NYC Bar Issues Opinion On AI Use For Recording Client Calls

By Tracey Read

The New York City Bar Association's Professional Ethics Committee has issued an opinion addressing how the New York Rules of Professional Conduct impacts the use of artificial intelligence tools to record, transcribe and create summaries of conversations in audio and video calls between attorneys and their clients.

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Fast-Track Court Fights Shaped Immigration Litigation In 2025

By Britain Eakin

The U.S. Supreme Court’s use of the emergency docket drove 2025’s biggest immigration decisions, with the justices stepping in repeatedly to stay nationwide injunctions, greenlight key parts of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda, and in some cases preserve due process rights. Here, Law360 looks at the year’s key immigration decisions.

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20 Years Later: How A Pink House Reshaped Takings Law

By Aaron Keller

The U.S. Supreme Court's 2005 holding in the controversial eminent domain case Kelo v. New London remains intact despite multiple challenges to urban development projects, but its unpopularity has spurred most states to spend the past 20 years reshaping their land-taking laws.

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The Court Cases That Defined Sports Law In 2025

By Alex Lawson

From a landmark settlement that looks to reshape the future of college athletics to an eye-popping victory for a golf legend, the sports legal world was teeming with cases that commanded attorneys' attention throughout 2025.

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Biggest Energy & Environmental Court Decisions Of 2025

By Keith Goldberg and Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

Two U.S. Supreme Court rulings that erected stricter boundaries on federal environmental reviews and permitting highlighted an action-packed 2025 for energy and environmental litigation. Here, Law360 looks back at this year's most consequential court decisions in energy and environmental law.

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3 Federal Circuit Clashes To Watch In January

By Ryan Davis

The Federal Circuit is set to hear several intellectual property cases in January, including one over a nine-figure patent judgment against cybersecurity company Gen Digital tied to a contempt finding against a major law firm that represented it, and another over the tech industry's long-running crusade against patent review denials based on related litigation.

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NY Judge Halts Excess Coverage Denial For 'Mutual Mistake'

By Abraham Gross

A New York federal judge undid an excess insurer's denial of coverage for a plumbing company facing lawsuits over a building fire, saying that both parties agreed to the policy under a "mutual mistake" over the scope of coverage.

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Yankees Defend 'Iconic' Logo Against Cannabis Apparel Seller

By Alex Lawson

The New York Yankees are hoping to stifle a cannabis apparel seller's effort to secure a trademark registration for his products, telling the Federal Circuit that the application was correctly denied for copying the team's "iconic" logo.

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Fed. Circ. Urged To Erase Aaron Judge's TM Phrases Win

By Ivan Moreno

A Long Island man seeking to register trademarks for the judiciary-themed expressions "All Rise" and "Here Comes The Judge" has asked the Federal Circuit to overturn the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's rejection of his applications, arguing it erroneously concluded that New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has priority over the phrases.

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Klarna Faces Investor Alleging IPO Risk Misrepresentations

By Sydney Price

Klarna Group PLC has been hit with a proposed class action from an investor alleging the payments company damaged shareholders by failing to disclose the risks of its "buy now, pay later" loans typically issued to financially insecure consumers ahead of its initial public offering earlier this year.

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AmTrust Says Robbins Geller Is Causing Investor Suit Delays

By Sydney Price

Insurance company AmTrust accused Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP on Monday of being "asleep at the wheel" and causing discovery failures in an investor suit in New York federal court accusing the insurer of making financial misrepresentations related to its IPO, which AmTrust argues makes the firm inadequate for lead counsel appointment.

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Hudson Hotel Debtors Seek To Recast 'Ground Lease'

By Jarek Rutz

The developers behind the former Hudson Hotel in Manhattan have asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to recharacterize a long-term "ground lease" tied to the property as a disguised financing arrangement, arguing the structure functions economically as a high-cost loan rather than a true lease and should not receive favorable treatment under the Bankruptcy Code.

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OCC Wants To Preempt State Mortgage Escrow Interest Laws

By Hailey Konnath

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has unveiled a pair of proposals aiming to, among other things, preempt state laws requiring banks it regulates to make interest payments for escrow accounts connected to certain types of residential mortgage loans, calling it a "critical tool for reducing unnecessary burden."

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Paul Hastings Guides Mavik's $685M Real Estate Fundraise

By Charlie Innis

Credit-focused investment firm Mavik, advised by Paul Hastings LLP, said Tuesday it has closed its second real estate fund focused on special situations and overlooked assets at $685 million, surpassing the vehicle's target.

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DHS Ordered To Restore $233M Grants To 'Sanctuary' States

By Chris Villani

A Rhode Island federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate $233 million in funding to immigration "sanctuary jurisdictions," finding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had illegally terminated the grants for political reasons.

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State Telecom Roundup: AGs Step Up War On Robocalls

By Nadia Dreid

Americans have been pummeled by more than 2.5 billion robocalls every month this year, and stanching the onslaught has become one of the more bipartisan issues in national politics. Federal and state authorities also agree on the magnitude of the issue, and the nation's attorneys general are teaming up for battle across the country at the state level.

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Milbank Hires Digital Infrastructure, Energy Partner In NY

By Nate Beck

Milbank LLP has bolstered its New York office with the hire of a partner from Paul Hastings LLP with experience in the digital infrastructure and energy sectors, both in the U.S. and Latin America.

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3 Key Trends For The Legal Industry In 2025

By Tracey Read

Executive orders, updated office attendance policies and private equity interests were three top issues that shaped the industry this year.

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ITC Atty's 1st Kids' Book Imagines A Santa-Less Christmas

By Dani Kass

Michelle Klancnik, assistant general counsel at the U.S. International Trade Commission, spends her days looking into when imports should be banned for violating intellectual property rights, but outside work, she​'s focused on one big question: What would happen if Santa took a year off?

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Ex-Oura CEO Pushes To DQ Quinn Emanuel In Firing Suit

By Emily Sawicki

The onetime CEO of fitness tracker company Oura Health is pushing to disqualify Quinn Emanuel from representing the smart ring maker in his compensation suit, telling a San Francisco federal judge that he shared confidential information when he consulted with the firm about his claims prior to filing suit.

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Ex-DOJ Employees Fight Gov't Bid To Toss Their Firing Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

An ex-assistant U.S. attorney and two other former Justice Department employees urged a Washington, D.C., federal court on Tuesday to deny the government's motion to dismiss their lawsuit claiming they were unlawfully fired, arguing an internal government employment board isn't appropriate for their cases and is controlled by President Donald Trump.

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Top Delaware Chancery Cases Of 2025: A Year-End Report

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court closed out 2025 amid a period of institutional uncertainty, as landmark cases addressing fiduciary duty, executive compensation, board oversight and the limits of equitable power unfolded against the backdrop of sweeping legislative changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

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Hub Hires: Cooley, Morgan Lewis, Nixon Peabody

By Chris Villani

The end of the year marked the beginning of new chapters for plenty of Boston attorneys, as Cooley added more than 30 professionals to its life sciences team, Morgan Lewis snagged an intellectual property partner, and Nixon Peabody beefed up its cybersecurity practice.

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