Business of Law

January 14, 2025
Ex-NC Assistant AG To Co-Lead WilmerHale State AGs Group

WilmerHale has tapped the former first assistant attorney general and general counsel to former North Carolina attorney general Josh Stein as co-leader of its state attorneys general practice, the firm announced Monday.
January 14, 2025
El Paso Firm Failed To Pay Overtime Wages, Paralegal Says

An El Paso, Texas, law firm required a paralegal to respond to emails and text messages outside her working hours but refused to pay her overtime wages, she told a federal court Tuesday.
January 13, 2025
Stanford AI Expert Reamed For Erroneous AI-Generated Brief

A Minnesota federal judge on Friday threw out an erroneous expert declaration prepared by a Stanford University expert on artificial intelligence in litigation over the state's law on deepfakes, finding that the fake, AI-generated sources in his declaration "shatters his credibility with this court."
January 13, 2025
Special Counsel Slams Biden's Critique Of Son's Prosecution

The special counsel who oversaw the investigation into Hunter Biden, which was wiped out by a presidential pardon, released a report published Monday criticizing President Joe Biden's "baseless accusations" that his son was "selectively" prosecuted and warning that such comments threaten "the integrity of the justice system as a whole."
January 13, 2025
US District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer Dies At 61

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, 61, of the District of Connecticut has died following a long illness, according to news reports and social media posts from his colleagues and friends.
January 13, 2025
Justices Won't Grab The State Climate Tort Reins, For Now

The U.S. Supreme Court appears unwilling to determine the fate of climate change lawsuits against fossil fuel companies until state courts have at least grappled with the substance of the allegations made by state and local governments.
January 13, 2025
Colo. Justices To Consider When Late Filings Are Excusable

The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an oil company's case arguing its "minor" mistake of filing an appeal with a trial court, which was refiled the day after a deadline, should be excused.
January 13, 2025
Keller Postman, Jenner & Block Call A Truce In Tubi Case

Keller Postman LLC and Jenner & Block LLP have reached a deal in a bitter dispute that saw both firms lobbing misconduct accusations over Keller Postman's mass arbitration campaign against video streaming service Tubi Inc.
January 13, 2025
Ex-US Attorney Chris Kavanaugh Joining Cleary In DC

Former U.S. Attorney Chris Kavanaugh of the Western District of Virginia will join Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in Washington, D.C., after nearly two decades as a prosecutor, the firm announced Monday.
January 13, 2025
Sheppard Mullin Lands 6-Atty Bradley Arant White Collar Team

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced Monday that it has added the managing partner of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP's Dallas office and five others to bolster its governmental practice and enhance its white collar defense, corporate investigations and healthcare enforcement services.
January 13, 2025
Ex-Philly Solicitor Rejoins Dechert As Office Co-Leader

A former U.S. attorney and Philadelphia solicitor has returned to Dechert LLP’s Philadelphia office more than two years after leaving the firm to go in-house as general counsel for a green energy company in Massachusetts.
January 13, 2025
NJ Firm Agrees To Settle Client's Suit Over Ransomware Attack

New Jersey law firm The Wacks Law Group LLC has reached a settlement agreement with a former client to end a proposed class action claiming that the firm's negligence in properly securing its data led to the theft of hundreds of clients' personal information in a March cyberattack.
January 13, 2025
Smith Gambrell Faces DQ Bid In Major Lindsey Suit

A former Major Lindsey & Africa employee with a lengthy legal history with the recruiter is seeking to disqualify Smith Gambrell from representing Major Lindsey in her $75 million federal defamation suit, arguing three attorneys are key witnesses to help determine liability.
January 13, 2025
Philadelphia Litigation Firm Born From 3-Firm Partnership

Drawing on decades of diverse experience, a group of seasoned leaders from three law firms have joined forces to launch Cohen Vaughan LLP, a Philadelphia-based litigation firm that brings 75 attorneys across 18 offices in seven Eastern states under one roof.
January 10, 2025
Up Next At High Court: Porn ID Check & Retiree Discrimination

The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday for a full argument session, in which the justices will debate whether a Texas law requiring pornography websites to verify their visitors aren't minors violates the First Amendment and if retirees have the right to sue former employers for benefits discrimination.
January 10, 2025
In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.
January 10, 2025
Colorado Conduct Panel Dings Judges For Disclosure Lapses

A Colorado judicial commission on Friday criticized 48 judges for failing to file state-mandated personal financial disclosure reports in 2023, saying the lapses "cast a shadow" over the state's judiciary but did not warrant public discipline because no judges were dishonest or improperly secretive.
January 10, 2025
Sen. Durbin Questions Trump AG Nominee's Lobbying

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, pressed federal agencies Friday to provide information on President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general nominee's past role as a foreign lobbyist ahead of her confirmation hearings next week due to concerns about possible conflicts of interest.
January 10, 2025
Feds Want 16 Mos. For Oath Keepers' Atty In Jan. 6 Case

A former attorney for the far-right Oath Keepers group should be sentenced to 16 months in prison for her participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, prosecutors have told a D.C. federal judge, saying her conduct and lack of remorse warrants a significant sentence.
January 10, 2025
Ga. Law Firm Latest To Fight Corporate Transparency Act

A federal law designed to combat money laundering violates the U.S. Constitution by forcing lawyers to disregard attorney-client privilege, a Georgia lawyer told a federal court, joining a chorus seeking legal action to stop the law.
January 10, 2025
GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

A new report from a national group declares that general counsel and their corporate boards face five key dilemmas in 2025, thanks to the nation's chaotic and rapidly changing times. And in sports broadcasting, Disney and two other media companies have settled Fubo's lawsuit against their joint streaming venture, which they agreed to end.
January 10, 2025
Smith Appeals Injunction On Release Of Trump Report

Special counsel Jack Smith has notified the Eleventh Circuit that he is appealing a temporary injunction blocking the release of his final report on his investigations into President-elect Donald Trump for election meddling and retention of classified documents.
January 10, 2025
As Lawyers Face Wildfire Losses In LA, Firms Step Up To Help

Amid the tragedy of losing their homes to the wildfires engulfing Los Angeles, attorneys have found hope in the support of their firms and colleagues.
January 10, 2025
Wright Must Detail $108M Damages Claim Against Accusers

Joshua Wright, a former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, must reappear for a deposition to answer previously unanswered questions posed by two women he's suing for defamation on the details of his $108 million damages claim against them, a Virginia judge ruled Friday.
January 10, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

This past week in London has seen legal services group RBG Holdings face a winding-up petition from founder Ian Rosenblatt amid soured talks about the group's leadership, J.P. Morgan file a fresh claim against WeRealize, retailer Asda face an intellectual property claim over a specific type of mandarin and financier Nathaniel Rothschild sue German entrepreneur Lars Windhorst and his investment vehicle Tennor International. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

Expert Analysis

Law Firm Strategies For Successfully Navigating 2024 Trends

Though law firms face the dual challenge of external and internal pressures as they enter 2024, firms willing to pivot will be able to stand out by adapting to stakeholder needs and reimagining their infrastructure, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Consultants.
Legal Practice In The AI Era: The Top Guest Articles Of 2023

Guest columnists explored the possibilities and challenges for the legal profession amid the rise of generative artificial intelligence, including privilege complications, demands for new types of legal skills, and the ethics of a ChatGPT-authored motion.
AI In Employment Law: The Top Guest Articles Of 2023

This year, the most popular employment law topics related to artificial intelligence in Law360's Expert Analysis section included ChatGPT, new AI legislation, and diversity, equity and inclusion.
AI In Health Law: The Top Guest Articles Of 2023

As the use of artificial intelligence accelerated this year, Expert Analysis writers examined AI's significant impact on the healthcare sector, ranging from key compliance considerations for companies utilizing AI tools to regulators' efforts to keep up with rapidly evolving technologies.
AI In IP Law: The Top Guest Articles Of 2023

Keeping up with generative artificial intelligence was the name of the game for intellectual property lawyers in 2023 as the government worked to determine whether AI-generated output is protectable under the law and guest writers assessed the technology's risks and rewards.
The Most-Read Securities Law360 Guest Articles Of 2023

Securities guest article topics that piqued reader interest this year include how the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission utilized seldom-used rules to go after bad actors, and how Delaware courts increased scrutiny on boards of directors — sometimes in surprising ways.
The Most-Read Employment Law360 Guest Articles Of 2023

This year, some of the most popular employment topics in articles written for Law360's Expert Analysis section focused on workplace diversity, equity and inclusion, new unionization rules from the National Labor Relations Board, and proposed regulations for implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
Managing AI Risks: The Top Guest Articles Of 2023

Amid the rapidly developing legal landscape around artificial intelligence, Law360 Expert Analysis writers tackled a range of compliance and litigation challenges, providing insights on privacy in the age of AI, the role of class actions in AI risk mitigation, and the creation of corporate AI policies.
The Most-Read Law360 UK Guest Articles Of 2023

Benefits of the new EU Unified Patent Court, artificial intelligence regulation and M&A trends amid rising inflation were among the hot topics U.K. Expert Analysis articles explored this year.
The Most-Read IP Law360 Guest Articles Of 2023

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office incentives and restrictions, Federal Circuit decisions on exact meaning, and lessons from the comedic whodunit “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” were among popular intellectual property topics guest authors tackled this year.
The Most-Read Trials Law360 Guest Articles Of 2023

Law360 guest columnists provided a number of tips and insights for trial attorneys this year, including pitfalls to avoid in witness preparation, color psychology pointers that can enhance trial graphics, and strategies for excluding expert testimony.
The Most-Read Access To Justice Law360 Guest Articles Of 2023

In their commentary on emerging access to justice issues this year, Law360 guest experts covered the importance of tiered legal assistance in eviction cases, the evolution of financial bail conditions, and the role of public defenders in addressing the root drivers of crime.
The Most-Read Legal Industry Law360 Guest Articles Of 2023

A range of legal industry topics drew readers' attention in Law360's Expert Analysis section this year, from associate retention strategies to ethical billing practices.
So You Want To Write A Guest Article?

If your New Year's resolution is to spend more time writing, here's everything you need to know to pitch guest article ideas to Law360.
Attorneys' Busiest Times Can Be Business Opportunities

Attorneys who resolve to grow their revenue and client base in 2024 should be careful not to abandon their goals when they get too busy with client work, because these periods of zero bandwidth can actually be a catalyst for future growth, says Amy Drysdale at Alchemy Consulting.