'When Does It End?' Chancellor Asks Defense Counsel in Dispute Over Musk Compensation - Legal news - NewsLocker (2024)

Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick pressed attorneys on the scope of their request to the court and what authority the court has to grant it.

Tesla Shareholders Move to Consolidate Cases Over Musk's Focus on X, AI

If the motion is granted, the court would go from juggling seven cases against Tesla and Elon Musk to five.

2024 US Presidential Election: What the Legal Industry Needs to Know

Take a look at the ongoing coverage from across the Law.com Newsroom on the potential impact of November's election.

Defense Counsel in Brian Benjamin's Bribery Case Seeks Clarity From SCOTUS on Quid Pro Quo

"This case presents an extreme example of that overreach, in an area of law that demands clarity yet has become perilously muddled," reads the writ from Barry Berke, Dani James and Darren LaVerne of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel.

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How SMB Law Firms Can Leverage AI In E-Discovery to Generate New Business

The scale and scope of e-discovery today leaves legal professionals scouring the vendor world for help, which often subjects them to complexity and smoke and mirrors. Yet the introduction of AI and other automation-based technologies may now be cutting through some of that mystery.

Willkie Farr Sued Over Unpaid Bills From Legal Tech Company

The firm allegedly failed to pay more than $350,000 in fees to artificial intelligence provider TransPerfect, according to a suit from a collections agency.

Pre-ILTACON Legaltech Rundown: DISCO Debuts Auto Review Gen AI Capability, Litera Launches New Tools, and More

Need to get caught up on the product releases, industry hires, and new partnerships before ILTACON 2024? Legaltech News has got you covered.

'Monopoly Prices'?: Big Pharma Co. Amgen Accused of Anticompetitive Conduct

"A 50-mg dose of Enbrel now costs patients $7,401.83 per month: 643% more than it cost when launched in 1998," according to the allegations in the antitrust class action filed against Enbrel manufacturer Amgen Inc.

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'Troubling' Racial Disparities Exist in Manhattan Federal Court's Jury Selection, 2nd Circuit Says

In dicta, U.S. Circuit Judge Beth Robinson said the "underrepresentation of Black and Hispanic or Latino people in SDNY venires has only increased" in recent decades.

Covington, Wilmer Played Roles in the US-Russia Prisoner Swap

Wilmer was brought in by Wall Street Journal parent Dow Jones to work with officials outside Russia to help secure the release of reporter Evan Gershkovich, while Covington aided U.S.-funded media outlet Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in freeing reporter Alsu Kurmasheva.

Disclosure Flip-Flop by Nuclear Reactor Firm Powers Debate Over SEC Reporting Obligations

NuScale Power found itself having to explain why it stated that it did not believe it was under SEC investigation, even though it had been contacted by the agency seven months earlier and asked to provide a trove of information.

University of Massachusetts Faces Retaliation, Age Discrimination Suit From Professor

Professor George Kelley filed the nine-count complaint against the University of Massachusetts board of trustees and an associate professor at UMass Boston, alleging that he has been the target of ongoing acts of age discrimination and retaliation from university officials since 2012.

Judge Says Supreme Court's Gun Ruling Doesn't Demystify 2nd Amendment Test

"Bruen has proven to be a labyrinth for lower courts, including our own, with only the one-dimensional history-and-tradition test as a compass," wrote Chief Judge Albert Diaz of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, adding that Rahimi has provided "little" clarity.Related StoriesPanel Backs Extending Newman's Suspension as Judge Continues Fight Over Misconduct Law - Enclosure'Indefensible & Inexcusable': Ex-Judge Luttig on Role of Lawyers in Le

Brazilian meat behemoth JBS, which has a checkered environmental track record, hopes to raise capital on the New York Stock Exchange.

Fighting an Employee: Here's When Brian Sutherland Says Employers Should Throw in the Towel

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Brian J. Sutherland of Beal, Sutherland, Berlin & Brown outlines his top litigation considerations for employers faced with discrimination claims.

Law Firms' Lobbying Businesses Add New Clients Focused on Tax Policies

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Holland & Knight, DLA Piper, Phronesis DC, Adams and Reese, BakerHostetler all filed new lobbying registrations since the end of June.

Winstead Founding Shareholder Pete Winstead Dies at Age 84

Pete Winstead, a tax lawyer who helped found the firm in Dallas nearly 50 years ago, moved to Austin in 1987 to open an office there.

'He Hung Up On Me.' Ex-Girardi Keese Attorney Testifies About Attempts to Get Client Paid

Alexa Galloway, who was a law clerk when she started at the Los Angeles firm in 2018, told jurors that she had no idea why her client, Judy Selberg, hadn't been paid her portion of a $504,000 settlement.

Charlotte Becoming Increasingly Powerful Magnet for Law Firms, Lawyers

Womble Bond Dickinson and Baker Donelson are the latest Am Law 200 firms to add partners in the city so far this year.

Tyson & Mendes, with offices in Houston and San Antonio, opened an office in Dallas, while Kaufman Dolowich named co-managing partners for the Houston and New Orleans offices.

Understanding Google's Monopoly: What the Ruling Teaches Us

Timothy J. McGinn, a shareholder and business litigation attorney at the Gunster law firm who specializes in antitrust matters, shared his thoughts about the Google antitrust ruling.

4th Circuit Upholds Maryland Assault Weapons Ban in Split Ruling

"Our friends in dissent would rule the Maryland statute unconstitutional," Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III wrote for the court. "They would go so far as to uphold a facial challenge to the enactment, meaning that there is no conceivable weapon, no matter how dangerous, to which the Act's proscriptions can validly be applied."

SEC Defends Authority to Issue Climate Disclosure Rule Amid Statutory Challenge

"This case is not about climate change or environmental policy; it is about protecting investors," the agency stated in a brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

X Corp., Rumble File Antitrust Suits Against World Federation of Advertisers on Boycott Claims

Both complaints were filed on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Wichita Falls Division. X Corp. is represented by S|L Law and Dhillon Law Group and Rumble is represented by S|L Law and Kressin Meador Powers.

Judge Rules He Will Vacate White-Collar Carceral Sentence If Defendant Assigned to Brooklyn's MDC

U.S. District Judge Gary Brown said an extrinsic factor "looms large in nearly every bail and sentencing determination made in this judicial district: the dangerous, barbaric conditions that have existed for some time at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn."

New GC of 6th-Largest Defense Contractor to Hunt for Savings Following Merger Spree

Christoph Feddersen joined L3Harris Corp. in April and now is taking the legal reins of the Florida-based company.

Pa. Appeals Court Shuts Down Bid for Clarity Amid 'Mallory' Uncertainty

Defendant Syngenta Crop Protection had urged the Superior Court to permit its appeal, arguing that there was an "urgent need for clarity concerning the constitutional and jurisdictional questions left in Mallory's wake."

What Financial Questions Should You Ask Your Client?

If you open the door to helping clients with financial planning, it can also make sense that a law firm might address the same concerns internally. In that case, the financial planning questions a forward-thinking attorney might ask of a client are also questions that attorney should be considering in their own life.

Dartmouth CLO Jumps to Another Elite School, as Higher Ed's Summer Shuffle Continues

Sandhya Iyer has been Dartmouth's legal chief for seven years. Before that, she was legal chief of Oberlin College for nine years.

Taylor English Leaders Working to Keep Vision in Place Despite Departures

The 19-year-old firm has lost 20 lawyers in recent weeks to Am Law 200 firms looking to create new Atlanta offices or add to existing ones.