Partnerships may not want to be as aggressive with quarterly draws and distributions, especially after business expectations changed from the end of 2024 into 2025, said one law firm founder.

       

"I've received zero pressure from my CEO or board to move firms," said a general counsel in the IT field.

       

"I think millennials just grew up with technology in a way that's different from the baby boomer generation or anybody older. ... We had no choice but to roll with the punches," said one young attorney about litigating in the post-COVID era.

       

"We are very pleased with the court's decision, which affirms that IDR awards are enforceable and cannot be ignored by health plans and insurance companies," Adam T. Schramek of Norton Rose Fulbright, counsel for the air ambulance companies, said.

       

Some GCs expressed concerns that if law firms won't stand up for their own DEI policies, it bodes badly for their willingness to stand up for their clients.

       

“This legislation will shield attorneys from any dirty deals made by big law firms with the Trump administration and preserve independent pro bono legal work in New York State, said state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, an attorney.

       

Richard Rothberg has been with Dell with 26 years, the last 13 as legal chief.

       

The Supreme Court said the Trump administration could move forward with canceling deportation protections for more than 300,000 Venezuelan immigrants.

       

"Even when sending drafts to partners and clients, the draft should be as complete and proofread as possible. In business immigration, our final work products are the petitions that we file with the U.S. Immigration & Citizenship Services (USCIS) and applications that clients present at a U.S. consulate interview outside the U.S. Even if we know that these documents will not be reviewed carefully by the government officer, the work product is seen by the clients and their employees applying for these visas, so they should always reflect the professionalism and care that we put into them."

       

"Our call to action doesn't need more slogans or statements. It needs people willing to remember what this work was meant to be—and brave enough to shape it accordingly," writes Marcie Dickson, vice president of communications for the Institute for Well-Being in Law Board and the president of Tapestry ADR.

       

The combined firm would have one of the largest Manhattan law offices, rivaling many Wall Street firms by head count.

       

Under the deal, Capital One will pay $300 million to a class of people who opened a 360 Savings account since Sept. 18, 2019 to cover the interest they would have earned had they instead opened a 360 Performance Savings account. The remaining $125 million will be paid out as additional interest payments for class members who decide to keep their 360 Savings accounts.

       

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"Part of what's at stake in the case is what feels like a rather reckless treatment of an institution," Judge Cornelia T.L. Pillard said of the Trump administration's efforts to downsize the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

       

"CZ can run but he cannot hide, said Ryan Sparacino, the managing partner at Sparacino, who is among the litigators representing the plaintiffs, referring to Binance's founder Changpeng Zhao. “We look forward to seeing him in court soon."        

More judges are issuing orders warning lawyers about the dangers of relying on artificial intelligence-generated documents, and cautioning them about citing fake cases in submissions to the court. One of the latest is Chief Judge Randy Crane of the Southern District of Texas. He signed an order reminding legal practitioners that they are responsible for the accuracy of court filings, even with AI assistance.

       

The merger is set to happen in two weeks.

       

Patent litigation against major carmakers soared in Texas courts over infotainment tech.

       

U.S. District Judge Andrea R. Wood for the Northern District of Illinois denied The Boldt Co.'s motion to alter a $1 judgment in favor of the defendant, Black & Veatch Construction. Boldt moved to amend in an attempt to recover money it believed it was owed for work it performed as a subcontractor for the defendant before it was fired for scheduling issues.

       

In Del Prete v. Villaege of Romeoville, the plaintiff claimed she was wrongfully convicted for the murder of an infant in her care and has sued the investigators overseeing her case for the emotional pain she faced during her 10-year prison sentence. She filed a motion for a proposed protective order covering her health records, where she sought access to mental-health documents before they were disclosed to the defendants.