Law360

07/31/2025

The DOJ outlined what it considers "unlawful discrimination" that federal funding recipients must avoid, including diversity, equity and inclusion programs, transgender athletes and "proxy" discrimination of assessing a job applicant's "cultural competence." https://www.law360.com/articles/2371284

07/31/2025

Britain's antitrust watchdog is poised to sanction Microsoft after an inquiry criticized the anticompetitive effect of its software licensing practices on the market for cloud computing services on Thursday.

Britain's antitrust watchdog is poised to sanction Microsoft after an inquiry criticized the anticompetitive effect of its software licensing...

07/31/2025

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to eliminate a pillar of climate change regulation could test the agency's — and courts' — interpretations of Clean Air Act language that has remained largely unquestioned since the Obama administration. https://www.law360.com/articles/2370652

07/31/2025

A D.C. federal judge ruled Wednesday that the fired leader of the U.S. Copyright Office cannot immediately be reinstated while she challenges her termination by the Trump administration. https://www.law360.com/articles/2371455

07/31/2025

In ruling that nonfungible tokens qualify as trademarks, the Ninth Circuit last week followed guidance from the U.S. Supreme Court that the First Amendment cannot always protect expressive marks from infringement. https://www.law360.com/articles/2370591

07/31/2025

A long-awaited report from the President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets encouraged securities and derivatives regulators to use their existing authorities to clear the way for crypto issuance and trading in the absence of lasting legislation. https://www.law360.com/articles/2371113

A long-awaited report from the President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets that was released Wednesday encouraged securities and derivatives...

07/31/2025

When a lawyer's computer crashes, a call goes out to a human help desk technician. But some experts believe that law firms in the future might rely less on people and more on artificial intelligence to keep systems running.

When a lawyer's computer crashes, a call goes out to a human help desk technician. But some experts believe that law firms in the future might rely...

07/31/2025

When Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP associate Lauren Riddell first joined the firm in 2019, the litigation training she received was primarily focused on substantive hard skills, such as how to approach writing motions.

For over three years, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP has operated Cahill Academy, a year-round program for lawyer training, education and professional...

07/31/2025

As artificial intelligence increasingly becomes part of the way the legal industry does business, associates who incorporate lessons in using the technology into their daily work lives stand to differentiate themselves from other young attorneys.

As artificial intelligence increasingly becomes part of the way the legal industry does business, associates who incorporate lessons in using the...

07/31/2025

McDermott Will failed to address racist comments made during a diversity presentation, kept Black attorneys out of leadership and fired a Black associate who complained that she was repeatedly sidelined because of her race, the former employee alleges.

McDermott Will & Emery LLP failed to address racist comments made during a diversity presentation, kept Black attorneys out of leadership and...

07/30/2025

While law school often focuses on the importance of precision, correctness and perfection, mistakes are inevitable in real-world practice, but failure is not the opposite of progress, and real talent comes from the ability to recover, says Brooke Pauley at Tucker Ellis. https://www.law360.com/articles/2357416

07/30/2025

President Trump imposed a 40% tariff on Brazil, alleging in an executive order that the country's Supreme Court is "politically persecuting" former President Jair Bolsonaro, while the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned one of the court's justices. https://www.law360.com/articles/2371373