Ever since 2022, when Australia’s Wotton + Kearney sold a 30% stake in the firm to a private equity firm, its growth has taken off. Over the past three years, Wotton + Kearney has opened two new offices, increased revenue by 80%, and more than doubled its lawyer head count, from 220…

Alphabet, Google, YouTube and OpenAI were slapped with class actions for allegedly using  YouTube content creators’ material to train artificial intelligence models without the creators’ consent. Two complaints—one against OpenAI and one against Google, YouTube and their parent company, Alphabet—were filed on Aug. 2 by Bursor & Fisher in the U.S. District Court…

Morgan Lewis and Sidley Defend Amazon.com as Antitrust Case Moves to SDNY | National Law Journal Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2024/08/06/morgan-lewis-and-sidley-defend-amazon-com-as-antitrust-case-moves-to-sdny/ Credit: Angelov/Adobe Stock NEWS The case opened in Manhattan federal court after District Judge Kymberly K. Evanson for the Western District of Washington granted the cross-country transfer as stipulated by…

Legal experts say that many top boutiques pay associates more or the same as larger, elite firms. And, while they may offer more hands-on experience and a faster partnership track, they’re certainly not backing down from high billable hour annual requirements, with many of them requiring almost 2,000 billable hours annually for associates.  …

Citing attorney-client privilege, dozens of law firms are urging a federal appeals court to reverse a judge’s order that required a company to turn over documents from internal investigations conducted by Jones Day and Squire Patton Boggs. Kirkland & Ellis, Cooley and DLA Piper are among 39 prominent law firms…

Harvard Files Patent Suit Against Samsung for ‘Chip’ Technology | Texas Lawyer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2024/08/06/troutman-pepper-backs-harvard-in-patent-suit-against-samsung/ Samsung store display. Credit: A. Pesquera NEWS This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM’s source for immediate alerting on just filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court…