A California entity that previously bought the assets of liquidated Ukrainian banks has initiated an investment treaty claim against Ukraine after its license to do so was yanked, weeks after it slapped the country with a $127 million lawsuit in Washington, D.C., accusing it of violating international law.
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US Firm Kicks Off Ukraine Claim Over Alleged Asset Grab

By Caroline Simson

A California entity that previously bought the assets of liquidated Ukrainian banks has initiated an investment treaty claim against Ukraine after its license to do so was yanked, weeks after it slapped the country with a $127 million lawsuit in Washington, D.C., accusing it of violating international law.

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School Shooting Claims Belong In Arbitration, Lloyd's Says

By Joyce Hanson

Lloyd's of London underwriters have asked a federal judge to order the School Board of Broward County, Florida, to arbitrate its claims for coverage of settlements due to a high school shooting that resulted in the murders of 17 people in 2018 on Valentine's Day.

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New Haynes Boone Atty In Houston Sees 'Venezuelan Spring'

By Lynn LaRowe

Haynes Boone announced Monday that it has brought on the former top lawyer for PetroTal Corp., deepening the firm's energy, power and natural resources group and its cross-border offerings, particularly in Venezuela.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Some Firms Break Lobbying Revenue Records Again

By Alison Knezevich

After raking in record-breaking federal lobbying revenue last year, several firms reported this week that they had their strongest quarter ever in the first three months of 2026, with practice leaders predicting another busy period ahead as midterms approach.

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Breyer Says 'Shadow Docket' Not A Top Court Power Grab

By Carolyn Muyskens

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said Tuesday that the rise of the so-called shadow docket is a consequence of the post-COVID era and not a bid to usurp influence by the high court. 

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Sullivan & Cromwell Alerts SDNY To AI Errors In Ch. 15 Case

By Andrea Keckley

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP told a New York bankruptcy judge Saturday that an emergency motion it filed in Prince Global Holdings Ltd.'s Chapter 15 case contained several inaccurate citations and other errors, including what the firm described as artificial intelligence "hallucinations."

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Pillsbury Unlawfully Fired Pregnant Recruiter, Bias Suit Says

By Lauren Berg

The former Black female director for associate recruiting at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP says she was unlawfully fired just weeks after disclosing her high-risk pregnancy to her supervisor, according to her discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed Tuesday in Tennessee federal court.

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WDTX Judge Albright Stepping Down At End Of Summer

By Dani Kass

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright is resigning after nearly eight years presiding over cases in the Western District of Texas, Law360 confirmed Tuesday.

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Ex-Wis. Judge Argues ICE Case Reversal Backs Her Acquittal

By Craig Clough

Former state Judge Hannah Dugan asked a Wisconsin federal judge Tuesday to reconsider an order not to overturn her felony obstruction conviction for directing a defendant in her courtroom away from immigration agents, arguing the Fourth Circuit recently reversed a decision the trial court repeatedly relied upon.

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Warsh Rejects Claim He'd Be Trump's 'Sock Puppet' At Fed

By Jon Hill

Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh sought at his Tuesday confirmation hearing to rebut Democratic accusations that he would be a White House "sock puppet," distancing himself from President Donald Trump's calls for rate cuts and downplaying their significance.

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Copyright Head Touts 6,000 Registrations Of Human-AI Works

By Theresa Schliep

The U.S. Copyright Office has issued more than 6,000 registrations for works that incorporate artificial intelligence-generated materials and follow the agency's guidance for combined human-made and AI-created works, U.S. Copyright Office leader Shira Perlmutter said Tuesday.

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Akin Gump

Boies Schiller

Bracewell LLP

Brownstein Hyatt

DLA Piper

Duane Morris

Eversheds Sutherland

Fish & Richardson

Flaster Greenberg

Gimbel Reilly

Gray Cary

Haynes Boone

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Just Food Law PLLC

K&L Gates

Kobre & Kim

Pillsbury Winthrop

Squire Patton

Strang Bradley

Sullivan & Cromwell

Wood Smith

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Amazon.com Inc.

BGR Government Affairs LLC

BJ Energy Solutions

Baker Hughes Co.

Ballard Partners Inc.

Cox Communications Inc.

ENI SpA

Ecopetrol USA Inc.

Harvard University

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

Lloyd's America Inc.

Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Spectrum Management Holding Co.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Executive Office of the President

Federal Reserve System

Florida Supreme Court

Judicial Conference of the United States

National Labor Relations Board

Texas Attorney General's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Copyright Office

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

UK Ministry of Justice

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin