Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, testified on Wednesday as part of a first-ever trial alleging Instagram and another defendant, YouTube, addicted a teenage girl, causing mental health problems.

This article discusses the current landscape for trade secrets as they relate to autonomous vehicles, and examines the competing objectives of requiring disclosure of internal information for public safety demands versus vehicle companies protecting their confidential information as trade secrets.

Federal Communications Commission guidance states that its equal-time rule could apply to daytime and late-night talk shows “motivated by partisan purposes. The rule requires broadcasters to afford equal airtime to political candidates of different parties but has not traditionally been applied to talk shows.

The filing claims the disgorgement the SEC is seeking is an example of unconstitutional selective enforcement and violates Musk's right to due process by being punitive and "grossly disproportional to the alleged conduct."

Companies should not respond to increased tariffs by attempting to avoid or evade them. Those that do face a patchwork of enforcement tools that carry significant customs penalties and fines, and, in some cases, incarceration.

“[T]he military has articulated its need to have fit servicemembers who can fulfill its military mission without complications from medical conditions that could compromise deployment functions, contribute to conflicts with foreign nations during deployment, and add costs over those generally necessary to maintain fit servicemembers, the appeals court held.

"Nevertheless, based on the extent of injury, I felt the verdict should have been higher, and I look forward to getting a higher verdict if we are forced to retry the case," plaintiffs counsel told the Daily Report.

Oklahoma-based Integris Health is facing two new class action lawsuits over a data breach suffered by one of its vendors just months after it settled a similar data breach case for $30 million, highlighting the importance of addressing data security issues after a breach.

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"Courts construing language similar to the 'personal, family, or household purposes' requirement of the MLA have understood it 'as distinguishing between loans made for consumer-oriented purposes (which are covered) from loans made for business, commercial, or similar profit-seeking reasons (which are not covered),'" the judge said.

Firm leaders at Crowell, Wilmer, Arnold & Porter and Steptoe all indicated in interviews that growing their presence on the West Coast is a priority, citing client business in their litigation, transactional, healthcare, life sciences, technology and AI practices.

This week on Legal Speak, we preview a Supreme Court Brief discussion highlighting conflicts between the Fourteenth Amendment's citizenship clause and current Trump administrative policies.

"This is a demanding job, and there's a high level of expectation about your responsiveness and availability. That being said, your career is not a sprint. The way to make partner is not to try to bill 3,000 hours in your first year. In fact, that's a good recipe for not making partner. And there are many times (when you're not at trial) that you can and should carve out time to spend time with family and friends."

Fried Frank is now facing its second class action over a 2025 data breach. Thompson Coburn meanwhile plans to promptly settle a suit stemming from a 2024 breach.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposal would rescind regulations that prohibit ostensibly neutral practices—such as tenant screening, lending criteria or zoning decisions—that produce unequal outcomes even without discriminatory intent.

The Standards Committee reviewed Standard 316 in light of the recent developments that several U.S. jurisdictions have created alternative pathways to attorney licensure and suggested changes for the council to review.

U.S. District Chief Judge Leigh Martin May of the Northern District of Georgia planned a hearing Tuesday on whether to move ahead with the bellwether plan after a federal jury sided with defendant Teva Pharmaceuticals USA this month.

“This case reflects that broader pattern of investors relying on representations of stability and regulatory credibility from cryptocurrency platforms, only to discover that access to their assets could be halted without warning," said Thomas Liam Murphy, a partner at Murphy's Law: The Crypto Law Firm, who represents the plaintiff, Xiaoliang Mou.

The Utah State Senate has tasked Utah Valley University to conduct a feasibility study for adding a law school at the Thanksgiving Point in Lehi location, which would accommodate working professionals.