The FTC, in the Trump era, is wary of noncompetes it views as extreme, or those targeting lower-wage workers. But it sees a role for noncompetes for executives and others who have access to trade secrets or specialized training.

       

The plaintiffs claim Google extracted their "voiceprints" from publicly available recordings without notice or consent and used these voiceprints to build commercial products that now compete with them in their own profession.

       

While the case was squarely about the EOs against the four law firms, Trump's EO against Paul Weiss, and subsequent deal, was also of interest to the lawyers and panel of judges.

       

As AI becomes embedded in everyday business and legal operations, organizations are confronting a new expectation: simply disclosing AI use is no longer enough. A critical shift is taking place in the legal industry: transparency is no longer just about disclosure; it's about comprehension.

       

Mark Sansom steps down, but assumes the role of global client partner.

       

Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including the 2026 Am Law 200 ranking by gross revenue.

       

"I am not going to rubber stamp this settlement," U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan said regarding a $1.5 million consent judgment that would resolve allegations Musk harmed Twitter investors with his belated disclosure of stock-ownership.

       

"The pyramids were built in less time than it took to litigate this case," U.S. District Judge James Donato, in the Northern District of California, told class counsel at an April 30 hearing.

       

Edward Harold King resigned from the bench in February while under investigation by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

       

Legal operations leaders at CLOC's Global Institute highlighted a growing tension inside legal departments: Firms are buying AI licenses, but many lawyers still are not using the tools regularly.

       

"Talk less and listen more—like me, you know less than you think. You learn far more by asking questions and genuinely hearing the answers."

       

This week: The Virginia governor is weighing whether to allow class actions in the state's courts. A Pennsylvania judge split with a California decision against Ford and greenlighted Uber's RICO case. Find out who stepped in to represent Lululemon in a class action over tariff refunds.

       

At a recent trade secret conference, several speakers highlighted a problem with a common industry practice related to non-disclosure agreements. In particular, NDAs are often drafted such that they (and the confidentiality obligations therein) expire after a set term, but there is a very real risk that doing so may inadvertently destroy trade secret status of information disclosed pursuant to the NDA.

       

A new AlixPartners survey of 500 legal and compliance executives finds preparedness gaps in nearly every risk category, from AI compliance and cybersecurity to financial crime and sanctions.

       

Law.com ranked the top 20 schools that are sending the most students into public interest jobs, government work and federal clerkships.

       

Scores of top-quality entries from a wide variety of firms featuring women practicing in Continental Europe have been whittled down to the top 25 women under 40 expected to spearhead the next generation of leading partners.         

In a statement to Law.com this week, Quinn explained his departure as “logical, adding that he “didn't really think about what day of the week it was when he decided to make his announcement.

       

In a pair of Truth Social posts, the president nominated U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota Judge Daniel Traynor to the Eighth Circuit and U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado Judge Daniel Domenico to the Tenth Circuit.

       

A bill before Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger would allow class actions to be filed in Virginia's state courts for the first time.

       

Trade experts found this second set of duties to be more similar to the tariffs that came out of the first Trump administration—which have largely withstood legal scrutiny—than to the emergency duties that courts recently rejected.