A religious-discrimination lawsuit alleging two former employees were wrongfully terminated after failing to comply with their employer’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements has survived a motion for summary judgment. Defendant PACT MSO LLC, a medical practice management services organization, filed a motion for summary judgment against the two former employees, Amanda Cesare…

Colorado became the first state to sign into law an artificial intelligence-specific law, the Colorado AI Act, on May 17. The law, which focuses on regulating algorithmic discrimination in “high-risk” sectors such as employment and housing and education, applies to all developers and deployers of this technology, operating in Colorado,…

A New York judge on Thursday denied motions to set aside a jury verdict finding the National Rifle Association and its current and former senior officers liable for misconduct that included mismanagement and corruption. “I cannot conclude in any of these motions that the jury verdict was irrational or against…

The Ontario Bar Association has hired Canadian legal tech visionary Colin Lachance as its 2024-25 innovator-in-residence, appointing him to spearhead an initiative to assist lawyers across the profession with effectively integrating artificial intelligence into their practices. Lachance co-founded the legal tech startup Jurisage AI, which merged with CiteRight in September of…

Coinbase has been hit with a fresh nationwide securities class action amid its ongoing litigation with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The proposed class action, filed by Rosen Law Firm on Wednesday in the Northern District of California, accuses the cryptocurrency exchange company of violating California and Florida securities law by selling unregistered…

As merger interest in the legal industry runs rampant, several Big Law firms are in merger talks or in the process of integrating from a merger. But an untold number of law firms have left merger discussions in recent years, halted by differences over culture, financials or leadership. A look back…