Meta is the latest Big Tech company to be accused of illegally collecting consumers' geolocation data without their consent through a software tool embedded in mobile apps.

Fee waivers will cost the state bar approximately $3.1 million and all but wipe out a projected surplus.

“Let me be crystal clear—this investigation never should have been opened," said Dan Gallagher, chief legal, compliance and corporate affairs officer for Robinhood Markets Inc.

The firm, which leans heavily into health care private equity, has entered a city that houses more than 900 health companies.

Former federal prosecutors Eric Boden and Garth Hire are joining the firm's trial groups in New York and San Francisco, respectively.

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"With greater regulatory clarity, the NFT industry now has the potential to grow exponentially, attracting new entrants, institutional participation and new innovative uses for NFTs and use of blockchain tech without fear of regulatory reprisal," said George S. Georgiades, general counsel at Borderless.xyz, who is an expert not involved in the matter.

The private Christian school claims the fictional NBA team in “Running Point has “too many similarities in its name, logo and colors to be coincidental and wants no affiliation with the comedy's “raunchy humor and “offensive themes.

Elon Musk's DOGE is in the crosshairs over the collection of personal and financial data.

In a Feb. 20 letter, the acting solicitor general wrote that the “multiple layers of removal protections for administrative law judges, or ALJs, constrained presidential authority in violation of Article II of the U.S. Constitution.

Karen Friedman Agnifilo cited possible search and seizure issues and complained New York City public officials had appeared in a documentary discussing evidence that had not yet been given to the defense team.

The tribunal's decision is a blow to Innsworth Advisors, the funder behind the case, which had argued the settlement struck was too low a sum.

Two Am Law 50 leaders have set a standard, and now many others may be looking to follow.

“When you're standing up a legal ops or transformation team, it's easy to get distracted by AI or other sexy' tech projects, said Lauren Ziegelaar, manager of legal operations for Australian mining giant BHP. “But the biggest wins come from foundational improvements—understanding budget cycles, optimizing headcount and getting processes in place.

"There is no reason to believe companies are genuinely eliminating DEI—they are just going to hide it better," said Paul Chesser of the National Legal and Policy Center.

“We invested in white-collar, IP, private credit and congressional investigations, said chair Herbert Washer. “And all contributed meaningfully to the results.

The Seattle-headquartered Am Law 100 saw its managing partner abruptly step down in 2024, but that didn't stand in the way of double-digit increases to revenue and PEP.

Paul Clement, an appellate lawyer at Clement & Murphy who served as U.S. Solicitor General, will appear to offer “adversarial testing to the request from both Department of Justice and Eric Adams attorneys to dismiss the case, U.S. District Judge Dale Ho ruled on Friday.

"As the Court has explained, States possess 'no authority to override' Congress's 'decision to subject state' officials 'to liability for violations of federal rights,'" Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has filed multiple suits on behalf or organizations that provide legal services to immigrants, and Jones Day continues to provide services through its Laredo, Texas-based "Border Project." But other firms that once were highly visible in this area have gone quiet.