The Utah federal district court ordered the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to pay seven figures in attorney and receivership fees to two Am Law 100 firms and a New York law firm over the agency’s litigation against a cryptocurrency startup and additional defendants. The defendants include Digital Licensing, also…

The Georgia Court of Appeals recently overturned half a million dollars in professional negligence sanctions against law firm Scrudder Bass Quillian Horlock Lazarus & Adele. Doing so, the court found a DeKalb County trial court abused its discretion by issuing the penalty and addressing a firm’s duty of confidentiality when…

Barron’s deputy editor Ben Levisohn, reporter Carleton English and associate editor Jack Hough discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on the music industry on ‘Barron’s Roundtable.’ Cher has won a legal battle with Mary Bono over royalties from Cher’s work with late ex-husband Sonny Bono. According to documents obtained by…

Gartner Predicts Legal Tech Market Will Hit $50 Billion by 2027. Is That Realistic? | Legaltech News Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/legaltechnews/2024/05/30/gartner-predicts-legal-tech-market-will-hit-50-billion-by-2027-is-that-realistic/ Credit: growth.ai/Adobe Stock ANALYSIS A report by Gartner predicts that generative AI will fuel a rapid rise in legal tech spending over the next few years. But some aren’t…

Speaker: Lawyers in Assembly Majority Are Concerned About Prejudicial Impact of ‘Molineux’ Bill | New York Law Journal Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2024/05/30/speaker-lawyers-in-assembly-majority-are-concerned-about-prejudicial-impact-of-molineux-bill/ Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie speaks during a press conference in 2021 in Albany, New York. Photo: Ryland West/ALM Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, said his chamber isn’t likely…

Brazilian law firm Mattos Filho reported steady revenue in 2023 in a year of dry capital markets and anemic economic growth in Latin America’s largest economy. The full-service firm, one of the only law firms that discloses financial results in Latin America, said its gross revenue came in at 1.4…