Joel Weinshanker on Graceland, protests, coronavirus  A company intending to auction Elvis Presley’s iconic Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, withdrew the plan on Wednesday following a state judge’s move to block the sale because of fraud allegations. Reuters learned through a representative of Naussany Investments & Private Lending that it…

Technology adoption in legal enterprises, now occurring at unprecedented rates, heralds significant shifts not only in the practice of law but also in its business dynamics. Several of these changes are transformative, software and cloud-driven, with aspects of artificial intelligence loaded in. Yet, amid this rapid integration, the essence of…

Jones Day Enters Fray on OSHA Walkaround Inspections Rule | Texas Lawyer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2024/05/22/jones-day-enters-fray-on-osha-walkaround-inspections-rule/ Jones Day Washington, D.C. offices. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM The U.S. Chamber and other plaintiffs complain the rule will give plaintiffs’ attorneys “a front-row seat on inspections to ferret out potential opportunities for litigation…

In South Florida, a survey of election ballots shows that dozens of incumbent judges were automatically reelected to the circuit court bench, ahead of the Aug. 20 primary and Nov. 5 runoff elections, because no one opposed them. Former Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Alan Fine, who is a partner at Private Resolutions in…

During the week of the “Microsoft Build” developer conference, on Wednesday, two new legal tech companies—NetDocuments and CLM provider Evisort—announced integrations with Microsoft Copilot, the company’s generative AI chatbot assistant that is powered by the Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service. In a press release, Evisort noted that its integration with Copilot enables…

In paying the highest-earning equity partners more than $20 million, or around nine times more than their lowest-paid counterparts, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett joined a handful of peer Am Law 50 firms that can compete for the industry’s most successful rainmakers. A decade ago, it would have been “unheard of” to pay partners…