Big Law associates just months ago were hot commodities—they had the luxury of choosing between major firms who offered to let them work and live wherever they like and dangled hefty signing bonuses.

Cooley LLP, the tech-focused law firm known for advising Silicon Valley’s biggest players, has laid off a group of corporate associates as demand for work slows.

The hidden-camera recordings videos of Kyle Roche were posted anonymously in August. Since then, he’s lost his role as a lead attorney in potentially law-defining cases, exited the firm he founded and retreated from public view. How it happened offers a window into what can be the cutthroat nature of a fledgling trillion-dollar industry.

Christopher Kise is taking a risk in representing Donald Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents case—one that could give him new career opportunities, even in the White House, or foreclose others.

Tesla Inc. has parted ways with the law department leader heading an internal inquiry into purchase orders at the electric vehicle maker.