman William Foley and nine non-employee directors to be overcompensated. The case has been assigned to Vice Chancellor Lori W. Will.

       

U.S. Justice Department attorney Dana Walsh Kumar told the appeals court that without a stay of a federal judge's preliminary injunction, the government will be forced to pay the states millions of dollars that it won't be able to recover even if the lawsuit is unsuccessful.

       

"There is much to be said about contracts that use brightline rules to establish certainty. That is not this contract. Instead of setting a firm timeline, the contract created a continuing obligation for reclamation that survived its termination," said Judge Joshua P. Kolar, who authored the opinion.

       

The decision to disbar a Marietta attorney has reignited concerns that the State Bar of Georgia is handing down disparate disciplinary measures—enforced by the Supreme Court of Georgia.

       

In his opinion, Judge Serge Georges Jr. said Massachusetts employers can enforce the forfeiture of severance payments, or other conditions, when an individual violates a nonsolicitation agreement or other restrictive covenants.

       

Some partnership agreements include notice periods if departing partners wish to leave their firms in good standing and have their capital contributions returned.

       

Akin, Arnold & Porter, and Norton Rose Fulbright have added lawyers in the Windy City this month, while more midsize firms are launching in the market.

       

"The biggest challenge has been scaling myself—and the team—with the company," Tia Sherringham said.

       

In the past, presidents believed preventing foreign corruption was in the nation's best interest, but the Trump administration is now ensuring that it will prosecute only cases directly relevant to U.S. economic and national security interests, a former Justice Department official said.

       

Apple was slapped with a proposed class action in San Jose federal court last week that accuses the Big Tech giant of misleading users about the security of its app store vetting protocol and failing to shield them from cryptocurrency theft through "pig butchering" scams.

       

3M's RICO suit said the actions of the three lawyers—Glenn Hammond in Kentucky, Johnny Givens in Mississippi and Mike Martin in Texas—"far exceeded the bounds of lawful, zealous advocacy."