Morgan Lewis & Bockius is expanding in Germany, adding on two Reed Smith intellectual property partners in Munich and a Milbank private equity partner in Frankfurt. IP attorney Dr. Alexander Klett is joining Morgan Lewis effective Monday, while his Reed Smith colleague Dr. Christoph Mikyska will be joining on an…

A Miami attorney intends to move for reconsideration of a report and recommendation issued Saturday by a federal magistrate judge finding that William Fuller’s and Martin Pinilla’s objection to Joe Carollo and his wife’s homestead exemption claim should be overruled. Jeffrey Gutchess, a partner at AXS Law Group, represents the…

A federal appeals court panel, constrained against its will by a 44-year-old circuit precedent, suggested an attorney sued for allegedly stealing clients from his former firm challenge the circuit’s removal rule. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reluctantly dismissed the appeal of Houston…

Generative artificial intelligence holds the promise of generating significant cost savings and efficiencies for companies. With the rapid development of generative AI technology, however, companies need to understand the evolving legal and regulatory risks of AI use. Recent regulatory action in the United States and Europe has most often addressed…

A split U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit panel last week allowed a federal inmate’s excessive force claim against several prison officials to proceed, extending the right to sue federal officers for damages over constitutional violations under a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision. Andrew Fields claims that officers’ use…

Morgan Lewis & Bockius is expanding in Germany, adding on two Reed Smith intellectual property partners in Munich and a Milbank private equity partner in Frankfurt. IP attorney Dr. Alexander Klett is joining Morgan Lewis effective Monday, while his Reed Smith colleague Dr. Christoph Mikyska will be joining on an…