“If there aren't the same level of laws, rules and regulations for crypto, it's harder to deter these kidnappings, said Renato Mariotti, a partner at Paul Hastings, whose service for the government included the prosecution of kidnapping cases.

       

The Trump administration is winning frequently before the justices on applications for emergency relief from lower court losses, leading Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to vent frustration about "preferential treatment."

       

“George certainly feels vindicated, Patrick Jennings, partner at The Ment Law Group, said. “He spent the last 10 years trying to point out systemic flaws about how UMass Boston treats old non-tenured track faculty and no one at the university ever took the time to listen to him.

       

While Pfizer said in its petition for mass tort designation that it expected many of the dismissed plaintiffs to refile their claims, that prediction has not come to fruition. Now, there appears to be only a single Depo-Provera lawsuit pending in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

       

       

In light of a recent federal circuit court ruling, a federal judge wants supplemental briefing on its decision to bar a defense witness from opining on stem cells and the COVID-19 vaccine.

       

"Be patient—and while you're waiting for that leadership seat to open, recognize that not all leadership comes with a title. People don't follow you because you have a title; you get a title because they follow you. Start leading, and the title will work itself out."

       

As U.S. law firms downsize or close offices in China, and as U.S. visa renewals are called into question, talented Chinese graduates of top U.S. law schools have seen their plans and dreams unravel.

       

Belfi has served as head of client development at Labaton. His election to firm chairman comes 19 years after he first joined the New York plaintiffs firm as a partner. His nearly two decades at the firm have seen him representing large pension funds and other institutional investors in securities litigation.

       

Former global inclusion director Joi Bourgeois was replaced by associate director of firmwide inclusion Grace Geronimo, say sources.

       

Scammers have already misused the names of such firms as Latham & Watkins, Dechert, and DLA Piper, according to the U.K. Solicitors Regulation Authority.

       

The Trump administration had asked the circuit to stay the U.S. Court of International Trade order while the case was on appeal, arguing that the ruling threatened to upend the president's ongoing talks with governments looking to reduce their tariff rates. A three-judge panel on Tuesday agreed to keep that order on ice.

       

"It is deeply disturbing that the Justice Department has decided to restrict access to judicial nominees without justification or basis," American Bar Association President William Bay wrote in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.

       

Hogan Lovells, representing process-mining software provider Celonis, agreed to immediately withdraw its motion for a preliminary injunction under a joint stipulation where software company SAP agreed to certain restraints while the litigation continues.

       

The legislation would codify much of what the NCAA has been lobbying for years, providing antitrust protection for schools and stipulating that college athletes are not university employees.

       

"Under the circumstances—including the lack of evidence regarding harm that Nike will suffer, the brevity of the stay, and New Balance's commitment to continue collecting discovery from its foreign manufacturers—Nike has not 'show[n] undue prejudice separate from the delay itself,'" the court said.

       

The court's largest deductions were $2,000 for expenses the plaintiffs billed for that were not covered by standards outlined in 28 U.S.C. §§ 1821 and 1920 and over $1,330 docked for fee-petition work based on precedent from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Brewster v. Dukakis.        

On Monday, Monsanto waived a 14-day waiting period to distribute a Roundup case for the U.S. Supreme Court's June 26 conference.

       

The firm is the first in Canada to have its name on the jersey of a professional sports team.

       

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting plaintiffs "failed to carry their burden of establishing a likelihood of irreparable harm," U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss wrote in an order denying a preliminary injunction motion in a case challenging President Donald Trump's removal of CPB board members.