<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Legal - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Legal news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your profession!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 02:15:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[After Disqualifying Beasley Allen, Johnson &amp; Johnson Sets Sights on Other Talc Lawyers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Johnson &amp; Johnson lawyer Kristen Fournier, at Kirkland &amp; Ellis, wrote in a July 9 letter to U.S. Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah Singh in the talc multidistrict litigation about "concerning and newly developed facts" that surfaced during a July 6 evidentiary hearing in Florida.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/after-disqualifying-beasley-allen-johnson-amp-johnson-sets-sights-on-other-talc-lawyers/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 02:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/after-disqualifying-beasley-allen-johnson-amp-johnson-sets-sights-on-other-talc-lawyers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UPDATE: Professor Can't Keep Fed. Judge From Starting Monday as Univ. of Kentucky's Next Law Dean]]></title><description><![CDATA[The lawsuit a professor at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law filed this week to prevent federal district Judge Greg Van Tatenhove from starting his deanship Monday was reassigned Friday morning to the Kentucky's Western District from the Eastern District where Van Tatenhove presides.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/update-professor-cant-keep-fed-judge-from-starting-monday-as-univ-of-kentuckys-next-law-dean/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/update-professor-cant-keep-fed-judge-from-starting-monday-as-univ-of-kentuckys-next-law-dean/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ohio Supreme Court Garners Support to Change Accreditation Requirements for Bar Eligibility]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court of Ohio solicited comments about proposed amendments that would allow graduates of non-American Bar Association-accredited law schools to sit for the bar, and 65% of responses supported the proposal.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/ohio-supreme-court-garners-support-to-change-accreditation-requirements-for-bar-eligibility/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/ohio-supreme-court-garners-support-to-change-accreditation-requirements-for-bar-eligibility/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Litigation Trends to Watch: Claims Surge Over Law Firm Data Breaches, Cannabis Employment Practices and Contactless Payments]]></title><description><![CDATA[New suits targeting Blank Rome are part of a string of cases triggered by recent cyberattacks against law firms.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/litigation-trends-to-watch-claims-surge-over-law-firm-data-breaches-cannabis-employment-practices-and-contactless-payments/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/litigation-trends-to-watch-claims-surge-over-law-firm-data-breaches-cannabis-employment-practices-and-contactless-payments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mass. Attorney Who Quietly Claimed Half of Client's Land Suspended Indefinitely]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Worcester County attorney's decade-long bid to profit from a client warrants an indefinite suspension, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/mass-attorney-who-quietly-claimed-half-of-clients-land-suspended-indefinitely/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/mass-attorney-who-quietly-claimed-half-of-clients-land-suspended-indefinitely/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mamdani's Judicial Advisory Committee Loses Executive Director]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ayanna Sorett resigned after four years overseeing the screening and selection process for mayoral-appointed judges in New York City. Her departure comes as vacancies mount in city courts and questions remain about the composition and activity of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's judicial advisory committee.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/mamdanis-judicial-advisory-committee-loses-executive-director/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/mamdanis-judicial-advisory-committee-loses-executive-director/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How I Made Practice Group Chair: 'Listen as Much as You Speak,' Says Doug Rettew of Finnegan]]></title><description><![CDATA["Listen as much as you speak (and perhaps more). With the wisdom you impart, there's much to learn from others; any litigator who believes otherwise, is not a good one. And don't forget how terrifying it felt the first time you did something in court. Young lawyers need to hear and understand that nerves are not a weakness; they are often the mark someone cares, prepares, and ultimately excels."&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/how-i-made-practice-group-chair-listen-as-much-as-you-speak-says-doug-rettew-of-finnegan/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/how-i-made-practice-group-chair-listen-as-much-as-you-speak-says-doug-rettew-of-finnegan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law Firm Disrupted: 'Usage Alone' Is No Longer the AI Question]]></title><description><![CDATA["The operational side is far ahead of the strategic side,&rdquo; outgoing COLPM president Chris Boyd told me, after Professor Richard Susskind's keynote remarks dazzled, challenged, amused&mdash;and occasionally scared the daylights out of us.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/law-firm-disrupted-usage-alone-is-no-longer-the-ai-question/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/law-firm-disrupted-usage-alone-is-no-longer-the-ai-question/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lateral Market Is Hot: How Leading Firms Build the Right Support Structure]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bringing in the rainmaker is the visible move; resourcing that rainmaker to actually succeed is the one that determines whether the hire ever pays off, and it is precisely where most firms fall short.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/the-lateral-market-is-hot-how-leading-firms-build-the-right-support-structure/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/the-lateral-market-is-hot-how-leading-firms-build-the-right-support-structure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Firm Doesn't Know What It Knows, and Neither Does Your CRM]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before the next CRM or AI investment, answer three questions honestly: Where does its data come from? How does it stay current without asking attorneys to maintain it? And what happens to our relationship intelligence when a partner walks out the door?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/your-firm-doesnt-know-what-it-knows-and-neither-does-your-crm/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/your-firm-doesnt-know-what-it-knows-and-neither-does-your-crm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Football Tickets &amp; Flights: A Dive into US Judges' 2025 Gift Disclosures]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Anytime that a gift is exchanged between a member of the public and a judge, I think the public has every reason to look askance at it, to want to scrutinize it," said Gabe Roth of Fix the Court.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Related Stories&lsquo;Doing Refining': DC Circuit Judge Katsas Talks Future of OriginalismCourtroom Camera Bills Prompt Questions About AI-Driven Analyses of JudgesFormer Judges Offer No Easy Answers on Presidential Pardons&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/football-tickets-amp-flights-a-dive-into-us-judges-2025-gift-disclosures/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/football-tickets-amp-flights-a-dive-into-us-judges-2025-gift-disclosures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uber's Breakup of Delivery Hero Brings Paul Weiss, Hengeler And MoFo Into  13B Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/ubers-breakup-of-delivery-hero-brings-paul-weiss-hengeler-and-mofo-into-13b-deal/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/ubers-breakup-of-delivery-hero-brings-paul-weiss-hengeler-and-mofo-into-13b-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are DOJ's Subpoenas to Big Law Firms a Breach of Trump Deals?]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a result of the murky nature of the Trump deals with law firms, experts were split as to whether DOJ's recent subpoenas may violate the terms of the law firm deals, if they were even formal to begin with.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/are-dojs-subpoenas-to-big-law-firms-a-breach-of-trump-deals/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/are-dojs-subpoenas-to-big-law-firms-a-breach-of-trump-deals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz: Trump Nominee Rises to Federal Bench in South Florida]]></title><description><![CDATA[Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz, who leads Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal, is the seventh jurist President Donald Trump has appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/meet-judge-jeffrey-t-kuntz-trump-nominee-rises-to-federal-bench-in-south-florida/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/meet-judge-jeffrey-t-kuntz-trump-nominee-rises-to-federal-bench-in-south-florida/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond the Deal: HSF Kramer's Justin D'Agostino on Life After a Landmark Merger]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this week's episode, Legal Speak examines HSF Kramer's first year of operation, following its landmark transatlantic merger.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/beyond-the-deal-hsf-kramers-justin-dagostino-on-life-after-a-landmark-merger/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/beyond-the-deal-hsf-kramers-justin-dagostino-on-life-after-a-landmark-merger/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[K&amp;L Gates Cuts 10% of Its Staff]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Following a comprehensive, multi-month review of our structure to better align with how our business operates today and support future growth, we made the decision to reduce our allied professional workforce,global managing partner Stacy Ackermann said in a statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/kampl-gates-cuts-10-of-its-staff/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/kampl-gates-cuts-10-of-its-staff/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a Plaintiff's Team Went Against Conventional Wisdom to Secure $18.2M OB-GYN Med-Mal Verdict]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to plaintiff's counsel Lisa Weinstein, a fetal vertex rotation is what's colloquially called "a never maneuver," something that should never be done in this kind of situation. The result was akin to "ripping a plug out of a wall," Weinstein said. All five nerves connecting Lake's left arm to his spine were torn in half, rendering it completely useless.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/how-a-plaintiffs-team-went-against-conventional-wisdom-to-secure-182m-ob-gyn-med-mal-verdict/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/how-a-plaintiffs-team-went-against-conventional-wisdom-to-secure-182m-ob-gyn-med-mal-verdict/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FTC's Statement on AI Output &amp;lsquo;Steering' Leaves Key Questions Unanswered]]></title><description><![CDATA[The FTC recently said that companies offering AI services could face legal action if they modify their AI products' output for ideological or political reasons&mdash;a move that creates significant uncertainty for the industry and potentially puts the agency on a collision course with state AI laws.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/ftcs-statement-on-ai-output-amplsquosteering-leaves-key-questions-unanswered/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/ftcs-statement-on-ai-output-amplsquosteering-leaves-key-questions-unanswered/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Stunning Turn of Events': Johnson &amp; Johnson Asks Judge to Order Potential Dismissal of All 67,000 Talc Lawsuits]]></title><description><![CDATA[Johnson &amp; Johnson, in a motion for order to show cause, insisted that lead plaintiffs' counsel in the talc multidistrict litigation withdrew their two "marquee" specific causation experts after they acknowledged other risk factors impacting women in six bellwether cases&mdash;and that most ovarian cancers are idiopathic.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/stunning-turn-of-events-johnson-amp-johnson-asks-judge-to-order-potential-dismissal-of-all-67000-talc-lawsuits/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/stunning-turn-of-events-johnson-amp-johnson-asks-judge-to-order-potential-dismissal-of-all-67000-talc-lawsuits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hinckley Allen Expands Trusts &amp; Estates Practice to Capitalize on Expanding Demand]]></title><description><![CDATA[The firm now has one of the biggest trusts and estates practice in New England.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/hinckley-allen-expands-trusts-amp-estates-practice-to-capitalize-on-expanding-demand/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/legal/hinckley-allen-expands-trusts-amp-estates-practice-to-capitalize-on-expanding-demand/</guid></item></channel></rss>