The latest lawsuits are in addition to four launched in March asking for CA$4.55 billion to compensate for damages resulting from students’ addiction to platforms like TikTok and Snapchat.        

Overall U.S. law firm leasing activity during Q1 of 2024 was higher than Q1 during the last four years, a new report from Savills Law Firm Tenant found.        

The appeals court weighed whether to allow New York to enforce its statute barring the practice of law by nonlawyers.        

“The mutual combat doctrine arose back in the mid-1990s. And since that period of time, there have been maybe seven or eight cases that have worked their way through the appellate courts,” the plaintiff-appellants argued. “All those cases have one thing in common. The combatants had absolutely no connection whatsoever with the establishment.”        

“A reasonable person who is not motivated by political or ideological considerations or a desire to affect the outcome of Supreme Court cases would conclude that this event does not meet the applicable standard for recusal,” the justice wrote in a letter to lawmakers.        

While it likely won’t influence any of his political supporters, a guilty verdict would open many a can of worms on what comes next.        

Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick said she’s holding defense counsel to their word and will leave the door open for the motions to be raised again if they don’t keep it.        

“This marks a milestone in reimagining legal education,” ASU Law Dean Stacy Leeds said in a statement.        

“As a lifelong Republican and Floridian, I cannot imagine a more qualified nominee to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida,” said Beatriz Azcuy, an Am Law 100 firm co-managing partner.        

This article describes certain key developments in the period from passage of the CHIPS Act through the present day, and provides a brief survey of key grantmaking and investment activity by U.S. government agencies since passage of the Act.