New York Law Journal - This Week's News

What We Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:59:59 EST

]]>Internal communication is a leadership discipline, and the firms that treat it as one handle change and disruption better. With examples and a game plan. In her article, Alejandra Ramirez talks firms...

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Morgan Lewis Adds Hunton Andrews Litigation Trio

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:59:59 EST

]]>Regan was a practice group leader of Hunton's corporate and securities litigation and government investigations practices.

‘Constructive Entry': The Payton Rule is Expanded

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:26:08 EST

]]>The NY Court of Appeals ruled that police can violate Payton v. New York not only by physically entering a home but also through "constructive entry"—coercing someone to leave or come out using...

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Liability for Negligent Credentialing

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:08:05 EST

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Amendments to New York City's Earned Safe and Sick Leave Law

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:46:33 EST

]]>Effective Feb. 22, 2026, NYC's ESSTA (Paid Time Off Law) requires private employers to provide paid and unpaid safe and sick leave, plus paid prenatal leave. Employees get up to 56 hours of paid...

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Wigdor Adds SDNY Deputy Criminal Chief as the Firm Leans Into High-Profile Litigation

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:59:59 EST

]]>Jane Kim, deputy criminal division chief for the Southern District of New York, left government and joined employment firm Wigdor, a move which founding partner Douglas Wigdor said is in line with...

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Reading Tea Leaves from SDNY's Short-Lived Self-Disclosure Program: Structural Risks and Potential Downsides for Companies

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:23:59 EST

]]>The policies encourage early self-disclosure of corporate fraud but overlook the high costs and risks involved. Companies should carefully weigh the benefits before deciding to report potential...

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Monday Newspaper

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 01:00:59 EST

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NY Federal Judge Tosses Military Housing Fraud Suit

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:04:03 EST

]]>U.S. District Judge Paul Gardephe for the Southern District of New York found that the developers had brought their suit after the statute of limitations had expired.

Judge Who Allegedly Obstructed Investigation by Destroying Emails Is Recommended for Removal

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:54:58 EST

]]>The retired town justice stood accused of improperly providing an order of protection to an alleged crime victim in a matter that had been divested to county court, and destroyed more than 500...

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Orrick Grows Net Income 21% Amid Sustained Demand in Finance, Energy Work

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:21:33 EST

]]>The firm's net income rose to $561.2 million in 2025, driven by strong demand for finance, funds, intellectual property, and energy and infrastructure, among other key practices.

NY Judge Rules Mass Arbitrations Are Public Speech, Dismisses Lawsuit Against Law Firms

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:57:45 EST

]]>In a Tuesday ruling, New York Supreme Court Judge Phaedra Perry-Bond found that the mass arbitration campaign of Kind Law, based in Las Vegas, and San Diego's Ben Travis Law, was public speech and...

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Columbia Law School Establishes Law and Economy Center

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:50:26 EST

]]>The Center for Law and the Economy will serve as a hub for work that fills gaps in scholarship and policy research on the laws and tools that shape and govern economic activity.

DOJ Signals Heightened Scrutiny of ADA Website Accessibility Compliance Efforts

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:31:48 EST

]]>Janelle Pelli and Lisa Zaccardelli discuss a recent development in ADA website accessibility litigation by examining the U.S. Department of Justice's February 2026 Statement of Interest in...

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Friday Newspaper

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:00:59 EST

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Laundering Ill-Gotten Gains From Healthcare Insurance Fraud Schemes

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:06:41 EST

]]>Recent cases show healthcare fraud schemes often involve money laundering through bank employee involvement and shell companies, highlighting the importance of tracking illicit funds.

Foley Hoag Asks Court to Clarify Order Blocking Trump's Ballroom Project

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:45:27 EST

]]>"The president's belief appears to be that ... the court's order allows ballroom construction to proceed unabated now," Foley Hoag attorneys wrote in a plaintiff's motion asking a federal judge to...

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Commercial Division Eyes New Mandate for 'Good%E2%80%91Faith' Dispute Resolution Without Judges

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:01:23 EST

]]>A proposed amendment to Commercial Division Rule 14 would require attorneys to engage in direct, good%E2%80%91faith efforts to resolve discovery disputes before involving a judge and file a...

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Trump Fires Bondi as Attorney General, Names Blanche Acting AG

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:00:35 EST

]]>During Pam Bondi's 14-month stint as attorney general, the U.S. Justice Department has seen an exodus of career prosecutors as the agency carried out the president's campaign of retribution against...

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NY Lawmakers Advance Bill Directed at Judicially-Created Wage Theft 'Loophole'

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:59:54 EST

]]>The bill is aimed at ensuring that employers can be held liable if they promise a performance-based bonus but then later renege.

Judge Advances $72.5M Deal Ending Epstein Survivor's Case Against Bank of America

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:19:12 EST

]]>U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff for the Southern District of New York tentatively approved the deal and set a final approval hearing for August 27.

What Mock Exercises Reveal That Briefs Cannot

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:01:56 EST

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Retired U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin, formerly of the Southern District of New York, explains mock court exercises help lawyers test their arguments and get honest feedback before...

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Reforms to New York Insurance Law Bring Serious Relief to Transportation Defendants

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:20:21 EST

]]>Governor Kathy Hochul's proposal to strengthen the serious injury threshold law could be a gamechanger for transportation defendants.

Inbox Under Attack: Why Data Hygiene Is Your First Line of Defense in Email Security

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:22:12 EST

]]>Social engineering attacks, especially phishing, often lead to email account breaches that can result in financial fraud or exposure of sensitive data. Good data hygiene—like updating...

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Don't Assume: Indemnity and Additional Insured Coverage Are Not the Same

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:00:12 EST

]]>The Dibrino case clarifies that indemnity and additional insured coverage are separate and governed by different standards. Indemnity requires a direct link to a subcontractor's scope of work, while...

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Judicial Ethics Opinion 25-156

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 06:59:59 EST

]]>On these facts, a judge need not disqualify from a proceeding merely because counsel for a party makes many accusations against the judge, provided the judge concludes he/she can remain impartial.

Thursday Newspaper

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 01:00:59 EST

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Social Media Helps Gibson Dunn Capsize Trump's EO Against NPR

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:05:51 EST

]]>"We had some discovery and some really interesting evidence that showed that there was just a real bias against NPR by the government," Theodore "Ted" Boutrous Jr., a partner at Gibson Dunn in Los...

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Magistrate Judge Proposes Sanctions for Claims Filer that Misled Merchants on $5.6B Visa, Mastercard Deal

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:03:10 EST

]]>A federal magistrate recommended reopening the claims filing period for merchants who had filed claims through Betz & Baril PLLC, finding that the personal injury firm and a referral partner...

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NY Auto Insurance Reforms Fail to Address Alleged IME Abuses: Trial Lawyers

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:54:06 EST

]]>Independent Medical Exams are anything but what their name suggests, with insurer-paid and chosen doctors producing nearly identical reports, for purposes of limiting liability, argues the president...

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Simpson Thacher Antitrust Co-Head Leaves to Start Boutique With Spouse From DOJ

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:25:37 EST

]]>The former Simpson partner is launching the boutique with his wife, former U.S. Department of Justice investigatory counsel Ann Marie Terzaken.

Mangione State Trial Pushed to September, Complicating Federal Case Planning

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:11:25 EST

]]>Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro rescheduled the state murder trial to September, hours after a federal judge pushed Mangione's separate federal case to late October. The ruling creates...

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Twitter Investors Can Sue Elon Musk as a Class in NY Securities Fraud Case

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:52:48 EST

]]>U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter Jr. of the Southern District of New York certified the class over arguments from Musk's Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan legal team that the investor class...

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A Missing Syllable in a UCC = A $500,000 Mistake

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:38:39 EST

]]>In East Texas Machining & Manufacturing, the court held that a lender's UCC-1 financing statement was seriously misleading because it identified the debtor by a name different from the one listed...

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It's Not Over: The Law Lesson Behind EEOC's $15M Recovery

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:13:14 EST

]]>The large volume of employee suits over mandatory vaccine policies show the importance of trying hard to accommodate workers' disabilities, rather than firing them, said Amanda Fugazy, an employment...

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Name Change Legislation Is a Game Changer for Some Family Court Litigants

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:59:59 EST

]]>Support Magistrate Sondra Mendelson-Toscano discusses how recent changes to New York law allowing New York Family Court to hear child name-change requests can make the process easier for families,...

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Opening Day—Or Finding a Pathway to Becoming a Lawyer

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:24:40 EST

]]>Retired Justice David Saxe recounts a childhood episode—skipping a school astronomy rehearsal to attend Opening Day at Yankee Stadium—that unexpectedly helped shift his interests from...

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Judicial Ethics Opinion 25-155

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:59:59 EST

]]>When a judge learns that his/her co-judge declined to consider an improper ex parte communication about a traffic ticket and instead simply asked the court clerks to re-assign it without attempting...

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Wednesday Newspaper

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:00:59 EST

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FTC Zings OkCupid Over Mismatch Between Privacy Policy and Actual Practices

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:31:34 EST

]]>A settlement unveiled Monday bars the company from misrepresenting its privacy practices and leaves the door open for civil penalties.

Game Over for Investors Suing Warner Bros. Over Failed NBA Broadcast Talks

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:01:37 EST

]]>U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla for the Southern District of New York found that Warner Bros. had disclosed "all material facts" for its negotiations over the rights to broadcast National...

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Legal Impact of 2 Social Media Verdicts: 'A Road Map to Beating the Big Tech Companies'

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:00:50 EST

]]>Last week's $375 million verdict against Meta Platforms in New Mexico, and $6 million jury award against Meta and YouTube, owned by Google, were the first to use new legal theories to blame social...

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Old Westbury to Pay Lubavitch $19M, Permit Chabad Center After Decades-Long Legal Fight

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:58:45 EST

]]>Under a consent decree, negotiated by the parties and ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Gary Brown of the Eastern District of New York, the village's insurer must pay the settlement by April 15,...

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Giuliani Must Face Former Employee's Wage and Assault Claims, Judge Rules

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:02:15 EST

]]>Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Nicolas Moyne denied Rudy Giuliani's motion to dismiss the lawsuit, noting defense concessions undercut key defense arguments, including challenges related to the...

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Source of Income Discrimination Law Becomes a Source of Contention and Confusion

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:58:41 EST

]]>Gary Rosenberg, Cori Rosen, and Ethan Cohen discuss a recent landmark decision from the Appellate Division, Third Department, which held that it is unconstitutional for the New York State's Human...

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NYC Bar Association Presents Botein Award to 4 Recipients

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:11:50 EST

]]>On March 30, the New York City Bar Association presented its annual Bernard Botein Medal for outstanding contributions to the administration of the courts by non-judicial personnel in the First...

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Reconsidering the Child Support Standards Act in Equal Parenting Cases

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:59:59 EST

]]>Paul Talbert and Georgianna Lane examine how New York's child support framework operates in modern parenting arrangements and discuss the need to reassess how support is calculated when parents share...

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Housing Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over Sufferance; Delayed Repairs After Fire Deemed Harassment: This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:54:08 EST

]]>Scott Mollen discusses ‘Gomez v. Gomez,' where the Housing Court held that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction to recover possession from tenants at sufferance. He also discusses...

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Judicial Ethics Opinion 25-154

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 06:59:59 EST

]]>A judge may liquidate his/her personal household items through a yard sale or on an online platform, provided he/she does so solely as a private citizen without indicating his/her judicial status and...

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The Battle Over Prediction Markets and What It Means for Fintech Companies and Counsel

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 03:13:59 EST

]]>This article discusses the rapid rise of prediction markets—where users trade contracts based on future events—and the evolving regulatory landscape. The CFTC claims broad authority over...

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The 'Aggrievement' Requirement

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 03:03:59 EST

]]>This article explains that only “aggrieved parties—those harmed or denied relief—can appeal court decisions under CPLR 5511. Courts can assess aggrievement on their own, and simply...

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Tuesday Newspaper

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:00:59 EST

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Kirkland Recruits Latham Team in Houston

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:29:44 EST

]]>One Latham & Watkins energy and infrastructure partner is expected to lead a team of lawyers to Kirkland & Ellis in Houston.

Syracuse Law Rolls Out Dual Degree in Sport Analytics

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:37:00 EST

]]>The program comes amid “increasing demand for professionals who can navigate the complex intersection of law, analytics, and sport business," according to one program leader.

Court of Appeals Municipal Update

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:12:35 EST

]]>The New York Court of Appeals clarified that claims of false arrest, malicious prosecution, and assault require strict notice of claim procedures, and mere allegations or records do not prove the...

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NY Trial Lawyers Join Albany Lawmakers to Protest Governor's Proposed Auto Insurance Reforms

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:51:48 EST

]]>Andrew Finkelstein, president of the 3,500-member New York State Trial Lawyers Association, said under Hochul's controversial plan, the system would continue to reward insurers for delaying and...

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Westchester Judge Cites ‘Pattern of Domestic Violence' in Holding Former Managing Partner in Contempt

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:40:58 EST

]]>A Westchester Supreme Court judge has found a former managing partner in civil and criminal contempt for failing to pay child support and repeatedly disparaging his ex-wife on TikTok, in violation of...

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'I Feel Toasted': New York City Bar Association Stages Musical Roast of Circuit Judge Gerard Lynch

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:45:43 EST

]]>The biographical musical, “Best in Class: Saint Gerard of Ridgewood, was performed by over a dozen lawyers and judges in the New York City Bar Association's Manhattan building on Friday.

Trailblazing Female Judges and Former AUSAs Reveal the Real History of Women at SDNY

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:32:05 EST

]]>A discussion on women in the SDNY was moderated by former AUSA and current SDNY Judge Cathy Seibel and panelists included former AUSA's and SDNY Judges Naomi Buchwald and Denise Cote as well as trial...

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Syracuse Judge Who Refused to Officiate at Same-Sex Marriage Is Censured

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:34:34 EST

]]>The state judicial watchdog's ruling comes after the Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics declined to answer for the Syracuse judge whether she could refuse to officiate a same-sex wedding based on...

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Buffalo Bills Hand GC Post to Early-Career Lawyer Who's Made Herself 'Incredible Resource'

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:19:00 EST

]]>Toni Cannady has been deeply involved in legal work for the team's new, $2.2 billion stadium, which opens this year.

Vibe Lawyering Creates Privilege and Confidentiality Concerns

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:06:57 EST

]]>F. Paul Greene and Michael-Anthony Bou Jaoude discuss the impact of “vibe lawyering —when non-lawyers use AI to research, analyze a legal issue and develop legal strategy—and they...

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Bank of America Agrees To $72.5M Deal to End Epstein Survivor's Lawsuit

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:46:17 EST

]]>Boies Schiller Flexner and Edwards Henderson stated that the deal provided a substantial recovery for survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, while sparing them the risk of further litigation.

Polished Apologies: Sexual Groomers' Words at Sentencing

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:35:54 EST

]]>Remorse involves true moral understanding and acknowledgment of harm. Defendants convicted of sexual abuse often deliver rehearsed apologies that aim to show remorse and seek leniency. Genuine...

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The Oncoming Tokenization of Securities

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:20:06 EST

]]>Tokenizing securities can boost liquidity, efficiency, and access in finance. Regulators like the SEC and Fed confirm that tokenized securities remain subject to existing laws and will be treated the...

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Botein Awards Ceremony To Be Held Tonight

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:59:59 EST

]]>The award, sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, will be presented to four employees of the First Department for outstanding contributions to the administration of justice. The ceremony...

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Morgan Lewis Adds 4 Partners From Baker McKenzie in Past Week

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:59:59 EST

]]>Morgan Lewis brought on a four-person tax team in New York from Baker McKenzie including three partners on Monday, days after it hired a employment litigator from the firm in Miami.

Attorneys ‘On the Move': Nixon Peabody Adds Former Federal Prosecutor as Partner; BRG Launches AI Practice With Senior Hires

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:59:59 EST

]]>And other announcements of recent hirings and promotions of New York attorneys.

Commission: 'Storytelling' Jurist Should Be Removed for Repeating Racial Slur

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:24:01 EST

]]>An assistant public defender told her colleagues via text that she and the other witness, upon hearing the judge's repeated use of the slur, "wanted to crawl into a hole and never come out.”

'This Is About Control': Boar's Head Faces Revival of Labor Claims in New York Appellate Court

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:52:37 EST

]]>The Appellate Division, Second Department revived labor-law claims brought by three Boar's Head distributors, finding they plausibly alleged the company exercised extensive control over their...

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US Appeals Court Rejects $16.1 Billion Judgment Against Argentina, Rejecting Investors' Claim

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:54:52 EST

]]>Former investors in Argentina's largest energy company sued Argentina after nationalizing the firm, winning a gargantuan judgment that amounted to nearly half of Argentina's 2024 national budget. But...

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Albany Diocese's Bankruptcy Case Includes $148M Settlement With Survivors of Childhood Abuse

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:31:07 EST

]]>The settlement was said to be among the largest contributions by a Roman Catholic diocese to a survivor settlement fund in all of New York. The agreement does not contain any money from The Hartford...

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OpenAI's Sora Shutdown Scuttles $1B Disney Deal, Raising ‘Slow-Roll' Suspicions

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:25:16 EST

]]>Legal experts say the sudden collapse of the high-profile partnership highlights the risks of “light agreements and the shifting priorities of OpenAI, which is eyeing a 2026 IPO.

Deutsche Bank Must Face Claims of Fabricating Anti-Asian Bias Report to Fire Whistleblowing Executive

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:15:06 EST

]]>Deutsche Bank looked to toss a whistleblower retaliation suit from its former head of operations in the Americas, Noah Ramos, arguing he hadn't specifically alleged what misconduct he believed...

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Crimea Arbitration Awards and the Complex Path to Enforcement in U.S. Courts

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:41:43 EST

]]>Over the past few years, there have been a number of arbitration awards against Russia arising out its annexation of Crimea. Recent rulings by the D.C. Court of Appeals provide important...

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Women Lawyers Earn Less if They Work Remotely

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:33:44 EST

]]>In the legal profession, the central challenge is not unequal pay within the same job.

Faked Out by Deepfake

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:59:59 EST

]]>"The long-feared danger of A.I. has arrived. The question of how to control it becomes particularly unsettling in the criminal context. In the world of artificial intelligence, one has to question...

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Is 'Stare Decisis Overrated?'

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:59:59 EST

]]>Former Court of Appeals Judge Joseph Bellacosa argues that the long-standing principle of stare decisis remains vital foundation and should continue to guide courts in maintaining a reliable rule of...

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