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BUSINESS OF LAW: The ongoing evolution in law firm partner compensation means firms are shifting between rewarding performance via bonuses or doing it with more equity shares, Andrew Maloney and Patrick Smith report. LITIGATION: Lawyers seeking to hold Johnson & Johnson liable for a Massachusetts man’s mesothelioma diagnosis said that the company’s baby powder product line “has a dirty little secret—a secret that the company who manufactures the product hid from us all for decades,” as the second talc trial in two months kicked off in Suffolk County Superior Court, Amanda Bronstad reports. INTERNATIONAL: Denmark aims to make history by using copyright law—not privacy rules—to crack down on deepfakes and protect personal likenesses, diverging from the approaches adopted in the U.S. and other nations, Linda A. Thompson reports, adding that the proposed changes are believed to mark the world’s first legislative attempt to curb AI-generated deepfakes through copyright law. |
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REGIONAL: There’s scant—if any—precedent for what comes next for the Northern District of New York after federal judges there nixed the tenure of the Trump-selected interim U.S. attorney for the district without appointing anyone to take up the role, Brian Lee reports. LEGAL TECH: Since the beginning of the year, a host of agentic AI legal tech tools have come to market, while a growing number of law firms are fast developing proprietary agentic AI platforms for their attorneys and clients alike, Rhys Dipshan reports. CORPORATE: Tamika Tremaglio, who was the executive director of the NBPA when it negotiated a groundbreaking, seven-year collective bargaining agreement with the league two years ago, has joined Secretariat as leader of its global sports consulting practice, Michael Gennaro reports. |
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| Here are today's top stories from The Legal Intelligencer. |
| | | With the litigation moving forward in Philadelphia, Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky partner Andrew Duffy said, “Plaintiffs will continue to aggressively pursue discovery and prove that this devastating explosion that killed seven and injured dozens was... Read More |
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| | | David Wochner, a 12-year-veteran of K&L Gates, will head up U.S. operations at a time of strategic growth and enthusiasm for the global law firm. He succeeds Thomas Smith in the role. Read More |
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| | | Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Alabama are the most recent states to adopt the NextGen bar exam, beginning in July 2028. Read More |
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| | | The most recent decision of the trial court in the VIP Products v. Jack Daniel's saga holds that VIP's product is a successful parody yet is still vulnerable to a dilution by tarnishment claim, seemingly landing on the fence. Had Jack Daniel's... Read More |
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| | | In choosing to review SB 1 under the Constitution's least demanding test—rational-basis review—rather than the heightened scrutiny the court applied to LGBTQ-related claims in Bostock v. Clayton County five years earlier, the majority... Read More |
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| | | Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba announced that effective July 1, attorneys Anthony P. Beltrami and Frank N. D'Amore have been elected shareholders of the firm. Read More |
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