“Disappointed, heartbreaking would not be hyperbolic, said one diversity leader in reaction to the letter Thursday. “The organization has been such a long-standing advocate for diversity in the industry.

       

The question is not whether another practice bubble is forming—history suggests one always is—but how to recognize the warning signs early, and what those signals suggest about where the market is headed next.

       

A push for nonpartisan probate court judicial elections has advanced following a majority floor vote in the Georgia House of Representatives.

       

"Overly broad opt-out requests like the plaintiff's in this case expose some of the practical implications of implementing Mahmoud in the school setting, but this is just the tip of the iceberg," said an attorney representing a Massachusetts school district.        

As mandatory retirement ages change, firms are navigating succession without the clear breakpoints that once guided careers, balancing ambitious junior lawyers against longstanding senior partners.

       

Gaurav Ajmani is joining the social media company after spending 12 years with Amazon and six with Microsoft.

       

The White House on Wednesday night undercut the the Board of Judges for the Northern District of New York's appointment of Donald T. Kinsella as U.S. attorney for the Albany area, a move meant to end the tenure of John A. Sarcone III. Sarcone continues to lead the 32-county office, listed on the office's website as "first assistant U.S. attorney."

       

While Angelo Bonvino has been elevated to backfill Barshay's role, a source familiar with the firm said his role will not be backfilled, as Paul Weiss has several attorneys who can pick up the slack.

       

The programmers claim the companies violated the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, which prohibits distributing works from when the copyright management information "has been removed or altered.” The DMCA carries steep penalties per violation, and the complaint initially sought $9 billion in damages.

       

"I would build up debts, but I would always pay them," appellate attorney Tom Goldstein said as a witness testifying in his own defense at his white-collar criminal jury trial in Maryland federal court. He has pleaded not guilty to all counts and denied tax-evasion allegations in his live testimony.

       

A group of law professors have tabulated the most successful Supreme Court lawyers when it comes to getting the justices to agree to hear their cases.

       

Amid concerns that Anthropic's new legal plugin for Claude could pose a threat to the legal tech industry, companies like Pramata and Leah are embracing the tool.

       

"There are way too many words in this record trying to describe something that's not nearly as complicated as the defendants are trying to make it seem. That is obfuscating to me," a Cook County judge said.

       

Deputy Securities Commissioner Cristi Ramo n Ochoa said the agency moved swiftly because investor harm was “immediate and ongoing.

       

A California federal judge has denied Big Tech platforms a motion for summary judgment in a case in the social media adolescent addiction multidistrict litigation, clearing the path for a Kentucky school district's negligence and public nuisance claims against Meta Platforms Inc., Google, ByteDance and Snap Inc. to proceed to trial.

       

Netflix wants antitrust regulators to view it as one of many providers of video-based entertainment. Critics of the deal, however, are zeroing in on its streaming market share.

       

A Jones Day and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom-represented coalition of banking and financial institutions had challenged the law, which was the first of its kind in the United States, arguing that the restrictions conflict with the National Banking Act, which authorizes banks to charge customers noninterest charges and fees. But U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall backed the restrictions, repeatedly stressing in a 47-page decision that banks do not set, “or arguably charge, interchange fees but just receive them.

       

"This was a necessary step by LSAC—they had to shut off the superhighway of cheating that was occurring on remote tests,” Dave Killoran, founder and former CEO of PowerScore Test Prep, told Law.com.

       

The ruling is a blow to Bprotocol Foundation and LocalCoin Ltd., who were represented by attorneys from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.

       

"At present, no start-up in history has operated with losses on anything approaching this scale. We are firmly in uncharted territory," Deutsche Bank wrote in a December report.