As long as plaintiffs can establish a legal exception to foreign sovereign immunity, they need not also show that a country has had the "minimum" contacts with the United States in order to pursue their legal claims against that nation, the Supreme Court held Thursday.

“That's the conversation now—not whether DEI matters, but whether tracking it this way is still worth the risk," said Jennifer McIver, a legal operations consultant at Wolters Kluwer.

"[T]he timing of Tenreiro's departure appears to have been precipitated by his being assigned to detail in an office with a focus unrelated to his prior work and the agency's offering of a voluntary separation package,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein found.

The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed as "improvidently granted" a case Thursday dealing with the proper size of class actions that federal courts may certify.

Mexico cannot hold leading U.S. firearm manufacturers liable for the wake of gun violence perpetrated by drug cartels that use their weapons, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a unanimous ruling Thursday.

The decision is likely to make it easier for straight and white plaintiffs to allege reverse discrimination under federal civil rights law amid a wave of litigation over workplace DEI policies.

The total number of attorneys at NLJ 500 firms rose 5.5% in 2024 compared with 2023. Whether that head count growth can continue this year is unclear.

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These firms grew or shrunk the most by headcount or percentage during 2024.

This two-part article discusses the various legal and evidentiary requirements for antedating and removing prior art that patent owners should consider when their pre-AIA patents are challenged based on a prior art publication or activity that is not otherwise subject to a statutory bar. Part Two discusses the legal requirements for removing prior art that discloses an inventor's own work and the evidentiary requirements for swearing behind prior art.

"If a president tries to do something that is in clear violation of settled law, whether we like the law or not, an injunction is an appropriate remedy," Kate Shaw, a University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School professor, testified before a U.S. Senate joint subcommittee hearing.

"If a president tries to do something that is in clear violation of settled law, whether we like the law or not, an injunction is an appropriate remedy," Kate Shaw, a University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School professor, testified before a U.S. Senate joint subcommittee hearing.

Skadden is taking its partnership and compensation structure more seriously after recent departures and a shot to the brand due to its “deal with the White House.

The Supreme Court said a Catholic charity group should have been granted a religious exemption from Wisconsin's unemployment program despite the state's finding that the organization acted in a secular fashion.

Luigi Mangione's defense counsel has stated the federal and state theories of her client's case are at odds. Prosecutors say that mean double jeopardy can't apply.

Brad Lerman "and I have been talking about what makes sense for him and for our legal team and Brad will be leaving Starbucks in the coming months," CEO Brian Niccol said in a letter to employees.

A three-judge panel asked a U.S. Justice Department attorney about "the ordinary meaning" of the 14th Amendment while questioning whether it should wait for a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on nationwide injunctions.

A workshop that was going to be titled "Attention Economy: Monopolizing Kids' Time Online" was renamed "Attention Economy: How Big Tech Firms Exploit Children and Hurt Families" after Republicans gained control of the commission this year.