Paul Hastings is bringing on a 12-lawyer, three-partner global litigation team from a prominent litigation and investigations boutique in Paris. The group is led by veteran white-collar and investigations partner Antonin Lévy, who brings along partners Ophélia Claude and Joris Monin de Flaugergues, both also joining as partners. They will…

9th Circuit Weighs Whether Hawaii’s Second Amendment Butterfly Knives Case Is Moot | National Law Journal Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2024/06/25/9th-circuit-weighs-whether-hawaiis-second-amendment-butterfly-knives-case-is-moot/ Daniel Collins testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing to be a judge on the  U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in March 2019. Photo: Diego…

Partners David D. Samani of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith and Kenneth P. White of Brown White & Osborn have stepped in to represent Stein Saks and several of its attorneys in a pending civil RICO lawsuit. The complaint was filed June 3 in California Central District Court by Jones…

Major record labels including Capitol Records and Sony Music Entertainment on Monday sued two music-focused generative artificial intelligence companies, accusing them of “willful copyright infringement on an almost unimaginable scale.” The lawsuits allege that the generative AI companies, Udio and Suno, copied “decades’ worth of the world’s most popular sound…

Data Dive: Multidistrict Litigation Makes Up Much of the U.S. Civil Caseload | Law.com Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/2024/06/25/mdls-make-up-more-than-half-of-u-s-cases-whether-its-65-or-71/ US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation NEWS According to fiscal year 2023 statistics from the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts, and the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, multidistrict litigation now makes…

High Court Removes Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson From Bench | Daily Report Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2024/06/25/we-lost-the-ultimate-battle-supreme-court-removes-judge-christina-peterson-from-bench/ (Top L-R) Judge Christina J. Peterson, S Lester Tate III, Dwight H. Chamberlin (Bottom L-R) Courtney Veal and Ashton Murphy. (Courtesy photos) NEWS “Procedurally, I’m pleased that we were able to provide…