Hebbia, a generative artificial intelligence-powered startup that can search and analyze documents, made a new hire and reportedly closed a large funding round last week.  On June 27, TechCrunch reported that the company had raised nearly $100 million in a Series B round, led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), reportedly bringing…

The U.S. Supreme Court’s striking down of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s ability to seek fines through administrative court proceedings will likely affect how federal agencies across the government assess financial penalties, administrative law professors said.  Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., writing for the court’s 6-3 majority in SEC v.…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently issued an important decision on the use of taser force against a passively resisting suspect. In Saalim v. Walmart, 97 F. 4th 995 (6th Cir. 2024), the court held that the officer’s tasing of a suspect who was only passively…

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has launched a new U.K. training contract in a move that complements its rapid expansion in the U.K. capital. It will also offer a market-leading sum of £180,000 to its newly qualified lawyers, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

It’s been less than two weeks since voters decided retiring Gwinnett Judicial Circuit Division 5 Judge Karen Beyers’ replacement with a runoff election on June 18. Now Judge-elect Tuwanda Rush Williams is preparing to transition from serving most recently as Thompson O’Brien Kappler & Nasuti of counsel to serving Gwinnett County constituents…

By now, litigators appreciate that a degree of technological expertise is needed to practice law effectively. Everyone has heard about the unfortunate attorney in Texas who appeared at a Zoom hearing as a worried kitten. But in the past year, attorneys have become more attuned to the potential and risks…