Mark Shaw, 61, is staying on as executive adviser. Southwest CEO Bob Jordan said Shaw "helped us navigate many triumphs and challenges throughout his career."

Orrick will once again offer AltaClaro's prompt engineering and generative AI training at the beginning of its summer associate program, culminating in a summer "AI Day" full of generative AI-related activities designed to educate the next generation of lawyers.

Since 2020, Omar Khouri has amassed more than $120,000 in claims against telemarketers who call him. In 2022, he used part of the proceeds to buy a bar in his hometown of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which he named "The Wrong Number." The menu features drinks called "Debt Relief," "Student Loan" and "Car Warranty."

Western Alliance Bank's "2024 Digital Payments in Class Actions and Mass Torts" report found that fraud grew regardless of whether claims were paid via digital payment or paper checks, though digital payments are fast becoming the norm.

Lawyers for the plaintiffs argue that the banana grower benefited from payments to a right-wing militia that killed hundreds of people in Colombia, while Chiquita's lawyers says those payments were made in an effort to quell credible and viable threats against its employees.

"Clear expectations and timeliness surrounding merger reviews are critical so banks can make informed decisions about whether to pursue a merger when approval is likely or withdraw an application when it is not," said Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky.

Here are five things to look out for that will offer some insights into the merger's success before any clear financial metrics emerge, writes Law.com International Editor-in-Chief Paul Hodkinson in this bimonthly column.

The challenge to the program seems to be a part of a larger legal strategy to create a circuit split, thus increasing chances of U.S. Supreme Court review, said Andrew Twinamatsiko, director of the Health Policy and the Law Initiative at the O'Neill Institute.

"In terms of a jurist, one could not ask for a more fair and balanced individual," one lawyer said of Justice Curtis Farber. "He is even-keeled, level-headed, unflustered by anything. He is no one's fool, and he is a strong rudder for our court system."

"I don't know that we really should care about policy," said Presiding Judge Stephen Dillard. "It's only what the statute says, and you may be right on that, you may not be right on that, but that's what I'm not getting."

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The U.S. Fifth Circuit ruled IBM could "discontinue" but not "displace" a BMC customer license in certain circumstances.

Billing rate growth "continues to be the primary contributor to revenue growth," with standard rates increasing 9% in Q1 2024, Wells Fargo said.

"The concern, of course, is that institutions, given a choice, will offer processes that are less robust. But this could be shortsighted on the part of institutions as fewer protections for accused students will inevitably lead to more litigation, which could lead to greater cost for institutions," Patricia Hamill, a member at Clark Hill, told Law.com.

The high court's decision is the latest to map out steps corporations need to take when handling a controller-involved transaction.

"This has been a trying day, amidst a trying two weeks, and the crisis on campus has left no member of our community unaffected," Columbia Law Dean Gillian Lester wrote in a letter late Tuesday.

Wednesday's proposed plan immediately got pushback from lawyers representing ovarian cancer victims: "This is not a done deal," Beasley Allen's Andy Birchfield told Law.com. "There is substantial opposition to this."

John Orta will depart the social media platform for neighborhoods on May 8, ending his nearly six-year run as legal chief.

"With that dash of caution, law firms have an opportunity to leverage the political landscape to amplify visibility and engage relevant practice areas," write Elizabeth Lampert and Traci Stuart.

Fourth Circuit decision highlights the wide discretion federal district courts have to manage their calendars. The timing of litigation in federal courts is case-specific and hard to predict, but data from North Carolina federal courts provides some general guidance.