FTX moved one step closer to finalizing a reorganization plan on June 25, with a Delaware bankruptcy judge allowing the cryptocurrency exchange to go forward with a creditor vote on a liquidation plan. Several parties argued the disclosure statement that’s part of the plan didn’t meet the legal standard for…

White & Case and Kirkland & Ellis are advising as private equity giant KKR snaps up festivals group Superstruct Entertainment, in the latest example of a PE major acquiring a U.K. asset. White & Case is advising Providence Equity Partners, which owns Superstruct, while Kirkland is acting for longtime client…

In the backdrop of a key New York primary race for district attorney, a rotating billboard on an Albany highway weighed in, but, critics say, displayed cynicism toward criminal defendants’ constitutional right to counsel. The large signboard contains a photo of prominent defense lawyer Lee Kindlon, and reads “Limo Lee.”

Ashurst has rolled out generative AI platform Harvey across all its offices worldwide, providing access to all its lawyers and business services staff. It comes as several firms look at ways to leverage new AI technology, including Harvery, with whom several law firms have partnered, over the past two years, including A&O…

A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit rejected gunmaker Smith & Wesson’s attempt to quash a subpoena stemming from a consumer fraud probe of the company by New Jersey’s attorney general. In a precedential decision, the court of appeals affirmed a U.S. District Court…

A climate activist group has called on Linklaters to decline any further instructions on new fossil fuel infrastructure, after the firm was identified as a top adviser of fossil fuel transactions.  Lawyers Are Responsible, a group which campaigns for top law firms to cut ties to the fossil fuel industry, has…