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DLA Piper accused of malpractice in soccer deals

A multimillionaire sports investor has filed a lawsuit against DLA Piper alleging that the law firm engaged in malpractice in a series of European soccer club deals.

Oct 15, 2026 12:45 PM CDT

The case of Julius Caesar v. the Roman Republic

This is an action by the plaintiff, Julius Caesar, for damages for wrongful dismissal. The defendant contends that the plaintiff was dismissed for cause for interrupting his conquests of Egypt by spending several days with Queen Cleopatra.

Oct 7, 2026 9:08 AM CDT

Former businessman extradited and charged in alleged ‘execution-style’ murders of lawyer and ex-employee

A former Los Angeles businessman has been charged with the alleged murders of a lawyer and a former employee after he was extradited from Montenegro to the United States, authorities reported Monday. He is suspected in a third murder in Las Vegas.

Jun 17, 2026 11:40 AM CDT

Legal tech companies make a play for more sports deals

Some things just go together. Fans and foam fingers. Beer and hot dogs. Sports and legal technology? While the latter once seemed like an unlikely pairing, several leading legal tech companies have inked multiyear sponsorship deals with professional sports teams in the last couple of years.

Jun 2, 2026 12:36 PM CDT

Legal tech company Legora acquires AI-native legal research platform Qura

Fresh off its partnerships with actor Jude Law and the New York Yankees, legal artificial intelligence platform Legora has made another big move—this time looking to its own hometown.

Apr 23, 2026 11:31 AM CDT

Legal tech company Legora announces global ad campaign featuring actor Jude Law

Perhaps it's appropriate that Jude Law, an actor who once starred in a film in 2001 called A.I. Artificial Intelligence, as well as Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, a movie from 2004 that utilized extensive computer-generated imagery and manipulated audio and video footage to "resurrect" the long-deceased Laurence Olivier, is signing up to be the face of a legal artificial intelligence platform.

Apr 15, 2026 11:20 AM CDT

Minnesota lawyer on Winter Olympics curling team speaks out about home state, constitution, rule of law

A Minnesota lawyer on the curling team for Team USA at the 2026 Winter Olympics shared his thoughts about freedom of the press, the rule of law and events in his home state at a press conference in Italy this week.

Feb 10, 2026 10:26 AM CST

Stolen Treasures: Poring over decades-old inventories, Holocaust survivor and lawyer record items stolen by Nazis

Jonathan Schwartz, a Detroit attorney, is on a mission to help families find and retrieve the art and other items taken from their relatives during the Holocaust. “What we have is the largest art crime in history,” says Schwartz, a Taft Stettinius & Hollister partner. “While it happened in the past, it’s still ongoing as people discover what was taken from their families.” “The clock,” he adds, “is ticking on their ability to have their art returned.”

Dec 16, 2025 9:08 AM CST

Approaching retirement age? Go back to law school—in a different country

Maybe you can identify with this. You are at the socially acceptable retirement age. Very few people, especially in your age group, understand why you are still working. “Are you retired yet?” “Oh, I’m sorry.” “You can’t take it with you!” “Before long, it will be gone, gone, gone!”

Sep 10, 2025 9:01 AM CDT

Massachusetts AG’s office spent nearly $300K on state credit cards last fiscal year

A trip to France was among the estimated $288,000 in expenses charged to state credit cards last fiscal year by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s office, according to a tally of expenses by the Boston Herald.

Aug 4, 2025 3:07 PM CDT

Careers in Transit: What it’s like for lawyers to live abroad

For attorneys, the move abroad can be tricky, depending on whether you’re planning on still practicing U.S. law overseas or whether you’d like to get admitted in a new country so you can practice that country’s law.

Jul 30, 2025 1:57 PM CDT

59 partners leave A&O Shearman outside Asia since decision to trim 10% of equity partnership

Twenty-five U.S. partners are among the 59 partners who left A&O Shearman since its decision last year to trim 10% of its global equity partnership, according to a count by Law.com.

Apr 28, 2025 3:19 PM CDT

Anti-abortion princess explains her friendship with Justice Alito after he discloses $900 gift

A German princess has said she first met U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito at a Catholic conference while summering in Rome.

Oct 23, 2024 12:18 PM CDT

2 BigLaw firms ‘fighting it out in the lateral market’ vote to merge

Partners at Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders and Locke Lord have voted to merge effective Jan. 1, 2025.

Sep 9, 2024 3:32 PM CDT

Inside the deal that led to a blockbuster prisoner swap with Russia

“Not since the Cold War has there been a similar number of individuals exchanged in this way and there has never, so far as we know, been an exchange involving so many countries,” Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, told reporters as planes converged in Turkey.

Aug 2, 2024 11:00 AM CDT