Seattle-based Zillow paid $100 million to acquire Redfin's listings of multi-unit buildings, through an agreement by which Redfin shifted the listings to Zillow. The Federal Trade Commission and a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys generals allege the pact was violative of the Sherman and Clayton Acts.

After years of talking the talk, law firms may be starting to walk the walk when it comes to completing mergers.

New artificial intelligence-powered legal tech tools have stoked large fears of job losses for paralegals, but those fears so far have yet to play out, say several legal industry sources.

Also, a group of about 850 lawyers filed an amicus curiae brief on Friday supporting the ABA in a lawsuit against the Trump administration and asking a federal judge to "swiftly and decisively invalidate the Executive Branch's campaign of intimidation against the legal profession."

Judge Leslie Southwick dissented, saying en banc rehearing would only delay a final resolution from the U.S. Supreme Court.

Companies that hit hard times can be sure that plaintiffs attorneys will pore over every press release and every earnings call transcript in search of potentially misleading statements.

The case, which will be heard sometime during the court's January session, presents a major bellwether test over President Donald Trump's influence over the central bank, which, by setting monetary policy, wields enormous control over the U.S. economy.

"The foundation of your firm is only as strong as the people you choose to work with. When I decided to launch my own practice, I knew that having a partner who shared my commitment to client advocacy, ethics, and integrity was crucial. I found that in Kent Buckingham. Thoroughly vet the legal skills, work ethic, and, above all, the integrity of anyone you plan to partner with."

Courts are scrambling to keep up with a surge in civil fraud claims related to cryptocurrency. Plaintiffs have increasingly sought emergency asset freezes to counter alleged crypto fraudsters. But attorneys warn that recovering digital assets may be harder and more nuanced than it appears.

Only 9% of employers without unionized workforces feel "very prepared" to respond to organizing activity, and 36% admit they are not prepared at all, Littler Mendelson's 2025 Labor Survey found.

"Flexible work arrangements, clear advancement opportunities and meaningful engagement often outweigh compensation alone in retention and recruitment,” Association of Corporate Counsel Chief Legal Officer Susanna McDonald said.

The move still sees the firm operate a more flexible approach than some of its counterparts.

The San Francisco-based rideshare company faces thousands more lawsuits alleging sexual assault of passengers by drivers.

"To be sure, the absence of admissible expert testimony by an economist does not automatically foreclose an antitrust claim. But as a number of courts have observed, proof of antitrust injury typically demands expert witness evidence," U.S. District Judge James Donato wrote in a decision excluding the plaintiffs' expert witness opinions as inadmissible and granting summary judgment in favor of defendant Meta Platforms Inc.

"Flores was assigned a number of problem cases, e.g., non-billable cases that undermined her ability to meet the minimum goals and expectations set by her employment agreement," the complaint states.

"In Massachusetts, an employer must accommodate an employee's genuine religious beliefs if it can do so without creating an undue hardship. We conclude that the plaintiff's stated beliefs that her body is a temple of God and that she prayed to God and received a message not to receive the COVID-19 vaccination were beliefs that a trier of fact could determine were religious in nature," said Justice Joseph M. Ditkoff, who authored the opinion.

“Viewing plaintiffs' allegations in the light most favorable to them, they have sufficiently alleged that the Car-Net representative was aware that, if anyone was to suffer emotional distress due to a mishandling of the situation, it was plaintiffs, U.S. District Judge Franklin U. Valderrama wrote.

The law firm had argued that it had fired Anisha Mehta because of performance issues. But observing that Mehta had been fired "in suspect circumstances," U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres found that Mehta had presented enough evidence suggesting she was fired because of her pregnancy and upcoming maternity leave.

The hackers, known as UNC5221, spy on emails and collect technical information to discover software vulnerabilities, allowing them to compromise a system over the long term.