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Paul Weiss Houston Launch Stalled as Top Rival Partners Stay Put

Paul Weiss has been stymied in its effort to open a Houston office, as top equity partners at rival firms spurned recruitment efforts.

Fraudster’s Appeal Over Pro Se Representation, Competency Fails

A Louisiana man lost an appeal seeking to undo his fraud convictions after Fifth Circuit said there was no problem with the district court’s decision to allow him to represent himself at trial.

Jones Walker Lawyers Beat Texas Unauthorized Practice Ruling

The Texas Supreme Court said two out-of-state attorneys are permitted to defend age discrimination claims against AutoZone Inc., overturning a finding from two lower state courts that the lawyers engaged in unauthorized practice of law.

Advocates Urge Law Journal to Disclose Microsoft, Google Ties

A top intellectual property law journal is set to publish a landmark article about the intersection between copyright law and artificial intelligence. A group of advocates say the journal has not done enough to disclose the authors’ ties to the biggest tech companies.

Litigation Finance Industry Group Director Leaves for FTC Role

The executive director of the International Legal Finance Association is leaving the trade group for a role as chief of staff to the new republican commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission.

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Tesla Autopilot Probed by US After 20 Crashes in Four Months

The US’s top auto-safety regulator extended its years-long investigation of <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/TSLA%20US%20Equity/BICO","_id":"0000018f-1bec-d583-afbf-dbfcfba30000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot to determine whether a fix the carmaker made months ago does enough to keep people from misusing the system.

Zimmerman Reed Loses Mass-Arbitration Effort Against L’Occitane

Zimmerman Reed LLP won a battle but lost the war in its effort to force L’Occitane Inc. to arbitrate 3,144 individual privacy claims brought by the law firm’s clients over the cosmetics firm’s alleged sharing of their information with Google Inc. and other third parties.

Citi Spinoff Mints $4 Billion Fortune for CVC Buyout Barons

About three decades ago, a group of Citigroup Inc. dealmakers including Donald Mackenzie, Steven Koltes and Rolly van Rappard left the Wall Street giant to strike out on their own. That decision has proved lucrative, with the trio now among the biggest winners of the long-awaited initial public offering of CVC Capital Partners.

UK FCA Doubles Down on Naming Financial Firms Under Probes

The <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/6152Z%20LN%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-1ad5-d583-afbf-daddbe6d0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">UK’s financial watchdog pushed back against criticism of its plan to name firms it’s investigating at an early stage, which it thinks will boost transparency and deterrence.

End of ‘Scorched Earth’ Years for US IPOs Hinges on Lower Rates

Companies are increasingly piling into a re-energized market for initial public offerings, and if the Federal Reserve finally stops <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"SC5G7RDWX2PS","_id":"0000018f-1ac8-d583-afbf-dadccada0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">punting on interest rate cuts, the trend may have room to run.

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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SNB’s Jordan Sees ‘Good Reasons’ to Avoid Crypto Investments

The <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://screens/SNB","_id":"0000018f-1ab2-d583-afbf-dafe1fed0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Swiss National Bank isn’t inclined to invest its reserves in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, President <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-1ab2-d583-afbf-dafe1fed0001","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Thomas Jordan said.

US Bitcoin ETFs Suffer One of Worst Outflows as Token Wavers

Investors pulled a net $218 million from US Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, one of their worst daily <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://screens/W%20%23SPEC%20290","_id":"0000018f-19ad-d583-afbf-dbfd33ba0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">outflows as demand for risky investments takes a knock from fading hopes for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts.

Crypto Firm Sues SEC to Fend Off Oversight of Ethereum (1)

Crypto software firm <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1994287D%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-174b-d583-afbf-d7df5f850000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Consensys sued the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/13165Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-174b-d583-afbf-d7df5f850001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">US Securities and Exchange Commission in an effort to fend off regulation of the Ethereum blockchain and push back against what it called the agency’s “campaign to seize control over the future of cryptocurrency.”

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

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