The US Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais will likely compel re-examination of the best way to protect voting rights for citizens of all races as the US’ demographics continue to evolve, writes FSU College of Law’s Michael Morley.
Gibson Dunn’s Trey Cox writes that the old litigation playbook prized options above all else: keep every argument alive, take every deposition. But most cases turn on a narrow cluster of decisive facts that AI distills early.
Berk v. Choy strengthens the principle that cases involving lawsuits over state laws in federal court must give way to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure if they intrude on the FRCP’s territory, Josh Patashnik, Danielle Sivalingam, and Lara Owen say.
The Italian Supreme Court’s decisions in the GE Medical Systems Italia cases are a reminder that agreeing on a transfer pricing method is only the first step—what courts are increasingly looking at is the quality of the benchmark used to apply it, Reptune Tax’s David Zarecky says.
Two recent developments by the Securities and Exchange Commission offer some long-overdue regulatory clarity to cross-border resolution practitioners, says Spencer West’s Ariadne Clinton.
As AI use becomes more frequent in the invention of new drugs, it’s important to determine how it affects who’s credited in patentable inventions, say Womble Bond Dickinson’s Ben Bourke, Daniel Kremer, and Susan Krumplitsch.
Columnist David Lat says law students and early-career attorneys who want to become plaintiffs’ lawyers must be proactive in learning about plaintiffs’ firms and seek out opportunities to be on their feet in a courtroom.
For nearly three decades, technology companies have relied on Section 230 as a stout defense, arguing they are mere conduits and not responsible for what users post. The Google and Meta social media addiction verdicts provide a legal game plan to outflank that defense. In essence, they shifted the legal playing field from one about content to one about conduct.
When it comes to winning the legal industry talent wars, the best defense is a good offense, according to K&L Gates’ global managing partner, Stacy Ackermann. She spoke to Bloomberg Law editor Chris Opfer on our podcast, On The Merits, about how competitive the market for legal talent has gotten, even in secondary markets like her hometown of Charlotte, N.C.
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