The U.S. Senate voted 52-46 along party lines to confirm Rebecca Taibleson as a judge on the US. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Taibleson is a former Kirkland & Ellis associate and law clerk to two U.S. Supreme Court justices.

The administration on Monday asked the high court to reverse a decision by an appellate panel to allow Shira Perlmutter to resume her duties as head of the U.S. Copyright Office.

"I might go there," he said recently. "I really believe I have an obligation to go there."

"This was a really super tenuous case to begin with," a Dykema Gossett criminal defense attorney for defendant Hoau-Yan Wang said after the U.S. Department of Justice voluntarily dismissed an indictment in Maryland federal court charging Wang with defrauding the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

In a recent law.com video podcast, Williams & Finkbine managing partner Arnold Finkbine lays out how and why his law firm's AI caution became AI confidence.

Williams & Finkbine managing partner Arnold Finkbine talks about his firm's AI journey from resisting AI to using it to drive efficiency and revenue.

The financial industry in particular is looking for guidance from firms like Sullivan & Cromwell on how to avoid punitive actions in the U.S.

Departing GC Danielle McCoy called her 19 years at Fannie Mae "the privilege of a lifetime."

Patricia S. Abril, the interim dean of University of Miami's School of Law, says a new optional application question asking potential students to design an AI prompt is a way to take the technology "out of the shadows, because we know that it's there anyway.”

"Traditional workflows are no longer sufficient to manage the volume, variety and velocity of modern data," according to a new report from FTI Consulting.

"I wish more young lawyers would ask about building a sustainable practice, not just winning cases. My advice? Find a niche and get great at it. Don't spread yourself thin trying to dip your toes in every practice area. Join organizations, go to events, get on committees. The work you do outside the courtroom, networking, mentoring, leading, that's what helps build a long-term, meaningful career."

The transition from on-premise e-discovery systems to a cloud-native platform like RelativityOne is now at the heart of legal technology strategy for organizations racing to modernize discovery, compliance, and client service. While the promise of greater scalability, automated upgrades, and advanced analytics is motivating, a RelativityOne migration is a journey, rich in both complexity and opportunity.

The court said D.B.'s parents could not meet the threshold for a product liability claim under Louisiana's Products Liability Act because their suggested alternative, a supplement added to human-milk-based produced by Prolacta, could not be feasibly produced on a large scale, mainly due to lack of donor supply, ethical issues and high costs.

The continued focus on profits, rainmaking laterals, client mobility and a general lack of cohesion in modern partnerships have some law firm leaders believing there is no going back.

Alleges 2.7 million consumers were misled.

"I pledge to work tirelessly to facilitate Well-Functioning Commodity Markets, promote Freedom, Competition and Innovation, and help the President make the United States the Crypto Capital of the World," Michael Selig said on social media.

Court reporters face discrimination suits over sign language fees.

The outcome could shape not only the plaintiff's future but also the evolving legal boundaries of Title IX enforcement, especially as schools increasingly rely on outside counsel to navigate allegations that straddle law, policy and public scrutiny.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Gorenstein explained that Musk's Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan legal team can't assert the advice-of-counsel defense while also refusing to hand over information on the legal advice given to Musk when he began buying Twitter Inc. stock.

"ACS must meet the moment—standing up for the rule of law, defending our freedoms, and calling out efforts to subvert our constitutional order," said Phil Brest, who starts as president in January.