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President Donald Trump’s proposed elimination of the Legal Services Corporation, a longtime conservative goal, threatens representation of 6.4 million low-income people, supporters of the legal aid services funder said.
“Erin Brockovich” lawyer Tom Girardi is appealing his conviction for stealing millions of dollars from his clients.
John Eisenberg was confirmed to take the reins of the the Justice Department’s National Security Division, which has experienced a purge of multiple senior officials under the new Trump administration.
On its path to raising $1.1 billion in an initial public offering this week, stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group Inc. proved why cryptocurrency companies are lucrative clients for the world’s top law firms.
Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel.
A long shot provision in President Donald Trump’s budget bill raises questions about whether proposed court limits would apply to enforcing contempt citations in bankruptcy cases.
Recent “kids code” legislation passed by Vermont and Nebraska threatens companies with new compliance hurdles.
The US Supreme Court agreed to hear several cases corporate America brought seeking to rein in class actions this term only to later say they shouldn’t have taken the appeals.
President Donald Trump’s proposed elimination of the Legal Services Corporation, a longtime conservative goal, threatens representation of 6.4 million low-income people, supporters of the legal aid services funder said.
“Erin Brockovich” lawyer Tom Girardi is appealing his conviction for stealing millions of dollars from his clients.
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Kirkland & Ellis retained its crown as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2024, nabbing several of the largest transactions of the year.
Kirkland & Ellis retained its crown as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2024, nabbing several of the largest transactions of the year.
On May 28, 2012, Dewey & LeBoeuf, the product of a merger between two storied New York law firms, filed for bankruptcy. For the first time, Dewey's former chair Steven Davis opens up about the years, months, and weeks leading to his firm's collapse, the decisions he made and, looking back, whether he would have done anything differently.
The UK’s financial regulator proposed lifting its ban on retail investors buying exchange-traded products tied to cryptocurrencies, seeking to bolster competitiveness against a resurgent US crypto market under
The implications of a major international prisoner swap in February—the deal that released American schoolteacher Marc Fogel from a Russian prison—will reach a San Francisco courtroom Friday.
The California regulator overseeing the state’s cryptocurrency licensing law will need additional funding to start the program by its scheduled implementation date of July 1, 2026.
On its path to raising $1.1 billion in an initial public offering this week, stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group Inc. proved why cryptocurrency companies are lucrative clients for the world’s top law firms.
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