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Call for Nominations: New York Legal Awards 2025

Thu, 2025-02-27 15:28

Seeking nominations to honor attorneys, firms and legal departments in New York state.

       

Law Firms 'Pull Back' on Hiring Fired Government Lawyers

Thu, 2025-02-27 15:05

“There is a concern that they are ineffective, practicing or appearing against the government now and against the individuals leading the Department of Justice for the Trump administration, noted one D.C. recruiter.

       

Indicted SCOTUSblog Publisher Tom Goldstein Appeals Jail Release Conditions

Thu, 2025-02-27 15:00

"The government withheld and mischaracterized evidence in its motion to the magistrate judge, then compounded its malfeasance by failing to promptly provide the Court with additional evidence that came into its possession," counsel for SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein alleged in an appeal seeking more favorable pretrial release conditions in his white-collar criminal case.

       

Supreme Court Will Turn Its Attention to Presidential Authority Over Agencies

Thu, 2025-02-27 14:30

With Donald Trump's return to the presidency, the U.S. Supreme Court's attention will shift from its June decision that the nation's chief executive has immunity from prosecution for his official acts to whether presidents have the authority to fire appointed members of independent federal agencies.

       

Apple Accused of Greenwashing Products as 'Carbon Neutral'

Thu, 2025-02-27 14:00
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5th Circuit Judges Spar Over En Banc Denial in Protest Restriction Case

Thu, 2025-02-27 13:01

Judge James Ho, in his solo dissent, wrote the city's public safety interest doesn't justify “banish[ing] people of faith to the functional equivalent of Siberia.

       

KPMG Launches U.S. Law Firm After Landing Arizona Approval

Thu, 2025-02-27 13:00

In a statement Thursday, the accounting firm said KPMG is "uniquely positioned to transform the delivery of legal services."

       

Corporate Breakups Are Spawning New Legal Chief Roles

Thu, 2025-02-27 08:18

Silicon Valley pioneer Western Digital broke itself into two on Monday. And earlier this month, Honeywell announced plans to divide itself into three companies.

       

Paul Weiss Sees Revenue Jump 32%, PEP Hits $7.5M, in 'Transformative' Year

Thu, 2025-02-27 06:37

With the firm investing “hundreds of millions of dollars in its platform, according to firm chair Brad Karp, headcount soared nearly 24% to 1,250 lawyers.

       

Is DOGE an Agency? Attorneys Confused Amid New Lawsuits

Wed, 2025-02-26 23:45

Administrative law attorneys say they've never been in this position of such uncertainty.

       

Lawsuits Challenge Purging of Federal Websites by Trump Administration

Wed, 2025-02-26 23:22

Federal agencies have deleted large swaths of information from their websites to comply with President Donald Trump's executive orders on gender identity, the environment and other topics.

       

'He Lost His Temper and He Shot His Wife': Lawyers Spar in Closing Statements in Ferguson Murder Trial

Wed, 2025-02-26 23:09

The trial for Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, who is accused of shooting his wife to death with a pistol, concluded on Wednesday as the prosecutor and Ferguson's defense counsel making closing arguments.

       

Law Firm Faces Data Breach Class Action From Consumers Extending Beyond Client Base

Wed, 2025-02-26 23:01
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Chief Justice Roberts Briefly Pauses Order for Trump to Pay USAID Bills

Wed, 2025-02-26 22:45

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. on Wednesday night granted the Trump administration's request for a brief pause of a district judge's order requiring the immediate release of billions of dollars of USAID funds to contractors and other recipients.

       

The Week in Data Feb. 26: A Look at Legal Industry Trends by the Numbers

Wed, 2025-02-26 20:53

Catch up on data and insights from across the Law.com Newsroom, including the New Partner Survey and this year's Laterals Report.

       

Kids' Clothing Company Sues Thousands of Claimants Over ‘Weaponized' Arbitration

Wed, 2025-02-26 20:30

The retailer's counsel from Baker & Hostetler and Womble Bond Dickinson are asking the court to determine that arbitration agreements do not apply to the 2,408 claimants repped by Zimmerman Reed “simply because they visited the Janie & Jack website.

       

Kids' Clothing Company Janie & Jack Sues Thousands of Claimants Over ‘Weaponized' Arbitration

Wed, 2025-02-26 20:30

The retailer's counsel from Baker & Hostetler and Womble Bond Dickinson are asking the court to determine that arbitration agreements do not apply to the 2,408 claimants repped by Zimmerman Reed “simply because they visited the Janie & Jack website.

       

Pepperdine U. Loses Court Bid to Stop Netflix Debut of ‘Running Point' in Trademark Dispute

Wed, 2025-02-26 20:06

A federal court on Wednesday denied a motion by the private Christian college to stop Netflix from showing the basketball comedy, saying use of contested marks by the show did not violate the Lanham Act.

       

Who Answers for Botched February California Bar Exam? So Far, Nobody

Wed, 2025-02-26 19:33

The California Supreme Court has said nothing publicly about the problems that have plagued the February bar exam.

       

Second Circuit Ruling in Favor of Uniswap Empowers Decentralized Platforms

Wed, 2025-02-26 19:24

“Going forward, this decision will obviously be cited by decentralized platforms as a shield against claims under federal securities laws seeking to hold a platform responsible for a third party's misconduct on a platform, said Scott Armstrong, a principal at McGovern Weems who is an expert not involved in the matter.

       

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