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U.S. law firms are entering 2025 with confidence, buoyed by strong financial performances in 2024 and growing opportunities in emerging practice areas. Legal industry analysts from Citigroup’s Citi Global Wealth at Work Law Firm Group and Hildebrandt Consulting, in their latest annual client advisory, highlighted law firms’ positive outlook, driven by revenue growth and strategic…
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Trump Appoints Antitrust Expert Gail Slater to Lead DOJ’s Antitrust Division President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday named Gail Slater, a seasoned antitrust expert, to head the Department of Justice’s antitrust division. Slater will oversee major cases targeting corporate giants like Google, Apple, and Visa, signaling a continued crackdown on monopolistic practices in Big Tech and…
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Conservative Justices Signal Support for Tennessee’s Gender-Affirming Care Ban The conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed support for a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. This case, part of a broader culture war over transgender rights, could influence similar laws across the country. The court heard arguments in…
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Federal Judge Blocks Nationwide Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act A federal judge in Texas has blocked the enforcement of an anti-money laundering law that requires corporations to disclose their real beneficial owners to the U.S. Treasury Department. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant issued a nationwide injunction, ruling that the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act…
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday achieved the confirmation of three additional nominees for trial court judgeships as Senate Democrats continued their efforts to fill judicial vacancies before Republican President-elect Donald Trump assumes office. The Democratic-led Senate approved Sparkle Sooknanan, an official in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, as a life-tenured federal district court judge…
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A Massachusetts judge, Shelley Joseph, who faced criminal charges during Donald Trump’s first presidency for allegedly impeding a federal immigration arrest in her courtroom, now faces new allegations of willful misconduct from state judicial disciplinary authorities. On Monday, the Massachusetts Judicial Conduct Commission filed formal charges against Judge Joseph, focusing on the same conduct at…
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Donald Trump on Tuesday urged a New York state judge to dismiss the criminal case in which a jury convicted him in May of 34 felony counts related to hush money payments to a porn star. He based his request on his victory in the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election. Trump’s lawyers asked Justice Juan…
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A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that Idaho can enforce its “abortion trafficking” law against individuals who harbor or transport a minor out of state for an abortion without parental consent. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a portion of the law that prohibits “recruiting” a minor for an abortion.…
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Apple (AAPL.O) faces accusations in a new lawsuit of illegally monitoring its workers’ personal devices and iCloud accounts while preventing them from discussing their pay and working conditions. Amar Bhakta, an Apple employee in digital advertising, filed the complaint in California state court on Sunday. Bhakta claims Apple requires employees to install software on personal…
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A Delaware judge ruled on Monday that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is still not entitled to a $56 billion compensation package, despite Tesla shareholders voting in June to reinstate it. Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Court of Chancery issued the ruling, following her January decision to rescind the pay package, calling it excessive. This ruling…
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