"With our digital platforms fully operational, those seeking court services, information and educational materials are once again able to access the level of service and support they have come to expect and appreciate from the court system," Chief Justice Debra Todd said.

"The court finds that the settlement agreement is reasonable," U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel said. "As discussed at length ... success against defendants, which 'are responsible for only three to seven percent of the MDL defendants' total alleged PFAS-related liabilities,' is not guaranteed and would only come, if ever, after years of protracted, expensive, complex litigation."

"If we give police officers the idea that they can illegally access a cellphone, see whatever's on there and then go get a warrant based upon the warrantless stuff that they've seen, they can reverse engineer enough probable cause," argued appellant counsel John Jay McArthur.

Chief Justice Natalie E. Hudson said plaintiffs counsel was asking the word "only" in the statute to do "a lot of the heavy lifting," in his argument that the governor can "only" act under certain conditions.

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"Digital tools are making it easier than ever to target hard-working Americans," said Samuel Levine, director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection.

Large cloud and AI providers including Amazon, Google and Microsoft, among others, say they'll take on the legal risk of a copyright claim arising from the use of their offered LLMs. But there are significant caveats to these protections.

While the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure don't currently account for the impact of discovery proceedings on data privacy rights, some proposals are trying to change that.

After profits per equity partner dipped by 5.7% in 2022, they climbed by 6.6% in the last year, according to data from Citi's Global Wealth at Work Law Firm Group.

While others jumped on trends that tend to provide exuberant highs during good times but extreme lows during slower periods, the firm stuck to its guns in more traditional spaces, helping boost its corporate practice last year.

Last week, Legal Speak was live on location at Legalweek 2024 in New York City, where we interviewed professionals from across the legal industry about everything from the practical applications of generative AI to the benefits of sharing ideas and advice with both colleagues and competitors.

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"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.