Donald Trump was found in contempt and hit with yet another $1,000 fine for violating the gag order in his Manhattan criminal case on Monday, with the presiding judge warning the former president he would consider jail time for future violations. “The last thing I want to do is put…

DLA Piper’s affiliate in Colombia has broken away from the global law firm’s network, taking more than 120 lawyers with them. In a joint statement, DLA Piper and Martínez Beltrán said the cooperation agreement that began in 2015 ended on April 30, after which the Colombian firm will no longer…

The early days of SEC cyber-incident disclosures haven’t revealed much—and that may be a problem. Thirteen companies have filed 8-Ks disclosing “material” cybersecurity incidents since the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules took effect in mid-December. But the filings have been largely cursory, which corporate attorneys say stems from the SEC’s…

Former Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider filed a complaint last week alleging defamation against producers of the Warner Bros. Discovery docuseries “Quiet on Set,” which falsely implies he sexually abused children who worked on Nickelodeon television shows from the early 1990s to mid-2010s. This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM’s source for immediate alerting…

Potential new opportunities are on the horizon for law firms in Hong Kong and Shanghai after the respective governments reached a consensus to deepen collaboration in 15 key sectors, including legal services. Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee and Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng presided over the agreements at the Sixth…

It has become a trend in many circuit courts to order cases to nonbinding arbitration, either in place of mediation or after a case reaches an impasse at mediation. Some courts use nonbinding arbitration regularly to encourage settlement and clear their dockets. Other courts use this form of alternate dispute…