Both the Southern and Eastern District of New York will largely suspend operations on Fridays due to the shutdown, per officials. The courts will remain open for emergency matters and hearings and deadlines set for Friday are not impacted.

Consumer Nicholas Sdoucos filed a class action complaint against Bank of America this week, alleging the bank fails to adjust scheduled automatic payments when customers pay their statement balance before the due date, resulting in duplicate charges.

The litigation against the company seems to be a growing trend, with similar suits accusing NordVPN of engaging in deceptive subscription renewal practices being filed across the country.

"Here, defendants took a decidedly puerile approach—they chose to irritate and annoy the other side, rather than to invite engagement. They also impaired their credibility with this court," wrote U.S. Magistrate Judge Young B. Kim of the Northern District of Illinois.

Chairman Ira Coleman acknowledged Wednesday that the firm is "fielding inbound interest," becoming the first Am Law 50 firm to publicly comment on the prospect of establishing a managed services organization.

Stefani Schwartz joins Legal Speak co-host Patrick Smith during the General Counsel Conference East in New York.

"We launched the Admission Innovation Project to support law schools that select students in ways that truly capture the important principles of holistic admission,” said Aaron N. Taylor, senior vice president and executive director of the AccessLex Center for Legal Education Excellence.

The number of researchers with the skills to build frontier AI models is estimated at fewer than 1,000 worldwide. Those in that elite group can negotiate compensation packages in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

Here's how the judges overseeing Philadelphia's medical malpractice program sped up case timelines and what attorneys can expect from the program next year. 

Nominations are open until January 27 for Southeastern Legal Awards

Lawyers behind a record $4 billion sex abuse settlement with Los Angeles County have brought in a second mediator to oversee potential fraud after an article in the Los Angeles Times last month revealed that recruiters paid cash to potential plaintiffs on behalf of Downtown LA Law Group.

U.S. District Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins for the Northern District of Illinois declined to grant summary judgment on plaintiff American Wire's claims for breach of an indemnification clause against Wind Turbines and Energy Cables Corp. (WTEC), which had previously agreed to indemnify the plaintiff against certain claims relating to defective electric cables.

According to the complaint, one of those air diffuser patents expired five years ago, but Bath & Body Works was still paying royalties. Now, it wants its $74 million back.

The move effectively means that Norton Rose Fulbright will have no presence in South Africa, joining its peers, A&O Shearman and Hogan Lovells, who shut their Johannesburg offices last year.

"Also, take the time to invest in the people with whom you work. Having strong working relationships leads not only to career longevity and a happier career, but also to having the support to be appointed or elected to leadership positions when those opportunities arise."

"It is clear that simply having named an agent for service of process pursuant to the Admittance Statute does not constitute consent to personal jurisdiction," the high court held.

A Chicago federal judge said Prime Therapeutics' confidentiality and disclosure concerns could not prevent discovery from moving forward in a lawsuit over Walgreen Co.'s Prescription Savings Club.

According to the plaintiff, Datavault AI, all it took was a bad review and a barrage of negative social media posts from the financial research and due diligence firm, Wolfpack Research, to put the company's reputation in a tailspin.

The president has had mixed success in challenging his legal travails at the Supreme Court.