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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached a tentative settlement with Live Nation Entertainment and its subsidiary Ticketmaster in their high-profile antitrust lawsuit, effectively abandoning the ongoing jury trial and dropping demands for a forced breakup of the companies. The agreement was announced in federal court in Manhattan on March 9, 2026, just one … Read more

University of Tulsa Names ASU Law Dean Stacy Leeds as 22nd President The University of Tulsa has selected Stacy Leeds, current dean of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, as its 22nd president, effective July 1, 2026. The announcement came from the university’s Board of Trustees on March 9, 2026, … Read more

Willkie Farr & Gallagher Slams Ex-Client’s $735M Fraud Complaint as ‘Harassment’ Willkie Farr & Gallagher has fired back forcefully at a lawsuit accusing the firm of aiding and abetting a $735 million fraud scheme, labeling the complaint as nothing more than a “harassment” tactic by a disgruntled former client. The high-profile dispute stems from Willkie’s … Read more

The article reveals how a handful of agile, independent Dutch law firms have become the dominant defenders for Big Tech in the exploding field of EU mass tech litigation (antitrust damages, privacy class actions, platform liability, DMA/DSA enforcement, and collective redress cases). These “scrappy independents” frequently outperform global Big Law giants in volume, speed, and … Read more

Yes — on March 4, 2026, a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit rejected Uber and Instacart’s attempt to block Seattle’s App-Based Worker Deactivation Rights Ordinance. The ruling (Uber Technologies, Inc. et al. v. City of Seattle, No. 25-228) upholds the 2023 law, meaning delivery gig workers in … Read more

The headline “How I Made Practice Group Chair: ‘Leadership Is Fundamentally About People,’ Says Nadira Clarke of Hogan Lovells” refers to a February 6, 2026, feature article in Law.com‘s “How I Made It” series (sometimes titled “How I Made Practice Group Chair”). This ongoing series profiles lawyers’ career journeys to leadership roles, focusing on key … Read more

The New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division ruled on February 6, 2026, that the plaintiffs’ law firm Beasley Allen must be disqualified from representing claimants in the state’s consolidated talc litigation against Johnson & Johnson (J&J). This decision reverses a July 2024 ruling by Atlantic County Superior Court Judge John Porto, who had denied J&J’s … Read more