At a Friday hearing, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said she planned to reject social media’s request to grant interlocutory appeal of her Nov. 14 ruling refusing to dismiss addiction claims.        

Based on his hours in the classroom, the adjunct professor earned $75 per hour for teaching the banking law course, and approximately $102 per hour for the second course—rates “far exceeding” Maine’s minimum wage and salary-basis requirement in Section 663(3)K, the court determined.        

“In this complex and evolving landscape, lawyers must decide whether and to what extent AI can be used so as to maintain compliance with ethical standards without falling behind their colleagues,” the notice said.        

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“We thought we would enjoy the flexibility of a smaller firm, and we thought our clients would enjoy it also,” said Rob Vartabedian, who’s leaving alongside partner Conrad Hester.        

Plaintiff Kaloma Cardwell’s attorney, David Jeffries, argued that his client was fired in a retaliatory fashion by partners aiming to shield the firm’s reputation.        

“We’re seeing more and more clients form virtual law firms to select the best from each firm, a dream team, so to speak,” Shook Hardy’s Jennifer Stevenson said.        

FTC official Manish Kumar said the Justice Department and the FTC expect companies to “preserve and produce any and all responsive documents, including data from ephemeral messaging applications designed to hide evidence.”