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The Recorder

What Will It Mean in California if New Federal Anti-SLAPP Legislation Passes?

The FSPA’s potential passage raises important questions about how it would interact with existing state-level anti-SLAPP laws, particularly California’s, which is one of the country’s most protective anti-SLAPP laws.
9 minute read

Legaltech News

Courts Demonstrate Growing Willingness to Sanction Courtroom Misuse of AI

As litigants increasingly adopt generative artificial (gen AI) tools, courts have responded by issuing standing orders, local rules, and opinions addressing how AI and gen AI may be used in the courtroom. Notably, two recent opinions demonstrate courts’ growing willingness to use existing rules to impose sanctions on parties who misuse gen AI—even when those rules do not mention AI.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

The New Rules of AI: Part 1—Managing Risk

The primary burden of managing AI’s risks often falls on corporate officers tasked with designing, implementing, and supervising internal AI governance programs for their organizations.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Antitrust in Trump 2.0: Expect Gap Filling from State Attorneys General

In recent years, State attorneys general have become increasingly creative and aggressive in antitrust enforcement, often launching litigation on high-profile issues. The second Trump Administration may turbocharge these trends—particularly for Democratic state attorneys general.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Intersection of Labor Law and Politics Following the Presidential Election

In the case of the Dartmouth basketball team, this legal issue has taken on significant importance. This unionization movement would set a precedent for collegiate athletes nationwide, challenging the long-standing tradition of categorizing them as “student-athletes” rather than workers entitled to the protections and rights afforded to employees under federal labor law.
8 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery: Common Stock Worthless in 'Jacobson v. Akademos' and Transaction Was Entirely Fair

Jacobs v. Akademos is a post-trial opinion that addresses a squeeze-out merger where Akademos’ (the company) common stockholders were provided zero consideration. Vice Chancellor Travis Laster found that the common stock was worthless for appraisal purposes and that the transaction was entirely fair.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

How Law Firms Can Make Business Services a Performance Champion

"Based on our experience," McKinsey & Co.'s Albert Bollard, Alex D'Amico and Igor Yasenovets write, "it is possible to increase business-services efficiency as much as 20% in terms of cost per lawyer, while maintaining or boosting partner satisfaction."
4 minute read

The Recorder

For Growing Law Firms, Customizable Financing Can Unlock Opportunities

Success in this increasingly saturated and competitive market often requires reaching, attracting and acquiring large groups of clients with an at-scale marketing budget. At the same time, firms must maintain strategic and effective cash flow management due to extended litigation and delayed settlements.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Don’t Forget the Owner’s Manual: A Guide to Proving Liability Through Manufacturers’ Warnings and Instructions

Trial lawyers often rely on industry standards and expert testimony to prove negligence without ever looking at the owner’s manual of the product at issue to determine whether the tortfeasor followed the manufacturers’ warnings and instructions.
5 minute read

Law.com

Avoiding the Great Gen AI Wrecking Ball: Ignore AI’s Transformative Power at Your Own Risk

Our industry has historically struggled with technology adoption, maintaining a certain defensiveness about the specialty and sacredness of our profession. That resistance now comes at a cost. While other industries have progressively adopted (or even rushed into the arms of) new technologies and established clear metrics for measuring their value, legal hasn’t.
6 minute read

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