Mark Lemley said he could not “in good conscience represent Mark Zuckerberg given recent decisions to "encourage disinformation and hate speech" on his company's platforms. A suit pending in Northern California alleges Meta infringed the copyrights of several authors by using their works to train its generative AI program.

       

“Just think about all the tough stuff that warrants a division of seventy full-time, stone-cold Socratic assassins, Marco Santori, the outgoing chief legal officer for Kraken Digital Asset Exchange, said about his time at the crypto exchange.

       

A judge told attorneys to have a te te-à-te te. Plaintiff counsel paid the $74 bill, and the defense lawyer left a $74 tip.

       

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“I believe that the Justice Department must be independent and must act independently, Bondi said.

       

"Practitioners, they have to adapt to this field," said Or Cohen-Sasson, the director of the AI Lab at the University of Miami School of Law. "They will need to understand the very basic mechanisms of how to work with this and what the capabilities are, like the benefits of this technology and the challenges and how to use it."

       

       

This year lawyers will face an overwhelming array of fresh challenges as AI becomes more widely used by clients and firms alike.

       

President-elect Donald Trump's defense team still has active interlocutory appeals before the New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division, First Department and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that were filed prior to sentencing. Trump has not yet appealed his judgment of conviction.

       

This year lawyers will face an overwhelming array of fresh challenges as AI becomes more widely used by clients and firms alike.

       

Citing U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit precedent, a federal judge in Illinois determined that Illinois and New York consumer protection claims against Dave's Killer Bread product labeling weren't preempted.

       

Chief U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV recalled advice he received as a new judge: "Never, ever allow a junior [attorney] to utter a word in your courtroom." Saylor didn't take the suggestion.

       

"Stay focused on building strong relationships—both with your colleagues and clients. Leadership isn't just about delivering results; it's about understanding people, empowering your team, and fostering an environment where everyone can thrive. Be curious and take the initiative to learn beyond your immediate responsibilities."

       

Michelle Reed, co-chair of data privacy and cybersecurity group at Paul Hastings, shared her insights on the biggest takeaways from the novel data and her predictions for cybersecurity disclosures in the year ahead.

       

"To my mind, all of this public input and engagement made our work sharper and helped us really set priorities and focus on what people were telling us—the biggest challenges and pain points they were experiencing in our economy," Khan said Tuesday during her final commission meeting as chair.

       

According to the lawsuit, the defendants covertly collected the data.

       

The trial, called Rose v. Pharmacia, is the 10th involving former students, teachers and parents at the Sky Valley Education Center in Monroe, Washington.        

U.S. Senior District Judge Frederico A. Moreno has scheduled a final approval hearing for April 1.

       

This year's top 20 shows U.S. firms are continuing to gain ground in the U.K. M&A market, with rivals Kirkland close behind.

       

An attorney began working at a Michigan-based firm in July 2020, based on an agreement to seek admission to practice law in the state. His firm later discovered that he lied to its managing partners and clients about his admission to the Michigan State Bar for one year.