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Litigation Trends to Watch: Claims Surge Over Prediction Markets, AI Retail Surveillance and Expired Rewards Points

Fri, 2025-10-17 14:34

Lawsuits pile up over prediction markets.

       

5 Ways Law Firms Are Optimizing Their Back Office

Fri, 2025-10-17 11:13

Forward-thinking firms are reimagining the back office. By centralizing support functions, adopting technology, and making data-driven decisions, they are creating scalable, flexible, and resilient operations. The result? Higher productivity, improved client service, and stronger career pathways for staff. Here are 5 of the top strategies firms are implementing to optimize their back office.

       

How I Made Law Firm Leadership: 'Be More Intentional About Business Development,' Says James Barney of Finnegan

Fri, 2025-10-17 10:59

"I would advise my younger self to be more intentional about business development. As a litigation associate or junior partner, you get the opportunity to form many great relationships with clients and potential clients through meetings, depositions, trials, etc. But as one litigation leads to another involving different clients and different people, and given the demands of a litigation schedule, it's easy to let prior relationships go stale."

       

Live From WIPL with Kaitlin Descovich

Fri, 2025-10-17 05:59

Guess what it's back! WIPL is back and back where it started.

       

Live from WIPL with Katrice Miller

Fri, 2025-10-17 05:59

Guess what it's back! WIPL is back and back where it started.

       

Gowling WLG Names Former Trainee As New CEO

Fri, 2025-10-17 05:44

Meanwhile, Macfarlanes has appointed a director of innovation.

       

Trial of Suspended Pennsylvania Attorney Accused of Crypto Fraud to Begin Monday

Fri, 2025-10-17 04:59

“A verdict here could set the tone for other individuals from traditional industries, who see crypto as a great get-rich-quick opportunity' from a fund launch perspective, said Tyler Harttraft, a partner at Bull Blockchain Law, who is not involved in the case.

       

‘Miss Wagstaff, What Are You Doing?' Aimee Wagstaff, Ordered Into Court, Denies Attacking Paraquat Settlement

Fri, 2025-10-17 04:59

U.S. District Chief Judge Nancy Rosenstengel, of the Southern District of Illinois, ordered plaintiffs' attorney Aimee Wagstaff not to interfere with settlement negotiations in the paraquat multidistrict litigation.

       

After Justices Scold Judges, Some Worry About Public Perception of Lower Courts

Fri, 2025-10-17 00:26

Over the past few months, there has been simmering tension and a shift in tone between the high court and lower courts sparked by the Supreme Court's emergency-docket decisions

       

Democratic AGs Pursue Novel Dual-Step Litigation Strategy to Recover Grant Funds From Trump

Thu, 2025-10-16 19:54

Lawyers for more than 20 states are following a playbook set out by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barett in their attempt to free $7 billion in solar project grants from the Trump administration.

       

Salesforce Faces Class-Action Copyright Claim From Saveri Law Over AI Training

Thu, 2025-10-16 19:27

The suit filed on behalf of writers Molly Tanzer and Jennifer Gilmore is the 11th copyright lawsuit filed by Joseph Saveri Law Firm over the use of protected works to train artificial intelligence.

       

How Originalism Went from 'Fringe' Theory to Supreme Court Credo

Thu, 2025-10-16 18:49

Originalist legal commentator Josh Blackman joins Supreme Court Brief to discuss the rise of originalism from a fringe legal theory to the dominant method of interpreting the Constitution in today's court system.

       

Fed. Judge Approves Settlement, Fees Against St. Louis Firm's Data Breach

Thu, 2025-10-16 18:20

U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Bodenhausen of the Eastern District of Missouri approved the class action settlement in a data breach class action against Nahon, Saharovich & Trotz, and granted the motion for fees and costs to be awarded to the data breach and employment firm Cole & Van Note, which represented the plaintiff, Susan Garbarino.

       

Read the Indictment: Trump Ex-Adviser Turned Critic Charged With Mishandling Classified Documents

Thu, 2025-10-16 17:49

The 26-page indictment alleges John Bolton from April 2018 until August 2025 "abused his position as National Security Advisor by sharing more than a thousand pages of information about his day-to-day activities as the National Security Advisor" and unlawfully retained classified documents at his home in Montgomery County, Maryland.

       

Humana Loses Second Lawsuit Challenging Medicare Advantage Star Rating

Thu, 2025-10-16 15:23

The court determined CMS's analysis was within "the bounds of reasoned decision-making."

       

Live from WIPL with Tania Bryant

Thu, 2025-10-16 13:57

Guess what it's back. WIPL is back and back where it started.

       

The Secret to Being Found AND Cited in the Age of AI Search: What Every Law Firm Needs to Know

Thu, 2025-10-16 13:54

If your law firm still views “search visibility as landing a top spot in Google's traditional results, you may be missing a seismic shift in how clients, referral sources, legal journalists, and even opposing counsel find trusted expertise. The game is changing fast. One force accelerating that change more than any other: the rise of AI-powered search, including generative tools like ChatGPT and Google's Search Generative Experience (SGE).

       

Live from WIPL with Emily Murphy

Thu, 2025-10-16 13:53

Guess what it's back. WIPL is back and back where it started.

       

Milan's Legal Titans: From Private Equity to Private Jets

Thu, 2025-10-16 10:14

Where wealth settles, lawyers are certain to follow—and Italy's tax incentives are drawing a high-powered collection of partners from Ropes & Gray's PE experts to Withers private client team and Charles Russell Speechlys' art law specialist.

       

ArentFox Backs CarMax in $1.3M Suit for Overcharging Water, Sewage Usage

Thu, 2025-10-16 10:11

The used car retailer alleged the town began overbilling the used car retailer 10 times its actual usage rate when it opened in June 2016, according to the suit filed suit in Massachusetts state court Tuesday.

       

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