Two figures from the investment world make the case for why the personal injury world is an ideal destination for outside investment.

       

Two co-lead plaintiffs' counsel in the Roundup multidistrict litigation filed an injunction motion earlier this month before U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, in California's Northern District, to intervene in a $7.25 billion class action settlement preliminarily approved last month by 22nd Judicial District Judge Timothy Boyer in St. Louis, Missouri.

       

New legal technology startups, hybrid law firms and “AI-native law firms are sprouting up to challenge the legal industry's existing order, convinced there is a better way to delivery legal services in the AI era.

       

The measures bolster pay transparency, place more restrictions on the use of noncompete agreements and increase the minimum wage.

       

“High-caliber general counsel and senior legal leaders are rarely raising a hand in the current market, said Mary Rombaut of the recruiting firm BarkerGilmore.
       

"It has arguably never been harder in American history than it is today, in 2026, to sue a federal official for money damages if they violate your constitutional rights," Harrison Stark of the University of Wisconsin Law School said.

       

Rare intervention is only the second time Japan has blocked a deal under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act.

       

Miguel Zaldivar, the CEO of the soon-to-be Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, speaks with Legal Speak co-host Patrick Smith about the genesis of the deal, the process he and the firm went through to secure the partnership vote, and what comes next.

       

"The state attorneys general aren't backup singers anymore, they are now headliners," an Armstrong Teasdale business litigation partner said after state AGs secured a monopolization jury trial verdict against defendants Live Nation and Ticketmaster, while a California federal judge ruled in favor of state plaintiffs in a case challenging the legality of the Nexstar-Tegna broadcast merger.

       

More than 2,500 fewer 2025 graduates were employed in full-time, long-term bar admission-required/anticipated or J.D. advantage jobs, including school-funded positions, compared to the previous graduating class.

       

The Wall Street elite firm filed a brief in a New York bankruptcy case with fictitious and inaccurate citations generated by artificial intelligence, illustrating that no one is immune to the reputational and ethical risks tied to the emerging technology.

       

"While the lost future earnings awarded to [the] plaintiff are perhaps uniquely high, [the] plaintiff's projected future earnings and earnings capacity are uniquely high," the judge reasoned.

       

Eric Swalwell has been accused of sexual misconduct—charges he denies.

       

A new lawsuit alleges an AI hiring platform's use of automated interviews and worker%E2%80%91monitoring tools turned a data breach into the exposure of full employment records. The case frames the incident as a consequence of broader AI hiring practices, not just a cybersecurity failure.

       

The Circuit Court of Cook County jury issued the record-breaking verdict Monday on behalf of a 32-year-old woman who underwent a hysterectomy following negligent complications during the procedure and delayed recognition of a postpartum hemorrhage.

       

Christopher Zaetta's 2025 compensation totaled $15.8 million, 130% higher than a year earlier.

       

Nominations are now open for The D.C. Legal Awards, formerly named The National Law Journal Awards.

       

"Billings, receivables, taxes, budgeting—those responsibilities don't go away simply because you're in trial. Firm leadership means thinking like both a lawyer and a business owner simultaneously. So my advice is this: develop discipline, resilience and systems early."

       

More than a dozen lawyers, including Mikal Watts and Christopher Placitella, applied to replace Beasley Allen's leadership role in the talc multidistrict litigation against Johnson & Johnson.

       

In the second part of a two-part article addressing patent standing issues common to companies in the life sciences industry, we examine additional patent standing complications and discuss how mid-litigation transfers of ownership may affect standing, and how standing issues may ultimately impact the availability and scope of damages.