More natural light, more common areas and more attorneys per square foot are the guiding principles for law firm office designs in New York as the city's legal industry continues to grow.

       

Law.com reached out to more than half of the Am Law 200 with questions about AI and its impact on summer 2026 class sizes.        

“Everything really was stacked against the defense. This is a case brought by a guardian and conservator for a plaintiff with two treating physicians saying that these damages were related, and a life care plan of $1-20 million. That's a lot, defense attorney Nicole Leet said. “But again, everything was built on her, so the focus was on her credibility. Everything hinged on that.

       

Chris Michel of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan said based on recent decisions from the Supreme Court, even if transaction-specific control is a valid gauge of when to apply the entire fairness standard and even if Musk's level of influence at Tesla met that metric, the process through which Tesla's board and shareholders approved the deal in 2018 still did not warrant rescission.

       

"Because the circuit court conceded that plaintiff's choice of forum is entitled to little deference and all of public and private interest factors here are either weighed in favor of transfer to Winnebago County or were neutral, we find that the circuit court abused its discretion when it denied defendants' motion to transfer venue to Winnebago County," said Justice Sanjay T. Tailor, who authored the opinion.

       

“The challenge is that our whole system is centered around quarterly reporting, said Rakesh Gopalan, a partner at Troutman Pepper Locke. “I think in the short term there's going to be a lot of additional costs in terms of redoing these policies.

       

Defense attorneys for indicted former FBI Director James Comey said they want an out-of-district judge to invalidate the appointment of interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan for the Eastern District of Virginia and dismiss the indictment charging Comey with felony offenses, according to a federal court notice.

       

"Putting aside the merits of the evolution, this action underscores how this Administration will not hesitate to end cases that it now disfavors," said Scott Armstrong, a principal at McGovern Weems and a former federal prosecutor who served as senior leadership in cryptocurrency cases.

       

       

"If somebody wants to argue that men aren't getting an opportunity to choose, well, there's a reason for that," Samantha Prince, associate professor of law at Penn State Dickinson Law said.

       

“Because the cause of action accrued subsequent to the filing of bankruptcy, the cause of action is not the property of the bankruptcy estate. Consequently, J.D., not the trustee of J.D.'s bankruptcy estate, has standing to bring his cause of action against respondents. Therefore, we find the trial court erred in finding J.D. lacked standing to bring his cause of action, Missouri Court of Appeals Judge Michael S. Wright said.

       

"It is a marathon, so try to avoid burnouts and build the physical strength to do the long hours and hard work. Be patient and keep working hard. The hard work and practice will pay off in the long run. That work will differentiate you from others year after year."

       

Apple, Snapchat owner Snap, TikTok owner ByteDance, and Google parent company Alphabet could be hit with fines of up to 6% of their global turnover.

       

"For decades, the largest corporations have amassed wealth through pay inequality and forcing their workers to sign non-competition agreements. Washington corporations are on notice that they can no longer maximize profit for their shareholders at the cost of their lowest-paid workers," a plaintiff-side lawyer wrote.

       

Government attorneys looking to land on their feet in Big Law are facing an increasingly difficult job market. The job market for attorneys headed to the private sector has been over-saturated for months, and Big Law firms are hitting their limit on the number of government attorneys they can hire this year, recruiters say.

       

While some observers view the recently passed measure as an effort to restrain the reach of the Big Four and private equity investors, these aspirants have deep pockets and will likely continue pushing.

       

Crypto entrepreneur Brock Pierce has sued Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan in New York state court, seeking a declaration that he is not personally bound by the firm's arbitration clause and accusing it of charging a “criminally usurious 72% annual interest rate on unpaid legal fees.

       

As AI becomes more embedded in everyday life and business operations, companies are facing a growing regulatory maze at the intersection of state privacy laws and emerging AI standards. This article explores the privacy laws that impact the use of AI and automated decision making and offers a practical guide for business leaders that aligns AI innovation with privacy expectations.

       

Whistleblowers "should expect a more adversarial process—and prepare accordingly," Gesmer Updegrove partner Braeden Anderson wrote in a note to clients.

       

U.S. companies face a massive wave of wiretapping law class action lawsuits and regulatory enforcement actions over online “tracking technologies. With this backdrop, the article below identifies some trends and new directions concerning tracking technology legal exposure and highlights some potential solutions for mitigating legal impact.