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"The Court is not persuaded," U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres of the Southern District of New York ruled on Thursday.

"Given the changing backdrop of technology in motor vehicles, we hope the decision to hear this case signifies the beginning of what will be further scrutiny of the role intent should play in the definition of operation," said Genevieve Henrique, a solo practitioner representing a driver accused of "operating" a vehicle under the influence.

Change isn't coming — it's already here. In nearly every corner of business, and particularly in the legal industry, the pace of innovation is accelerating. Marketing and public relations professionals in law firms or those targeting legal clients are standing at a critical crossroads: either resist the wave of change or ride it forward with purpose, agility and creativity.

Former justices reveal their motivations for joining and leaving their respective state supreme court benches.

Former justices reveal their motivations for joining and leaving their respective state supreme court benches.

“In my view, these nominees are really outside the mainstream, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, said at Thursday's hearing.

A federal judge handed Meta a major win Tuesday in a closely watched copyright case over its use of books to train large language models, but the ruling stopped well short of giving tech companies blanket protection to scrape creative works for artificial intelligence.

A string of recent Supreme Court decisions backing President Donald Trump, Republican state policies and big business has led two of the court's three liberals to deploy increasingly pointed attacks on their conservative colleagues.

Austin attorney Geoff Weisbart finds solitude outside the courtroom and his legal practice at his ranch in Manchaca breeding and riding world championship cutting horses. It's just one of his hobbies that provides stress relief. He's also a licensed pilot.

President Donald Trump's nominee for the appeals curt refused to answer a Democratic senator's question on whether he consulted with the president or White House officials in advance of the U.S. Justice Department's move to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

"At the end of the day, the answer the firm keeps coming back to is you are not going to lose your job as a lawyer to AI, but you will lose your job to lawyers with AI," said AI co-chair Travis Wofford.

Comparative advertising can be effective, but if claims don't help up the consequences can be devastating.

"We're pleased that the appellate court agreed with us that the Citizens Participation Act was intended as a shield for good faith participation in the political process, and should not be weaponized to enable bad faith, politically motivated, and false allegations of wrongdoing against our heroic teachers free of consequences," Sheryl Weikal said on behalf of the plaintiff.

Jillian Merns had been at Willkie for close to 14 years.

The complaint claims the insurance company had to pay out a judgment that was $2.5 million over the policy limit after its Lewis Brisbois counsel failed to accept a $25,000 settlement offer.

The firm, which announced a rebrand as Kasowitz LLP on Tuesday, thanked Dan Benson for his "decades-long dedication, contributions and friendship."

The retirement opens a key opportunity to fill a pivotal seat.

The wave of cyberattacks and data breaches has turned information governance from a compliance afterthought into a required business function. Yet, despite well-publicized threats and skyrocketing costs associated with cyber incidents, most companies remain both underinsured and fundamentally underprepared.

"Take ownership of every task you are given. Be responsive. Anticipate the needs of your team and client and identify how you can proactively address those needs."