Navigation In previous years, most of the world’s largest law firms had made public posts by this point in the month, but this year experts say messaging is muted and budgets are being slashed. Click Here To Read The Full Article
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No 'Minimum Contacts' Required to Sue Foreign States, Supreme Court Rules
As long as plaintiffs can establish a legal exception to foreign sovereign immunity, they need not also show that a country has had the “minimum” contacts with the United States in order to pursue their legal claims against that nation, the Supreme Court held Thursday. Click Here To Read The Full Article
Rattled by DEI Risks, GCs May Retreat From Tracking Diversity of Outside Counsel
“That’s the conversation now—not whether DEI matters, but whether tracking it this way is still worth the risk,” said Jennifer McIver, a legal operations consultant at Wolters Kluwer. Click Here To Read The Full Article
Judge Rules Law Firm in Litigation With Musk Can Hire Ex-SEC Chief Litigation Counsel
“[T]he timing of Tenreiro’s departure appears to have been precipitated by his being assigned to detail in an office with a focus unrelated to his prior work and the agency’s offering of a voluntary separation package,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein found. Click Here To Read The Full Article
'Improvidently Granted': Supreme Court Dumps Case Over Size Of Class Actions
The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed as “improvidently granted” a case Thursday dealing with the proper size of class actions that federal courts may certify. Click Here To Read The Full Article