U.S. Judge Frederic Block issued a temporary restraining order against New York's transition of CDPAP, a Medicaid program that enables disabled and elderly people to hire home health aides, to a single fidicuary intermediary.

       

The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to uphold a law Congress passed in 2019 to subject the Palestine Liberation Organization or the Palestinian Authority to terrorism liability in American courts.

       

In its fifth year since a blockbuster merger, the firm increased gross revenue by 7.1%, while profits per partner grew by 12.7% to reach $1.27 million.

       

The New York law firm has “started to make preparations and take necessary steps, said one of the sources, declining to elaborate on those steps.

       

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Ted Ullyot is a prominent Republican who clerked for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, advised President George W. Bush and was chief of staff for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

       

"Maybe the costs of giving notice and obtaining a release would significantly impact prices, routes, or services. Or maybe not," U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang wrote, denying a request to dismiss a biometric privacy suit against a trucking company.

       

"AI is accelerating innovation at a pace we've never seen before, and the time frame for legal decision-making has shrunk dramatically," said Karen Robinson, senior vice president and deputy general counsel of Adobe.

       

In this Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith interview Monette Smith, the Director of Technology & Consulting Services at Alston & Bird, live from the Legalweek 2025 Conference in New York.

       

In this Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith interview Christopher Wall, the Data Protection Officer at HaystackID, live from the Legalweek 2025 Conference in New York.

       

There is a lack of understanding that like all technology, cybersecurity threats are ever evolving. A robust software can manage many threats, but strong data security means team training, and additional safeguards like encryption and two-factor authentication.

       

Elon Musk's X Corp., the social media site formerly known as Twitter, is seeking to compel seven former Twitter employees to pay their portion of arbitration fees in underlying gender-based discrimination and Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act disputes. X Corp. is represented by counsel from Morgan Lewis & Bockius and Clement & Murphy.

       

The suit, brought by a former partner at the firm, alleges partners created a 'toxic boys club locker room' environment and targeted her and other female colleagues for harassment.

       

“It's sort of wildly improbable that all the decisions would come out on the same day, said Jeff Hammel, who co-leads Latham & Watkins' New York Litigation & Trial Department.

       

Clean devices and keeping client information in the cloud are the best ways for lawyers to avoid delays and trouble when crossing the border.

       

As of Sunday, only a handful of Am Law 100 firms have signed onto the amicus brief, sources say

       

“We want to see a much higher number of people that feel confident in reporting and also in using the procedures, the EDR [employment dispute resolution] procedures specifically," said U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson of Kansas.

       

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's denial of the application filed by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher lawyers kept two lower court rulings intact. Tuesday remains the deadline by which New York is set to phase out more than 600 fiscal intermediaries, as the state government transitions its Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program. The high court denied an emergency application seeking to stop the switch to a single fiscal intermediary.

       

In a recent law.com podcast, solo practitioner CJ Grisham talks about how his AI investment has delivered him a 60% time savings and a 50-to-1 return on investment.        

Two proposed laws aim to curb nuclear verdicts, and narrow trucking-company liability. It's part of a movement to reduce so-called nuclear verdicts, or those over $10 million. A new study claims Texans are paying more for goods and services because of these verdicts.