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Legal News for Thurs 3/28 - Eastman Disbarment, 35% Drop in Law Firm Hiring, DOJ and SEC Probe into Chemours and Potential Lawsuits from Francis Scott Key Bridge
7 mins; March 28, 2024
Legal News for Weds 3/27 - DOJ Chose NJ for Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple for a Reason, TX Blocked Deportation Law, Apple Beats Crypto Payment Case and Hunter Tax Case Rolls On
8 mins; March 27, 2024
Legal News for Tues 3/26 - Assange Extradition Reprieve, GOP Donors Aid Trump's Fraud Bond, Bechtolsheim SEC Settlement and IRS Direct File Demands Universal Broadband
9 mins; March 26, 2024
Legal News for Mon 3/25 - Trump Needs to Borrow $454m Real Quick, TikTok Free Speech Arguments, Terraform Labs' SEC Trial
6 mins; March 25, 2024
Legal News for Fri 3/22 - Law Firms Scale up DEI Efforts, Burford Win in Sysco Lawsuit, Apple Antitrust, and Biden Housing Strategies
13 mins; March 22, 2024
Legal News for Thurs 3/21 - OpenAI Expands Legal Team, GOP Wants to Raise Social Security Retirement Age, and Trump Campaign Spends Big on Legal
7 mins; March 21, 2024
Legal News for 3/20 - TikTok Sale Complicated, TX Deportation Law Blocked Again, Meta Privacy Battle in Nevada, Trump Wants Absolute Immunity and Google Fined in France
8 mins; March 20, 2024
Legal News for Tues 3/19 - Judiciary Trip Disclosure Rules, Texas Deportation Law Pause, DraftKings vs. Fanatics, DOJ AI Fraud Focus and Revamped Bar Exam Spreads
8 mins; March 19, 2024
Legal News for Mon 3/18 - KPMG Leverages AI to Compete Against Big Law, SEC Climate Suit Lottery and SCOTUS Takes Up Free Speech and Social Media
9 mins; March 18, 2024
Legal News for Fri 3/15 - IRS Targets Crypto Tax Fraud, Disney vs. Peltz, Sotomayor Retirement Chatter and Trump's Classified Docs Case
17 mins; March 15, 2024
Legal News for Thurs 3/13 - Trump's "Defense" Takes Shape, DraftWise $20M AI Leap, and $MSFT Caltech Patent Settlement
7 mins; March 14, 2024
Legal News for Weds 3/13 - Judge Shopping Curtailed, Debate on Unionizing Student Athletes, NY's Tax Proposals and Big Law Recruiting Hits 11 Year Low
8 mins; March 13, 2024
Legal News for Tues 3/12 - WilmerHale and Harvard, InfoWars Bankruptcy Nonsense, Walmart Ducks Much of Opioid Suit, TikTok Divestment Bill and Global Minimum Tax
10 mins; March 12, 2024
Legal News for Mon 3/11 - Judge Blocks NLRB Rule Affecting Contract Workers, Judge Newman Suspension Debate, J&J Battle over Cancer Causing Chemicals in Acne Products and Tesla Trial
6 mins; March 11, 2024
Legal News for Fri 3/8 - State of the Union is Strong, Rite Aid's BK Opioid Victim Dodge, Trump's Legal Battles and Disneyland Labor Lawsuit
12 mins; March 08, 2024
Legal News for Thurs 3/7 - Dartmouth Basketball Union, Cigna Deals for Wegovy and Zepbound, Hunter's House Testimony and FTX-BlockFi Settlement
8 mins; March 07, 2024
Legal News for Weds 3/6 - EU AI Regs, SEC Climate Change Reporting Rules, UAW Progress, Upheld Conviction of Avenatti and Musk vs. OpenAI
5 mins; March 06, 2024
Legal News for Tues 3/5 - Biden Admin to Cap Credit Card Fees at $8, COVID-19 Insurance Issues, SCOTUS Decision on Trump Ballot, and Tax Zappers
8 mins; March 05, 2024
Legal News for Mon 3/4 - SCOTUS Rules on Trump Colorado Ballot Eligibility, Obamacare's HIV and Cancer Screenings and IRS Expands Direct File
7 mins; March 04, 2024
Legal News for Fri 3/1 - Musk Sues OpenAI and Altman, Trump Georgia Case Hearing, Sentencing for Paramedic in Elijah McClain Murder
14 mins; March 01, 2024
Legal News for Thurs 2/29 - Texas' Immigration Law Struck Down, Tesla Faces Race Bias Class Action, New AI Legal Venture Bench IQ and SCOTUS Takes up Trump Immunity Claim
6 mins; February 29, 2024
Legal News for Weds 2/28 - SBF Asks for Lenient Sentence, Hunter Biden Closed-Door Testimony, CA Bar Fee Hike and Tourism Taxes
7 mins; February 28, 2024
Legal News for Tues 2/27 - SCOTUS Debates Bump Stock Ban, Gag Order Request Against Trump, Justice Thomas' Clerk Hire and FTC Doesn't Love Kroger-Albertson Merger
6 mins; February 27, 2024
Legal News for Mon 2/26 - SCOTUS Reviews Copyright Law 'Discovery Rule,' Social Media Regulation Debates, IPO Cornerstone Investor Trend and GOP Trump Legal Bill Debates
8 mins; February 26, 2024
Legal News for Fri 2/23 - Zuck Wants Out of Suit, So Does Trump, and Launch of a Judicial Clerkship Database
13 mins; February 23, 2024
Legal News for Thurs 2/22 - CA Gun Law Blocked, Corporate Legal Explores AI, and NY Mobile Driver's License Hits Privacy Snag
7 mins; February 22, 2024
Legal News for Weds 2/21 - Biden Admin Asks for Comment on AI Limitations, Musk's Move to Texas, and Texas Sues Migrant Aid Nonprofit
7 mins; February 21, 2024
Legal News for Tues 2/20 - George Santos Sues Jimmy Kimmel, Debit Card Fee Lawsuit, What's Next for JD-Next, and Column Tuesday on SALT Reform
8 mins; February 20, 2024
Legal News for Fri 2/16 - Boy Scouts SCOTUS Plea, Saudi Arabia Opens Legal Market, and Major Ruling on Trump's Business Fraud Case
13 mins; February 16, 2024
Legal News for Thurs 2/15 - SALT Cap Vote, SpaceX Wants to go to Texas, Federal Judges Want Security, Trump's Delay Bid and the IRS-FDIC Suit over SVB's Tax Debt
7 mins; February 15, 2024
Legal News for Weds 2/14 - Fenwick and West 90% the Firm it Used to Be, Burford Capital Legal Blow, Corporate Diversity at Google and MSFT and Musk's Delaware Complaint
9 mins; February 14, 2024
Legal News for Tues 2/13 - Trump Asks SCOTUS For Help Again, Hogan Lovells Profits, Judge Newman's Lawsuit Struggles and the Death of Chevron Doctrine Effect on Tax Law
9 mins; February 13, 2024
Legal News for Mon 2/12 - Legal Battles in Corporate Boards, Musk SEC Testimony, Law Firm Profits Up and "No Labels" Political Initiative
6 mins; February 12, 2024
Legal News for Fri 2/9 - Judge Newman's Upheld Suspension Worries Some, Trump Looks Likely to Win in Ballot Disqualification Dispute and Genesis Global Seeks Settlement
12 mins; February 09, 2024
Legal News for Thurs 2/8 - Trump to SCOTUS, Child Tax Credit Limbo and Challenges to Meta's $90 Settlement
8 mins; February 08, 2024
Legal News for Weds 2/7 - DC Hands SCOTUS an Argument to Duck Trump Appeal, Surge in M&A Earnout Deals, and Marilyn Mosby Mortgage Misstatement Conviction
7 mins; February 07, 2024
Legal News for Tues 2/6 - Feds Silent on Trump Ballot Issue, TikTok v. Universal, CA Ammo Background Check Law Upheld, SEC Treasury Dealer Rule and AI Utility in Transfer Pricing
13 mins; February 06, 2024
Legal News for 2/5 - Jazzy Tattoos, IRS New Initiatives and Trump Takes His Act to the Supreme Court
8 mins; February 05, 2024
Legal News for Fri 2/2 - Proskauer Settles with Ex-COO, Trump Fraud Verdict Delayed, Tesla's Governance Reform Push and Where in the World is Justice Devine?
21 mins; February 02, 2024
Legal News for Thurs 2/1 - Challenge to Lawyer Bias Rule, Musk Wants to Move Tesla to Texas, Trump's Steel Dossier Lawsuit Tossed, Baldwin Pleads Not Guilty
8 mins; February 01, 2024
Legal News for Weds 1/31 - Musk Takes $55B Hit, GOP Moves to Impeach Mayorkas, and Senate Grills Tech CEOs on Child Safety
8 mins; January 31, 2024
Legal News for Tues 1/30 - Sotomayor on SCOTUS Workload, Trump's Lawyer Claims Judge Conflict and Column Tuesday on Nonprofit Hospital Charity Care
9 mins; January 30, 2024
Legal News for Mon 1/29 - DOJ AI in Healthcare Probe, UK Magic Circle Firms Flail, Exxon's SEC Lawsuit and Reddit IPO Valuation
7 mins; January 29, 2024
Legal News for Fri 1/26 - Biden Pauses LNG Exports, Zero-Carbon Hydrogen Tax Rules, MA Supreme Court Tenure Falling, Trump Defamation Trial Ends and Musk Neuralink Woes
10 mins; January 26, 2024
Legal News for Thurs 1/25 - Ohio Ban on Gender-Affirming Care Passes, Navarro to be Sentenced, and Trump Takes the Witness Stand
8 mins; January 25, 2024
Legal News for Weds 1/24 - $62M Ivy League Settlement, Google's AI Patent Case Resolved, Spellbook Raises $20m and new SEC Rules Target SPACs
8 mins; January 24, 2024
Legal News for Tues 1/23 - Exxon Sues to Block Climate Proposal, SCOTUS Rules on Texas Fencing, Apple Faces $1b UK Lawsuit over App Store, Leveraging Tax Policy to Combat Executive Compensation
11 mins; January 23, 2024
Legal News for Mon 1/22 - SCOTUS Takes aim at Administrative State, Utah's Monumental National Monument Dispute, Florida Bar AI Ethics Guidelines, and $78B Tax Bill Plods Ahead
10 mins; January 22, 2024
Legal News for Fri 1/19 - JFK Assassination Record Lawsuit, FTX Bankruptcy Probe, SCOTUS Shifts from Chevron to Skidmore and Binance vs. SEC
9 mins; January 19, 2024
Legal News for Thurs 1/18 - Meta Faces More Pixel Healthcare Privacy Suits, Maine Waits for SCOTUS, Apple Disables Blood Oxygen Monitors on Watch and a DOJ Report on the Uvalde Shooting
9 mins; January 18, 2024
Legal News for Weds 1/17 - NY vs. NJ vs. CA in AI Dominance, Apple's App Store Payment Policy Change, Coinbase vs. SEC and SCOTUS Takes up Fishing -- And Chevron Deference
8 mins; January 17, 2024
Legal News for Tues 1/16 - Litigation Financing Up Up Up, Trump Due in Court, Trump Down an Attorney, Ban on Guns in Post Office Unconstitutional and Column Tuesday on Intuit R&D Tax Credits
10 mins; January 16, 2024
Legal News for Fri 1/12 - Lawsuit Challenges Trump Candidacy, New Discrimination Suits Against Activision, Family Feud Over Prince's Estate and Forthcoming Batch Copyright Registration
9 mins; January 12, 2024
Legal News for Thurs 1/11 - IRS Major Win in Fraud Case, Trump's Civil Trial Nears End, House Republicans Move Against Hunter Biden and Girardi Upcoming Trial
9 mins; January 11, 2024
Legal News for Wed 1/10 - SEC X Account Falsely Claims Bitcoin ETF Approved, High Mark for Women in Law Firms, Woz vs. YouTube and RICO Applied to Georgia "Cop City" Protestors
10 mins; January 10, 2024
Legal News for Tues 1/9 - Volatile 2024 for Law Firms, Google's AI Patent Trial, New 'Gig' Work Rule, J&J $700m Talc Settlement and I Argue for a Water Tax
10 mins; January 09, 2024
Legal News for Mon 1/8 - Full SCOTUS Docket Forthcoming, Heightened Security Concerns for Courts, FisherBroyles' Leak of Talent and the NRA Graft and Corruption Trial
9 mins; January 08, 2024
Legal News for Fri 1/5 - NY Prenatal Leave Plan, NYC Lawsuit Against Bus Companies, SpaceX v. NLRB, AI Hacking Copyright Exemptions and the Whys of the Import ban on Apple Watch
9 mins; January 05, 2024
Legal News for Thurs 1/4 - Trump Colorado Appeal Implicates SCOTUS Involvement, Cohen's Lawyer Asks for Leniency for Bard-Invented Cases, and FDA Ordered to Reconsider Vapes
6 mins; January 04, 2024
Legal News for Weds 1/3 - Secret Hydrogen Hub, Bankruptcy and LLC Act Interplay Changes and a Boston Judge Works Remotely in North Carolina
8 mins; January 03, 2024
Legal News for Tues 1/2 - SEC Focusing on Climate Risk, Unions on the Rise in 2024 (?), Antitrust Shakeups in the New Year, and Trump Absolute Immunity Claims Roll On
10 mins; January 02, 2024
Legal News for Fri 12/29 - NYTimes vs. OpenAI, Trump Gets Bumped in Maine, Bankrupt Celsius Network Moves to Mining
10 mins; December 29, 2023
Legal News for Thurs 12/28 - Apple Watch pause ban, New York legal landscape changed, rise of PFAS litigation, and the FTC sues Grand Canyon University
9 mins; December 28, 2023
Legal News for Weds 12/27 - New beneficial ownership rules, 2023 a big year in legal AI and 2024 set to be more of the same, Apple appeals ban on Watch Imports.
7 mins; December 27, 2023
Legal News for Tues 12/26 - SEC Payouts Plummet, State Min. Wage Hikes Coming (?), Apple Watch Ban Takes Effect, Twitter Improperly Withheld Bonuses and Private College Property Tax Exemption Reform
11 mins; December 26, 2023
Legal News for Fri 12/22 - Giuliani Goes Alex Jones Route, Paul Weis with Largest Commercial Lease of the ear, Thomas Called to Recuse and Trump Plans to gut the Civil Service
9 mins; December 22, 2023
Legal News for Thurs 12/21 - Trump to Challenge CO Ballot Ruling Before SCOTUS, CA law Barring Guns in Public Blocked, M&A Poised for Strong 2024 and Coming Nasdaq Diversity Rules
9 mins; December 21, 2023
Legal News for Weds 12/20 - WilmerHale Getting to Bottom of OpenAI Ouster, Trump off the Ballot in Colorado, Texas Sued for Border Crossing Nonsense and Florida Bill Would Protect Privacy of the Dead
9 mins; December 20, 2023
Legal News for Tues 12/19 - Apple Watch in Trade Jail, Bayer hit With Monsanto Verdict, Final DEI Law School Class and my column on OECD Pillar 2 Tax Credit Loopholes
8 mins; December 19, 2023
Legal News for Mon 12/18 - Giuliani Loses, Alex Jones Wants to Settle, Coinbase Challenges the SEC and Activision and CA Settle Workplace Harassment Suit
10 mins; December 18, 2023
Legal News for Fri 12/15 - Deepfake Protections in CA, US Naval Academy Race-Conscious Admission Remains, Dentons With a New CEO and J&J Execs Lose Appeal
9 mins; December 15, 2023
Legal News for Thurs 12/14 - Rise of LSAT Alternatives, Elon vs. the SEC, Michael Cohen Nonsense Citations, and Sonos Prevails Over Google for Importation of Speakers
9 mins; December 14, 2023
Legal News for Weds 12/13 - Biden Impeachment Inquiry, Musk's Legal Battle with Investors, NY's Social Media API Bill, and Tesla's Autopilot Recall
9 mins; December 13, 2023
Legal News for Tues 12/12 - Wall Street Preps for 401(k) Advice Rule, Epic Beats Google, FCC Rule on Lead Generation Forthcoming and Column Tuesday on Wealth Tax vs. Estate Tax
8 mins; December 12, 2023
Legal News for Mon 12/11 - Alex Jones Selling Junk on Stream, Trump Won't Testify in NY Fraud Trial, Rudy Giuliani Heads to GA Court and Stanford Law with New Approach to Loans
8 mins; December 11, 2023
Legal News for Fri 12/8 - NCAA Anticompetitive? AI Redaction Tool Tested, Trump Immunity Appeal is Last Hope, Ex-Apple Lawyer Insider Traded and Video Games are Addictive?!
11 mins; December 08, 2023
Legal News for Thurs 12/7 - A Date That Will Live in Infamy, Airgas Defends Firing of Worker with Cancer over Cannabis, Paxton Claims Fed Gov Funding Conservative Censorship and Column on Form 1099-K
9 mins; December 07, 2023
Legal News for Weds 12/6 - ESG in Crosshairs in NY, Penn Sued by Students, California Privacy Rules Meet Insurance Regulations, and Colorado Supreme Court Looks at Trump Ballot Eligibility
9 mins; December 06, 2023
Legal News for Tues 12/5 - Potential Consolidation of Ozempic lawsuits, Non-ABA CA Law schools, DeSantis Accuses Disney of Plying Previous Board with Gifts, and Trump Attempts to Appeal Gag Order
12 mins; December 05, 2023
Legal News for 12/4 - Oops! All SCOTUS: Death of Sandra Day O'Connor, Review of Purdue Pharma's Bankruptcy, Bayer and RoundUp, and the Moore Case
9 mins; December 04, 2023
Legal News for 12/1 - Santos Indicted and Maybe to be Expelled, Montana TikTok ban Blocked, Google Calls for Antitrust Action Against Microsoft, Meta Sues FTC and Purdue Pharma Settlement Problems
13 mins; December 01, 2023
Legal News for Thurs 11/30 - Kissinger Dead, IL Wants SCOTUS to Block Assault Rifle Ban, TX Asks Appeals Court to Reinstate Book Ban and EPA Proposal to Replace Lead Pipes
10 mins; November 30, 2023
Legal News for Weds 11/29 - AI Disclosure by Law Firms, SCOTUS Looks at SEC In-House Enforcement, Adobe Defends Figma Acquisition in EU and Meta to Appeal Privacy Ruling
9 mins; November 29, 2023
Tues 11/28 - Binance CEO Must Remain in US, NLRB Finds Starbucks Illegally Fired Union Workers, SEC Regulates Asset-Backed Securitizations and UK Electronic Sales Suppression
11 mins; November 28, 2023
Mon 11/27 - BK Big Biz for Kirkland and Ellis, Federal Defenders Team up at SCOTUS, SEC Executive Clawback Rule and Adult Survivors Act Deadlines
11 mins; November 27, 2023
Fri 11/24 - UN Comes for DuPont and Chemours, Apple Settles with DOJ Over Hiring, Biden Admin. Defends West Point Race Conscious Admissions and AI Guidelines for Appeals Court
10 mins; November 24, 2023
Thanksgiving 2023 - Abraham Lincoln "Pardons" a Turkey and the Thanksgiving Proclamation
8 mins; November 23, 2023
Weds 11/22 - Binance and CEO Plead Guilty, Macy*s in AFI Crosshairs, Egg Price Fixing, NJ Phases out Gas Cars, Musk Knew Autopilot had Problems and Altman Returns to OpenAI
14 mins; November 22, 2023
Tues 11/21 - OpenAI Implosion and Altman Ouster, Racial Discrimination Suits Harder to Bring, X/Twitter Sues Media Matters, DC Firm Offers Huge Bonuses and Column Tuesday on Wile E. Tax Policy
12 mins; November 21, 2023
Mon 11/20 - Wisconsin Electoral Drama, Trump to Challenge Gag Order, More Payments from Bayer for Roundup, and Musk Threatens Media Matters
7 mins; November 20, 2023
MaxMin - The Gettysburg Address
5 mins; November 19, 2023
Fri 11/17 - Wall Street Firms Build DEI Practices, Louisville Breonna Taylor Mistrial, Macy*s PAGA to 9th Circuit and CA Bar Passes AI Guidelines
10 mins; November 17, 2023
Thurs 11/16 - Government Hangs "Open" Sign, Alex Jones Wants to Sell His Guns, GPT-4 Passes MPRE and my Column on the failure of the TCJA
10 mins; November 16, 2023
Weds 11/15 - Social Media Addiction Lawsuits, Santos Fundraiser Pleads Guilty, Trump's GA Trial in Interminable and Law School Free Speech ABA Vote Forthcoming
8 mins; November 15, 2023
Tues 11/14 - SCOTUS "Code" "of" "Ethics," Special Counsel Says Trump Wants a Carnival, BK Judge Ethics Fallout, NYC Real Estate Brokerage Sued and Amazon <3s Casino Apps
8 mins; November 14, 2023
Mon 11/13 - Fortnite Dance Copyright Suit, ASC 606 Here to Stay, Trump Wants TV Cameras in Courtroom and CA Bar Passage is Down
10 mins; November 13, 2023
Fri 11/10 - ATF Ghost Gun Rule Gone, Backlog of Labor Permits, Trump Wants Fraud Trial Tossed and a Tax Prof Claims Age Discrimination
7 mins; November 10, 2023
Thurs 11/9 - Stroock Sucked up by Hogan, Ivanka Worried Dad was Broke, House Oversight Impeachment Inquiry Expands, AI Makes Law Students Faster but not Better
7 mins; November 09, 2023
Weds 11/8 - Big Law Bonus, Cravath Nonequity Partnership, Ivanka to Testify, WeWork Bankruptcy, Amazon Antitrust Defense Preview and Column on Estate Tax and George Steinbrenner
10 mins; November 08, 2023
Tues 11/7 - Trump Fraud Trial Nonsense, Google v. Epic Games, Ozempic Lawsuit, U of C Tests Waters with Undocumented Student Hiring
6 mins; November 07, 2023
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