Laura Kadetsky's arrival at the Legal Defense Fund bolsters its leadership firepower at a time the Trump administration is rolling back legal protections for marginalized communities.

       

"I think we're probably going to see some applications that we're not anticipating. I'm sure people will be creative with it," said plaintiff's attorney, Sam Wilson.

       

"The court's decision makes clear that school districts injure teachers when they compel or chill their speech on matters of public importance. A huge victory for the First Amendment, we are hopeful it gives others the courage to fight back against discriminatory equity trainings," said the legal nonprofit organization representing the plaintiffs.

       

Latham & Watkins advised Coinbase on its acquisition of prediction markets startup The Clearing Co., bolstering the cryptocurrency exchange's push toward a unified “Everything Exchange.

       

The two defense teams are no strangers to high-profile proceedings. Maduro's lawyer has represented WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, while one of Flores' attorneys was part of a team that recommended impeachment proceedings against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

       

“This was not a case of a typographical-type error or a couple of small inaccuracies, wrote U.S Magistrate Judge Justin Anand.

       

Microsoft replaced Hossein Nowbar this fall without saying why. A press release issued by ServiceNow Monday included a glowing quote from Microsoft President Brad Smith, who'd been Nowbar's boss.

       

Ali Najmi, formerly in private practice, will helm an advisory committee with a mandate to create a more legally and demographically diverse bench in New York City. Mamdani's executive order forming the committee also details new transparency and ethics requirements.

       

“There is no record of any law restricting open carry at the Founding, let alone a distinctly similar historical regulation,'" wrote Ninth Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke, quoting from the high court's 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.        

Defense counsel Barry Pollack, the former president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, said that Maduro's status as head of a sovereign state, as well as the legality of the U.S. military operation in which he was taken, would be raised in forthcoming court papers. Maduro insisted to the court that he remains president of the Republic of Venezuela.

       

Polsinelli shareholder Patrick Muffo urged the defendants not to settle. "The problem is if you pay every patent troll that comes your way, there's going to be another patent troll right behind them.”

       

“What remains to be seen is the midterm and longer-term consequences for the firms, both in terms of their ability to recruit and retain lawyers, and in terms of their ability to retain clients," said Scott Cummings, a legal ethics professor at UCLA School of Law.

       

"The thing to keep in mind is that random case assignment is subject to so many exceptions across the federal courts, said Syracuse University College of Law professor Katherine MacFarlane. “Random assignment is this exalted principle, but I don't even know if it's the default.

       

Survey shows more than three quarters of in-house counsel use AI to create marketing and advertising content

       

Mukasey left the boutique firm he cofounded in 2019 to join Seyfarth Shaw's New York office as cochair of the firm's trial practice. Four lawyers are joining him from the boutique.

       

"Be authentic and honest, because many of the people around you could become genuine friends and most people want to help if you share any struggles. Tell people along the way how much you appreciate the things they've done for you. Keep in touch with the people you enjoyed working with."

       

In 2026, piecing together a 'global elite' law firm is, for better or worse, top of the agenda—but the danger is in acting hastily, writes The Global Lawyer.

       

The military action raises prospects for major change in the once-thriving oil-based economy, while sending a warning to other leftist leaders in Latin America and prompting questions related to international law.

       

When the federal government first shut down on Oct. 1, many facets of the legal industry chugged along uninterrupted.

       

Crenshaw's exit leaves the commission without a Democratic holdover at a moment of sharp policy change under Chairman Paul S. Atkins, whose leadership has emphasized industry flexibility and reduced enforcement—an approach Crenshaw repeatedly warned could expose investors to heightened risk.