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'The Room Looked Stunned': As Whistleblowers, Critics Emerge, Here's What to Expect for Emil Bove's 3rd Circ. Confirmation Hearing

14 min 16 sec ago

In one of the more explosive letters sent to lawmakers, a former colleague of Bove's raised serious allegations of partisan actions and advocating for lawyers to ignore court orders.

       

Judge Nixes Visa Gift Card Suit, Says No One 'Reasonable' Would Believe Cards Were Scam-Proof

1 hour 29 min ago

A New Yorker represented by Wolf Popper had argued that he had bought Visa Vanilla gift cards, believing that the payments giant had taken measures to protect its cards from widespread card draining scams. But U.S. District Judge Gregory Woods for the Southern District of New York dismissed the case, unconvinced that Visa had sold or marketed the cards to trick consumers into believing they were safe from scammers.

       

Companies Accused of Breaching Fiduciary Duty to Employee Benefit Plans in ERISA Litigation Wave

1 hour 55 min ago

The number of ERISA class actions against Fortune 500 entities was up 162% in May, according to data from Law.com Radar.

       

Gaming Company's CLO to Retire Following Spate of Legal Spats With Rivals

2 hours 12 min ago

After seven years as the top lawyer at Light & Wonder, the maker of Bally casino games, 64-year-old James Sottile is passing the legal reins to his top deputy, Susan Dawson.

       

Zillow Real Estate Listing Policy Faces Antitrust Challenge Alleging Market-Wide Harm

2 hours 30 min ago

"Zillow has willfully maintained and abused its monopoly power in the residential real estate online search services market by adopting the anticompetitive and exclusionary policy that is the Zillow Ban and thus violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act," counsel for Compass Inc. alleged in the complaint.

       

Houston Lawyer Finds Harmony Between High-End Audio and Legal Practice

3 hours 11 min ago

David Bissinger, law partner at Bissinger, Oshman, Williams & Strasburger in Houston, leverages his passion for audio systems and audio skills to improve courtroom presentations, linking music composition to legal arguments.

       

SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Ruling Hangs Over Trump's Appeal of E. Jean Carroll Verdict

3 hours 16 min ago

“There's been no assertion and no finding that President Trump unequivocally and explicitly renounced his immunity in this case, his attorney said in pressing for the verdict to be reversed.

       

Why a Wachtell Lipton Star Took a Mid-Career Leap to Salesforce, and How He's Shaping Its Future

4 hours 46 min ago

"The goal is simple: Let AI handle the repeatable tasks so humans can focus on high-value, relationship-driven work," said Sabastian Niles, president and chief legal officer of Salesforce.

       

Managing Ethics Considerations in the Context of Partner Departures

5 hours 34 min ago
Communication, Collaboration, and Access to Partnership Agreement Details Are Key        

Lawyers Weigh In on the Threat of Deepfake Evidence in Litigation

8 hours 18 min ago

In an era where AI-generated audio, video, and images can convincingly mimic real people, how are courts, attorneys, and lawmakers preparing to tackle the threat of falsified evidence?

       

'Language Whac-A-Mole': Big Law Tries to Keep Up with the Trump Administration's Word Targets

8 hours 46 min ago

While replacing problematic words may seem minor compared with other law firm actions, it's a high-stakes environment.

       

In Trump's Second Term, Every Law Firm Decision on DEI Comes With Risk

8 hours 46 min ago

One thing is consistent: Almost no one currently working at a firm large enough to feel exposed wants to discuss DEI publicly.

       

Law Schools Are Quietly Changing DEI Messaging. What Does That Mean for Big Law's Future Talent Pipeline?

8 hours 47 min ago

As many law schools scale back their diversity, equity and inclusion messaging to avoid being targeted, some are wondering what another blow to DEI could mean for the future of diversity in the profession.

       

The Talent Report: Who Makes Up Big Law's Talent

8 hours 47 min ago

Here's our demographic data on who makes up Big Law's talent.

       

The (New) Talent Report: A Note From the Editor

8 hours 47 min ago

Welcome to The Talent Report, where we capture the data on who makes up Big Law's talent, from titles and ranks, to demographics.

       

Why Every Lawyer Must Defend Our Judiciary Now

8 hours 48 min ago

In recent years, inflammatory political rhetoric—regardless of party—has fueled a troubling surge in violence against judges. This kind of rhetoric not only undermines public trust in the judiciary, weakening the very foundation of our legal system, but also endangers the lives of judges and their families.

       

How a Disgraced Financier Defrauded His Investors—and His Own Mother

18 hours 15 min ago

Notably, the SEC did not take the position that any particular cryptocurrency asset was a security, but rather that the investment in the funds satisfied the security requirement, said David Oliwenstein, formerly with the SEC's Division of Enforcement and now a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.

       

In Democratic Primary, Civil Litigator Patrick Timmins Takes on Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

Mon, 2025-06-23 20:36

Timmins said that when no one else stepped forward, he chose to "bring the action," faulting the incumbent's performance on safety in the New York City transit system. Bragg points to work the DA's office has done with law enforcement and community groups on guns, shootings, in addressing mental illness and expanding survivor services.

       

9th Circuit Revives Antitrust Counterclaims Against Real Estate Data Company CoStar

Mon, 2025-06-23 20:15

Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc. "plausibly alleges that CoStar has monopoly power in the relevant markets and engaged in anticompetitive conduct by entering de facto exclusive agreements and constructing technological barriers," Judge Anthony D. Johnstone wrote in the Ninth Circuit's decision reviving CREXi's antitrust counterclaims.

       

Doug Emhoff to Return to Alma Mater as Law Professor in California

Mon, 2025-06-23 20:13

“In this difficult moment for the legal community, I believe it is more important than ever to instill in the next generation of lawyers the same principles that drove me to the legal profession: the imperative of speaking out on behalf of the vulnerable, standing up for the rule of law, defending every citizen's fundamental rights, and always fighting for justice, without fear or favor," Emhoff said.

       

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