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Legal Leadership 2.0: The Skills Lawyers Need for the Next Decade

Fri, 2025-09-05 16:17

This complimentary webcast will provide legal professionals with the practical insights needed to adapt and succeed in this era of change.

       

Latham & Watkins Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration's Wind Farm Stop-Work Order

Fri, 2025-09-05 14:26

"If unabated, the Stop Work Order will inflict devastating and irreparable harm on Revolution Wind," counsel for Revolution Wind LLC wrote in a complaint challenging the legality of a Trump administration stop-work order impairing the development of a wind farm project near Long Island, New York.

       

Law Firm Disrupted: Amid Big Law Race for AI Investment, Fears and Growing Pains Persist

Fri, 2025-09-05 13:46

It appears some firms may be getting ahead of themselves, with training and basic technology upgrades sometimes falling by the wayside.

       

‘Screams 90s Retro': Lisa Frank Goes After Target for Similar Halloween Costume

Fri, 2025-09-05 13:05

As spooky season quickly approaches, Halloween costumes are just another sector driving copyright litigation.

       

Hinckley Allen's Jim Tuxbury on Winning the Largest SOX Settlement Ever and How It Took a Decade to Cut Through the Red Tape

Fri, 2025-09-05 11:25

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Patrick Smith speaks with Hinckley Allen litigator Jim Tuxbury about his groundbreaking SOX whistleblower case and the long ride to get a resolution.

       

How I Made Partner: 'Network, Network, Network,' Says Fleming Ware of Vedder Price

Fri, 2025-09-05 10:59

"I would advise my younger self to network, network, network, both with internal attorneys and outside potential clients. I cannot underscore how important this is in one's career."

       

AI Disruption Left Judge in Google Antitrust Case Wary of Lowering Boom

Fri, 2025-09-05 10:25

"These are very dynamic, rapidly changing markets, and judges would basically be out of their element if they tried to redesign them," said Herbert Hovenkamp, a University of Pennsylvania law professor.

       

Willkie Private Wealth Co-Chair Dies in E-Bike Accident

Fri, 2025-09-05 09:33

Michele Mulrooney a founding member of the firm's Los Angeles office.

       

SEC Wiped Gensler's Phone, Loses Trove of Texts Due to 'Avoidable' Errors

Thu, 2025-09-04 18:40

“This wasn't some oops' moment, Paul Grewal, chief legal officer of Coinbase, alleged on social media. He called the deletion a “destruction of evidence relevant to pending litigation.

       

Trump Administration Plans to Appeal 'Broad and Powerful Relief' Granted to Harvard in Federal Lawsuit

Thu, 2025-09-04 18:19

"To any fair-minded observer, it is clear that Harvard University failed to protect their students from harassment and allowed discrimination to plague their campus for years," White House spokesperson Liz Huston said in a statement. "Harvard does not have a constitutional right to taxpayer dollars and remains ineligible for grants in the future."

       

Is the Rise of AI a Real Threat to Associate Jobs?

Thu, 2025-09-04 18:04

One in five pre-law students fear artificial intelligence could replace their jobs in the future. Is that fear unfounded?

       

'No Further Action': NY Attorney Grievance Committee Repeatedly Declined to Investigate Emil Bove

Thu, 2025-09-04 18:01

The Attorney Grievance Committee for the Appellate Division, First Department has told multiple complainants that concerns about Bove's conduct are being transferred to the DOJ.

       

Former AbbVie Sales Rep's Fraud Claims Tossed in Whistleblower Suit, 7th Circuit Rules

Thu, 2025-09-04 15:55

“Because Lewis only complained of regulatory, rather than fraudulent, violations in his internal communications with AbbVie, the company had no reason to think Lewis's concerns revolved around the False Claims Act. More simply, AbbVie could not have retaliated against Lewis as a fraud whistleblower because he never blew the whistle on fraud, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge Joshua P. Kolar said.

       

Announcing The National Law Journal Awards 2025 Finalists and Honorees

Thu, 2025-09-04 15:17

The National Law Journal and Law.com announce the shorlist this year's legal awards.

       

Amid AI Ramp-Up, Midlevels Still Want Better Laptops—And to Keep Their Jobs

Thu, 2025-09-04 10:01

Junior lawyers also report being increasingly concerned about being replaced by AI.

       

The 2025 Midlevel Associates Survey: The Rankings

Thu, 2025-09-04 09:59

There was a significant amount of year-over-year rankings movement, outside of the top three spots, our data shows.

       

Hack of Pa. AG Office Raises Concerns, But Attorneys Say The Work Continues

Thu, 2025-09-04 09:56
In a press release issued Friday, the Attorney General's Office confirmed publicly that "an outsider" had interrupted the office's computer network by “encrypting files in an effort to force the Office to make a payment to restore operations.        

'Stakes ... Could Not Be Higher': Trump Asks Supreme Court to Quickly Hear Appeal of Tariff Ruling

Thu, 2025-09-04 09:00

U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer is urging the justices to expedite an appeal of a bombshell lower court decision finding the president's sweeping tariff policy illegal.

       

How the Deal Got Done: Skadden and BSTR Holdings

Thu, 2025-09-04 08:59

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom recently advised BSTR Holdings Inc. in the launch of a new bitcoin standard treasury company through its merger with Cantor Equity Partners I Inc., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Cantor Fitzgerald. London partner Lorenzo Corte and New York partner Ryan Dzierniejko led the Skadden team. Corte offers this perspective on “How the Deal Got Done.

       

Scandals Erased, Editors Paid: How Big Law Firms Try to Control Their Wikipedia Pages

Thu, 2025-09-04 08:13

A deep analysis by Law.com shows how some law firms pay editors, flout the rules, whether consciously or not, and remove controversies to curate their image on one of the world's most popular websites.

       

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