One of 12 disciplinary rules pending approval of the Texas Supreme Court would bring Texas in line with other states, and make it harder for parties to “conflict-out” law firms because of who they hire. A rule titled “Imputation of Conflicts of Interest: General Rule,” also known as the “screening…

Online legal services site LegalZoom.com Inc. has been hit with a New Jersey class action claiming it engages in the unauthorized practice of law. LegalZoom allegedly engages in the unauthorized practice of law because it does not fit the statutory definition of a professional service corporation and because its owners include…

Samsung Electronics, represented by a team from O’Melveny, recently filed a complaint for declaratory judgment against Oura Health, maker of the Oura smart ring, asking the Northern District of California to preemptively declare that Samsung’s soon-to-be-released Galaxy Ring doesn’t infringe on Oura’s patents. “This action arises from Oura’s pattern of…

A divided federal appeals court on Monday blocked a venture capital’s grant program for Black businesswomen and sparred over whether a conservative group could actually bring the lawsuit claiming the fund violated its members’ civil rights. The split U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit found that a contest…

AI Boom Has Left Employers With Head-Spinning Governance Challenges | Corporate Counsel Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/corpcounsel/2024/06/04/ai-boom-has-left-employers-with-head-spinning-governance-challenges/ Credit: bizvector/Adobe Stock ANALYSIS Businesses and governments are “grappling with how to set boundaries while staying competitive in the technology transformation race,” FTI Technology Global CEO Sophie Ross said. June 04, 2024 at 02:05…

Novo Nordisk filed a flurry of lawsuits across the United States last week claiming various entities, including weight loss clinics and medical spas, violated its trademark and falsely advertised its semaglutide products, Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus. The pharmaceutical company filed nine lawsuits accusing the defendants of misappropriating its marks to…