While the EU AI Act certainly deserves compliments for both its pioneering nature and numerous thoughtful provisions aimed at the efficient and effective regulation of modern AI, it is not without its drawbacks.

       

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The DOJ recently unveiled a series of policy updates that shifted the white-collar enforcement landscape. These updates — an emphasis on the False Claims Act, a shift away from the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and increased incentives for self-disclosure and whistleblowers — are poised to reshape how companies approach compliance.        

The justices of the Appellate Division, First Department say they were unable to reach a majority opinion across three decisions, but issued the opinion in order to pass the case to the New York Court of Appeals. The court vacated disgorgement and sanctions but was not unanimous on the fraud finding.

       

Today's legal clients expect more transparency, responsiveness, and value at every stage of their journey. The firms that thrive are those that treat client experience as a measurable, strategic function of the business.

       

"Because the underlying function served by KCP's specific alleged act was judicial in nature, and because KCP did not act in absence of jurisdiction, KCP is entitled to quasi-judicial immunity as to counts arising from those acts," said Judge Lara E. Montecalvo, who authored the opinion.

       

The firm's hotly anticipated results come 15 months after the merger of Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling and place it fourth in the world by revenue.

       

The firm, which moves into its new London HQ this week, joins a growing list of firms with a four-day U.K. policy.

       

If London fails to keep pace with other jurisdictions, including the U.S. and the Middle East, talented in-house lawyers might start looking abroad, recruiters argue.

       

"While firms may track nonbillable contributions like business development and recruiting, they typically don't mandate specific thresholds for these activities," said one industry consultant.

       

In separate multidistrict litigation dockets over injectible birth control Depo-Provera and toxic chemicals in drinking water, federal judges ordered plaintiffs' lawyers to file their lawsuits after discovering large numbers of unfiled claims.

       

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California's Legislature is poised to approve three bills on Thursday that will ask voters to approve redrawn congressional lines that are likely to add to the number of Democratic seats in the Golden State.

       

District Judge Timothy Kelly said Shira Perlmutter “cannot rely on alleged harms to the Library or Copyright Office because she must show that she—not third parties—will be irreparably harmed.

       

California's Legislature is poised to approve three bills on Thursday that will ask voters to approve redrawn congressional lines that are likely to add to the number of Democratic seats in the Golden State.

       

"The Court agrees with Defendants that all three counts in the complaint must be dismissed," U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras wrote in his memorandum opinion dismissing a complaint Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison filed on behalf of plaintiffs who demanded a full U.S. Department of Education investigation into allegations of antisemitism at Penn. Penn was not a party to the lawsuit.

       

"While this is far from model case management, given this court's preference for resolving cases on their merits, the relative swiftness of the dismissal here, and our insistence on doing justice over expediting dockets, these three actions constituted sufficient work to avoid dismissing Murphy's cause of action for failure to prosecute," said Judge Philip M. Hess.

       

The parties disputed which district court order should be considered the "final judgment" for determining when the clock began to run for DRE Health Corp. to file an appeal.

       

"Companies appear increasingly cautious about publishing sensitive demographic data amid intensifying legal, political and reputational scrutiny," The Conference Board said in a new report.

       

U.S. District Court Judge Richard Berman of the Southern District of New York wrote that the Justice Department failed to demonstrate "special circumstances" necessary to do so. He also pointed out that the investigative materials under the government's control have far greater breadth and scope than the "snippet" represented by grand jury testimony.