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Why Adaptive Leadership Is the Skill Lawyers and Law Firms Need Most Right Now

Thu, 2025-08-14 12:59

The problem is that we're not experts in solving continuously evolving, complex problems of first impression, but we try to use our traditional problem-solving approaches to do so.

       

120 Seconds Question-Free: Litigators Split Over Appellate Oral Argument Format

Thu, 2025-08-14 11:26

As the Supreme Court of Georgia tests out two minutes of uninterrupted oral argument inspired by the U.S. Supreme Court's altered approach, appellate litigators are sharing their thoughts.

       

eBay Could Face Liability for False Imprisonment, Harassment of Massachusetts Couple, Judge Rules

Thu, 2025-08-14 10:42

According to the court, a reasonable jury could determine that eBay, through its employees, "engaged in a course of conduct—including stalking, surveillance, and other intimidating behavior—that was intended to instill fear in the Steiners and thereby restrain their freedom of movement."

       

DOJ Antitrust Division's New Whistleblower Program Signals Pipeline for Investigations Outside of Leniency

Thu, 2025-08-14 10:29

The Whistleblower Program is a new source for case generation that may signal that the division is planning to rely less on leniency going forward.

       

In Unanimous 'Kousisis' Decision, US Supreme Court Widens Scope for Federal Fraud Prosecutions

Thu, 2025-08-14 10:10

The court clarified a 6-5 circuit split and expanded the prosecutorial reach of the wire fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. Section 1343, leaving future fraudulent-inducement cases to turn on that statute's “demanding materiality requirement.

       

'DC Crime Emergency'? Experts Question Trump's Order to Federalized Police Force in Washington

Thu, 2025-08-14 10:00

"With crime trends going down in recent years, I'm not sure there is that emergency," ArentFox Schiff partner David Grosso said of President Donald Trump's executive order seizing control of the District of Columbia's police force under a declared crime emergency.

       

So. Calif. City Sued for Allegedly Targeting Immigrant Communities With 'Discriminatory' Street Vending Policies

Thu, 2025-08-14 09:46

An immigrant advocacy group sued the City of Fontana, which is located in Southern California's San Bernardino County, for allegedly targeting immigrant communities in the area by illegally seizing the property of street vendors and recruiting contracted private agents to enforce discriminatory policies against them.

       

Law Firms Must Embrace New Revenue Opportunities to Take Sting Out of Escalating Tech Costs

Thu, 2025-08-14 04:59

Legal industry experts say firm leaders should recognize the revenue generation potential in legal tech and quit viewing it solely as a tool for operational function.

       

Chinese Firms Double Down in Hong Kong, Zhong Yin Enters Market With New City Practice

Thu, 2025-08-14 01:07

Chinese firms continue to fight for market share in Hong Kong by hiring senior lawyers from their foreign counterparts, setting up offices on the ground and inking associations with domestic firms.

       

Crypto Billionaire Justin Sun Sues Bloomberg Over Wealth Report

Thu, 2025-08-14 00:45

Tron founder Justin Sun alleged Bloomberg breached confidentiality by publishing detailed cryptocurrency holdings in its “Billionaires Index despite prior assurances.

       

As Client Pressures Mount, Law Firms See Cost as Major Barrier to Improving Their Security Posture

Thu, 2025-08-14 00:36

While some law firms say they have adequate budgets the “2025 State of Cybersecurity in Law Firms survey found that they can still face vulnerabilities.

       

NY Assembly Weighs Bill to Establish Protocols for Bar Exam Emergencies

Thu, 2025-08-14 00:29

The bill follows a recent incident during the New York bar exam on Long Island last month, when a student suffered a medical emergency during the exam.

       

Texas Sues Eli Lilly: 'Big Pharma Compromised Medical Decision-Making'

Wed, 2025-08-13 16:55

Texas has sued pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly for allegedly bribing and illegally inducing medical providers to prescribe its most profitable drugs, including the high-demand GLP-1 medications Mounjaro and Zepbound that are used for weight loss and diabetes treatment.

       

Setting Up a 'Heckler's Veto?:' 8th Circ. Revives Suit Over Firefighter's Anti-Abortion Facebook Post

Wed, 2025-08-13 16:28

"Granting summary judgment based on such 'vague and conclusory' concerns, without more, runs the risk of constitutionalizing a heckler's veto. Enough outsider complaints could prevent government employees from speaking on any controversial subject, even on their own personal time. And all without a showing of how it actually affected the government's ability to deliver 'public services'—here, fighting fires and protecting public safety," Judge David R. Stras wrote.

       

Alina Habba Faces New Challenge—This One Backed by Abbe Lowell

Wed, 2025-08-13 16:23

The emergence of a second challenge to Habba's authority creates a more complex case for her to battle, said Jacob Elberg, a professor at Seton Hall University School of Law and a former assistant U.S. attorney.

       

Soaring Hourly Rates, Rising Need for Geopolitical Guidance Forcing GCs to Confront Runaway Outside Counsel Costs

Wed, 2025-08-13 16:20

“I'm seeing more and more clients push back. That's why you're seeing the realization rates drop," said Ken Callander, managing principal of the in-house consultancy Value Strategies.

       

Client's Ex-Employee Sues Kelley Drye Over Data Breach Notice

Wed, 2025-08-13 15:53

Kelley Drye & Warren faces a proposed class action over a March data breach that purportedly exposed the personal information of its clients and their employees.

       

Split DC Circuit Gives Trump Green Light to Continue Foreign Aid Funding Freeze

Wed, 2025-08-13 15:16

“Here, the grantees assert a non-statutory right to vindicate separation-of-powers principles but they are foreclosed from doing so" by Supreme Court precedent, the appellate court stated. "[P]laintiffs would otherwise be able to avoid statutory limits on review by reframing any alleged statutory violation by the President as a constitutional one.

       

Harvey Weinstein Will Be Tried a Third Time in New York, Manhattan Prosecutors Say

Wed, 2025-08-13 13:58

The new trial will be the third time that the New York County District Attorney's Office will try Weinstein for the alleged third-degree rape of aspiring actress, Jessica Mann, in a New York hotel room in 2013.

       

US Justices to Decide Whether Delaware's Tough Med Mal Pleading Requirements Should Apply in Fed Court

Wed, 2025-08-13 13:46

Nearly 30 states require medical-malpractice plaintiffs to file expert affidavits about the strength of their case. The Supreme Court will decide whether those requirements apply in federal court in diversity jurisdiction cases.

       

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