A federal judge handed Meta a major win Tuesday in a closely watched copyright case over its use of books to train large language models, but the ruling stopped well short of giving tech companies blanket protection to scrape creative works for artificial intelligence.

A string of recent Supreme Court decisions backing President Donald Trump, Republican state policies and big business has led two of the court's three liberals to deploy increasingly pointed attacks on their conservative colleagues.

Austin attorney Geoff Weisbart finds solitude outside the courtroom and his legal practice at his ranch in Manchaca breeding and riding world championship cutting horses. It's just one of his hobbies that provides stress relief. He's also a licensed pilot.

President Donald Trump's nominee for the appeals curt refused to answer a Democratic senator's question on whether he consulted with the president or White House officials in advance of the U.S. Justice Department's move to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

"At the end of the day, the answer the firm keeps coming back to is you are not going to lose your job as a lawyer to AI, but you will lose your job to lawyers with AI," said AI co-chair Travis Wofford.

"We're pleased that the appellate court agreed with us that the Citizens Participation Act was intended as a shield for good faith participation in the political process, and should not be weaponized to enable bad faith, politically motivated, and false allegations of wrongdoing against our heroic teachers free of consequences," Sheryl Weikal said on behalf of the plaintiff.

Jillian Merns had been at Willkie for close to 14 years.

The complaint claims the insurance company had to pay out a judgment that was $2.5 million over the policy limit after its Lewis Brisbois counsel failed to accept a $25,000 settlement offer.

The firm, which announced a rebrand as Kasowitz LLP on Tuesday, thanked Dan Benson for his "decades-long dedication, contributions and friendship."

The retirement opens a key opportunity to fill a pivotal seat.

The wave of cyberattacks and data breaches has turned information governance from a compliance afterthought into a required business function. Yet, despite well-publicized threats and skyrocketing costs associated with cyber incidents, most companies remain both underinsured and fundamentally underprepared.

This two-part article discusses the requirements for information to be considered a trade secret under U.S. law, focusing on courts' continued use of the six-factor test outlined in the Restatement of Torts. Part One covered the evolving tests for establishing a trade secret, while Part Two examines the compatibility of those tests and potential considerations for litigators and legislators.

Am Law 100 firms leaped to a 12.3-to-1 equity partner pay ratio on average last year, according to ALM survey data.

The measure, recently passed by the U.S. Senate, would establish a regulatory framework for stablecoins. Legal industry experts say that, if the bill is signed into law, more law firms might consider allowing clients to pay with dollar-backed cryptocurrencies.

“Even though we are speaking as part of Harvard alumni, our ultimate goal is to point out the fact that this isn't just about Harvard. This is about all higher education," said Crimson Courage spokesperson Evelyn Kim.

"In short, a reasonable person in Bryant's position might have overlooked it. Courts have routinely denied summary judgment and found a genuine issue of fact as to whether a condition was open and obvious where the plaintiff failed to notice a condition prior to slipping or tripping under facts like this case," said U.S. District Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins.

“The overwhelming majority of the sophisticated legal departments I work with are growing—emphatically not plateauing or shrinking, said Jason Winmill, managing partner of the in-house consultancy Argopoint.

Several top firms stayed busy hiring even as the calendar turned to summer.

“Ultimately, this court's grace evaporates in the face of lies, misrepresentations, and omissions, wrote U.S. District Judge Cristina Silva.