It appears some firms may be getting ahead of themselves, with training and basic technology upgrades sometimes falling by the wayside.

As spooky season quickly approaches, Halloween costumes are just another sector driving copyright litigation.

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Patrick Smith speaks with Hinckley Allen litigator Jim Tuxbury about his groundbreaking SOX whistleblower case and the long ride to get a resolution.

"I would advise my younger self to network, network, network, both with internal attorneys and outside potential clients. I cannot underscore how important this is in one's career."

"These are very dynamic, rapidly changing markets, and judges would basically be out of their element if they tried to redesign them," said Herbert Hovenkamp, a University of Pennsylvania law professor.

Michele Mulrooney a founding member of the firm's Los Angeles office.

“This wasn't some oops' moment, Paul Grewal, chief legal officer of Coinbase, alleged on social media. He called the deletion a “destruction of evidence relevant to pending litigation.

"To any fair-minded observer, it is clear that Harvard University failed to protect their students from harassment and allowed discrimination to plague their campus for years," White House spokesperson Liz Huston said in a statement. "Harvard does not have a constitutional right to taxpayer dollars and remains ineligible for grants in the future."

One in five pre-law students fear artificial intelligence could replace their jobs in the future. Is that fear unfounded?

The Attorney Grievance Committee for the Appellate Division, First Department has told multiple complainants that concerns about Bove's conduct are being transferred to the DOJ.

“Because Lewis only complained of regulatory, rather than fraudulent, violations in his internal communications with AbbVie, the company had no reason to think Lewis's concerns revolved around the False Claims Act. More simply, AbbVie could not have retaliated against Lewis as a fraud whistleblower because he never blew the whistle on fraud, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge Joshua P. Kolar said.

The National Law Journal and Law.com announce the shorlist this year's legal awards.