"The SEC is going to be increasingly focusing on market structure risks, which is going to step up these types of suits," said Sahal A. Assar, the blockchain and digital asset practice group leader at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, who is not involved in the case.

Clayton, addressing a crowd at the New York City Bar Association's annual International White Collar Symposium, said he would offer "real benefits" to those committed to turning over bad actors and resolving matters quickly.

At least 20 amicus briefs have been filed in a dispute over ROSS Intelligence's alleged use of Westlaw headnotes to train its AI, with amici contending that the case holds significant implications for information access and copyright law.

U.S. District Judge Paul Diamond, of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, issued the Tuesday order after finding that Hagens Berman managing partner Steve Berman, and a former lawyer at his Seattle-based firm, Tyler Weaver, engaged in 'misconduct bordering on the criminal' in thalidomide cases.

The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals holding, that Alina Habba was unlawfully acting as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor, should apply to the appointment of U.S. Attorney John Sarcone III of the Northern District of New York, say lawyers for state Attorney General Letitia James. Sarcone's appointment is expected to be at the heart of oral arguments scheduled for Thursday morning in Albany, as U.S. District Court Judge Lorna Schofield mulls whether to quash two subpoenas he issued against James' office.

The suit alleges "willful" infringement, which carries penalties of up to $150,000 per work.