Town Must Pay $7.7M To Murder Exoneree With Added Interest

By Aaron Keller

A Connecticut murder exoneree is entitled to nearly $2 million in interest payments on top of a $5.7 million jury verdict against the estate of a deceased town of New Milford police officer, a federal judge has ruled.

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Conn. Law Firm Hit With Class Action Data Breach Suit

By Aaron Keller

A 26-attorney Connecticut business litigation, intellectual property and employment law firm waited 16 months to notify potentially thousands of current and former clients of an alleged 2023 data breach that may have left sensitive personal information exposed to cybercriminals, a Monday lawsuit alleged

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Agencies Shouldn't Hear PFAS Class Claims, Conn. Court Told

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut state judge should not dismiss most of a putative class action alleging that Aquarion Water Co. knowingly sold water contaminated with "forever chemicals" because the Eversource Energy unit is wrong that the claims should go before state regulators first, according to the plaintiffs.

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Ex-Bridgewater Execs Forced To Arbitrate Discrimination Suit

By Sydney Price

A Connecticut federal judge on Monday agreed to force arbitration of a dispute from two former Bridgewater Associates LP executives alleging discrimination against the multibillion-dollar asset management firm.

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Conn. High Court Urged To Expand Amazon Wage Questions

By Irene Spezzamonte

Amazon workers asked Connecticut's top court to expand two questions certified from the Second Circuit over whether post-shift anti-theft screenings should have been compensated, saying the time workers spent walking to screening areas is also part of the issue.

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Firm Says Ex-Fin. Adviser Can't Arbitrate Trade Secrets Claims

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut financial firm told a state court that an ex-adviser can't arbitrate claims that he swiped trade secrets and formed his own competing company, citing the "plain language" of his employment agreement.

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Firms Must Embrace Alternative Billing Models Or Fall Behind

As artificial intelligence tools eliminate inefficiencies and the Big Four accounting firms enter the legal market, law firms that pivot from the entrenched billable hour model to outcomes-based pricing will see a distinct competitive advantage, says attorney William Brewer.

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Willkie Becomes 3rd Firm To Reach Deal With Trump

By Alison Knezevich

After issuing a string of executive orders in recent weeks targeting BigLaw firms, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP had agreed to provide $100 million in pro bono legal services for certain causes and to refrain from what Trump has called discriminatory diversity hiring practices.

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Ex-DHS Intel Head To Lead Mayer Brown Investigations Team

By Jack Rodgers

The former leader of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's intelligence office has joined Mayer Brown LLP to help lead its global investigations and white collar defense practice — a role that he says allows him to join forces with attorneys whom he's known for years.

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Ex-Speaker Gingrich Lends Support To Limited Injunctions Bill

By Courtney Bublé

Former GOP Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich on Tuesday endorsed the idea behind Republican legislation that would require nationwide injunctions imposed by lower courts against White House policies to be quickly brought before the U.S. Supreme Court. 

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Analysis

Fight Over AI Training Pushes Copying Question To Forefront

By Ivan Moreno

When courts weigh fair use in copyright disputes, how much a defendant takes from a particular work is usually overridden by other factors. But with artificial intelligence requiring immense amounts of training material, a legal tech company is trying to change that as it battles infringement claims by Thomson Reuters over the media company's Westlaw platform.

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Venezuelans Ask Justices To Keep Block On Removals

By Katie Buehler

Five detained Venezuelans urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to deny President Donald Trump's move to lift a D.C. federal judge's order prohibiting the removal of alleged gang members from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act, arguing the president's "staggering" assertion of authority under the wartime law is unsubstantiated.

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Wilson Sonsini Adds Antitrust Attys From MoFo, K&L Gates

By James Mills

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC is expanding its antitrust team, bringing in two new partners — a Morrison Foerster LLP trial attorney in San Francisco and a K&L Gates LLP litigator in Chicago.

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Schiff Says He'll Hold On Trump's Pick For DC US Attorney

By Lauren Berg

Senate Judiciary Committee member Adam Schiff announced Tuesday he will hold on President Donald Trump's nomination of Ed Martin to be the top prosecutor in Washington, D.C., calling Martin a "one-man wrecking ball" demolishing the wall between the White House and the U.S. Department of Justice.

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The Top In-House Hires Of March

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires over the last month included high-profile appointments at the NFL, Supermicro and Dropbox. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from March.

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Hub Hires: Ropes, Sherin, Nixon Peabody

By Chris Villani

March gave us a little madness in the Boston legal scene, with a former U.S. attorney returning to his old BigLaw stomping grounds, a smaller firm bringing on a real estate veteran, and the launch of a new plaintiff-side boutique.

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Approach The Bench: Judge Tymkovich On New Judgeships

When Tenth Circuit Judge Timothy Tymkovich testified before Congress recently about the need for more federal judges, it had been about 10 years since he'd made a similar request of Congress, which hasn't expanded the federal bench since 2002.

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