The move by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission follows its similar actions, including in litigation against Binance, where on Monday, the federal agency asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for a 60-day stay of the litigation, citing the newly created Crypto Task Force.
“Lawyers have a duty to uphold the system they work in," former Connecticut Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher said.
Two new privacy class actions targeting the actions of the newly launched Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the Elon Musk-led task force focused on slashing federal spending, were filed in Washington, D.C., federal court this week. The complaints are the only DOGE-related lawsuits to seek damages in addition to injunctive relief.
Of the 49 resolutions introduced this year, 14 would rescind Environmental Protection Agency rules. Five others target Department of Energy rules related to conservation. Another would rescind a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management rule protecting marine archaeological resources.
What happens at college campuses mirrors the fervor and agitation felt these days as the country at large endeavors to redefine the national culture.
The Australian courts have ruled that "ugg" is a generic term for sheepskin boots.
The hire comes after the firm lost a four-partner team to King & Spalding last year.
At least 11 Big Law partners have been tapped to move to the public sector.
Numerous trade attorneys say that any legal challenge to the new tariffs will run up against courts that have proven themselves to be very deferential to presidential trade authority.
PayPal, Microsoft and Capital One are facing a storm of lawsuits centering on their coupon browser extensions Honey, Microsoft Shopping and Capital One Shopping.
"Even though you do the managerial stuff, that is only like 20 minutes a day, or an hour a day. The rest of your day is unloading trucks, cleaning bathrooms, stocking shelves, something that a clerk would ordinarily do. You're not really a manager, right? The employer typically does that in order to save on wages," a lawyer for plaintiffs said.
"Companies must maintain their compliance commitments—notwithstanding any pause in enforcement by a single enforcement agency,” Paul Hastings advised clients this week.
The expansion of private credit and increased private equity hold times have led to a surge in creative solutions to get capital back to investors.
U.S. District Judge Brendan Hurson's 14-day temporary restraining order prohibits the White House from "conditioning or withholding federal funding based on the fact that a healthcare entity or health professional provides gender affirming medical care to a patient" aged 18 or younger.
Statements should reflect a person's knowledge, not AI-generated content, judge says.
In a 65-page order, U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez found that “counsel's conduct causes the court to seriously question whether the attorney “should be appearing before any court in our district or state.
New York Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas' spending plan for fiscal 2026 asks for $3 billion, to return the system to 2009 staffing levels. Zayas also addressed concerns about ICE detainment on court grounds, and judicial security.
“Here, the constitutional questions raised by Landerer's substantive and procedural due process claims are not beyond debate, as shown by the various courts that addressed the same issue in differing manners, but ultimately reaching the conclusion that policies not requiring notice of a student's requested gender pronoun is not violative of the Constitution, U.S. District Judge Jennifer P. Wilson said.
In today's digitally connected world, we have unparalleled tools at our disposal to connect with target audiences. But with them comes a critical challenge: how to maintain authenticity, human intelligence and personal connection in a landscape increasingly dominated by algorithms, data and automation.
"As much as you can, stay focused on the privilege of having the opportunity to work with an incredible team of people (lawyers and business professionals) and being so lucky that companies and individuals trust us to help them drive their business forward. Our colleagues want to do good for clients and the organization. I say keep listening and keep learning. Ask questions along the way."
Data shows Wachtell, Gunderson and Sullivan & Cromwell have lost few partners in recent years.
New Class A space and proximity to interstates attract most Big Law firms to Midtown.
The suit filed by a coalition of news publishers from the U.S., the U.K. and Canada say Cohere's AI products regurgitate near-verbatim stories in real time and invent false stories that are wrongly attributed to the newsrooms.
An accounting firm with 2,100 employees across the U.S. has joined forces with a business law boutique. Now it can sell clients on the ability to solve business and legal challenges under one roof.
Litigation and investigation partners are bracing for shifting demand after Trump's executive order pausing FCPA enforcement, among other policy changes.
The ruling dismissing the reverse-discrimination claims comes just as employers brace for a new onslaught of DEI-based investigations and lawsuits from the federal government and private parties.
On Tuesday, Monsanto attorney Lauren Goldman of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher asked the Washington Supreme Court to overturn a jury's $185 million PCB verdict in 2021.
March 4 is the deadline for health care providers to decide whether or not they want to stay in a proposed settlement with Blue Cross Blue Shield for $2.8 billion. Class counsel has filed motions to disqualify two law firms allegedly soliciting "opt outs" on behalf of providers to bring their own litigation.
Lawyers are so busy dealing with anxious clients, it's “like drinking from a firehose, said one Dentons lawyer about the impact of a looming U.S.-Canada trade war.
New Class A space and proximity to interstates attract most Big Law firms to Midtown.
In the legal industry, volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) (originally a military concept) have reshaped how law firms operate, requiring legal administrators to adapt to a rapidly evolving work environment. Navigating this VUCA landscape involves balancing hybrid work models, evolving return-to-office strategies, and significant workforce challenges, especially in administrative support.
Some law firms' offices in Philadelphia will remain open, despite rampant road closures and public transit detours and delays; a number of firms are also allowing attorneys to work from home to avoid the traffic gridlock expected on Friday and to watch the parade on television should they so choose.
A tumultuous day was marked by Sassoon's resignation, along with two senior federal prosecutors at Main Justice, all as a result of the decision to force SDNY to dismiss public corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
"The effort by the White House to terminate the Special Counsel without identifying any cause plainly contravenes the statute," U.S. District Senior Judge Amy Berman Jackson wrote in her order granting Hecker Fink's motion for a temporary restraining order preserving Hampton Dellinger as the Office of Special Counsel's independent agency head.
The state high court affirmed a jury verdict awarding the plaintiffs more than $20 million in damages against a transportation company and one of its drivers, who was reportedly speeding around a curve before hitting a stopped vehicle.
After market leader CDK accused nine-year-old Tekion of stealing its data, Tekion denied wrongdoing and said CDK was resorting to "bullying" because "it can't compete fairly or innovate effectively."
The lawyer joins the ranks of disbarred attorneys who have lost their careers due to ethical misconduct.
Big Tech retail giant Amazon, its subsidiary Amazon Advertising, insurance company Allstate Corp. and Allstate's data analytics subsidiary, Arity LLC, were swarmed in the first two months of 2025 with class actions alleging they unlawfully collected users' geolocation data using software development kit (SDK) technology embedded in mobile phones.
The DOJ has put companies on fair notice of its expectations on how companies can responsibly adopt AI tools. Companies that take the necessary steps may benefit from a de facto “compliance defense, but those companies that fail to heed this guidance expose themselves to the risk of prosecution.
The nearly $80 million verdict is the highest reported Illinois verdict for a police pursuit crash, according to the firm.
"What we are hearing from firms is, 'we'd love to be opportunistic and grab this person, but we don't have the business case for it,'" one recruiter said.
U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr. said the federal workers' unions who sued over the program lack standing.
Companies like Costco that retain diversity, equity and inclusion measures despite government scrutiny are likely to face a costly battle defending their policies.
The Trump administration's funding freeze has impacted tens of millions of dollars and has "decimated" ABA programs including those aimed at protecting religious freedom in Asia, promoting war recovery for Ukraine, advancing democracy in Myanmar and battling money laundering and terrorism in South America.
With AI increasingly integrated into employee staffing, employee monitoring and workplace decision-making, employers must stay on top of evolving and varying AI compliance requirements and legislation.
Arthur Newbold is alleged to have known about Dechert's involvement in the U.A.E's detention and abuse of a Jordanian national
Law firm Radix and business advisory and accounting firm Aprio both already have ABS licenses, giving them a head start on Big Four firm KPMG, which seeks approval to deliver a similar combination of services on a broader scale.
In addition to practicing in intellectual property litigation, former U.S. Circuit Judge Kent Jordan, who held a seat on the 3rd Circuit court from 2006 until January, will serve as a mediator and arbiter of commercial disputes, the firm said.
“As Ivan admitted today, one of his and Sergei's businesses promised to mine crypto and did in fact mine crypto, but not as much as it had promised; instead, it sometimes repaid customers with crypto it had purchased on the open market, said Andrey Spektor, a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright.
The firm is reported to be more than doubling its square footage in the city.
The order is in line with U.S. Judicial Conference guidance from last year, which came amid Democratic lawmakers' concerns over red states strategically filing challenges to Biden administration actions in a single-judge division in Texas to end up with a Trump-appointed judge.
The Citi Global Wealth at Work Law Firm Group year-end survey shows that the Texas region kept a lid on expense growth in 2024 and also grew lawyer head count, which can help it meet 2025 demand in strong industry sectors.
The enforcement comes after a week of monitoring AI use at the firm.
Lateral movement among senior associates is also on the rise in New York as well as Chicago, according to a look at seven key markets by Major, Lindsey & Africa.
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Overwhelmed legal departments focus on getting work done instead of providing deputy GCs face time with board members and other opportunities that would groom them for the top job, according to a report from Axiom.
U.S. District Judge John F. Murphy of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania affirmed the settlement awarding $950,000 to the family members of Tamika Jones, who died a day after paramedics allegedly convinced her not to go to the hospital. The court also approved awards for $300,000 in attorney fees and $30,000 in costs.
"Law is a team sport and you're only as good as your team. I played a lot of team sports growing up, and I was never the best player on the team. But I do feel that I have always added to the team, and it's been better as a result of me being on it. Being a leader isn't about being the best lawyer; it's about helping the team to be the best."
Matt Miner developed deep expertise in white-collar crime as a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and White & Case and as a deputy assistant attorney general at the Department of Justice.
Katyal, who has argued over 50 cases in front of the Supreme Court, will lead Milbank's appellate practice, the firm said.
Skadden and Wachtell are consistently at or near the top of league tables for deal value, but those are not the only indicators they watch.
The ruling, which reserved a 2023 order denying Thomson Reuters a summary judgement, found that ROSS' use of Westlaw data did not meet the fair use doctrine. The case, however, will still go to trial.
Sega's Sheppard Mullin counsel claim Consovoy amassed 19,541 claimants via online advertisements, and then filed individual cases for each with alternative dispute resolution provider JAMS, resulting in a $39 million invoice for Sega.
U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley for the District of Massachusetts allowed state law claims to move forward in a suit brought by an investment banker who claims Leerink Partners failed to pay minimum bonuses promised to her.
"While administrative stays are more common in appellate courts, district courts have recognized their applicability in cases seeking emergency relief—including in this District," U.S. District Senior Judge Amy Berman Jackson wrote in a minute order temporarily reinstating Hampton Dellinger as special counsel of the Office of Special Counsel.
Fowler White Burnett is realigning its products liability and toxic torts practice as aviation clients steadily add to the firm's caseload.
With an executive branch seemingly antagonistic toward its own Environmental Protection Agency, environmentalists may look to the judiciary to help block the Trump agenda and cite the end of Chevron deference
Edelson plans to suggest sanctions at a Feb. 18 hearing against Southern California Edison and its defense firm, Hueston Hennigan, for failing to preserve evidence related to one of last month's wildfires.
Acting SEC Chairman Mark Uyeda said he held reservations about the rule since it was first adopted in March 2024, including whether the securities regulator could enact what he viewed to be a climate policy.
Allstate was hit with eight class actions, which alleged the company and its subsidiary Arity LLC surveilled consumers' driving behavior through software embedded into third-party apps, and used it to sell the data and to raise insurance premiums.
“It's actually a collection of broad-based successes across hundreds of clients, managing partner Sean Fogarty said of the strong year.
Gregg Nunziata, executive director of the Society for the Rule of Law, said there are open questions about what the future of the court will look like, given uncertainties about Trump's judicial selection approach.
Pinsent Masons China head Kanyi Lui will relocate from Beijing to Shenzhen to lead its new outfit.
The cuts are expected to affect all three German offices in Frankfurt, Munich and Du sseldorf .
We “need to see whether the forces that had promoted the Southern District's status—the bench, the bar, a very strong alumni network and some support in Washington—will act , said Columbia Law School professor, Daniel Richman. “The bench as a whole holds the office to a very high standard and has protected it.
Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Sullivan ordered indicted SCOTUSBlog publisher Tom Goldstein jailed without bond for being an alleged flight risk who failed to disclose his cryptocurrency wealth holdings.
Alternative legal services are booming as corporations and law firms embrace new legal models.
“There has been a lot of debate the past few months about what the SEC would do with its ongoing crypto litigation and now we have the answer, said Am Law 10 firm partner Ladan Stewart.
"[T]his court must evaluate only whether the arbitrator did his job, not whether he did it well or whether the court agrees with his conclusions," Whitney said.
Influencers, content creators and product reviewers allege "last-click attribution," the widely used practice of awarding sales commissions to the last stop on a consumer's online purchase journey, allows PayPal Honey, Capital One Shopping and other discount-hunting browser extensions to hijack their commissions.
While change is a constant in the privacy, security and technology arena, 2025 is poised to be a landmark year. New technologies will continue to radiate through the economy — and our lives — while the new Trump Administration is likely to emphasize innovation over protection, reward maximization over risk minimization, and incentivizing over enforcing.
The Haralson County judge drafted a resignation letter to Gov. Brian Kemp with an effective date of Feb. 5, 2025, but didn't disclose his reason for stepping down from the bench.
"Faithfully applying Supreme Court precedent and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, we join our sister circuits in rejecting the clear statement rule in favor of the course of proceedings test for determining the capacity in which a § 1983 defendant is sued," Judge Raymond Gruender said in an excessive force case against a police officer.
After a decade of grinding away as associates, today's junior partners are grateful—most of them, anyway.
"There can be no reasonable doubt that it is the President whose authority reigns principally in the realm of foreign affairs," the U.S. Department of Justice argued in court documents defending President Donald Trump's pause on federal funding to U.S. Agency for International Development contractors.
U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr. said the pause would remain until further order of the court.
The decision, released Monday, concludes a case involving a 2021 transaction in which Property Solutions Acquisition Corp., a SPAC, agreed to a $2.7 billion business combination with then-private Faraday Future that formed Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc, represented in the Chancery case by Troutman Pepper Locke.
"While defendants are correct that the Seventh Circuit has had an opportunity to hold that Title II applies to police encounters but has not done so, it likewise has not held that does not apply to police encounters, and instead resolved the case on other grounds," U.S. District Judge Jorge L. Alonso for the Northern District of Illinois said.
Looking ahead to the next five years, chairman and managing partner Gary Wingens says the firm's strategic plan emphasizes growth, specifically boosting total head count to between 550 and 700 attorneys.
Musk's attack “exposes the judge and judges like him to very real danger, said Richard Deane, the president of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
“Segregation was an impetus for me. It was my life. It's my lived experience, said Ninth Circuit Judge Johnnie Rawlinson. “No one can take that away because I lived it, and it's my story. And we can't take it away by pretending it didn't exist.
Octus is just 13 years old but already has enviable client base, including 88% of the Am Law 50.
On Friday, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ordered nearly 70 lawsuits be coordinated before U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers in the Northern District of Florida.
The evidence collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation included an online search: “What are the signs that you are under investigation by law enforcement or the FBI even if you have not been contacted by them."
Paul Atkins once called companies that cave in to environmental, social and governance activists "weenies."
The top 10 deal leads ranking by Mergerlinks saw a significant shakeup between 2023 and 2024, with only one attorney making both years' lists.
Hecker Fink alleges President Donald Trump's firing of the powerful U.S. Office of Special Counsel head Hampton Dellinger, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden to a fixed five-year term, is "unlawful and unconstitutional."
"There's a bullying label; there's a jealousy label. There's no context given whatsoever. He had the opportunity to do that when he pled, he could have quoted something that she said. He could have provided a specific circumstance, but he didn't do that, and that's his burden," Aaron R. White, an attorney with Boyle Shaughnessy Law, said about allegations filed against a deputy chief staff attorney at the Massachusetts Court of Appeals.
U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell Jr. of Rhode Island ordered federal agencies to restore funding that continues to be frozen.
"NTEU members at the CFPB are no longer able to do the supervision and enforcement work that they came to the CFPB to do for the American people," the National Treasury Employees Union alleged in twin lawsuits seeking to prevent the Trump administration from gutting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
New intel released on Monday from the TRM Labs 2025 Crypto Crime Report revealed a dual trend for attorneys: a decrease in illicit crypto transactions over the past year, alongside an increase in hacks and misuse by bad actors.
A number of Am Law 200 firms are opening offices in the Georgia capital by luring partners in need of more resources to serve long-established practices.
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Houston trial lawyer Don Foty has sued his partner David Hodges for access to bank accounts as they dissolve their trial firm, Hodges & Foty.
"Always be willing to work harder than the person next to you and do the job no one wants to do. Everyone wants to do the work that sounds the most exciting, but when a partner asks associates to do the tedious research, and everyone is looking down at their shoes, the person who raises their hand gets noticed."
Following the suicide of a Georgia judge on the bench, Atlanta attorney Eric C. Lang of The Lang Legal Group is calling for a more tailored approach for addressing mental health in the legal industry.
The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) proposes a solution to a complex debate: What can be patented, and when do nature and thoughts become property? This article provides an overview of the PERA bill, examines the current issues with Section 101 of the Patent Act, the specific proposals of PERA, and the existing pros and cons of the bill.
Rachel Gonzalez joined GE Vernova in April 2023, a year before the energy business spun out the industrial conglomerate as a stand-alone public company.
The record year included 33% growth in average profits per equity partner and a 23% rise in gross revenue.
Chief U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. of Rhode Island gave the Department of Justice until Sunday to respond to allegations federal agencies are not complying with his order blocking a Trump funding-freeze directive.
Microsoft has been hit with at least three class actions in Washington federal court, becoming the latest tech company—after fintech giant PayPal and credit card company Capital One Financial—to field claims it stole marketing commissions from online influencers via its shopping browser extension.
"The Court's order ensures that FBI Agents who are keeping our country and our communities safe can continue to do their jobs without fear of public exposure or retaliation," Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder partner Chris Mattei said on behalf of his client the FBI Agents Association.
A total of six law firms served as lead class counsel in cases that were resolved with "mega-settlements" of $100 million or more. Jurisdictionally, the Southern District of New York and Northern District of California were the most popular venue for filing new securities class actions in 2024.
"The statute's plain language clearly suggests that § 1831a(j)(1) is meant to ensure that out-of-state state banks can compete with nationally chartered banks. This means that because the court granted the preliminary injunction with respect to nationally chartered banks, forcing out-of-state state banks to comply with the IFPA would run afoul of § 1831a(j)(1)," said Chief U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Kendall for the Northern District of Illinois.
U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin pressed the government about long-standing U.S. Supreme Court precedent that the 14th Amendment ensures citizenship for anyone born in the United States.
Target's under fire after its LGBTQ+ Pride Campaigns triggered backlash and boycotts.
“As the industry matures and more crypto mergers and acquisitions occurs, the boards and leaders of crypto companies will need to prioritize higher standards of rigorous disclosure and good corporate governance," said Mike Katz, a partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. "Such efforts will be essential in avoiding lawsuits and enabling successful exits.
"We also see 'a reasonable connection between the fees and the amount involved in the litigation,' given that the tenants faced an abrupt end to their source of livelihood, and that the total amount awarded ($21,525) was much less than the amount of rent that was at stake in the suit (36 additional months x $1,600 = $57,600)," Justice Margaret Stanton-McBride wrote on behalf of an Illinois appellate panel.
Davis Building Group surrendered after the Indiana attorney general alleged violations of the Indiana Deceptive Sales Act and the federal Consumer Review Fairness Act.
"Without court intervention, Defendants will continue to unlawfully terminate career civil servants for political reasons on a mass scale unprecedented in American history," counsel for two nonprofits alleged in a complaint seeking to strike down President Donald Trump's Executive Order 14171.
"The Department has now determined that SB1 does not deny equal protection on account of sex or any other characteristic," a top lawyer in the U.S. solicitor general's office told the U.S. Supreme Court Friday.
The suit represents the second time that courts will hash out the question of transgender service members. A similar suit followed Trump's 2017 executive order on transgender Americans serving in the military.
"Not a single one of defendants' actions to dismantle USAID were taken pursuant to congressional authorization," counsel for two foreign aid member groups alleged in a complaint seeking to prevent President Donald Trump from dissolving the U.S. Agency for International Development.
"While plaintiff repeatedly asserts that his suspension from the practice of law created a new cause of action with a new statute of limitations, these assertions are not accompanied by any relevant legal authority," Lampkin said.
In any legal office, leaders set the tone, whether they lead a large or small office. Setting the tone means serving as a role model of trustworthiness and trust. Nothing serves to harm an organization more than a failure of trust, which can raise its ugly head in myriad ways on a daily basis.
Beginning July 1, the Miami-Dade Circuit Court will have a new chief judge.
Fortune 500 firms filled 68 legal chief openings and opted for an outside candidates 51% of the time, the recruiting firm BarkerGilmore reported.
"Don't be an opportunity killer. Clients and colleagues alike are looking for people who can help them solve problems—and being that person will open doors. My approach to both business development and advancing within a firm has always been to be the person who leads with 'I'll find out' in place of 'I don't know' (three classic opportunity-killing words)."
"Recommending that a user join a group, connect with another user, or attend an event is Facebook's own speech, for which it can be held liable, even under this Court's precedent," Judge Allison Jones Rushing wrote in a dissenting opinion. She was arguing for the revival of negligence claims against Meta for promoting hate speech that allegedly fueled a massacre of Black churchgoers in South Carolina.