As a therapist specialized in treating lawyers, Stacey Dougan hears a lot about law firm politics, addiction and the career's overwhelming demands. But lately, her clients have been bringing up a new source of anxiety: returning to the office.
A California state appeals court has thrown out claims against a group of attorneys and cannabis entrepreneurs that they were part of a "straw man practice" conspiracy to monopolize the San Diego cannabis market.
Amid calls for transparency from stenographers, a new coalition of legal service providers and advocates lobbying to expand digital court reporting won't name its membership and financial backers at this time. https://www.law360.com/pulse/articles/1829837
BREAKING: An Indiana federal court dismissed a suit from a Christian former teacher who objected to using gender-affirming names for trans students. https://www.law360.com/articles/1831383
Allen & Overy LLP and Shearman & Sterling LLP named the partners set to lead the soon-to-be merged A&O Shearman for the U.S. and U.K. markets.
FIFA's transfer rules that entitle football clubs to compensation from players and their new clubs when they cut their contract short to switch teams could be unlawful under European Union antitrust laws, an adviser to the bloc's top court said. https://www.law360.com/articles/1831088
Georgia's high court threw out the conviction of a former corporate lawyer who was convicted of killing a real estate developer in a road rage incident, ruling the court erred by refusing to instruct the jury on the defense that the death was accidental.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule banning all consumer uses and most industrial and commercial uses of methylene chloride, a chemical regulators say can increase cancer risks and cause reproductive damage with repeat exposure. https://www.law360.com/articles/1831002
The owner of a company that attempted to contract with Senegal to develop a power plant in the African nation has filed a $300 million racketeering suit against Dentons and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, accusing the BigLaw firms of fraud and extortion.
Davis Polk, Greenberg Traurig and Simpson Thacher are among the law firms that handled the largest New York City real estate deals that hit public records last week, a period that saw two buildings trade for north of $100 million. https://www.law360.com/real-estate-authority/articles/1828133
A New York attorney convicted of arranging to pay a hitman to murder the mother of his two young children has been sentenced in California federal court to 10 years behind bars.
Not every insolvency proceeding must take place in the so-called fishbowl of federal bankruptcy. There is a state-level option that can provide a quicker, quieter and sometimes less expensive alternative for companies seeking to liquidate their assets. https://www.law360.com/bankruptcy-authority/articles/1830855
Dan Gallagher, the chief legal officer for online securities trading company Robinhood, earned $10.7 million in 2023, a nearly 30% decrease from the $15.1 million he came away with in 2022.
Advocates for nonprofits want Congress to revive an above-the-line charitable contribution deduction this year in order to reverse a continuing drop in donations, but prospects for enactment appear limited until an end-of-year tax package. https://www.law360.com/tax-authority/articles/1830902
A California federal judge has rejected authors' pick for interim lead counsel in a case accusing OpenAI of copyright infringement, ruling that the request was made too early and must wait until class certification has been decided.
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