"Defendant's decision to unjustifiably and unlawfully withhold plaintiff's commissions while 'eliminating' his position demonstrates that defendant—a multi-trillion-dollar company—was betting that Plaintiff would succumb to his cancer diagnosis," the complaint said.

       

“While the facts and claims differ, this trial—like the CNN case—turns on the meaning of words, and the need to hold people accountable for using them recklessly or maliciously, said Joseph Delich, who is the lead attorney for the plaintiff and a partner at Freedman Normand Friedland.

       

“If you're googling answers or using ChatGPT to try and find out what to do, it's probably time to phone a subject-matter expert," said Lourdes Fuentes, CEO of Karta Legal.

       

The reputations of the law firm that struck deals with President Donald Trump have been sullied—not just in the U.S. but also overseas, writes The Global Lawyer.

       

Justice Brett Kavanaugh said there is a "strong argument" that bans on AR-15 semiautomatic rifles violate the Second Amendment and that the Supreme Court should consider the issue "in the next Term or two."

       

"The associates who adopt an ownership mentality develop a reputation for being reliable, and because partners put a premium on reliability, these associates are consistently staffed on significant matters because of the value they bring to the client. Ultimately, firms want to promote associates who bring value to the firm and have demonstrated that they are prepared to take ownership of their own practice."

       

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Academies run by United Airlines and Republic Airways say students can obtain their commercial pilot certificates in as little as a year. But some former students allege in lawsuits that they did not receive the in-class instruction or in-plane training to make that possible—even though tuition approached or exceeded $100,000.

       

“This doesn't change 503—it just expands the variance process, Marc Miller, who served as dean of University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law for 12 years, told Law.com. “The possibilities now are huge.

       

“This doesn't change 503—it just expands the variance process, Marc Miller, who served as dean of University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law for 12 years, told Law.com. “The possibilities now are huge.

       

With judges quickly ruling in law firms' favor, some firms that committed to provide millions of dollars worth of pro bono work to causes approved by the administration are second-guessing their decision as they continue to face attacks on their reputation.

       

P&G saw three new federal suits that center on allegedly deceptive environmental claims it made about its Charmin and Puffs paper products.

       

The combination with one of Colombia's top firms adds 120 lawyers to Pérez-Llorca's total head count and comes roughly a year after the Spanish firm's arrival in Mexico.         

Boies Schiller Flexner filed three class actions this week, alleging a "deceptive and anticompetitive scheme" in which the nation's largest claims administrators received undisclosed kickbacks to deposit hundreds of millions of dollars in class action settlements with Huntington National Bank and Western Alliance Bank.

       

Transactional practices may be more likely to move away from the billable hour than litigation practices, but experts say the legal industry in general is at a crossroads, where savvy clients are hesitant to pay hourly rates if AI can do the work quicker.

       

“If a business entity has declined to participate in the staking market to date, this statement is not going to give them a lot of confidence to jump into offering it now, said Andrew W. Balthazor, a co-leader of Holland & Knight's crypto asset dispute team.

       

The dispute over patented semiconductor technology has seen several dramatic turns during its history. An appellate court in 2023 reversed a Texas jury's $2.1 billion verdict against Intel.

       

Meanwhile, former White House attorney Tiffany Wright jumped aboard Johns Hopkins University.

       

As AI's role in legal work expands, firms must adopt well-defined AI policies to protect client confidentiality, mitigate risks and ensure ethical compliance.

       

The court granted the Trump administration's request for permission to revoke deportation protections for more than 500,000 migrants from Haiti, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua as litigation continues.