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Announcing the Finalists and Honorees of the 2025 New York Legal Awards

Tue, 2025-07-01 16:09

We look forward to seeing you all at the awards dinner at the Ziegfeld Ballroom on Sept. 4 in Manhattan. We'll reveal the winners in categories with finalists during the awards presentation.

       

Universities Turn to Law Firms for Lobbying Matters

Tue, 2025-07-01 15:39

Holland & Knight, K&L Gates, and other law and lobbying firms have filed lobbying registrations for academic institutions in the second quarter of this year.

       

Texas Updated Its Business Code. Here's What Corporate Litigators Still Want to Know.

Tue, 2025-07-01 15:37

A new law allows Texas corporations to set a minimum ownership threshold blocking certain minority shareholders from bringing derivative litigation. The law states that threshold can't be higher than 3%. It also allows companies to say that all internal disputes must be addressed in one particular venue—such as a business court—and to waive jury trials in those disputes.

       

Law Firm Mergers Up 21% in First Half of 2025

Tue, 2025-07-01 14:57

Twelve Q2 law firm mergers contributed to a total of 35 combinations so far this year, according to a new report.

       

‘Infinite Workday' Culture Poses Growing Legal Risks for Employers

Tue, 2025-07-01 14:41

"While the flexibility to work anytime, anywhere can be empowering, it also brings legal, operational, and cultural challenges that employers ignore at their peril," Proskauer Rose attorneys wrote in a recent note to clients.

       

Pardoned Man Can't Challenge FDIC's Felon Hiring Ban Under Pseudonym, DC Circuit Rules

Tue, 2025-07-01 14:03

“A byproduct of government transparency is that those who seek to alter public law by using the federal courts must, in all but truly exceptional cases, reveal their identity so that the public can understand the issues before the court," the appellate panel held.

       

Dozens of Attorneys Back Rehearing Request for Recent State Court Discrimination Decision

Tue, 2025-07-01 11:57

Firms from across the state have joined Edelman Liesen & Myers and co-counsel with the Missouri Kansas Queer Law Firm, Madeline Johnson, one of the first openly transgender lawyers in the state, in asking the Missouri Supreme Court to reconsider a recent ruling that rolled back protections against sex discrimination, according to the plaintiff's lawyers.

       

Could GM's Attorneys Be Kicked Off Patent Case for Recent Paralegal Hire?

Tue, 2025-07-01 10:26

"In other words, Fish & Richardson has not explained why, out of the thousands of Chicago-based paralegals, Fish & Richardson specifically sought to hire Ms. Rios. Of course, the explanation seems clear; Fish & Richardson desired Ms. Rios's unique knowledge concerning this case and LKQ's confidential information and legal strategies garnered while working for LKQ," plaintiff firm Irwin IP attorneys wrote in a motion to disqualify General Motors' counsel.

       

DOJ Negotiates Divestiture Remedy Permitting $14B HPE-Juniper Tech Merger

Tue, 2025-07-01 09:41

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks can consummate their $14 billion tech merger under a proposed divestiture and software licensing settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice.

       

Jackson Lewis Trial and Appeals Co-Head Returns to Morgan Lewis

Tue, 2025-07-01 08:59

Donald "Donny" English Jr. rejoins Morgan, Lewis & Bockius from Jackson Lewis, where he spent eight years as a partner and in various leadership positions. He got his legal career start at Morgan Lewis in 2000.

       

Deal Watch: Lakers Sell at $10 Billion Valuation, Deal Count Dips While Value Jumps

Tue, 2025-07-01 05:59

Deal volume remains down, but several larger deals have helped bolster overall numbers.

       

Medtronic GC Ivan Fong Retiring; Rival's Legal Chief Coming Aboard as Successor

Tue, 2025-07-01 00:11

Ivan Fong, 63, was one of the highest-proifile GCs to sign an amicus brief supporting Perkins Coie's legal challenge of President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm.

       

Yale Law Dean to Step Down 2 Years Ahead of Term End

Tue, 2025-07-01 00:11

Heather Gerken, Yale Law School's first woman dean, is stepping down after serving as dean for eight years to become president of the Ford Foundation.

       

Former DOJ, Big Law Appellate Attorneys Join Anti-Trump Group Democracy Forward

Tue, 2025-07-01 00:02

Democracy Forward is deepening its appellate expertise with recent DOJ and Big Law attorneys at a time when the Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal will be central in the legal battles over Trump administration policies.

       

New Law: Texas Among First to Regulate AI Practices

Mon, 2025-06-30 18:16

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act into law, effective Jan. 1, 2026. But federal legislation currently being considered by Congress might override state AI regulations.

       

Office of Civil Rights Claims Harvard Is 'Indifferent' to Campus Antisemitism

Mon, 2025-06-30 17:51

"Harvard is far from indifferent on this issue and strongly disagrees with the government's findings," Harvard spokesperson Jason Newton said.

       

Organizations Are Diving Into AI Adoption Without ROI Plans

Mon, 2025-06-30 17:40

Organizations in mainland Europe and the Middle East and Africa are recording higher investment in AI than the U.S., according to Thomson Reuters' 2025 Future of Professionals report.

       

Appellate Court Affirms Ban on Inactive Attorneys Serving as Neutrals

Mon, 2025-06-30 17:37

The ruling has implications for more than 70,000 inactive licensees in California.

       

US Institute of Peace Seeks En Banc Review of Challenge to Firings

Mon, 2025-06-30 16:59

The U.S. Institute of Peace seeks emergency intervention from the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit after a three-judge panel granted a stay allowing President Donald Trump's USIP firings to proceed pending appeal.

       

SCOTUS Asks US Solicitor General for Brief on Monsanto's Roundup

Mon, 2025-06-30 16:24

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court asked the U.S. Solicitor General to file a brief in a Roundup case.

       

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