U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan overrruled defense counsel's motion calling the government's upcoming brief a "monstrosity."

Visa handles more than 60% of debit card transactions in the U.S., and collects more than $7 billion in annual processing fees, a lucrative business the company protects through illegal, anticompetitive practices, the Department of Justice alleges.

The firm formally opened in London this week, and currently has 53 directly-operated offices in 41 countries around the world.

Pac-12's counsel at Keker, Van Nest & Peters, which filed the complaint on Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, claimed that the Pac-12 was forced to agree to the "unlawful" terms of its agreement with the MWC under duress. The claim alleged an invalid contract for unenforceable penalties and violations of the Section 1 of the Sherman Act, California's Cartwright Act and California's Unfair Competition Law.

The State Fair of Texas Inc. insists it acted on its own, is the Fair Park "owner" during the lease period, not the city. The handgun ban occurred as a result of a mass shooting last year that forced premature closure of the fair.

"Handling first-of-its-kind litigation for a cutting-edge crypto firm would be a challenge for anyone, but Ryan is up to the task," said Renato Mariotti, a partner at Paul Hastings who has previously worked with Ryan VanGrack.

Michael Miller had cut a string of deals that helped ease the liquidity crunch at the operator of college bookstores.

This article discusses, from a general issue-spot and contextual analysis perspective, how lawyers ought to think about specialized leasing formats and the regulatory backdrops that may inform what the documentation needs to contain for compliance purposes.

At a Monday hearing, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Texas ordered an automatic stay on J&J talc litigation after dual motions were filed to move the Chapter 11 case to New Jersey.

The new brand will start to be rolled out from October, with the firm undergoing a formal name change.

"My parents started their business by selling skateboard parts at the open market in Sydney, so I have a deep appreciation for eBay's role in empowering businesses of all sizes," incoming eBay CLO Samantha Wellington said.

Ropes & Gray chair Julie Jones will start her second term in January, while Chicago partner and management committee member Neill Jakobe has been appointed vice chair, in top management moves at the global firm.

A global management committee staffed by regional leaders will make the firm more nimble, Cody and Scott said.

The move, which leaves the firm with three partners who are solely based in Singapore, comes in contrast to the steady influx into the city-state in recent years.

Wilmer's Lee, who tried seven cases between February 2021 and November 2022, says the work was taxing. "It requires a degree of mental and physical stamina that, at least for me as I'm in my 70s, was not something that I could look myself in the mirror and claim that I was sure that I had."

Ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the hometown firm is trying to bring together more celebrities and underfunded Olympic teams.

"We are still trying to get competitive pay for our prosecutors and our public defenders," executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia Peter Skandalakis said. "When you're talking about the rural areas that don't get a lot of county support financially, they're not able to compete with the salaries that are being paid in the metro areas."

U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein granted Charlie Javice's request for an adjournment to allow her new lead defense counsel, Jose Baez and Ronald Sullivan, to prepare for trial.

U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued an order granting Meta's motion to dismiss the case with prejudice in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Sept. 17. Meta's counsel included Latham partners Andrew Clubok, Susan Engel and Melanie Blunschi and associates Nicholas Rosellini and Elizabeth Cheng.

From finding ways to hire a diverse pool of candidates after the "Harvard" decision to making tech adoption a consideration in choosing their outside counsel, in-house legal departments are fielding a complex landscape in 2024.