While executive orders against firms haven't totally deterred firms in the Am Law 50 from suing the administration, their timing has coincided with a decline in suits filed by large firms oriented toward transactions. 

       

The National Collegiate Athletic Association will see more antitrust challenges without a statutory exemption, the NCAA says, adding that congressional action is needed to prevent college athletics from growing too imbalanced and possibly careening toward full professionalization. But advocates for college athletes argue the NCAA cannot be trusted to act in athletes' best interest with an antitrust safe harbor.

       

“This legislation will shield attorneys from any dirty deals made by big law firms with the Trump administration and preserve independent pro bono legal work in New York State, said state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, an attorney.

       

On the news of the filing, the stock dropped over 8.5%.

       

Uber, which failed to reverse the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's order coordinating 2,000 sexual assault cases against it, will face its first bellwether trial on Dec. 8.

       

Among the 2025 graduates were three inaugural recipients of the Judge Judy Sheindlin Honors Scholars Program, which Sheindlin established three years ago at her alma mater to benefit women in law.        

The lawsuit alleged unjust enrichment and breach of contract, accusing Posner—who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit—of not paying $170,000 to Brian Vukadinovich for his more than a year of work as executive director of the Posner Center of Justice for Pro Se's.        

What do questions from the key justices in the case tell us about where the Supreme Court might be headed on nationwide injunctions?

       

Partnerships may not want to be as aggressive with quarterly draws and distributions, especially after business expectations changed from the end of 2024 into 2025, said one law firm founder.

       

"I've received zero pressure from my CEO or board to move firms," said a general counsel in the IT field.

       

"I think millennials just grew up with technology in a way that's different from the baby boomer generation or anybody older. ... We had no choice but to roll with the punches," said one young attorney about litigating in the post-COVID era.

       

"We are very pleased with the court's decision, which affirms that IDR awards are enforceable and cannot be ignored by health plans and insurance companies," Adam T. Schramek of Norton Rose Fulbright, counsel for the air ambulance companies, said.

       

Some GCs expressed concerns that if law firms won't stand up for their own DEI policies, it bodes badly for their willingness to stand up for their clients.

       

“This legislation will shield attorneys from any dirty deals made by big law firms with the Trump administration and preserve independent pro bono legal work in New York State, said state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, an attorney.

       

Richard Rothberg has been with Dell with 26 years, the last 13 as legal chief.

       

The Supreme Court said the Trump administration could move forward with canceling deportation protections for more than 300,000 Venezuelan immigrants.

       

"Even when sending drafts to partners and clients, the draft should be as complete and proofread as possible. In business immigration, our final work products are the petitions that we file with the U.S. Immigration & Citizenship Services (USCIS) and applications that clients present at a U.S. consulate interview outside the U.S. Even if we know that these documents will not be reviewed carefully by the government officer, the work product is seen by the clients and their employees applying for these visas, so they should always reflect the professionalism and care that we put into them."

       

"Our call to action doesn't need more slogans or statements. It needs people willing to remember what this work was meant to be—and brave enough to shape it accordingly," writes Marcie Dickson, vice president of communications for the Institute for Well-Being in Law Board and the president of Tapestry ADR.

       

The combined firm would have one of the largest Manhattan law offices, rivaling many Wall Street firms by head count.

       

Under the deal, Capital One will pay $300 million to a class of people who opened a 360 Savings account since Sept. 18, 2019 to cover the interest they would have earned had they instead opened a 360 Performance Savings account. The remaining $125 million will be paid out as additional interest payments for class members who decide to keep their 360 Savings accounts.