A lawyer representing companies in the artificial intelligence space and a plaintiffs counsel suing them argued the merits of the mounting copyright claims over generative AI.        

Whether or not the New York firm opts to match associate raises announced by Milbank earlier this month will have an outsized impact on the behavior of the rest of the market.        

David Sherman’s return to Kirkland marks the latest move in a back-and-forth talent battle between the two top firms over investment funds talent.        

Some of the rates requested by Quinn Emanuel—$1,690 per hour for a lead partner or $1,385 per hour for associates—were unrealistic for the Richmond, Virginia, market in the present case, the court found.        

Rate increases, by an average of nearly 8%, have helped the industry see an uptick in revenue between the second and third quarters.        

An injured workers’ comp attorney sued his own firm for failing to reimburse his CBD oil expenses. A Pennsylvania court said the firm needs to pay up.        

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Judges will be “parsing the science” to determine whether a listed chemical is conclusively carcinogenic, one lawyer said.        

“For purposes of accuracy and analysis, it would make things much more clear to the market if there were three tiers: income partner, hybrid and full equity,” says one recruiter.        

One trial, which opened Nov. 9, settled on Wednesday, according to court records, while another trial set to begin Nov. 13 settled after jurors were seated. The amounts of the settlements weren’t disclosed.