Subscribe to Latest in Legal News feed Latest in Legal News
Law.com
Updated: 1 hour 39 min ago

Data Centers' Growth Could Help Fuel Law Firms' Creation of AI-Focused Practice Areas

Tue, 2025-05-27 15:02

“It's a perfect area for lawyers to get involved in, but it doesn't have a lot of certainty right now," said John Yates of Gunderson Dettmer.

       

This Private Equity Plot Could Shake Up Big Law

Tue, 2025-05-27 14:59

Suppose an investor backed a few big name partners to create a new high end U.K. firm.

       

MADD CLO Exits After 2 Years, Saying, 'I'm Taking an Intentional and Meaningful Break'

Tue, 2025-05-27 14:53

"I will simply share that I'm equally nervous and excited for my next chapter," Saerin Cho wrote on LinkedIn.

       

'No Rules': NY Federal Court Upends Conviction of Trader Accused of Being Behind $110M Crypto Heist

Tue, 2025-05-27 13:22

U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian stressed that there were "no rules" with Mango Markets, the decentralized exchange that Eisenberg was accused of defrauding.

       

Toyota Motor North America Hires Insider to Lead Push to Prevent Additional Compliance Miscues

Tue, 2025-05-27 11:30

Four years ago, the automaker paid a $180 million penalty after self-reporting violations of the Clean Air Act's emissions-disclosure rules.

       

Simpson Picks Up Partners From Cravath, Kirkland and White & Case in Lateral Spree

Tue, 2025-05-27 11:23

The firm has hired four partners from three different firms (and Carlyle) in four cities over the last week.

       

Kirkland Adds 13-Partner Team From King & Spalding, Continuing Mass Torts Build

Tue, 2025-05-27 08:59

Kirkland said it has gained more than 100 litigators this year, as it continues to see high demand in its litigation practice.

       

Bitcoin Torture Case Underscores Growing Risks of Digital Asset Theft

Tue, 2025-05-27 00:51

“It is important to be vigilant in security, where you travel, how you travel and who in the organization has access to these wallets," George S. Georgiades, general counsel at Borderless.xyz, said about discussions the general counsel community is having with their clients.

       

Supreme Court Turns Down First Amendment Appeal Over 'Only Two Genders' Shirt

Tue, 2025-05-27 00:16

Justice Samuel Alito Jr., joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, said he would have taken up a public school student's appeal to "reaffirm the bedrock principle that a school may not engage in viewpoint discrimination when it regulates student speech."

       

Kim Kardashian's 'Unconventional Path' Brings Her One Step Closer to Becoming a Lawyer

Fri, 2025-05-23 19:07

The reality TV star is one bar exam passage from becoming an attorney.

       

Karen Dunn and 3 Other Paul Weiss Partners Exiting Firm

Fri, 2025-05-23 17:49

The partners' new law firm is poised to take on the Trump administration in litigation battles.

       

Judge Rejects John Deere's Efforts to Shield CFO From Farmers' Deposition

Fri, 2025-05-23 16:31

"On the record available, there is no indication that the plaintiffs' efforts to depose Mr. Jepsen are harassing, embarrassing, abusive, or any more annoying than any other good-faith deposition," U.S. District Judge Iain D. Johnston wrote, allowing a group of farmers to depose the executive.

       

Justice Department Reaches Deal to Allow Boeing to Avoid Prosecution Over 737 Max Crashes

Fri, 2025-05-23 16:30

Under the proposed agreement, Boeing would pay and invest more than $1.1 billion, including an additional $445 million for the crash victims' families.

       

Judge Strikes Down EO Against Jenner, Finding Trump Admin's Attempts to 'Muzzle' Firm Unconstitutional

Fri, 2025-05-23 16:27

The order against Jenner & Block "violates the Constitution and the Court will enjoin its operation in full," Judge Bates wrote.

       

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: A Look Back on Supreme Court Arguments This Term

Fri, 2025-05-23 15:53
The National Law Journal reflects on the most memorable moments at the lectern during the term and which advocates stood out—for better and for worse.        

Ousted Head of US Copyright Office Files Suit to Reclaim Position, Challenging Trump

Fri, 2025-05-23 15:32

Shira Perlmutter maintains Trump cannot independently replace the head of the Library of Congress, which is part of the legislative branch, and that her own termination from the Copyright Office was unlawful.

       

State Appellate Court Affirms $75M Verdict Against UPS

Fri, 2025-05-23 15:04

Judge Lisa White Hardwick authored the opinion for the three-judge panel, which unanimously rejected UPS's argument, saying the jury was able to distinguish between UPS's liability for the driver missing the stop sign and any additional liability from his cocaine use.

       

FTC Commissioners Dis Khan as They Dismiss Her 11th-Hour Antitrust Suit Against PepsiCo

Fri, 2025-05-23 14:20

But they said they support Khan's revival of enforcement of the Depression-era law restricting volume discounts that the suit was premised on.

       

Ex-TSU Assistant Law Admissions Dean Sentenced to 8 Years Over Sexual Acts With a Minor, Theft

Fri, 2025-05-23 13:55

Edward Wayne Rene, a former assistant dean of admissions at Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law, pleaded guilty to all charges in Harris County District Court on Wednesday.

       

Jenner, Quinn and King & Spalding Guiding Harvard in Battle With Trump Administration Over International Students

Fri, 2025-05-23 11:30

Several partners at Jenner & Block are representing Harvard in the Friday complaint, in addition to the school's counsel at Quinn Emanuel and King & Spalding.

       

Pages