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Opinion: The discomfort of not knowing and carefully reading shouldn't be optimized away for junior attorneys. For training, AI works best as a tool, rather than as the source for answers, write Cleary Gottlieb's Michael Gerstenzang and Kyle Harris.

A pension fund sued Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta Platforms Inc. board members Tuesday over a capital restructuring that would let the Facebook founder keep corporate control while selling stock worth billions.

Opinion: The controversy around a Third Circuit judge's involvement in her late spouse's business illustrates the need for more financial disclosure, including about spouses' economic relationships, Fix the Court's Cortez Collins and Gabe Roth say.

A US appeals court turned away the Trump administration’s request to force California to segregate mail-in ballots from a list of 20,000 suspected non-citizens who are purportedly registered to vote, saying a lower-court judge should hear the dispute first.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) must let his Democratic opponent in the November election review more than a thousand pages of unredacted communications he’s had with billionaire Elon Musk, a judge ruled Monday.

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration, for now, from cutting down more trees at a Washington community golf course that the president seeks to renovate.

Barry Wolf, the longtime leader of Weil Gotshal & Manges, earlier this year said his primary focus was ensuring a smooth transition to Ramona Nee as she prepared to take over as his successor in January.

Opinion: The 99 Ranch Market lawsuit reflects a broader enforcement focus on national-origin discrimination and shows why foreign employers should audit US staffing decisions.

California regulators revised a proposed draft rule that would make it the first-in-the-nation to ban the creation and cutting of a material commonly used for kitchen countertops.

Crowell & Moring partners rejected President Donald Trump’s ex-top air regulator Aaron Szabo for a job because they took issue with his tenure in the administration, two people familiar with the matter said.

CORRECT: Anthropic PBC turned to a handful of Big Law firms ahead of its Monday filing of a prospectus detailing the terms of its upcoming initial public offering, including one firm in line to get a particularly lucrative slice of the artificial intelligence company.

Opinion: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s new corporate crime and antitrust task force adds another enforcement risk for companies doing business in New York — and for the executives who lead them.

A national framework regulating data privacy is facing steep odds of passing once Congress returns after the midterm elections.

The White House has sent paperwork to the Senate for a South Carolina district court pick, though President Donald Trump hasn’t yet announced the nomination.

New York is appealing a September ruling from a federal judge preventing the state from enforcing its climate superfund law that seeks to make polluters pay for their past emissions.

Opinion: Companies that strengthen safeguards and align public statements with their actual practices will be best positioned to inform and protect consumers before an agentic AI attack puts their data at risk.

A recently launched FDA initiative targeting rare diseases is a top focus to carry out, the agency’s acting chief said ahead of a public meeting Wednesday to solicit feedback on the framework.

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration, for now, from cutting down more trees at a Washington community golf course that the president seeks to renovate.

Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.’s nearly $47.8 million settlement earned final court approval to resolve investor allegations the utility misrepresented its wildfire risk management before the deadly 2023 Lahaina fire on Maui.

Medication-benefits manager Sav-Rx has settled a proposed class action alleging it failed to protect the personal information of more than 2.8 million people that was exposed in 2023 data breach.

Qualcomm Inc. failed to dismiss claims that it directly infringed two patents that cover processor technology.

Barry Wolf, the longtime leader of Weil Gotshal & Manges, earlier this year said his primary focus was ensuring a smooth transition to Ramona Nee as she prepared to take over as his successor in January.

Two-time Grammy Award winner Neil Young sued a political fundraising committee over its unauthorized use of “Rockin’ in the Free World” at a recent Ohio campaign rally as President Donald J. Trump took the stage, seeking $10 million in damages.

The Trump administration announced it will remove more than a dozen privacy and security requirements for electronic health record vendors, a move aimed at cutting costs as part of a deregulation push.

A US appeals court turned away the Trump administration’s request to force California to segregate mail-in ballots from a list of 20,000 suspected non-citizens who are purportedly registered to vote, saying a lower-court judge should hear the dispute first.

Aon PLC engaged in self-dealing through its employee benefit offerings, choosing voluntary benefit arrangements that allowed it to profit at workers’ expense, a federal lawsuit filed against the professional services firm alleges.

The US Justice Department accused former FBI Director James Comey of illegally directing the sharing of secret national defense information 10 years ago, according to a court filing unsealed on Monday.

Deaconess Health System has settled a proposed class action alleging the Illinois-based health care provider disclosed patient data to Meta Platforms Inc. and Google LLC without consent in violation of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.

Envision Management Holding Inc.‘s board of directors agreed to settle a 1,000-person class action challenging a 2017 employee stock ownership plan transaction, averting a planned 10-day trial.

The director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, Alicia Jackson, is on administrative leave, according to a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson.

Three Hard Rock International employees sued the hospitality company for charging tobacco users an extra $15 per week for health insurance without providing the disclosures or refunds that federal law demands of such wellness programs.

HealthEquity Inc. members dropped their proposed class action alleging the health-benefits manager failed to protect the personal information of more than 4 million people that was exposed in a 2024 data breach.

A White former Bank of America senior vice president accused the company of blocking him from taking caregiving leave for his sick mother and forcing him to resign when he complained, despite younger, non-White employees being given more remote work and location flexibility.

The Federal Reserve must rewrite its 15-year-old rule capping how much banks can charge for processing debit card transactions, a federal appeals court said.

Retired Justice Stephen Breyer is publishing a memoir, adding his name to a growing list of active and former members of the Supreme Court publishing books about their life on and off the bench.

The EEOC and Yale New Haven Hospital Inc. will proceed to trial over claims that the medical center subjected physicians age 70 and older to eye and neuropsychological testing, a Connecticut federal judge said.

Afghans in immigration detention are being notified of plans to deport them to Pakistan, according to a federal government official familiar with the plans and lawyers and advocacy organizations who have heard concerns from their detained clients.

The US Department of Justice acted illegally in firing Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, from her job as a top federal prosecutor in New York, a judge ruled.

Delaware’s plan to test autonomous, AI-managed companies has drawn the attention of a senior GOP congressman who expressed concerns Monday about insulating powerful tech companies from legal consequences.

The Justice Department can’t force Utah’s lieutenant governor to turn over the state’s unredacted voter rolls, a federal judge said in adding to the Trump administration’s spate of losses on the issue.

Opinion: Companies who have general counsel and chief legal officers working on fundraising, product design, and enterprise-level decisions have a duty to clearly explain the reasoning behind the compensation they're receiving for the extra work.

CORRECT: Anthropic PBC turned to a handful of Big Law firms ahead of its Monday filing of a prospectus detailing the terms of its upcoming initial public offering, including one firm in line to get a particularly lucrative slice of the artificial intelligence company.

Opinion: DExit has made Texas business ambitions easy to label as a fight over charters, a description that misses the state's aims. Texas’ pitch extends to how businesses obtain capital and what happens after they do, columnist Carliss Chatman writes.

A Department of Labor proposal to modernize the process for sponsoring foreign workers for green cards has been approved by a key White House office.

Anthropic PBC filed for its long-awaited IPO, a landmark moment in an industry that is growing ever-hungrier for cash to power ahead.

A national framework regulating data privacy is facing steep odds of passing once Congress returns after the midterm elections.

Eli Lilly & Co. is forming a new battlefront over a weight loss treatment that has yet to secure FDA approval, intensifying a legal drive to protect its blockbuster obesity franchise.

The largest prediction markets jumped again in October at the possibility of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito retiring, despite his repeated assurances he has no plans to do so.

Opinion: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s new corporate crime and antitrust task force adds another enforcement risk for companies doing business in New York — and for the executives who lead them.

The Justice Department is struggling to meet aggressive White House fraud-fighting demands with a downsized law enforcement workforce that’s particularly short on white collar prosecutors and agents.