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Litigation Trends to Watch: Cases Center on Multilevel Marketing, Supplement Serving Sizes and OnlyFans Disputes

Fri, 2026-05-08 15:21

Vitamin and supplement companies are accused of manipulating serving sizes.

       

EPA's New Focus on Microplastics Could Be Start of Long Regulatory Road

Fri, 2026-05-08 11:59

Companies may want to ask themselves: “Do we have a dog in the fight? Do we make plastic? Do we have something to do with plastic?" said James Aidala, a former EPA official who's now a consultant.

       

How I Made Partner: 'Be Someone Who Clients and Colleagues Trust,' Says Peter Salzler of Braverman Greenspun

Fri, 2026-05-08 10:59

"Be someone who clients and colleagues trust. Being responsive, anticipating issues and needs, and thinking creatively to improve both work product and firm practices is of great value to both clients and your firm."

       

DOJ Investigates Northern Virginia Prosecutor Over Alleged Preferential Treatment of Undocumented Immigrants

Fri, 2026-05-08 10:05

"This investigation will uncover whether this prosecutor is putting the community at risk in offering sweetheart deals to illegal immigrants charged with serious crimes," the Trump administration's top civil rights enforcer said of Commonwealth's attorney Steve Descano of Fairfax County, Virginia, who faces a federal probe by the U.S. Department of Justice.

       

Outside Counsel Takes Legal Reins of Six Flags as Merger Fallout Mounts

Fri, 2026-05-08 06:29

Christopher Bennett will serve as chief legal and compliance officer, part of a new management team trying to turn around the company after an $8 billion merger went off the rails.

       

How Six Big Law Firms Lost Confidential M&A Data to a Global Insider Trading Scheme

Fri, 2026-05-08 05:59

Alleged perpetrators in some cases accessed material non-public information on deals in which they weren't staffed, charging documents show.

       

Norton Rose Fulbright Appoints New Australia Head

Fri, 2026-05-08 04:32

Marshall Bromwich will replace incumbent Alison Deitz.

       

Trade Court Strikes Down Trump's 10% Global Duties, Rejecting 'Expansive' View of Executive Power to Impose Tariffs

Thu, 2026-05-07 18:24

The trade court ruled 2-1 that Trump had unlawfully used Section 122 of the Trade Act to enact a new blanket duty on products entering the United States, finding that Trump failed to identify a "balance-of-payments deficit" that would allow him to wield the trade law's broad tariff-making powers. The decision strikes down the president's second bid to impose global tariffs on his own.

       

DC Circuit Questions Pentagon's Push to Punish Mark Kelly After 'Illegal Orders' Video

Thu, 2026-05-07 18:12

At least two D.C. Circuit judges seemed to be skeptical of arguments from the Justice Department.

       

Retired Judges Urge US Appeals Court to Reject Trump's 'Unprecedented Suit' Against Maryland's Federal Bench

Thu, 2026-05-07 17:39

The retired judges told the Fourth Circuit that the lawsuit is an “extraordinary, unprecedented broadside" against the judiciary's authority.

       

AI Chatlogs Promise Discovery Risk, Windfall

Thu, 2026-05-07 17:30

In the last several months, judges have started to parse the discoverability of AI chat logs.

       

Plaintiff Lawyers Are Winning ERISA Cases, Causing Litigation to Soar

Thu, 2026-05-07 17:07

"Of all the areas where the plaintiff's bar is filing class actions, they're having the most success in the ERISA space," said Gerald L. Maatman Jr. of Duane Morris in Chicago, chair of the firm's class action defense team.

       

Troy McKenzie, NYU's First Black Law Dean, to Step Down From Leadership Role

Thu, 2026-05-07 16:53

Troy McKenzie, a 2000 alum, became NYU Law's first Black dean when he took the position nearly four years ago.

       

NJ Midsize Firm Accused of Botched Estate Planning, Losing and Misallocating Trust Assets

Thu, 2026-05-07 16:09

The complaint, filed this week in Burlington County Superior Court, alleges misconduct by Capehart & Scatchard, claiming the firm's estate planning advice and related transactions reshaped—and depleted—the couple's assets to the detriment of multiple family trusts.

       

Paul Weiss Sheds Litigation Associates

Thu, 2026-05-07 14:52

After Paul Weiss and McDermott's associate cuts, it's possible other firms may follow, encouraged that top firms are taking these steps without apparent financial weaknesses, sources said.

       

How AI Shapes the Way IBM's Legal Chief Approaches Almost Everything

Thu, 2026-05-07 13:59

"It comes down to building trust and enabling adoption for customers. Trust leads to adoption and adoption leads to stickiness," said Anne Robinson, who became Big Blue's legal chief in July 2024.

       

Output vs. Process: When Attorneys Should — and Shouldn't — Use AI

Thu, 2026-05-07 11:50

Clients have pushed back on what they are willing to pay for since long before anyone heard of a large language model. AI is the latest chapter in a long story about legal fees. But it introduces a wrinkle that prior tools did not.

       

Am Law 200 Law Firms Hit With Discrimination Suits, Law.com Radar Shows

Thu, 2026-05-07 11:27

Big Law firms faced allegations of race, gender and pregnancy bias in April. Plus, cyber negligence claims smacked two firms.

       

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