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State Bar Leaders Maintain Support for Online, California-Centric Bar Exam Amid Ongoing Debates By Josh Recamara, August 18, 2025 The California State Bar’s leadership continues to advocate for an online, California-centric bar exam, despite recent challenges and differing opinions on the future of attorney licensing in the state. This position, reaffirmed during a joint meeting … Read more
U.S. Court of Appeals Grants Argentina Stay in $16.1 Billion YPF Case New York, NY – August 18, 2025 – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan granted Argentina a temporary stay on August 15, 2025, halting a lower court’s order to transfer its 51% stake in state-owned energy company YPF … Read more
AI Risks Becoming More Evident—But Insuring Against Them Remains a Challenge As artificial intelligence (AI) integrates deeper into industries like healthcare, finance, and transportation, its risks—ranging from data breaches to biased outputs—are becoming increasingly apparent. A recent article from Law.com titled “AI Risks Becoming More Evident—But Not How to Insure Against Them” highlights the growing … Read more
Judge Denies DOJ Request to Unseal Grand Jury Documents in Ghislaine Maxwell Case On August 11, 2025, U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer in New York rejected the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) motion to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits from the criminal case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the former associate of Jeffrey Epstein convicted of … Read more
The EU AI Law Is Ready, but Regulators Face Challenges in Enforcement The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689), the world’s first comprehensive AI regulatory framework, entered into force on August 1, 2024, marking a significant milestone in global tech governance. With a phased implementation schedule, the Act’s first obligations began on February … Read more
Musk’s Legal Chief at xAI Resigns: Balancing Family and Philosophical Differences On August 5, 2025, Robert Keele, the head of legal at Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI, announced his resignation after just over a year in the role, citing a desire to prioritize family time and acknowledging “daylight between our worldviews” with Musk. Keele’s … Read more
Arnold & Porter Lawyers Leverage Massachusetts Law to Double $15M Damages Award in Unfair Business Practices Suit In a significant legal victory, lawyers from Arnold & Porter successfully leveraged Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 93A, the state’s Consumer Protection Act, to secure a doubled damages award, increasing a $15 million verdict to $30 million in an … Read more
Overview On August 11, 2025, Justin Sun, the founder of the Tron blockchain, filed a lawsuit against Bloomberg in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware to block the publication of detailed information about his cryptocurrency holdings. The lawsuit stems from Bloomberg’s plan to include Sun in its Billionaires Index, which ranks the … Read more
Southern California City Faces Lawsuit Over Allegedly Discriminatory Street Vending Policies By Legal Affairs CorrespondentPublished August 15, 2025 Los Angeles, CA – The City of Baldwin Park, a diverse community in Southern California’s San Gabriel Valley, is facing a federal lawsuit alleging that its street vending policies discriminatorily target immigrant communities, particularly Latino vendors. Filed … Read more
eBay Could Face Liability for False Imprisonment, Harassment of Massachusetts Couple, Judge Rules By Legal Affairs CorrespondentPublished August 15, 2025 Boston, MA – A federal judge in Massachusetts has ruled that eBay Inc. and several former executives must face a civil trial for their alleged roles in a 2019 harassment campaign targeting Natick couple David … Read more