Produced water, historically treated as waste, has gained value, sparking ownership disputes. The court ruled produced water is a byproduct of oil and gas operations, with ownership defaulting to the lessee unless reserved by the surface owner.

       

The online retailer had a big decision to make after it received a whistelblower complaint regarding the financial that it was about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

       

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A new generation of legal tech, including rapidly advancing AI and AI assistants, is introducing capabilities that don't just automate individual steps. These tools act as proactive collaborators, intelligently navigating complex documents, surfacing key risks, applying context, and taking action. They're helping legal teams move from manual to marvelous — and that transformation is happening faster than many realize.

       

Deal volume was down 10% year over year, but a 78% increase in ‘mega deals' more than covered the bill.

       

"Corporate defendants have entered a new era of heightened risks and higher stakes in the valuation of class actions," the law firm Duane Morris wrote in a midyear report.

       

Linklaters, King & Wood Mallesons, Latham & Watkins, Freshfields and Kirkland & Ellis top the charts by advising on the highest collective value of closed deals in Asia.

       

While lateral hiring in the most profitable practices remains risky and expensive, targeting specific and growing industries may yield more lucrative work from clients.

       

The president has also nominated a Maine lawyer for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

       

The union representing California's deputy attorneys general said the high-stakes environmental litigation should have been handled in-house.

       

"Almost nothing could 'impair' the Executive Branch's prosecutorial discretion more than the judicial appointment of a special prosecutor to pursue charges that the government has decided to dismiss," the Department of Justice said in a filing.

       

The court concluded that the plaintiff established that, but for his psychological disability, he wouldn't have been denied medical clearance for the role.

       

On Monday, plaintiffs' lawyers filed their opening brief asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to reinstate more than 100 lawsuits alleging Merck's HPV vaccine Gardasil caused autoimmune diseases.

       

The firm's subscription-based STAAR program provides AI policies and use cases, regulatory updates and insight into what other businesses are doing.

       

In its 9-7 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit found the district court's commonality analysis too general to qualify for class certification, a finding that drew a heated dissent from the minority.

       

"Given the infancy of these novel theories and a largely unsettled legal landscape, it is paramount for plan sponsors and fiduciaries to implement risk mitigation strategies now," Holland & Knight said in a client advisory.

       

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Navigating recent immigration policy shifts has resulted in “a bunch of really tired, frustrated immigration lawyers, said one lawyer.

       

U.S. District Judge Roy Altman ruled that the court was “not aware of any deferral defamation action in which a federal court has determined that federal judges are public officials. But like a state court judge, Altman held that a federal judge also qualifies as a public official.

       

The 48,000-member organization said it launched the AI Center of Excellence for In-House Counsel in response to an urgent need for coordinated legal guidance on the transformative technology.