Despite a decrease in exposure, the average settlement reached in a securities fraud case in the second half of the year was more than double the average recorded in the first half of the year, according to a study released by Securities Analytics Research.

       

The surge in employment litigation, detected by Law.com Radar, represents a volume far in excess of the typical average of less than one case per month.

       

Law.com's ongoing coverage of the legal impact of the capture and prosecution of Nicolás Maduro, who was removed from power as Venezuelan president by U.S. armed forces.

       

Kate Adams earned $26.07 million in 2018, her first year Apple. In the years since, her pay level has barely budged.

       

Former federal prosecutor for the Central District of California Joe McNally details the legal elements involved in the extraction and pending prosecution of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro on U.S. soil.        

Catch up on the latest data from across the Law.com newsroom, including the biggest legal tech M&As in 2025.

       

"Cumulus has made a significant showing that Nielsen is relying on anticompetitive conduct to maintain its power in the national and local radio ratings markets," U.S. District Judge Jeannette A. Vargas wrote in a decision granting plaintiff radio station owner Cumulus Media New Holdings Inc. extraordinary relief with a preliminary injunction that prevents defendant ratings giant The Nielsen Co. from enforcing its "tying" policy.

       

“There is a specific set of rules that are in place to protect consumers, and it's of great importance that influencers know and understand those rules, because they are requirements and not suggestions, said Evan Berger, an attorney at Berger Law, who is also the plaintiff in the case.

       

The Verification-Value Paradox states that increases in efficiency from AI use “will be met by a correspondingly greater imperative to manually verify the outputs. The result is that the net value of AI in many legal contexts may be negligible once verification is honestly accounted for. For low-stakes tasks, verification costs are light. For core legal work, verification costs are heavy. That's the tension.

       

The latest data from the London Stock Exchange shows U.S. firm consolidation is continuing in London as M&A has a strong year.

       

Kent Zimmermann, newly appointed co-chair of the Zeughauser Group, has been involved in some of the largest mergers to transform Big Law, including the planned combination between Perkins Coie and Ashurst and the imminent merger of Cadwalader and Hogan Lovells.

       

The AI LEAD Act would allow consumers and state attorneys general to bring federal lawsuits against developers or deployers of AI systems for causing harm to consumers.

       

New technology advancements and changing regulations are likely to herald significant changes in data privacy in the months to come.
       

"Get to know your colleagues and understand how the business works. You don't have to share the same interests, but mutual respect is essential. The people who tend to thrive are those who take the time to build relationships and to understand how decisions, financial and otherwise, shape a firm's trajectory."

       

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Georgette Castner, in the District of New Jersey, issued a certification that she would grant a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary's motion to reopen its case against talc plaintiffs' expert Dr. Jacqueline Moline.

       

Main Justice and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York have clashed over other high-profile criminal cases. Now, New York prosecutors are now charged with handling what may be the most important prosecution of the Trump administration: its case against ousted Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro. Why is the case in Manhattan when there were several other choices?

       

For years, cryptocurrency crime was framed as a problem of hackers, scammers and shadowy online marketplaces. In 2025, that picture changed, as nation-states are now among the most consequential actors in the global cryptocrime ecosystem, according to a report released Thursday by Chainalysis.

       

The research will explore faculty confidence, student trust and use of AI tools, administrator policy decisions and practitioner expectations to help guide schools in preparing students for an AI-driven profession.

       

The appointment of veteran W.W. Grainger lawyer Aimee Nolan to the role comes as a new generation of legal leaders sweeps into the nation's freight railroad companies.

       

According to data from Law.com Radar, Saks Global has been hit by at least 13 lawsuits in the last year, with complaints ranging from employment claims to trademark infringement allegations, and in one instance, failure to pay a lender $8.8 million.