On Thursday, Swedish legal tech startup Leya announced a $10.5 million investment round led by Benchmark’s Chetan Puttagunta, with participation from Hummingbird, SV Angel and Y-Combinator. Founded in 2023, Leya offers a generative AI assistant that looks to help streamline legal tasks such as document analysis, due-diligence review, data extraction,…

The Paul Hastings attorneys representing U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, in his bribery and extortion trial have begun to argue that Menendez was unaware of his wife’s conduct—but that strategy involves risk, white-collar defense expert Michael Weinstein of Cole Schotz said Thursday. “You’re dealing with a very sophisticated political…

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chair Martin Gruenberg said Thursday that he is committed to improving the agency’s workplace culture following a report that found sexual harassment and discrimination at the FDIC. “As chairman, I take full responsibility to anyone who has experienced sexual harassment. discrimination or other misconduct at the FDIC.”…

Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com Convicted con woman Anna Sorokin used her latest court appearance in New York to promote a client of her fashion public relations firm, showing off a custom outfit complete with her ankle monitor. The so-called “fake heiress,” also known as Anna Delvey, arrived at…

The Lex Mundi network of independent law firms has selected a partner from its Mexican affiliate to chair the group as it undertakes a new strategic plan. Carlos Velázquez De León, who is a partner at Basham, Ringe y Correa and has served on Lex Mundi’s board of directors since…

Financial, client relationship and practice management software provider SurePoint Technologies announced on Thursday that it acquired legal business intelligence and analytics company Leopard Solutions. The financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded by Laura Leopard in 2002, Leopard Solutions offers competitive intelligence, benchmark reports, and law firm and corporate counsel databases,…