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  • September 03, 2025

    More K&L Gates Attys Jump To Arnold & Porter In LA, Seattle

    Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP continues to grow its West Coast team, announcing Wednesday two more longtime K&L Gates LLP attorneys have joined as partners — a labor and employment expert in Seattle and a business litigation pro in Los Angeles.

  • September 02, 2025

    Ex-XAI Engineer Who Joined OpenAI Must Hand Over Devices

    A California federal judge on Tuesday ordered a former engineer at xAI, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, to temporarily hand over personal devices for a forensic examination in litigation accusing him of stealing trade secrets and confidential information before going to work for competitor OpenAI.

  • September 02, 2025

    9th Circ. Rejects Unvaxxed Firefighters' Discrimination Appeal

    A Ninth Circuit panel declined on Tuesday to revive a group of Washington firefighters' suit against their employer for refusing them religious exemptions from a state COVID-19 vaccination mandate, concluding the fire agency would've faced "substantial costs" had it allowed them to continue working without the shot in 2021.

  • September 02, 2025

    Cannabis Co. Seeks To Toss Ex-COO's Fla. Whistleblower Suit

    A Canadian cannabis company urged a Florida federal court to toss a whistleblower lawsuit brought by its former chief operating officer alleging he was wrongly terminated for attempting to bring facilities into compliance with safety standards, saying the complaint fails to state a plausible claim. 

  • September 02, 2025

    Financial Firm Can't Pierce Atty-Client Privilege, Judge Rules

    Wealth Enhancement Group LLC cannot override privilege laws to view communications between a former financial adviser's new employer and its lawyers at Spencer Fane LLP, according to a Connecticut judge who viewed the contested documents privately.

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