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In this week's Legal Speak episode, Patrick Smith speaks with the three McDermott, Will & Emery attorneys undertook the task of peeling back layer after layer of what artificial intelligence will mean for those using the tool for business and legal purposes. There is a lot to cover.

TikTok Global, a limited liability company formed to make a bid to buy TikTok's U.S. presence, has sued the social media company, its Chinese parent company ByteDance, Beijing Telecommunications and the former CEO of ByteDance, Yiming Zhang, in Florida federal court for alleged racketeering and antitrust violations this week.

“My guess is that the lion's share of laid-off attorneys at Microsoft are in the bottom tranche, lawyers three to seven years out of law school that are more easily replaced, where you can get less lawyers to do more using AI, said Sean Burke, founding partner of the recruiting firm Whistler Partners.

The former jurists expressed concern about the potential for "retroactive challenges to dozens of cases tried by a magistrate judge in a close-knit legal community, even when no actual bias is alleged or proven.”

Gov. Maura Healey nominated Judge Emily Karstetter and attorney Thomas Townsend to serve as associate justices of the Superior Court.

This month in the Zantac litigation, the Delaware Supreme Court tossed all the plaintiffs' experts in thousands of cases, while another jury sided with the defense.

"Ms. Slaughter's purported removal was unlawful and without legal effect," U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan of the District of Columbia wrote in a decision reinstating Democratic Federal Trade Commissioner member Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and requiring the Trump administration to welcome Slaughter back without interference.

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer has reportedly altered its protocol for hiring laterals in the U.S. The business rationale for the shift is straightforward, but will there be unintended consequences?

"As such, while it would be inappropriate to take advantage of this knowledge, GM's counsel herein will be employing and working daily with an individual with intimate knowledge of LKQ's litigation strategies and thought processes whether they are disqualified in this matter or not. Therefore, LKQ believes little is gained by disqualification in this matter at this point," Michael P. Bregenzer wrote, withdrawing a request in a separate case.

Anthropic noted statutory damages for the use of millions of works could be “ruinous, but District Judge William Alsup said, “It cannot be true that as the scope of copying grows, so does the impunity.

The Trump administration is deploying workarounds that delay routing U.S. Attorney nominees through the Senate advice and consent process, where they might be blocked by Democrats.

M&Ms and Skittles are under investigation by the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as part of the state and federal crackdown on food companies using dyes that have allegedly been linked to cancer and other disorders.

Latham & Watkins, Steptoe and Schertler Onorato Mead & Sears are among the law firms advising former Biden staffers.

Yair Listokin, the Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law, has been named the interim dean of Yale Law School, effective Aug. 1.

“Losing our beloved son Jason has caused us unspeakable pain that we would not wish on anyone," former Florida state Sen. Daphne Campbell said in a statement.

The incoming CLO's arrival marks the latest in a series of high-profile hires at Thrive.

“The incredible people of Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey have Great Confidence in Jennifer," President Donald Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Wednesday night. "She will be a STRONG Judge, and protect the Rule of Law.

“What is another half an hour to allow senators to be heard?" said Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey. "But here we are jamming this through with some sense of false urgency.

The court concluded that numerous factors weighed in favor of transferring the case to Texas and granted the motion under 28 U.S.C. § 1404, which allows a court to transfer a case for the interest of justice or for the convenience of the parties and witnesses.