A surge in filings in the Nashville federal court made U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr. the most active antitrust judge in 2023.        

Plaintiffs lawyers in the Ozempic multidistrict litigation organized a leadership team of 30 attorneys, but one Florida attorney objected to the proposed slate, which she says appears to be composed of ‘repeat players.’        

Olga Mack, a fellow at the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and Damien Riehl, vice president and solutions champion at legal tech platform vLex, hope to generate a conversation that will make lawyers think twice about how they refer to their colleagues.        

Coming off a year of record revenue, KLDiscovery is facing significant debt repayments by June—in excess of $260 million—that some say may force the highly leveraged company into a restructuring plan.        

Some law firms are reportedly “receiving five to six resumes a day from DOJ candidates,” noted Dan Binstock, a partner at D.C.-headquartered search firm Garrison.        

Each pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud. The remaining defendant in the case, former DWAC board member Bruce Garelick, has pleaded not guilty to securities fraud charges.        

“Sharing these assets makes our ecosystem stronger by allowing other operating companies to acquire patents that they can use to protect their innovation,” said Jeremiah Chan, Meta’s head of patents, licensing and open source.        

“[E]very lawyer here knows what the test is to determine whether a crypto asset was offered and sold as an investment contract, and therefore a security: It’s the Howey test,” said Gurbir Grewal.        

Managing partner Danny David, who took on the managing partner role on Aug. 1, said 2023 was a year of investments and focus on adding strength to strength.        

Brad Karp confirmed that having a “strong presence in Brussels” was a “strategic imperative” as the firm works on cross-border M&A work and consequential client matters.