An advocacy organization against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives filed an antitrust complaint with the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday, accusing Sponsors for Educational Opportunity of engaging in anticompetitive practices by allegedly colluding on DEI metrics and falsely advertising its program.
An advocacy organization against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives filed an antitrust complaint with the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday, accusing Sponsors for Educational Opportunity of engaging in anticompetitive practices by allegedly colluding on DEI metrics and falsely advertising its program.
A Florida federal judge on Thursday tossed a defamation claim against a Baker Botts LLP patent attorney after agreeing with a magistrate judge's conclusion that an inventor had not shown that the lawyer's comments to a reporter were defamatory.
A law firm representing State Farm has admitted that its pretrial motions contained citations to nonexistent cases and legal quotes, errors that were seemingly "hallucinations" generated by AI software designed for lawyers and caught by the plaintiff's attorneys as they prepared for trial in a California state court case about fire damage coverage.
An Ohio bank holding company has sued a Florida law firm in Ohio federal court for more than $134 million in damages, alleging the firm missed key filing deadlines while representing the bank in litigation tied to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, costing the bank its chance to recover millions in losses.
A Connecticut personal injury law firm has been fined after catching the attention of Hartford's mayor with stenciled chalk advertisements on sidewalks in the city and West Hartford.
A New York City Bar Association committee concluded in a policy paper published Wednesday that artificial intelligence tools "may assist legal work but cannot substitute for professional legal judgment," calling for a national framework to be built into the Model Rules of Professional Conduct governing its use.
By the end of the month, there will be about 500 attorneys and staff in the U.S. Department of Justice's new fraud division, with more to come as time goes on.
The Fourth Circuit has declined to reconsider its affirmance of the conviction of a prominent medical malpractice attorney for attempting to extort the University of Maryland Medical System for $25 million.
A Texas law firm facing multiple barratry lawsuits fought for its case alleging its insurer improperly cut off defense funding for the underlying suits, telling a federal court the insurer burned through the policy limit on activities that provided "little or no meaningful benefit" to the firm's defense.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is pursuing New York state court claims against former energy company clients, accusing them of abruptly ceasing payments and failing to pay $3.2 million in fees accrued amid an underlying contract dispute.
Philadelphia injury firm Simon & Simon PC has asked a federal judge to order Uber and FedEx to submit records showing alleged financial losses in their Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations lawsuit accusing the firm of scheming to falsify medical records to boost injury claims against the companies.
Following the expiration of a roughly 24-hour pause on the App Store dispute between Apple and Epic Games, Apple put a 15% commission on the table Thursday to try to comply with a mandate forcing it to dramatically cut what it charges for App Store sales.
The Ninth Circuit has denied a group of consumers' petition for writ of mandamus challenging a lower court's order rejecting their repeated requests to depose Google's and Apple's CEOs and several other executives in antitrust litigation alleging the search engine giant shut out competitors.
The U.S. arm of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has agreed to settle generic-drug price-fixing claims brought by Humana Inc. in three lawsuits centralized in Pennsylvania-based multidistrict litigation, according to a filing with Indian stock exchanges.
Johnson & Johnson has asked the Fourth Circuit not to revive CareFirst's antitrust suit alleging the company tried to monopolize the market for the immunosuppressive drug Stelara.
While government contracts law and the hardcore scene may seem entirely unrelated, in my experience, both are about community, focus, being prepared for the unexpected and managing chaos, says Isaac Natter at Fluet.
President Donald Trump has announced that he's looking to elevate Judge Lee Rudofsky of the Eastern District of Arkansas to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
A "staffing disruption" at the Pittsburgh law firm J.P. Ward & Associates led the firm to request a stay of a labor-trafficking case against hotels in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, after the firm was reduced to one attorney and two staff members, according to court filings.
