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AI in Legal Ops: What Actually Works

Thu, 2025-08-14 17:02

Join the Webcast & hear from leaders who have implemented AI in real-world corporate legal environments, sharing what worked, what didn't, and the pitfalls to avoid.

       

7 Summer Holiday Destinations Where Lawyers Escape, Rest and Recharge

Thu, 2025-08-14 15:59

Mental health and work-life balance are as vital as client calls, deal deadlines, courtroom battles. This summer, attorneys are carving out time for restorative escapes to destinations that offer the space to unwind, reflect, and truly recharge.

       

FTC Says Truck Makers' California Emissions Accord Threatened Competition

Thu, 2025-08-14 14:28

“President Trump and the FTC just struck a decisive blow against the Democrat agenda to end gas-powered vehicles, Republican Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson said on X.

       

Willkie Cuts San Francisco Staff, Offers Retention Bonuses to Summers

Thu, 2025-08-14 14:06

Even as Willkie cut into its staff in the office, the firm began offering “generous retention bonuses to first-year and second-year summer associates, as well as associates in the Bay Area, sources said.

       

The Big Law Firms Hiring Government Lawyers

Thu, 2025-08-14 13:43

Some law firms have been more active than others in hiring lawyers who served during the Biden administration.

       

Miami Attorney Presses Hunter Biden in $1B Defamation Fight

Thu, 2025-08-14 13:23

The First Lady's attorney said, "His actions will have consequences." But Hunter Biden said, "I don't think that these threats of a lawsuit add up to anything."

       

Why Adaptive Leadership Is the Skill Lawyers and Law Firms Need Most Right Now

Thu, 2025-08-14 12:59

The problem is that we're not experts in solving continuously evolving, complex problems of first impression, but we try to use our traditional problem-solving approaches to do so.

       

120 Seconds Question-Free: Litigators Split Over Appellate Oral Argument Format

Thu, 2025-08-14 11:26

As the Supreme Court of Georgia tests out two minutes of uninterrupted oral argument inspired by the U.S. Supreme Court's altered approach, appellate litigators are sharing their thoughts.

       

eBay Could Face Liability for False Imprisonment, Harassment of Massachusetts Couple, Judge Rules

Thu, 2025-08-14 10:42

According to the court, a reasonable jury could determine that eBay, through its employees, "engaged in a course of conduct—including stalking, surveillance, and other intimidating behavior—that was intended to instill fear in the Steiners and thereby restrain their freedom of movement."

       

DOJ Antitrust Division's New Whistleblower Program Signals Pipeline for Investigations Outside of Leniency

Thu, 2025-08-14 10:29

The Whistleblower Program is a new source for case generation that may signal that the division is planning to rely less on leniency going forward.

       

In Unanimous 'Kousisis' Decision, US Supreme Court Widens Scope for Federal Fraud Prosecutions

Thu, 2025-08-14 10:10

The court clarified a 6-5 circuit split and expanded the prosecutorial reach of the wire fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. Section 1343, leaving future fraudulent-inducement cases to turn on that statute's “demanding materiality requirement.

       

'DC Crime Emergency'? Experts Question Trump's Order to Federalized Police Force in Washington

Thu, 2025-08-14 10:00

"With crime trends going down in recent years, I'm not sure there is that emergency," ArentFox Schiff partner David Grosso said of President Donald Trump's executive order seizing control of the District of Columbia's police force under a declared crime emergency.

       

So. Calif. City Sued for Allegedly Targeting Immigrant Communities With 'Discriminatory' Street Vending Policies

Thu, 2025-08-14 09:46

An immigrant advocacy group sued the City of Fontana, which is located in Southern California's San Bernardino County, for allegedly targeting immigrant communities in the area by illegally seizing the property of street vendors and recruiting contracted private agents to enforce discriminatory policies against them.

       

Law Firms Must Embrace New Revenue Opportunities to Take Sting Out of Escalating Tech Costs

Thu, 2025-08-14 04:59

Legal industry experts say firm leaders should recognize the revenue generation potential in legal tech and quit viewing it solely as a tool for operational function.

       

Chinese Firms Double Down in Hong Kong, Zhong Yin Enters Market With New City Practice

Thu, 2025-08-14 01:07

Chinese firms continue to fight for market share in Hong Kong by hiring senior lawyers from their foreign counterparts, setting up offices on the ground and inking associations with domestic firms.

       

Crypto Billionaire Justin Sun Sues Bloomberg Over Wealth Report

Thu, 2025-08-14 00:45

Tron founder Justin Sun alleged Bloomberg breached confidentiality by publishing detailed cryptocurrency holdings in its “Billionaires Index despite prior assurances.

       

As Client Pressures Mount, Law Firms See Cost as Major Barrier to Improving Their Security Posture

Thu, 2025-08-14 00:36

While some law firms say they have adequate budgets the “2025 State of Cybersecurity in Law Firms survey found that they can still face vulnerabilities.

       

NY Assembly Weighs Bill to Establish Protocols for Bar Exam Emergencies

Thu, 2025-08-14 00:29

The bill follows a recent incident during the New York bar exam on Long Island last month, when a student suffered a medical emergency during the exam.

       

Texas Sues Eli Lilly: 'Big Pharma Compromised Medical Decision-Making'

Wed, 2025-08-13 16:55

Texas has sued pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly for allegedly bribing and illegally inducing medical providers to prescribe its most profitable drugs, including the high-demand GLP-1 medications Mounjaro and Zepbound that are used for weight loss and diabetes treatment.

       

Setting Up a 'Heckler's Veto?:' 8th Circ. Revives Suit Over Firefighter's Anti-Abortion Facebook Post

Wed, 2025-08-13 16:28

"Granting summary judgment based on such 'vague and conclusory' concerns, without more, runs the risk of constitutionalizing a heckler's veto. Enough outsider complaints could prevent government employees from speaking on any controversial subject, even on their own personal time. And all without a showing of how it actually affected the government's ability to deliver 'public services'—here, fighting fires and protecting public safety," Judge David R. Stras wrote.

       

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