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LSAC Hit With Class Action Complaint Over Application Fees

Tue, 2025-08-05 00:13

"LSAC—an ostensible not-for-profit organization purportedly committed to making legal education 'equitable and accessible' for all—has been wildly enriched by LSAC's anticompetitive conduct, as have LSAC's executives," the complaint states.

       

2025 GC Pay Report: Women Scoring Big Paydays, but Men Still Landing Most of the Plum Jobs

Tue, 2025-08-05 00:08

Median pay for women in our rankings topped that of men, but men hold two-thirds of the posts.

       

McDermott Will & Schulte Work to Integrate Leadership, Partners After Fast Merger

Mon, 2025-08-04 21:18

The partners of Schulte Roth & Zabel will “assume key roles across the management, executive, and compensation committees" of the new firm and will also serve as co-leads of its New York and London offices, the firm said.

       

Ousted Copyright Chief Seeks Emergency Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal

Mon, 2025-08-04 20:14

Attorneys for Shira Perlmutter said Judge Kelly's rejection of her request for a preliminary injunction failed to address the merits of her argument that the president lacks the authority to replace her or the librarian of Congress.

       

Supreme Court Will Consider Challenge to Voting Rights Act Remedies

Mon, 2025-08-04 20:10

The justices may limit the ability of courts to take race into account when trying to remedy under-representation by minority voters.

       

SEC Expected to Follow DOJ in Scaling Back FCPA Enforcement, Experts Say

Mon, 2025-08-04 20:08

Since May, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has closed at least two Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations and dropped a civil action.

       

KWM Was Once a Legal Industry's Trailblazer. Now the Firm's China Ties Thwart Its Global Ambitions

Mon, 2025-08-04 18:59

In what may be seen as a law firm merger cautionary tale, the firm has struggled to successfully integrate its Chinese and Australian arms, lawyers say, and geopolitics now has the firm operating as two very separate entities. 

       

Dentons Global CEO Not Fazed by Recent Legal Mega-Mergers

Mon, 2025-08-04 18:44

In a wide-ranging interview with Law.com International, Kate Barton says the firm remains unique in the breadth of global coverage, with India offering the greatest opportunities for growth.

       

Class Action Over UPS Notary Fees Cleared to Proceed, State Appellate Court Rules

Mon, 2025-08-04 18:16

Lynch Carpenter and Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz brought the claim for the plaintiff against the store, its notary Rex K. Ingram and other defendants, alleging their additional $4 "clerical fee" for $1 notary transactions violated the Illinois Notary Public Act.

       

Roundup Judge Threatens Sanctions Against 37 Plaintiffs Firms Over Unpaid Fees

Mon, 2025-08-04 18:08

On Aug. 1, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria ordered Monsanto to call the heads of the 37 firms, which haven't paid their required 8% assessment toward the common benefit fund.

       

Meta Faces Revived DC Lawsuit Alleging Unlawful Data Privacy Failures

Mon, 2025-08-04 17:29

"This is a significant victory," D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb said after an appeals court revived the District of Columbia's Consumer Protection Procedures Act lawsuit alleging Meta Platforms Inc. failed to protect Facebook users' privacy.

       

Judicial Officer Has Immunity From Political Retaliation Lawsuit, 5th Circuit Rules

Mon, 2025-08-04 17:26

The officer was performing a judicial act in presiding over the venire stage of jury duty, when prospective jurors are asked questions, offer excuses and make exemption requests, the court stated. That procedural step calls for the officer's discretionary judgment, thus he or she enjoys judicial immunity, the court held.

       

Billion-Dollar Lawsuit? Big Law Gathers for Nestlé Class Action

Mon, 2025-08-04 17:25

"This case turns on whether any of Nestlé's Poland Spring Water sources satisfy the objective spring-water standard of identity," the motion to certify the class said. "Nestlé represents that they are all 'springs.' Plaintiffs contend that each one is merely a groundwater well and that Nestlé strips minerals from all its products. If plaintiffs are right—either that Nestlé collects groundwater or uses demineralizing purification towers—then Poland Spring Water is mislabeled."

       

The DOJ Says He 'Pulls Rabbits Out of Hats:' Meet Ghislane Maxwell's Attorney David O. Markus

Mon, 2025-08-04 16:22

“David is a prosecutor's nightmare," said Mark Rosman, partner at Proskauer Rose and former assistant chief of the Washington Criminal Section in the DOJ's Antitrust Division.

       

Former Law Dean Named Interim President of UVA

Mon, 2025-08-04 14:58

Paul Mahoney will become the university's interim president on Aug. 11, succeeding Jim Ryan, who resigned at the end of June.

       

Lawyers Are Weighing Suits Over Driverless Cars—But There's a Catch

Mon, 2025-08-04 14:41

Amid the arrival of self-driving rideshare vehicles in Atlanta, attorney Drew Ashby has created a road map for pursuing tortious claims against autonomous defendants.

       

Landmark $2B PFAS Contamination Settlement Could Bring Other Claims, Attorney Predicts

Mon, 2025-08-04 14:36

"Public servants at those agencies have worked for almost 20 years to achieve these results from DuPont, and it took a month-long trial in Camden this summer to get here, but we're thrilled that we're here and just too happy that New Jersey can get this behind them, and address the contamination from the DuPont sites and PFAS contamination statewide," said William J. Jackson, national environmental practice co-chair at Kelley Drye & Warren in Houston.

       

Arnold & Porter Continues Raiding K&L Gates Amid Big Law Summer Hiring

Mon, 2025-08-04 14:35

The firm's total catch from K&L Gates is at least 12 partners now.

       

Big Law Litigators Raise Concerns About State Premerger Notification Laws

Mon, 2025-08-04 14:14

"It really increases the burden and imposes additional costs on companies that are trying to engage in transactions," Covington & Burling partner Ryan Quillian said of the Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act state laws compelling parties to report merger and acquisition proposals well before the transaction closes.

       

‘Troubling': Split 4th Circuit Rejects ‘History and Tradition' Challenge to Bankruptcy

Mon, 2025-08-04 14:07

“[T]he Constitution grants Article III judicial power over all cases arising under the laws of the United States," the appeals court held in its 2-1 decision. "The Bankruptcy Code is a law of the United States. So, petitions for relief under the Bankruptcy Code—even those filed by solvent debtors—arise under the laws of the United States.

       

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