The Howard Research and Development Corp. will pay nearly $17 million in compensatory damages after a jury unanimously determined it kept IMH Columbia from developing a six-acre lakefront site on Lake Kittamaqundi.        

The Wall Street law firm’s national security group will initially have five co-heads and about a dozen attorneys “actively involved,” said Anthony Lewis, Sullivan & Cromwell partner.        

The companies are seeking to end an ongoing, parallel case that an Activision shareholder, the Swedish pension fund Sjunde AP-fonden, has been pursuing since November 2022.        

A look at the latest challenges facing Columbia, CUNY and NYU law schools.        

“Practicing while remaining healthy during COVID was a real challenge that required, in some respects, a significant shift in the way we worked and interacted. During that period, versatility and creativity kept me afloat.’        

Colombia-born Leticia Ossa Daza, who created the Latin America practice at Willkie Farr, will now do the same for Paul Weiss as the U.S. firm targets the region for growth.        

“I doubt that January 6 would have ever occurred had it not been for the enabling of that effort by lawyers of the legal profession,” said Michael Luttig, formerly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.       Related StoriesAI in Arbitration? and Judicial Nominations Roundup – EnclosureJudges in the Hot Seat Over Oral […]

Sabastian Niles joined the CRM giant in July, giving up his career as one of the nation’s top legal advisers on M&A and shareholder activism.        

“We believe that Mr. Zuckerberg’s role puts him in a unique position: he is synonymous with Meta and, as a result, negative sentiment regarding our company is directly associated with, and often transferred to, Mr. Zuckerberg,” the company’s proxy statement says.        

While AI in the legal profession still has a long way to go before it truly replaces the role of lawyers and judges on a large scale, AI has many uses that can increase efficiency. It is likely that we will only see AI take on a larger role and continue to change the way […]