Lawyers, law professors and retired judges led by two nonprofits urged the New York state courts' ethics committee on Monday to investigate Boris Epshteyn's involvement in President Donald Trump's efforts to "intimidate and coerce" BigLaw firms into pro bono agreements with the administration.
Lawyers, law professors and retired judges led by two nonprofits urged the New York state courts' ethics committee on Monday to investigate Boris Epshteyn's involvement in President Donald Trump's efforts to "intimidate and coerce" BigLaw firms into pro bono agreements with the administration.
Bank of America has reached a settlement in principle with a plaintiff who accused it in a proposed class action of facilitating Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes, according to a Monday court filing.
Encyclopedia Britannica and its American subsidiary Merriam-Webster on Friday became the latest to accuse ChatGPT maker OpenAI Inc. of copyright infringement, claiming that the artificial intelligence products infringe their copyrights in multiple ways, according to a complaint filed in New York federal court.
The antitrust trial of Live Nation picked back up Monday after a weeklong hiatus with a coalition of states in the driver's seat, after the U.S. Department of Justice settled its case against the live entertainment giant, with one of its executives testifying that competition in the concert promotion business has grown in recent years.
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order creating a task force chaired by Vice President JD Vance that aims to curb "fraud, waste and abuse" in federal housing, food and other benefit programs, with the president alleging "staggering fraud and waste" in Minnesota and other Democratic-led states.
A New York federal judge on Monday dismissed Marriott International from a woman's lawsuit alleging that Sean "Diddy" Combs raped and threatened to kill her at one of its Manhattan area hotels in 2004, finding her assertions that Marriott enabled him "pure legal conclusions that do nothing to state a claim."
Thirteen states and their attorneys general filed a federal lawsuit against OneMain Financial and its associated companies over its alleged practice of charging customers for "add-ons" to their loans like insurance programs without disclosing the extra interest that comes with them.
The developer of a 900-unit housing project in the Bronx that was awarded a $55 million state grant in October has filed for bankruptcy to stop a foreclosure sale, blaming what it called "treachery" in the transfer of a senior mortgage, in the second such filing the company brought in recent months.
A New York appellate court has suspended the law license of a Florida-based lawyer accused of "causing great public harm" by abandoning dozens of clients' cases after charging them nonrefundable retainer fees.
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will consider the Trump administration's appeal of lower court rulings barring the government from moving forward with terminations of temporary protected status for Haitian and Syrian migrants.
The Trump administration on Monday asked a Massachusetts federal judge to toss a pair of lawsuits challenging a change to eligibility requirements for student loan forgiveness, calling the potential repercussions from the new rule "speculative."
Fox Corp. has asked a New York federal judge to detain a Mexican media executive for misusing the company's sports broadcast trademarks, arguing that the millions in monetary sanctions already ordered by the court are not an effective deterrent.
A New York federal judge has dismissed a suit accusing an artificial-intelligence-based call center software maker of patent infringement, finding the asserted patent was invalid under the Supreme Court's Alice test.
A Pepsi distributor cannot be forced by a federal court to pay arbitration costs in a misclassification dispute with the company, a New York federal magistrate judge ruled Monday, finding that the fee dispute must instead be resolved within the arbitration itself.
The union that represents staff at Barnard College defended an arbitrator's order directing the school to rehire a housing attendant whom a student accused of hugging her against her will, saying the arbitrator did his job under the parties' deal and simply disagreed with the school's findings.
Automaker Stellantis and former executives beat a proposed securities class action accusing them of so-called channel-stuffing, after a New York federal judge found none of the suit's alleged misstatements were material, and the investors failed to plead the executives had a motive to defraud or knowingly committed the alleged wrongdoings.
A California federal judge will not permit live witnesses during a hearing next week on a U.S. Department of Justice settlement for Hewlett Packard Enterprise's purchase of Juniper Networks but asked the state enforcers opposing the deal to have an expert available.
The U.S. Supreme Court was urged not to review a Second Circuit decision upholding a class certification ruling in a $12 billion antitrust case over municipal bonds, with the class telling the justices the lower court properly analyzed the supporting expert evidence.
Cryptocurrency platform Abra said Monday that it will go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company in a deal advised by four firms that's based on a $750 million valuation for Abra.
The owner of a mixed-use building in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with more than $30.6 million in liabilities, according to a petition filed in New York bankruptcy court.
Luxury retailer Saks Global announced Monday its senior secured bondholders approved its bid to access another $300 million in financing for its Chapter 11 case after seeing the company's postbankruptcy business plan.
A Manhattan federal judge has certified a class of EB-5 immigrant investors who claim TD Bank improperly released nearly $50 million of their funds from escrow, which allegedly caused the money to go missing and scuttled their efforts to seek visas.
A New York federal court threw out claims by three pension plans against a London brokerage firm that, according to the plans, executed fraudulent refund claims for them to the Danish tax authority, finding the brokerage had insufficient ties to New York.
Greenberg Traurig LLP and Reed Smith LLP have each urged a New York federal court to deny discovery requests by Levona Holdings as the company pursues sanctions against the firms following the court's vacatur of a $102 million arbitral award found to have been the product of fraud, calling the requests "intrusive" and "improper."
With the New York Responsible AI Safety and Education Act taking effect March 19, state regulators will expect subject artificial intelligence governance policies to understand whether appropriate safeguards and protocols are in place to prevent or mitigate discriminatory or adverse outcomes by frontier models, says Michael Paulino at Gordon Rees.
As prediction markets experience tremendous growth and rapid mainstream adoption, regulators have begun to exercise enforcement authority to ensure market integrity and protect participants, though forthcoming guidance will shed light on how aggressively the agencies will police the fast-changing landscape, say attorneys at Latham.
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly accessible, lawyers with a niche practice may stand out as clients seek specialized judgment that automation cannot replicate, but it is important to choose a niche that is durable, engaging and a good personal fit, says Daniel Borneman at Lowenstein Sandler.
Conservative groups are backing the Trump administration's attempts to revive executive orders targeting BigLaw firms, arguing in an amicus brief to the D.C. Circuit that Perkins Coie LLP had "unclean hands" for its part in what they called the "Russiagate hoax."
A California federal judge sanctioned Winston & Strawn LLP on Monday for making up facts and otherwise misrepresenting the record in contract litigation over its client's app being removed from Apple's platform, then separately dismissed the case on the merits.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer scolded Elon Musk's Quinn Emanuel counsel during a hearing Monday ahead of closing arguments in California litigation alleging that Musk tanked Twitter's stock to get out of his $44 billion acquisition deal, saying he wouldn't "sit here and watch lawyers grimace, nod, laugh in court."
A Michigan federal judge ruled Monday that a pro se defendant must pay software-maker Dassault Systemes $1.8 million in fees for willfully infringing its software copyrights to train design students, while commending the pro se litigant's professionalism during 15 years of litigation for rivaling and exceeding many licensed attorneys.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday that its enforcement director, Margaret "Meg" Ryan, has resigned from the agency after nearly seven months on the job.
The American Arbitration Association caused a stir last fall when it introduced its AI Arbitrator for documents-only construction cases, and even though lawyers say they're excited about the tool's possibilities — and that of artificial intelligence in arbitration in general — so far, many have been reluctant to be the first to take that plunge.
President Donald Trump will get another judicial vacancy to fill in North Carolina with U.S. District Judge William L. Osteen Jr. of the Middle District of North Carolina recently announcing he will take senior status.
A former Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP paralegal has told a Florida state judge that the firm shouldn't be able to force her into arbitrating her claims against it because a number of the alleged actions took place after she was terminated from her job.
Democrats have referred the departing U.S. secretary of homeland security, Kristi Noem, to the Department of Justice for a perjury investigation following her recent congressional testimony.
Massachusetts' highest court on Monday declined a request to let state judges offer higher hourly rates to induce attorneys to accept court-appointed cases, a proposal meant to alleviate a shortage of appointed counsel in two of the state's busiest counties.
The Georgia Court of Appeals said Monday that nonattorneys can't be allowed to represent unincorporated associations in court, backing a trial court's dismissal of a minister's bid to represent his church in a property tax dispute with his home county.
The Delaware Chancery Court's docket last week featured disputes including an $83.75 million settlement tied to a renewable energy merger, fraud claims in a fertilizer company acquisition and a developer's fight for control of a major Philadelphia redevelopment project.
