AI frees investigators to focus their energy on what matters most. They can spend more time weighing evidence, applying legal standards, and exercising professional judgment.

       

"The effect on defendants is varied. A delay of a few months for a defendant out on bail is often acceptable. Defendants in custody may have more substantial objections," one defense lawyer said.

       

If law firm leasing continues at its current pace, 2025 is likely to become the fourth consecutive year of increased activity.

       

The Federal Circuit handed importers a restrained victory in their challenge to the Trump administration's tariffs on virtually all global imports, leaving it up to the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the breadth of presidential power.

       

According to the tech giant's complaint, the trade secrets its former employee stole include the company's sales roadmap, which, it argues, would provide a rival company “with a competitive edge with respect to the laundry business and responding to the national tariff challenges.

       

Four firms in Canada's French-Canadian province had been working on the case for almost 30 years.

       

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta of the District of Columbia rejected the U.S. Department of Justice's proposed divestiture remedies in Google's search engine monopoly case, ruling the government overreached in seeking a forced sale of Google's Chrome web browser and Android mobile operating system.

       

Partners ask for input—on communication, delegation, workload—but then say little or nothing in response. When upward feedback isn't followed by engagement or visible change, associates learn not to bother.

       

Latham said the lateral partner was “among a select group of top-tier lawyers in the asset management M&A and GP stakes arena.

       

"Multiple states are considering laws to transfer authority from the NLRB to their own local agencies. And in the process, they may de-federalize American labor relations." according to Littler Mendelson's 2025 Labor Day Report.

       

"With today's decision, Trump is barred from using the National Guard and Marines in California for law enforcement purposes," said California Attorney General Rob Bonta in a press conference Tuesday morning.

       

Paul Bryant, a fired Covington associate, was arrested after a confrontation with National Guardsmen patrolling the city.

       

Google moved to exclude expert testimony as inadmissible, arguing the U.S. Department of Justice's key witness "lacks the relevant experience to provide such opinions" on the feasibility of a forced divestiture in Google's ad tech remedies trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

       

In a 2-1 decision, the appeals court said the grantees' claims are essentially contractual and should have been brought in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims under the Tucker Act. The law enables the Court of Federal Claims to authorize money damages in federal contractual disputes.

       

In total, the 10 business court judges saw 185 cases filed in their first year, with the Houston division recording the most filings, and they've issued 42 opinions, many of which addressed jurisdictional questions.

       

“Any student not intensively using AI, where permitted, is putting themselves at a significant disadvantage."

       

“We've provided a road map for individuals who have had this happen to them, said John Papianou, a partner at Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads.

       

“These tests need to benefit the patients, not Harvard, Dana-Farber, Karolinska Institute and Mayo Clinic, they should benefit the patient, MMAS Research Solutions Architect Steve Trubow said.

       

The immediate impact: Employers in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi facing unfair labor practice charges can clinch preliminary injunctions pausing NLRB proceedings by citing the new Fifth Circuit precedent, said Cary Burke, a labor and employment attorney at Lee Meier.

       

This webcast offers a concise, high-level guide to ethical AI use in patent practice, drawing directly from the USPTO's Guidance on Use of Artificial Intelligence-Based Tools in Practice