The controversial rule, General Order 6.4(c), automatically blocks the deportation of undocumented immigrants pending appeal of removal orders. The full court approved the rule nearly 25 years ago. www.law.com/nationallawj...

Hayden Haynes has played a steadfast role in conservative circles for years, becoming campaign manager for Johnson from 2016 to 2023, according to his LinkedIn profile. www.law.com/nationallawj...

Jennifer Bennett talks about her recent 9-0 victory in 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘤. 𝘷. 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬 on behalf of a delivery driver in Colorado for a national baked goods manufacturer. www.law.com/nationallawj...

The court's 8-1 decision followed the the FCC concession that its forfeiture orders lack legal teeth until the agency brings a collection suit before a federal judge, at which point the companies would be entitled to a trial by jury under the Seventh Amendment. www.law.com/nationallawj...

According to a new report from Law.com and legal industry tech provider Elite, many large law firms still lack clear visibility into the origins of their profits or losses despite strong demand and continued revenue growth expectations. www.law.com/nationallawj...

“Under traditional equitable principles, a victim seeking disgorgement of a defendant’s unlawful gains does not need to prove he has suffered a corresponding loss or, indeed, ‘any loss,’” Justice Gorsuch wrote on behalf of the court. www.law.com/nationallawj...

Looking forward, law firm hiring began picking back up in the second half of 2025 and so far, hiring has been strong in 2026, as many of the largest firms are coming off of banner financial years. www.law.com/nationallawj...

The CFTC said the policy was difficult to enforce, as the line between public and private comments is not always clear. The agency had never reopened a settlement following a violation of a no-admit, no-deny provision, the CFTC stated. www.law.com/nationallawj...

These firms grew or shrunk the most by headcount or percentage during 2025. www.law.com/nationallawj...

If you were looking for Boies Schiller Flexner partner Kenya Davis on a Sunday this spring, you wouldn’t have found her in the office or prepping for trial. www.law.com/nationallawj...

It's the fourth office relocation the firm has undergone in the past two years. www.law.com/nationallawj...

Attorneys critical of the repeal have said because the SEC may start putting more detailed factual allegations on record to counteract the public denials that are now allowed, the rule change could lead to heightened risk for corporations. www.law.com/nationallawj...

That firms are still looking for pay flexibility and constant improvement in an era of increased competition is not surprising. But consultants say getting the right amount of money to the right people remains far from perfect. www.law.com/nationallawj...

Brett Shumate, who heads DOJ's Civil Division, called the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement outdated due to statutory changes and significant changes in the scale of immigration over the past three decades. www.law.com/nationallawj...

Take a look at the top salaries among young associates for this year's NLJ 500 firms. www.law.com/nationallawj...

Take a look at the top five cities with the most lawyers among this year's NLJ 500 firms. And see which firms have their largest offices in these markets. www.law.com/nationallawj...

See which states came out on top in this year's NLJ 500, measured by total headcounts of NLJ 500 firms. And take a peek at state-specific stats as well as the largest firm in each state. www.law.com/nationallawj...

There were no dramatic swings at the top of the leaderboard of the NLJ 500 this year. Among the top 10-ranked firms, the only ranking change was Greenberg Traurig beating out Hogan Lovells for the No. 7 slot. www.law.com/nationallawj...

Hogan Lovells partner Jessica Ellsworth, arguing for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., said the prohibition under Maine’s Chapter 103 conflicts with Section 340B of the federal 1992 Public Health Service Act that created the drug discount program. www.law.com/nationallawj...

Attorneys are more often using the predictive functions of AI to corroborate or identify potential holes in their thinking about litigation strategy. www.law.com/nationallawj...

Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani's Supreme Court petition argues that prosecutors elicited, and failed to correct, false witness testimony and elided the rules for vetting expert witnesses. www.law.com/nationallawj...

While artificial intelligence tools can help speed up some tasks for lawyers, the technology and the security implications behind it have sometimes added more wrinkles and time to drafting and negotiating contracts for clients. www.law.com/nationallawj...

Show business's interest in New Jersey has seen a large uptick after former Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation last June that significantly expanded the state's film and digital media tax credit program. www.law.com/nationallawj...

This lawsuit—filed in Florida’s 10th Judicial Circuit by the Office of Attorney General James Uthmeier—is the first state-led action against the company and its top executive, according to Uthmeier. www.law.com/nationallawj...

The case involves claims that Robinhood should have provided investors with an early look at its second quarter earnings while preparing to go public in July 2021. www.law.com/nationallawj...

“If we are at the point where invidious reasons that were expressly given for a classification can be completely ignored and replaced with our imagined noninvidious reasons, then equal protection jurisprudence has truly become bankrupt,” the judge said. www.law.com/nationallawj...

Abhishek Kambli will join Holtzman Vogel's state attorneys general practice and congressional investigations practice. www.law.com/nationallawj...

William Maxwell penned his petition to the justices last August after the Fifth Circuit ruled he could not pursue such a transfer through a habeas proceeding. He argued that the Fifth Circuit's ruling conflicted with recent Supreme Court precedent. www.law.com/nationallawj...

"Courts confronting founder-CEO disputes have increasingly said the quiet part out loud: The apex doctrine can’t be squared with corporate structures that concentrate power at the top." www.law.com/nationallawj...

The complaint alleged violations of the California Business & Professions Code, the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act and the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. www.law.com/nationallawj...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reinstated an $82.26 million jury verdict—previously reduced to $3 by the trial judge—and ordered a new trial on trade secret damages. www.law.com/nationallawj...

Many large pharmaceutical companies are increasingly turning to acquisitions rather than relying solely on internal research and development efforts to build their drug pipelines. www.law.com/nationallawj...

“What makes something a regulatory payment as opposed to a tax?” Judge Sorokin asked Tiberius Davis during a hearing on dueling summary judgment motions. www.law.com/nationallawj...

“Over time, many disclosure requirements began as a framework to illuminate, but instead they've become instruments to obscure,” Atkins said during a speech Friday at the Reagan National Economic Forum in Simi Valley, California. www.law.com/nationallawj...

"We are as strong as we have ever been, but it is precisely from that position of strength that we can continue our market leadership." www.law.com/nationallawj...

Back-to-back rulings written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with the prosecution in two federal criminal cases in which the defendants had sought to invoke the statute to justify an early release from lengthy prison sentences. www.law.com/nationallawj...

Speakers at the CLOC Global Institute warned that the value of AI depends heavily on whether lawyers and business users actually adopt it. Several legal ops leaders said training, peer examples and practical prompts matter as much as the technology itself. www.law.com/nationallawj...

The decision in 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘷. 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬 is the fourth time in recent years that the Supreme Court has rejected an attempt to "cabin" the reach of the FAA's exemption for interstate commerce workers, Justice Gorsuch noted. www.law.com/nationallawj...

Grant McGee becomes Target's new chief legal and compliance officer on Sunday, the Minneapolis-based retailer announced Thursday. www.law.com/nationallawj...

"We need not belabor the matter," Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote for the majority. www.law.com/nationallawj...

A judiciary panel’s private reprimand last week of a federal judge who had an affair with a police officer and lied about it has sparked concerns about judicial accountability and whether the sanction was tough enough. www.law.com/nationallawj...

The BBC claims Trump's Monday motion is just the latest in a "long line of attempts" to slow the case. www.law.com/nationallawj...

EPA proposals announced last week to eliminate drinking water standards for four “forever chemicals” and delaying compliance for two others are adding to an already complicated compliance landscape for companies, regulatory attorneys said. www.law.com/nationallawj...

Despite staffing reductions, the FDA in fiscal 2025 handed out 303 warning letters in the drug and biologics space alone—up 59% from 2024, according to an analysis by Eliquent Life Sciences published in Pharmaceutical Online. www.law.com/nationallawj...

"[T]he terms DEI, DEIA, and environmental justice are inherently directional; they reflect ‘perspective[s],’ rather than neutral topics," the opinion stated. "They convey the viewpoint that the exclusion of historically disadvantaged groups is undesirable.” www.law.com/nationallawj...

Prelogar had a front-row seat to the evolution of the Supreme Court's "major questions doctrine," standing for the idea that agencies need explicit congressional language before rolling out policies with major economic consequences. www.law.com/nationallawj...

The Third Circuit questioned what standard it must use in assessing whether the school’s response to antisemitic incidents violated Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination in any program that receives federal financial assistance. www.law.com/nationallawj...

Foundational LLMs are moving away from flat fees and subsidized token pricing, factors that are already driving up costs for heavy users. www.law.com/nationallawj...

The NTSB hearing revealed prior knowledge of Boeing and UPS about similar worn bearings on the MD-11F aircraft, lawyers say. www.law.com/nationallawj...

The group sought to overturn the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit’s August 2025 ruling that it couldn’t arbitrate a high-profile racial discrimination suit from Brian Flores. www.law.com/nationallawj...