Dugan Bliss was a former senior Coinbase lawyer and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement attorney.

       

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said between 50 to 100 prospective jurors would be brought into a Phoenix courtroom on Thursday for the Jan. 13 bellwether trial against Uber.

       

U.S. District Judge Fernando Gaitan ordered Mastriani to deposit $865,566 in a court registry before the parties engaged in mediation before Judge Paul Gurney. On Dec. 22, the parties notified the court that they had reached a confidential settlement of all claims and counterclaims.        

Presiding over the prosecution of deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein is poised to weigh in on legal matters vital to Donald Trump's presidency, and not for the first time. "He knows exactly what he wants and he executes it in the courtroom, said one litigator who's practiced before Hellerstein.

       

This is just one of more than a dozen active class cases Hagens Berman is litigating against Amazon.

       

The court's decision proposes an increase in punitive damages for five witnesses whose awards were directly influenced by the outdated penalty figures.

       

Since its launch in 2020, Seladore has hired scores of legacy Herbert Smith Freehills lawyers, including Liang-Ying Tan, who launched the firm's first Asian presence in Singapore last year.

       

A dispute over a Shiba Inu named Cocoro is drawing a federal court into evolving legal terrain where internet culture, cryptocurrency and intellectual property law intersect.

       

Florida Chief Deputy Attorney General John Guard's name was left off the list of nominees the White House sent back to the Senate earlier this week after they were announced in 2025 but never confirmed.

       

The discovery dispute in The New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI could carry broader implications for artificial intelligence developers facing litigation.

       

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"[W]hat DOJ cannot do is what it tries to do here," former DOJ attorneys argued, "misuse the records provisions of the Civil Rights Act and National Voter Registration Act to conduct fishing expeditions for highly sensitive personal information from every voter in a state while offering a pretextual investigative purpose."

       

       

There are now warning signs in the form of client projections and anticipated legal spend, as well as and law firms' own history with boom-and-bust cycles,

       

Law firms with energy practices could reap deal and regulatory work from the leadership change in Venezuela, but several hurdles remain.

       

"Effective leadership requires more than just legal skill. You need deep subject-matter knowledge, strong business development instincts, and the ability to build and motivate a team. Financial management, operational awareness, and communication across the firm are essential. Equally important is adaptability—anticipating where the market is going and guiding your team to meet those evolving client needs."

       

The 52-year-old firm employs roughly 150 lawyers across 18 offices.

       

The court intends to “develop, in consultation with the Texas Board of Law Examiners, a deliberative approach to requests from law schools not currently accredited by the ABA that wish to be added to Texas's list.

       

       

“Our lawsuit speaks for itself; Mr. Stranberg alleges that Mr. Jassim was soliciting investment without regard to the truth or falsity of his representations for the purpose of personal profit," Jordan A. Shaw, a partner at Shaw Lewenz, said in an email.