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Fifty-Time Supreme Court Litigator Keeps Justices on Their Toes

Lisa Blatt isn’t afraid to tell a US Supreme Court justice they’re making stuff up, inject herself in her own hypotheticals, or talk like she’s debating friends at a bar.

Netflix Law Chief Rides Stock Award for Boost After Base Pay Cut

Netflix Inc.‘s legal chief counted on stock awards for the bulk of his pay last year after the company shifted to incentive-based compensation for senior executives.

Paxton Ethics Case Will Continue After Court Finds No Immunity

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton can be punished by the state bar, if the bar proves his effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election results was meritless, a Texas court of appeals ruled late Thursday.

AIG Parts Ways With Longtime Legal Chief-Turned-Vice Chair Fato

American International Group Inc. saw its new vice chair Luciana “Lucy” Fato leave the company, six months after she relinquished its top legal job.

Jones Day’s Messy Split From Client Fuels Long-Running Fee Fight

A patent licensing company that squeezed $40 million out of Amazon is still fighting with the law firm that helped it land the settlement, two decades later.

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Schneider in Deal Talks With US Software Maker Bentley

Schneider Electric SE is in talks about a potential deal with engineering software maker <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018e-f75b-d583-afbf-f7df2b340002","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Bentley Systems Inc., potentially paving the way for one of the biggest takeovers of a US company by a French business.

Meet the Manhattan Jury That Will Decide Donald Trump’s Fate

Twelve jurors were selected for Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York, where the former president is accused of falsifying business records to conceal a sex scandal before the 2016 election. Picking the panel was an arduous process: Judge <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018e-f6f5-d583-afbf-f6fdfe880001","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Juan Merchan, prosecutors and defense attorneys vetted almost 200 prospective jurors over three days to weed out people who might be biased one way or the other. Most who were excused said they couldn’t be fair.

Biden Limits Oil Drilling Across Alaska’s Petroleum Reserve

The Biden administration on Friday finalized a plan to prevent oil development across more than half of the US government’s mammoth petroleum reserve in Alaska and set the stage to block road construction essential to opening a copper mine in the state.

Big Law's Big Paychecks: Partner Compensation, Explained

Law firm partners in Big Law earn a lot of money, but just how much they make can vary widely. Whether it's equity or non-equity or merit versus lockstep, this video explains what goes into determining the size of those paychecks at elite law firms.

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Crypto’s Comeback on Full Display at Rain-Soaked Dubai Gathering

It was a rough start for the Dubai edition of the Token2049 crypto conference as massive flooding from heavy rainfall earlier this week caused attendees’ flights to be delayed, diverted or outright canceled. Many arrivals endured hours-long bus rides from the airport, missing luggage and hotels with power outages.

Telegram Messaging Service to Allow Tether Stablecoin Payments

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Crypto Trader Convicted in $110 Million Mango Markets Fraud (2)

A trader accused of exploiting Mango Markets rules to steal $110 million from the exchange was convicted of fraud in the first US trial involving criminal charges tied to <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"SBND97T0G1KW","_id":"0000018e-f2f5-d583-afbf-f2fd9c280000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">cryptocurrency manipulation.

Kashkari Says Fed Could ‘Potentially’ Hold Rates Steady All Year

The Federal Reserve needs to achieve more confidence that inflation is declining before cutting interest rates and could possibly delay such a move until after 2024, said Minneapolis Fed President <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018e-f2fa-d583-afbf-f2fe3e400000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Neel Kashkari.

War in Ukraine and Life-or-Death Choices for Big Law

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