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National Law Journal

Law Firms' Lobbying Businesses Add New Clients Focused on Tax Policies

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Holland & Knight, DLA Piper, Phronesis DC, Adams and Reese, BakerHostetler all filed new lobbying registrations since the end of June.
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National Law Journal

Covington, Wilmer Played Roles in the US-Russia Prisoner Swap

Wilmer was brought in by Wall Street Journal parent Dow Jones to work with officials outside Russia to help secure the release of reporter Evan Gershkovich, while Covington aided U.S.-funded media outlet Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in freeing reporter Alsu Kurmasheva.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Disclosure Flip-Flop by Nuclear Reactor Firm Powers Debate Over SEC Reporting Obligations

NuScale Power found itself having to explain why it stated that it did not believe it was under SEC investigation, even though it had been contacted by the agency seven months earlier and asked to provide a trove of information.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

4th Circuit Upholds Maryland Assault Weapons Ban in Split Ruling

"Our friends in dissent would rule the Maryland statute unconstitutional," Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III wrote for the court. "They would go so far as to uphold a facial challenge to the enactment, meaning that there is no conceivable weapon, no matter how dangerous, to which the Act's proscriptions can validly be applied."
5 minute read

National Law Journal

SEC Defends Authority to Issue Climate Disclosure Rule Amid Statutory Challenge

"This case is not about climate change or environmental policy; it is about protecting investors," the agency stated in a brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decisions Apply Lavern's Law in Medical Malpractice Suits

"The statute begins to run under the discovery rule not when the patient was diagnosed with cancer, but when patient knew ... that there was negligence," write Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier.
16 minute read

Legaltech News

'ChatGPT Wrapper' Is This Year's Hottest Snub—But Why?

Legal tech is full of competitors calling each other "GPT wrappers." But the definition is looser than many believe.
7 minute read

Pro Mid Market

Full-Service Offering Can Give Midsize Law Firms a Competitive Edge

At full service, or nearly full service, midsize firms benefit by providing clients with wraparound service at midmarket rates.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Photographer's Revived Suit on Working Same-Sex Weddings Could Signal Incoming Wave of Litigation

Buffalo First Amendment lawyer Barry Covert said a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling "has opened up the floodgates" to more arguments against public accommodation laws.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Fuzzier Pathways, Changing Priorities Dent Appeal of Partnership to Today's Young Attorneys

Statistics show the majority of associates don't want to make partner at their current firms. One difference from past generations is that millennials and Gen-Z have been encouraged to find greater purpose in their lives.
8 minute read

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