A senior Weil corporate chair has departed the firm for Cravath in a significant lateral move drawing attention across the legal industry this week.
Sam Bankman-Fried has turned to the Supreme Court seeking assistance in securing his release from jail, escalating his post-conviction legal battle to the highest level.
Harvard Law School has moved up its recruiting timeline, allowing firms to begin interviewing first-year students as early as September, a notable shift in the recruitment calendar.
Joseph diGenova has resigned from his role probing what were described as Trump’s enemies, acknowledging there is no evidence backing up the claims he spent years promoting.
diGenova’s departure closes a chapter defined by his own admission that, after years of flogging conspiracy theories, the underlying allegations simply lacked evidentiary support.
David Lat has published an interview with Google General Counsel Halimah DeLaine focusing on the growing role of artificial intelligence within legal practice and in-house teams.
A court has refused to prosecute a deepfake political advertisement, ruling that the parody content was too “ridiculous” to be mistaken for reality by a reasonable viewer.
A city has filed a lawsuit seeking to bar federal agents from polling places, a legal challenge that reflects an ongoing national dispute over the boundaries of electoral oversight.
A separate lawsuit has emerged focusing specifically on government surveillance and alleged harassment of civilian observers, adding another front to civil liberties litigation.
Harvey, the legal AI company, has raised additional funding described as another half billion dollars, continuing a streak of substantial investment into legal technology platforms.
The wave of legal AI investment reflects broader momentum in the sector, with firms and funders continuing to pour capital into tools designed to reshape how legal work is performed.
The convergence of Supreme Court filings, major law firm moves, and ballooning AI funding rounds signals a particularly active period across the legal landscape heading into autumn 2026.