"Depending on how this case ultimately shakes out, it could set certain standards or guide us towards how future activity may or may not be regulated, and I think that's where it's most interesting," said Benjamin Jaffe, a partner at New York law firm Pryor Cashman.

The high court concluded that the state Legislature intends for the metropolitan court to create a record of its civil proceedings.

Boards of directors will need to take a closer look at which directors are truly independent and ensure they negotiate pay packages, not just acquiesce.

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Having a compensation system that clearly outlines partner expectations, provides the partners with the ability to validate the results by communicating the results back to them does more to build collegiality than an opaque system that, by its design, promotes distrust and ill will among partners.

Former JetBlue Airways executive Mike Barger said one of the most valuable roles a legal chief can play is devil's advocate.

Three federal judges have standing orders that offer additional argument time for younger, women and minority attorneys to encourage greater participation from those groups.

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The Brazilian Bar Association forbids international law firms from practicing local law in the country, but global law firms can still get in on the growing sector by advising on cross-border M&A.

The move comes just days after Simpson Thacher hired a Skadden disputes partner, showing that hiring activity at U.S. firms in London continues apace.

Law firms with Kansas City and San Francisco outposts are finding ways to play up Sunday's matchup.

Plaintiffs counsel said that the defendants worked together to hack his client's confidential information and use it against him while concealing its source.

"The court of appeals' decision is incredibly important, it puts water companies like the city of Spokane on notice that if they fail to charge reasonable rates, they will very likely see those rates challenged in court," the petitioners' counsel, Alexandria Drake, of Dunn & Black in Spokane, told Law.com.

Congress clearly waived the government's sovereign immunity in passing FCRA, the justices hold.

A federal judge on Thursday granted final approval to DuPont's $1.185 billion settlement with an estimated 14,000 public water providers across the country.

"We agree with the division that the dangerous condition—the optical illusion created by the surface coloring—resulted at least in part from maintenance of the facility. 'Maintenance' is defined in the statute as 'the act or omission of a public entity or public employee in keeping a facility in the same general state of repair or efficiency as initially constructed or in preserving a facility from decline or failure,'" Justice Melissa Hart said.

State cannabis regulator Nicole Elliottt said some cities' and counties' resistance to allowing retail sales "is a huge issue that needs to be overcome."

"The challenge with a lot of legal-ops departments is they are populated by lawyers who are intimidated by external counsel. So it's hard to step away and actually put a real business lens on it," said Bindu Cudjoe, chief legal officer of Laurentian Bank.

Legal departments of major corporations along with the industry's most elite firms are actively using generative AI, and the idea that any organization would wait on identifying and testing use cases is seen as a significant competitive risk.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Kirkland & Ellis and other Big Law firms have appeared in court for shale oil producers accused of conspiring to fix gas prices since early 2021.

"We strongly believe that moving OCI earlier will be less onerous on our students than a recruiting process that includes both OCI and direct applications and stretches from June through the end of August," according to SLS's announcement.