The case, which centers on sales of HEYDUDE shoes, a brand Crocs acquired in February 2022, is the latest to claim a corporation violated federal securities laws by counting sales to third-party retailers as revenue despite those sales exceeding the demand of customers.

       

In a competitive arena for landing and retaining talent, it's tough to put the flexibility genie fully back in the bottle.

       

Panelists weighed whether that lack of faith was elucidated by President Donald Trump's criticism of the Manhattan trial court justice who handled his criminal trial. But an ex-New York attorney general said prosecutors' "inexcusable" lack of discretion in deciding to raid Trump's home was partly to blame for the perceptions.

       

Todd Blanche Trump's criminal trial attorney and now his pick for deputy U.S. attorney general submitted two short motions to withdraw or discontinue the proceedings. But defense counsel have still not filed his formal post-conviction appeal.

       

Others may be looking to leave the federal workforce because of ideological differences. Meanwhile, not everyone has skills that are in demand in the law firm world.

       

Attorneys general from California, New York, Connecticut, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Rhode Island and Vermont issued a joint statement, claiming the "commandeering" of state and local police is unconstitutional.

       

As technologies like AI and blockchain continue to mature, firms that have already adopted digital-first practices will be well-positioned to leverage these advancements. In the coming years, digital document centers could evolve to include predictive analytics, real-time collaboration tools, and even smarter automation.

       

Companies that have scaled back their DEI initiatives should be prepared for those actions to be scrutinized if they are faced with a suit claiming that a firing or other action involving a particular employee was motivated by factors such as race, gender, religion or national origin.

       

"While the Executive Order reflects a symbolic sea change in terms of the government's intent to promote an industry that was subject to serious skepticism under the prior administration, its immediate practical impact may be more muted than some in the industry hoped," said Helen Gugel, a partner at Ropes & Gray, who has been recognized as one of the top female cryptocurrency litigators in the U.S.

       

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Akin, Wilmer, Brownstein and Hogan Lovells are creating programs and teams to help clients and stakeholders keep track of Trump's executive orders.

       

The deal, announced Thursday, removes nonconsensual releases to the Sackler family, Purdue's founders, which the U.S. Supreme Court had invalidated last year.

       

In issuing a temporary restraining order, U.S. District Senior Judge John Coughenour questioned the legal work that went into what he called a "blatantly unconstitutional" executive order restricting who qualifies as a U.S. citizen.

       

The majority of the listings raised less than $10 million each, benefiting U.S. practices that have long focused on small-to-midsized deals. 

       

"This role at Duetti is the perfect intersection of my previous experience advising on catalog acquisitions, acquiring content and growing a label and publishing business,” general counsel Sachin Premnath said.

       

"He pardoned people because they were doing his bidding, which was to break the law," said former federal appeals court Judge Thomas Vanaskie. "That's an abuse of the pardon power in my judgment. I think it really undermines the rule of law.”

       

The law requires potentially millions of local businesses to disclose their “beneficial owners, or anyone with at least a 25% interest or who controls the business, to a federal regulator.

       

Forty-five percent of the 965 Meta employees surveyed by the anonymity-protecting messaging app Blind disagreed with the company's shutdown of its DEI initiatives, while 43% agreed with it.

       

       

President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services released his financial disclosure as part of his nomination process, listing all the law firms he's been affiliated with over the years and those with which he plans to remain.