"There's a real opportunity for legal to step into a leadership role here, advising the business on the safe and effective use of AI rather than just serving as the final checkpoint before approval,” said Tom Dunlop, CEO of Summize, a maker of AI contract-review software.

       

Butler Snow attorneys, acting as counsel for the Texas General Land Office, wants the U.S. Department of Justice to reject a request from Housing and Urban Development to start a race discrimination in housing enforcement action.

       

Caroline Krass comes to the lodging giant after a quarter-century holding key roles in the federal government. Krass has "spent her career leading large global teams through complex legal matters in high-stakes, fast-paced environments," Hilton CEO Christopher Nassetta said.

       

Troutman Pepper Locke filed the notice of dismissal with prejudice on behalf of Harvard College this week, just five months after lodging its initial complaint against Samsung in Texas federal court.

       

Court data shows that the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas saw more eight-plus-figure civil jury verdicts in 2024 than it had in any single year, going back to at least 2017. And damages awards seem to be trending larger in more than just the highest-stakes cases.

       

The formal notice of appeal was filed on Wednesday. Trump's new legal team includes Robert Giuffra, James McDonald, Morgan Ratner, Jeff Wall and Matthew Schwartz.
       

Antonia Apps predicted during this year's Securities Enforcement Forum that new agency leadership would be more thoughtful in deciding when to ban individuals from the securities industry, and would be more receptive to Wells meetings.

       

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The rapidly expanding global economy, combined with the demand for attorneys with IP or life sciences expertise across several industries makes the new concentration an intriguing option for students, University of New Hampshire's Franklin Pierce School of Law recently announced.

       

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A White House official defended the purge, calling the three women who lost their jobs "far-left appointees with radical records of upending longstanding labor law."

       

"The classic defense strategy is to drag things out, file motions for summary judgment and try to prevent trial. Here, we did the opposite."
       

       

"I would advise them to focus on three things: 1) maintain excellence in lawyering, which garners the respect of your partners and the legal industry; 2) spend more time listening in firm meetings than speaking; 3) build meaningful relationships with partners that you can lean into when it comes time to make tough decisions—which occur almost daily in my role; and 4) educate yourself about law firm economics. In my experience, many great lawyers don't have the time or desire to invest in the latter two items, but anyone interested in a law firm leadership position must make that investment to be successful."

       

A three-judge appellate panel affirmed a lower court's ruling that Nunes and his family failed to prove their reputations were damaged by a 2018 Esquire story alleging their farm hired undocumented laborers.

       

The court granted the summary judgment motion regarding the alleged direct infringement of the patents, concluding the defendants failed to offer any non-infringement contentions regarding the products before the summary judgment proceedings.

       

The justices were not ready to act on a committee's recommendation to grant the first Alternative Business Services license to a Big Four firm.

       

“I think some of the complaints that people have about the actions under the Biden FTC has really raised the profile of these kinds of issues for companies and practitioners, said former Federal Trade Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen. “So I think some of the things the FTC has done in the past four years has raised interest in reining them in.

       

Judge Ralph R. Erickson found that GE filed a notice of removal within the proper 30-day window after receiving a complaint from Monsanto, now owned by Bayer.

       

The Supreme Court of Illinois's Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission recommended the 30-day suspension after Lauren Elizabeth Moynihan failed to register and complete minimum continuing legal education requirements over a two-year period.