In her May 8 order, U.S. District Judge Miranda Du, in Nevada, ruled that a “mere use of algorithmic pricing” doesn’t make an antitrust conspiracy.
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Big Law's AI Talent War Aims to Influence Software Development
In the last month alone, Latham & Watkins, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, DLA Piper and Reed Smith have hired technology specialists to newly created roles.
'Soccer Through and Through': This Ballard Spahr Partner Just Guided Her 14-Year-Old Son to an Unprecedented Pro Deal
Heike Sullivan, who leads the firm’s private client practice, played soccer at Penn. Now all four of her boys are affiliated with the Philadelphia Union, including her youngest, Cavan, who could be the youngest player to ever appear in an MLS match.
2nd Circuit Clarifies When 'Pay-for-Delay' Deals Are Legal in Tossing Antitrust Claims
The appeals court said the settlement payments in the underlying case represented fair value for goods or services in a commercial relationship, thus justified under the Supreme Court’s decision in “Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis.”
CLOC 2024 Takeaways: Gen AI Is Changing Everything, and 'Data Is the New Gold'
“The future is written in data. There’s no way to engage with the challenges ahead of us if we don’t become masters of collecting and exploiting it,” said Jenn McCarron, CLOC president.
Steno Secures $46 Million in Capital, Launches Gen AI-Powered 'Transcript Genius'
Steno’s new tool, Transcript Genius, uses Anthropic’s Claude 3 Opus model to generate document summaries, interrogate transcript contents and conduct semantic searches.
'Walk a Fine Line': Managing Hyperpolarized Environment Zooms Up Employers' List of Worries
“It is important to allow employees the time and space to share their stories and perceptions in both formal and informal ways,” the DEI consultant Seramount says in a new report.
Perkins Coie Launching in London, Hiring Former White & Case PE Leader
Ian Bagshaw, who will lead a team of six, said there’s an opening in the London market for Perkins’ focus on tech and the mid-market.
Sixth Circuit Joins Sister Circuits on Questions About Jurisdiction for Online Retailers
“Regardless of the type of business at issue, if a company holds itself out to a jurisdiction’s business and does regular commerce there, it has fair warning that it could be subject to suit in that location,” Stranch concluded.
Michael Cohen Testifies Donald Trump Approved Phony Legal Fees Payments
Cohen was paid $420,000 across 12 months in 2017, he testified. The payments were falsely billed as for “legal services rendered” and would be concealed given his new role as personal attorney to the president.