The Recorder

01/10/2025

This year’s summers arrived at firms that were grappling with two existential, evolving issues: the advancement of generative artificial intelligence and unprecedented scrutiny from the Trump administration.

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01/10/2025

Holland & Knight Appoints New Newport Beach Office Leader

Sarah Kelly-Kilgore has been with the firm for nearly two years and previously led the LA office of Greenberg Gross.

01/10/2025

Investors Swing and Miss in Bored Ape Securities Fight

A California federal judge tossed investors’ securities claims over Yuga Labs’ Bored Ape NFTs, but allowed a narrower refile by Oct. 10.

01/10/2025

Keker Backs Suit Alleging Social Security Administration Improperly Shares Immigrants' Tax Info

A Massachusetts organization claimed the Social Security Administration shared information it pulled from tens of thousands of immigrants' privacy-protected tax filings with federal immigration officials.

01/10/2025

FCC to Ramp Up Public Interest Enforcement Against Media, Carr Says

Legacy media outlets have lost public trust and the Federal Communications Commission has an obligation to step up enforcement of standards related to news distortion, said FCC chair Brendan Carr.

01/10/2025

Judges Share Chilling Accounts of Threats at Judicial Safety Forum

"[T]hey sat down with me and said, 'The truth of the matter is, we can have officers around your house, which we will, but if he wants to get you, he is so highly trained, he’s going to get you,'" one state court judge recalled at the forum.

01/10/2025

People in the News—Oct. 1, 2025—Klehr Harrison

Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg announced the return of the firm’s M&A Summit—now, in its second year—on Sept. 26 at the Hotel West + Main in Conshohocken.

01/10/2025

Water Quality Testing Company Accuses Medical Device Contractor of Stealing Trade Secrets

"Inteprod's actions cannot reasonably be disputed - it took confidential information and trade secrets frm Aqua Science under the guise of helping Aqua Science develop a working prototype of the BioLight Device, and then used those confidential information and trade secrets to make revenue for itsel...

01/10/2025

Private Client Partner Returns to Morgan Lewis After 11 Years as Family Office GC

John Boxer previously served as a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius from 2004 to 2014. Upon his return to the firm, he will spend most of his time in the Boston office and part of his time in Philadelphia.

01/10/2025

In Scathing Ruling, Judge Calls Trump Policy Targeting Students Over Pro-Palestine Views Unconstitutional

Young, a Ronald Reagan appointee, said Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem intentionally targeted political speech in order to stop campus protests in violation of the First Amendment.

01/10/2025

It's Not Just Trump Taking Advantage of Supreme Court's Emergency Docket

A new appeal from Google involving an antitrust dispute with the makers of the Fortnite video game show how the Supreme Court’s emergency docket is now considered fair play for litigants.