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A 60-second spot highlights an emerging strategy, seeking to turn consumers against the plaintiffs’ bar and litigation funders.

Ex-Deputy US Attorney General Rosenstein Joins Baker McKenzie

Rod Rosenstein, a former acting US attorney general during President Donald Trump’s first administration, has joined Baker McKenzie from King & Spalding.

DOJ Aims to Boot WilmerHale as 23andMe Privacy Reviewer Counsel

WilmerHale shouldn’t be permitted to represent a law professor making privacy-related recommendations about the sale of 23andMe’s customers’ genetic data while also performing work for bidder Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. on unrelated matters, the Justice Department’s bankruptcy watchdog said.

GWG Bondholders Sue Over Ex-Bankruptcy Judge’s Secret Romance

Former GWG Holdings Inc. bondholders sued over an undisclosed relationship between a onetime bankruptcy judge and an attorney involved in the life insurance company’s bankruptcy, alleging “unprecedented and systemic corruption.”

The Real Winner in Weinstein Case Is His Lawyer, Arthur Aidala

Arthur Aidala had an unexpected confession in his final message to jurors: His wife doesn’t always want to have sex with him.

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Kirkland & Ellis retained its crown as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2024, nabbing several of the largest transactions of the year.

Steven Davis and the Rise and Fall of Dewey & LeBoeuf

On May 28, 2012, Dewey & LeBoeuf, the product of a merger between two storied New York law firms, filed for bankruptcy. For the first time, Dewey's former chair Steven Davis opens up about the years, months, and weeks leading to his firm's collapse, the decisions he made and, looking back, whether he would have done anything differently.

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Circle’s Allaire Seeks to Partner With More Merchants

Circle Internet Group Inc.’s Jeremy Allaire pointed out that a report that Walmart Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. are exploring the use of stablecoins is the type of fresh market opportunities available for the largest US issuer of the digital tokens.