The 15-year prison sentence places Do Heong Kwon among a growing list of high-profile figures in the cryptocurrency industry who have received significant prison terms since 2024 for fraud and money-laundering schemes.

The court's decision is a case of first impression and marks the first time an Illinois appellate court has addressed whether a certificate of good conduct can shield a witness from impeachment.

Following budget cuts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School, the Wisconsin State Public Defenders office is partnering with the school to help run the school's Public Defender Project.

About 82% of surveyed large firm leaders said they planned to increase their equity ranks over the next two years, compared with 73% saying the same in last year's report.

“It's not at all surprising that you remove the headwinds and you're going to get more boats sailing along, said Stephen Calkins, a former Federal Trade Commission general counsel who's now a Wayne State law professor.

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Partners will vote next summer on creating a financially integrated firm, with many onlookers saying the cultures will align well, but others sound a note of caution about market combinations.

A new wrongful death lawsuit filed in California state court claims that both OpenAI and Microsoft are liable for a man's decision to kill his 83-year-old mother, and then himself, after interacting with OpenAI's flagship artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.

The ‘Click to Cancel' rule may be down, but it's not out—and the FTC appears to be keeping its options open," Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz partner Holly Melton wrote in a note to clients.

“[T]here will be questions from reasonable and unbiased observers as to whether Judge Bove's attendance imperils his impartiality when assigned cases in which Trump is on either side of the v,' the complaint reads.

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Wilmer, Covington, Morgan Lewis, Latham, Holland & Knight, Hogan Lovells, and Jenner were among the top employers of government laterals in the D.C. region this year.

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"My advice would be to make time to deeply understand the law in your field so that you can do all of the things that a practice group leader needs to do from helping shape the litigation positions in your group's cases, to writing articles and policy papers, to answering client questions on the spot about questions or uncertainties in the law. There is no faking it,"

A Los Angeles Superior Court jury is expected to begin deliberations on Friday in a closely watched trial that involves two women alleging their long-term use of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused their ovarian cancer.

“This matter demonstrates a significant deficiency within traditional legal practice: A law firm that undertakes custody or oversight of digital assets must possess a competent understanding of crypto-wallet architecture, seed-phrase security and decentralized custody mechanics, or risk becoming an unwitting participant in fraudulent conduct, said Nicolle Lafosse, of counsel at the international law firm of Diaz Reus.

The Commission on Judicial Performance concluded former San Bernardino County Superior Court Commissioner Robert Driessen committed eight counts of misconduct during his three-year tenure.

U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer said that the proposed 12-year sentence had been part of a plea deal containing terms that Engelmayer had “rarely seen on his time on the bench. “I simply do not find a 12-year sentence here reasonable, Engelmayer said.

The grand jury's decision marked the second refusal of new charges in seven days. "This unprecedented rejection makes even clearer that this case should never have seen the light of day," Abbe Lowell of Lowell & Associates said after a federal grand jury in Virginia declined to re-indict his client New York Attorney General Letitia James.

While much of Big Law has opted to issue special bonuses on top of year-end bonuses, a number of firms have yet to do so, risking losing associates in the process.

Attorneys who represent policyholders are concerned the Second Circuit's decision that two insurers did not have to defend or indemnify a firearms retailer could narrow the duty to defend and harm insureds.