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Luminance Founding Investor Mike Lynch Missing at Sea

Mon, 2024-08-19 11:29

The tech billionaire is one of six people still missing. His wife, Angela Bacares, was one of 15 rescued by a Dutch-flagged vessel, according to Italian RAI TV.

       

How I Made Office Managing Partner: 'Put Yourself in the Right Position to Take Advantage of Opportunities as They Arise,' Says Heather Marx of Cozen O'Connor

Mon, 2024-08-19 11:00

"I believe you have to put yourself in the right position to take advantage of opportunities as they arise. By taking the right steps, developing community connections and, above all else, doing excellent substantive legal work, those connections and that hard work will foster career growth."

       

As Federal Antitrust Regulators Try to Rein in Big Tech, One Court Finds Google Is a Monopolist

Mon, 2024-08-19 10:12

On Aug. 6, following a nine-week bench trial, a federal court found in United States v. Google and Colorado v. Google that Google has monopolized the market for "general search services" on the internet.

       

How to Win at Restructuring in the Gilded Age of Private Credit

Mon, 2024-08-19 10:00

As private credit gobbles up market share from broadly syndicated loans, law firms not already steeped in direct lending are building multifaceted practices to avoid losing restructuring work to better-positioned peers.

       

A&O Shearman Power Regulatory Partner Jumps to Hogan Lovells 3 Months Post-Merger

Mon, 2024-08-19 09:30

Chip Cannon first joined legacy firm Allen & Overy in February 2022. His departure comes just three months after Shearman and A&O finalized their merger.

       

Norton Rose Business Development Head Moves to Ballard Spahr

Mon, 2024-08-19 09:00

"Their interest in growth and development was something that was a highlight for me—it was important to me," Ian Ribald said.

       

Simpson Thacher to Face UK Tribunal Over Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Allegations

Mon, 2024-08-19 08:53

The firm said it was "disappointed" at the prosecution.

       

FTC's Kroger-Albertsons Suit Premised on 'Fanciful' Definition of Grocery Market, Dissenting States Say

Mon, 2024-08-19 08:17

The Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit seeking to block the $24.6 billion merger presumes "that consumers are walled off from any other sources for groceries and have no alternative but to buy all their needs from either Kroger or Albertsons alone," according to an amicus brief filed Friday by Alabama, Georgia, Iowa and Ohio.

       

Simpson Partner Heads to Paul Hastings, as Firm Plots Growth in Banking, Finance

Mon, 2024-08-19 08:00

"Our practices are not fully mature. There is room for market share expansion, and we will be looking to make opportunistic hires for high-level talent that will help expand our market share," firm chair Frank Lopez said.

       

'Increasingly Rare': These Law Firms Still Maintain Smaller Partner Pay Spreads

Mon, 2024-08-19 05:00

A group of Am Law 200 law firms has partner pay spreads that are less than half of the median pay ratios across Big Law.

       

2024 US Presidential Election: What the Legal Industry Needs to Know

Mon, 2024-08-19 05:00

Take a look at the ongoing coverage from across the Law.com Newsroom on the potential impact of November's election.

       

Debevoise, Seeing Tech Practice 'Traction,' Adds IP Litigator From Quinn Emanuel

Mon, 2024-08-19 05:00

Lindsay Cooper Hayman has won notable cases for Google, Samsung, NIVIDIA and others.

       

Tracking Generative AI: How Evolving AI Models Are Impacting Legal

Mon, 2024-08-19 00:00

A running compilation of how the legal landscape continues to be shaped by generative AI tools, from GPT technologies to art generation tools and beyond.

       

Tracking Generative AI: How Evolving AI Models Are Impacting Legal

Sun, 2024-08-18 00:00

A running compilation of how the legal landscape continues to be shaped by generative AI tools, from GPT technologies to art generation tools and beyond.

       

U.S. Supreme Court Won't Rescue Biden Administration's Revised Title IX Rules in Challenged States

Fri, 2024-08-16 21:20

"The lower courts concluded otherwise because the new definition of sex discrimination is intertwined with and affects many other provisions of the new rule," the majority wrote. "Those courts therefore concluded, at least at this preliminary stage, that the allegedly unlawful provisions are not readily severable from the remaining provisions."

       

Plaintiffs Attorneys, Automaker Cut Deal to Amend California's Lemon Law

Fri, 2024-08-16 19:17

Under terms of the negotiated agreement, automakers and their allies will drop a threatened initiative to cap attorneys' contingency fees.

       

CenterPoint Energy Asks for MDL to Stay Proposed Class Actions

Fri, 2024-08-16 18:57

The petition was filed Wednesday, two days after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced his office opened an investigation into the company for potential violations of Texas law relating to its conduct during Hurricane Beryl.

       

Why Smartmatic Escaped Indictment: A Closer Look at the Charges Against Its Executives

Fri, 2024-08-16 15:31

"It adds a lot of the hallmarks of some of the ugliest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations that you could find," said Scott Greytak with Transparency International.

       

Judge Rules Shaquille O'Neal Will Face Lawsuit for Promotion, Sale of 'Securities'

Fri, 2024-08-16 15:13

"We are extremely fortunate that Judge Moreno authored the first extensive ruling on cryptocurrency and celebrity promotions," said Adam Moskowitz, the managing partner at the Moskowitz Law Firm.

       

Federal Judge Awards $1M to Plaintiff's Counsel Following a No Payment Shareholder Derivative Settlement

Fri, 2024-08-16 15:06

The plaintiff noted the substantial benefits of the reforms, which included the creation of a new audit committee and an independent director position to sit on the board, among others.

       

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