Edward Wayne Rene, a former assistant dean of admissions at Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law, pleaded guilty to all charges in Harris County District Court on Wednesday.

       

Several partners at Jenner & Block are representing Harvard in the Friday complaint, in addition to the school's counsel at Quinn Emanuel and King & Spalding.

       

California attorney Cathy Cowin talks about why AI is a “non-negotiable in her solo practice.

       

"No task is too small. Find value and learning opportunities in everything you do. Keep in mind how your discrete assignment fits into the broader case strategy. Master the record. Take ownership. Issue-spot and issue-solve. Be kind!"

       

Amazon.com and Starbucks, represented by Hueston Hennigan, achieved the full dismissal of a proposed biometric data privacy class action in Washington federal court on Monday. Both parties stipulated the voluntary dismissal of all claims against Amazon and Starbucks, and the defendants waived all claims and counterclaims against the plaintiffs' counsel.

       

"Given the web of interdependencies that govern global trade, business leaders realize that they can't define and prepare for the path forward using traditional forecasting and planning methods," the management consulting firm McKinsey says in a report. 

       

The potential appointment would be the latest connection between DLA and government.

       

In this week's Legal Speak episode, ALM and Law Business Research CEO Nick Brailey discusses the companies' recent merger while introducing listeners to the man behind the leadership title.

       

In a recent law.com video podcast, Fresno solo Cathy Cowin talks about getting comfortable with AI, trusting it with tough client questions, and using it to challenge her own thinking.

       

Don't just teach your junior colleagues—learn from them. Like a successful investor, recognize that the highest returns often come from overlooked opportunities.

       

Garland is joining his old firm as a partner in its appellate and supreme court practice group.

       

Nine test takers, originally told they failed, have now been told they passed the February bar exam after a review uncovered answers that weren't graded.

       

Department of Homeland Security's decision to terminate the university's Student and Exchange Visitor Program could affect more than 300 international students who are enrolled in Harvard Law's J.D. and LL.M. programs, comprising roughly 17% of current enrollees for both programs.

       

Wednesday's suit against the Knight Law Group, the Altman Law Group and Wirtz Law alleges that at least 50% of the $100 million billed by the defendant lawyers over the past decade was fraudulently inflated.

       

Calling into question the constitutionality of various independent agencies, the Supreme Court suggested that President Donald Trump should be able to remove members of the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board at will.

       

The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland's standing order enjoins and restrains the Trump administration from hastily deporting noncitizens seeking habeas relief in Maryland.

       

The Trump administration argues that the trade court cannot review most of the executive orders creating the tariffs, a position that one judge described as: "Nothing is so crazy or unrelated that it could be stopped by the courts. Anything is allowed. Anything crazy. Any declaration of emergency, based on some crazy thing. Any remedy, as crazy as it could be—it's all okay, because the courts can't do anything.”        

President Donald Trump has repeatedly accused South Africa of “white genocide and the forceful seizure of land, citing the Expropriation Act of 2024, which allows the government to take ownership of private land for public use in certain circumstances.

       

The city of Chicago said Tuesday it would not oppose the oil companies' emergency motion to temporarily keep the case in federal court, but it opposed letting the case flounder if the defendants appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

       

In the current environment, what could be commonplace for law firms is now viewed as anything but.