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3 More States Adopt NextGen Bar Exam

Fri, 2025-07-11 15:43

Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Alabama are the most recent states to adopt the NextGen bar exam, beginning in July 2028.

       

Litigation Trends to Watch: Claims Surge over ‘Rent a Tribe' Schemes, Snack Food Packaging and Credit Card Readers

Fri, 2025-07-11 15:28

A circuit split is brewing over judicial enforcement of arbitration awards.

       

Air Products GC Steps Down as New CEO Charts Different Course

Fri, 2025-07-11 15:11

The industrial gases company hired John Major as legal chief in 2017, when Seifi Ghasemi was CEO. Air Products replaced Ghasemi earlier this year.

       

2nd Circuit Declines to Strike Trial Judge's ERISA Comment

Fri, 2025-07-11 15:08

Morgan Stanley had argued that U.S. District Judge Paul Gardephe improperly addressed a substantive issue in its legal fight with a group of former advisors, while reviewing a request to arbitrate the case. The Second Circuit said the matter wasn't properly before it.

       

Actors May Continue Lawsuit Against Lovo Over AI Voice 'Clones,' Judge Rules

Fri, 2025-07-11 14:38

“This case involves a number of difficult questions, some of first impression, federal Judge J. Paul Oetken wrote in the decision. “It also carries potentially weighty consequences not only for voice actors, but also for the burgeoning AI industry.

       

Law Firms, Legal Tech Providers Embrace Agentic AI At Record Pace

Fri, 2025-07-11 14:31

Trailblazers using agentic AI now are showing just what the technology can achieve in the legal industry—and where it may have the biggest disruptions.

       

$56M Verdict Won for Mechanic Who 'Was Rich in Other Ways'

Fri, 2025-07-11 14:04

The verdict followed years of litigation. "Trials are often cathartic...even if they never see a dime," said the Palm Beach County attorney.

       

Third Time's the Charm? Both Sides Seek New Trial Following $5.6M Birth Injury Verdict

Fri, 2025-07-11 13:31
The defendants claimed in their respective post-trial motions that inflammatory behavior from plaintiffs' counsel Thomas Bosworth, of Bosworth DeAngelo, prejudiced the trial's outcome. The plaintiffs, meanwhile, contended in their post-trial motion that the court improperly blocked them from seeking tens of millions of dollars in medical costs.        

Divided 8th Circuit: Officers Can Ask for Person's Identification, Not 'Order' and 'Punish' When Withheld

Fri, 2025-07-11 11:49

"The mere existence of a statute permitting an officer to ask for information does not authorize an arrest for failing to provide it without some legal authority behind the demand," said Judge L. Steven Grasz, who authored the opinion.

       

How We Made Law Firm Leadership: 'Lean Into a Long-Term Perspective,' Say Karen Kimmey & Holly Sutton of Farella Braun

Fri, 2025-07-11 10:59

"Lean into a long-term perspective. While that may be hard, especially early in your career, it is helpful to be able to think and discern which challenges are short-term and which require a longer-term view. We can both attest to pushing through times that were especially challenging early in our careers, and once you are on the other side, you are glad you did."

       

These Lawyers Want to Get Inside Alligator Alcatraz

Fri, 2025-07-11 10:06

Sitting Black women lawmakers, who are also attorneys, take center stage in the newest legal battle with the Governor.

       

UK Plc for Sale: The Law Firms Leading the Biggest US-Led Buyouts in H1

Fri, 2025-07-11 09:49

U.S. appetite for U.K. companies is only intestifying in 2025; here, Law.com charts some of the highest profile deals in H1, in which law firms are cashing in on U.S. interest.

       

How Christopher Kercher Is Leading Quinn Emanuel's 'AI Voyage'

Fri, 2025-07-11 05:59

In this week's Legal Speak episode, partner Christopher D. Kercher reveals why he's been coined Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan's 'AI evangelist,' how the firm has implemented AI and the steps it takes to mitigate hallucination risks.

       

An Opioid Defendant Sought Records From 1,000+ Cities and Counties. So Far, It's Sued Five of Them.

Fri, 2025-07-11 04:59

OptumRx, a pharmacy benefit manager accused in hundreds of lawsuits of contributing to the opioid crisis, sued five Kentucky counties for adding it as a defendant.

       

9th Circuit Temporarily Pauses Block on Trump Order Excluding Federal Workers From Union Bargaining

Fri, 2025-07-11 00:41

Granting a preliminary injunction last month, U.S. District Judge James Donato said that unions have demonstrated they can likely prove at trial that Trump's executive order chills protected speech.

       

Ex-DOJ Lawyer Shares Texts Backing Claim That 3rd Circuit Pick Discussed Ignoring Court Orders

Thu, 2025-07-10 19:22

According to the whistleblower's claims, Bove said at a March meeting that the DOJ “would need to consider telling the courts fuck you'" and ignore any potential court order that would enjoin removals before they could be carried out.

       

The Law Firm Disrupted: Elite Litigation Law Firms and the Succession Planning Dilemma

Thu, 2025-07-10 18:39

Can the Kasowitz firm eventually transfer leadership to the next generation more smoothly than Boies Schiller Flexner?

       

Q&A With Samuel Bray, Law Professor Whose Work Cited Extensively in Supreme Court's Injunction Ruling

Thu, 2025-07-10 17:42

In her majority opinion for the court, Justice Amy Coney Barrett relied extensively on the University of Chicago law professor's scholarship on universal injunctions to support her conclusion that they exceed the authority of federal district court judges.

       

Judge Tosses 'Petty' Discovery Dispute in Chicago Trademark Litigation

Thu, 2025-07-10 17:22

“Touche as the saying goes! Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Gilbert wrote about the defendant's seemingly hypocritical request. “So, are defendants vulnerable to the same argument they make about the timeliness of plaintiff's motion? Should both motions be denied on that basis?

       

Tough Terrain Gives Mountain Biking Lawyers Clarity in Court

Thu, 2025-07-10 17:15

Ryan Baker, founding partner at Waymaker LLP, and Tigran Guledjian, partner at Quinn Emanuel, first met as young associates at Quinn in 2001. Though they practice at different firms, their 24-year friendship has grown through their passion for mountain biking around the world.

       

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