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The Rise of Revenue Intelligence: Why Law Firms Are Leveraging AI to Reimagine the Revenue Lifecycle Introduction: A New Era for Law Firm Finances The U.S. legal industry, valued at $396.80 billion in 2024, is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.5% through 2030, driven by demand for specialized services … Read more
4th Circuit Upholds Win for Judiciary in Former Public Defender’s Sex Harassment Case: A Defining Moment for Judicial Accountability On August 15, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld a federal district court’s ruling in favor of the federal judiciary, dismissing a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by former assistant federal public … Read more
Newsmax Settles Dominion’s Defamation Claims for $67 Million: A Turning Point in Media Accountability On August 18, 2025, Newsmax Media, a prominent conservative cable news network, agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $67 million to settle a high-profile defamation lawsuit filed in 2021. The settlement, disclosed in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, … Read more
Weighing In on a Split: State Appellate Court Clarifies Safety Exceptions Against Trucking Brokers In a landmark decision on August 18, 2025, an Illinois state appellate court ruled that state law “negligent selection” claims against freight brokers are preserved under the safety exception of the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act (FAAAA) of 1994, specifically 49 … Read more
Judge Strikes Some Claims and Plaintiffs’ Experts in Ozempic Lawsuits: A Pivotal Development in GLP-1 Litigation In a significant ruling on August 18, 2025, a Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation (MDL) involving Ozempic and other glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) struck several claims and disqualified two plaintiffs’ expert witnesses, reshaping the trajectory … Read more
DLA Piper Ramps Up In-Office Mandate for US Corporate Lawyers: A Shift in Big Law Dynamics In the evolving landscape of post-pandemic work arrangements, major law firms are grappling with the balance between flexibility and productivity. DLA Piper, one of the world’s largest law firms, has recently made headlines by increasing its in-office requirement for … Read more
Cyberattacks on US Courts System Disrupt High-Stakes Litigators and White-Collar Criminal Clients Recent cyberattacks on the U.S. federal judiciary’s case management and electronic filing systems, including PACER and CM/ECF, have sent shockwaves through the legal community, particularly impacting high-stakes litigators and their white-collar criminal clients. These sophisticated and persistent breaches, ongoing since mid-2024, have exposed … Read more
Weighing In on a Split: State Appellate Court Clarifies Safety Exceptions Against Trucking Brokers In a significant ruling for the trucking and logistics industry, a state appellate court has provided much-needed clarity on the application of safety exceptions in negligent hiring claims against freight brokers. This decision addresses a critical circuit split regarding the Federal … Read more
4th Circuit Upholds Win for Judiciary in Former Public Defender’s Sex Harassment CaseFederal appeals court affirms immunity for Maryland judges accused of retaliation in high-stakes workplace rights dispute TRENDING: Judicial Immunity in the Spotlight – What the 4th Circuit’s Ruling Means for Employees of the CourtsNational Debate Intensifies Over Workplace protections for Court Staff and … Read more
Weighing In on a Split: State Appellate Court Clarifies Safety Exceptions Against Trucking Brokers In a significant ruling for the trucking and logistics industry, a state appellate court has provided much-needed clarity on the application of safety exceptions in negligent hiring claims against freight brokers. This decision addresses a critical circuit split regarding the Federal … Read more