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The American Lawyer

Rupert Murdoch Trust Trial Underscores Lucrative Nature of High-End Private Client Practices

Trusts and estates disputes can generate more legal work than mainstream practices when firms commit to the practice area. However, the practice doesn't come without risk.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY High Court Set to Decide If Personal-Injury Claim Against Uber Must Go to Arbitration

The matter is set for 40 minutes of arguments on Oct. 15, with Joshua D. Kelner of Kelner & Kelner representing Wu, while Michael R. Huston of Perkins Coie in Washington, D.C., is set to argue for San Francisco-based Uber.
5 minute read

International Edition

EU Official Suggests AI Antitrust Investigations Loom on the Horizon

Since May 2023, the Digital Markets Act has imposed a tough list of do's and don'ts on Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Booking, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Stoel Rives Adds 7-Lawyer Group to Environmental Practice in Northern California

"There is an increased demand for environmental services in California, but not just California, it's really a busy practice for us throughout our firm," said managing partner Melissa Jones.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Meta Hit With Class Action for Allegedly Using Pirated Books to Train AI Models

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein and Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard filed a class action on behalf of lead plaintiff Christopher Farnsworth, author of the "Nathaniel Cade" fiction series, against Meta on Tuesday, claiming that it stole "hundreds of thousands" of copyrighted books from a pirated online collection to build its large language model set, "Llama."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Challenge of AI Governance: The Blessing and the Curse of Safeguarding Personal Data

"Organizations must strike a balance by harnessing the benefits of AI while remaining vigilant against employee complacency and the exploitation of automated systems," write Frances M. Green and Karen Mandelbaum.
13 minute read

The American Lawyer

In Another Am Law 200 Firm Merger, Spencer Fane Expands in Las Vegas

Spencer Fane adds about 14 lawyers in its combination with Las Vegas-based Holley Driggs.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Silicon Valley Group Wins $30.5M Patent Infringement Claim Over Amazon Web Services

A Kramer Levin team led by Paul Andre secured the win for Acceleration Bay in a U.S. district court in Delaware.
3 minute read

Law.com

'You Are Not Alone': 120 Sex Assault Victims Plan to Sue Sean 'Diddy' Combs

At a Tuesday news conference, attorney Tony Buzbee, of The Buzbee Law Firm in Houston, called on Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sexual assault victims to come forward. 'There is a great strength in numbers,' he said.
4 minute read

The Recorder

'Corporate Lawyers Who Happen to Litigate': A Closer Look at a Recent Securities Litigation Hot Streak at Freshfields

Boris Feldman and Doru Gavril, who joined the firm from Wilson Sonsini a little more than four years ago, both rank among the top 10 busiest defense-side securities lawyers over the past three years.
6 minute read

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