Corporate Law

Judge issues sanctions for fraudulent documents in Miss America ownership dispute

A federal judge has ruled that a real estate developer and his lawyer created fraudulent documents in an effort to boost their ownership claim over the Miss America beauty pageant.

Mar 11, 2026 11:16 AM CDT

DOJ settles antitrust lawsuit with Live Nation and Ticketmaster; 25 states vow to continue fight

The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to settle an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment and Ticketmaster for $280 million. However, the show might not be over yet.

Mar 10, 2026 12:27 PM CDT

Journalists push back against parent companies’ ICE contracts

More than 200 journalists at Law360 and its sister publications have signed a letter demanding the end of a $22.1 million, five-year contract that parent company RELX has with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that grants access to a database of public records compiled by its LexisNexis Risk Solutions, according to Poynter.

Mar 10, 2026 11:08 AM CDT

More than half of legal professionals expect AI to drive more work to ALSPs, new report says

The adoption of artificial intelligence is expected not only to reduce billable hours but to increase the amount of legal work that is allocated to alternative legal services providers, according to Wolters Kluwer's 2026 Future Ready Lawyer Survey Report.

Mar 10, 2026 10:43 AM CDT

AI company Anthropic hires BigLaw firm to fight blacklisting

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic, which is suing the U.S. Department of Defense over its decision to blacklist it, has picked for counsel Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, a BigLaw firm that has also been targeted by the Trump administration.

Mar 10, 2026 9:51 AM CDT

OpenAI sued for practicing law without a license

OpenAI has been accused of practicing law without a license in a lawsuit brought by Nippon Life Insurance Co. of America.

Mar 6, 2026 8:41 AM CST

Amazon sues review-selling websites, alleging fake online reviews

Amazon is suing the operator of two review-selling websites with accusations of running a pipeline of fake online reviews, according to Law.com.

Feb 27, 2026 10:03 AM CST

New directory of private lending options created as student loan regulations shift

As federal policy changes shift student loan limits, the AccessLex Institute has launched a directory of private education loan options to help law students navigate lenders and their loan stipulations.

Feb 26, 2026 11:14 AM CST

Company execs who don’t deliver on AI may face job risks, new report shows

Technology leaders are increasingly judged not on how quickly they implement artificial intelligence but on how effectively they manage its risks and use it to achieve successful business outcomes, according to a new report from data analytics platform Dataiku and the Harris Poll.

Feb 26, 2026 10:05 AM CST

Chemerinsky: 6 takeaways from the Supreme Court’s tariffs decision

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Friday invalidating President Donald Trump’s tariffs will have enormous legal and practical significance. In a 6-3 decision in Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump, with seven different opinions filling 170 pages, the court held that the tariffs Trump imposed are illegal.

Feb 25, 2026 1:57 PM CST

Trump softens criticism of Supreme Court over tariff ruling

Four days after deriding the US Supreme Court justices who struck down most of his signature tariffs, President Donald Trump was far milder in his criticism with some of them in the room.

Feb 25, 2026 1:54 PM CST

Attorneys describe ‘chaotic’ situation after SCOTUS tariffs decision

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court striking down most of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, trade attorneys have reported being deluged with questions from clients about potential refunds.

Feb 25, 2026 10:35 AM CST

Attorneys look to trade court to handle refunds after SCOTUS tariffs decision

After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down most of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs last week, trade attorneys are questioning whether the administration will be forced to return the more than $130 billion that it already collected.

Feb 24, 2026 9:58 AM CST

NDAs, while more common, aren’t always ironclad, legal experts say

Before Travis Kelce proposed to Taylor Swift, rumors began swirling about their prenuptial agreement and what it might and might not contain. One thing is probable: It likely contains confidentiality clauses and nondisclosure agreements—tools that have become common in this day and age when private lives don’t often stay that way.

Feb 24, 2026 9:25 AM CST

BigLaw sees opportunity to support trillion-dollar data centers

The recent proliferation of new trillion-dollar data centers is bringing big business to BigLaw firms.

Feb 20, 2026 11:09 AM CST