“Although it was the employees who suffered the brunt of the harm, they are nowhere to be found in this case, wrote Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, joined by Judge Allison Jones Rushing.

       

Agrovana filed a motion to compel discovery from the defendants, alleging they failed to conduct an extensive search for documents, including messages from the defendants' leadership team, sales and projected sales figures, emails, data from the shipping company, and complaints from customers, among other things.

       

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. has temporarily paused an order requiring the reinstatement of Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, whom President Donald Trump had fired in a test of the antitrust agency's independence.

       

Because of cannabis' conflicting legal status at the state and federal levels, the industry generally does not enjoy the same federal bankruptcy protections as other industries, so state court receiverships have become a primary tool for restructurings. The ruling is expected to provide some guidance to practitioners in this developing area of the law.

       

"Firms that separate from the pack will do it with the double work done in both strategic and public M&A,” said Brian Hamilton, who just arrived at Willkie from Sullivan & Cromwell.

       

"I want to prove that the pursuit of excellence is still alive in the legal industry. At our firm, very case is an opportunity to improve, grow, and deliver better results than we did before. Complacency is never acceptable. We're here to raise the bar."

       

“The Consumer Privacy in Commercial Transactions Act bars merchants from requiring personal identification information not required by the card issuer on a credit card transaction form, with limited exceptions, including where the information is necessary for shipping or delivery, U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley wrote, citing Section 105(a) of the state's deceptive business practices law. “The Supreme Judicial Court has held that Section 105 applies to both paper and electronic forms and that write' includes typing.

       

During Michael O'Sullivan's eight years as legal chief, revenue increased six-fold, and the company doled out hundreds of millions of dollars to settle litigation.

       

Former Department of Justice antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter warned that acqui-hires can allow tech giants to neutralize competitors without the regulatory scrutiny that comes with a full-blown merger.

       

The lack of lawyers, according to a recent report, "reflects the overlap of three issues: the age of Indiana's attorneys; where those attorneys are located; and Indiana's attorney production pipeline."

       

The newly-combined firm is aiming for 30% of its revenue to come from the U.S. in the coming years.

       

Ropes & Gray continues to offer no origination credit and has maintained a single-tier partnership model, even as its competitors break from both of those traditions.

       

C-suite opportunities in Big Law are especially on the rise in technology and information.

       

Bryan Camp, George H. Mahon Professor of Law at Texas Tech University School of Law, told Law.com that the blog has been a go to space for people to keep up with what is important, but don't have time to “go through the whole universe of news, joking that they refer to Caron as “Blog Emperor Paul.

       

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"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job," Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in dissent.

       

As more litigators actively implement artificial intelligence into their practices, at least one early adopter is now suggesting lawyers pump the brakes to avoid being outpaced by the rapid evolution of AI technology.

       

"Because of the importance of the issues and the harms that Respondents are experiencing every day the unlawful tariffs are in place, Respondents acquiesce in the government's petition for certiorari and its motion for expedited consideration," the companies stated in their high court filing.

       

Mary Rasenberger, CEO of The Authors Guild, called the deal “a vital step in acknowledging that AI companies cannot simply steal authors' creative work to build their AI just because they need books."

       

Employment litigation heats up in Washington.