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A Chinese court has ruled in favour of Louis Vuitton in a high-profile trademark infringement case against a domestic milk tea brand, awarding the French luxury house significant damages. The Suzhou Intermediate

The lateral partner market has reached a point of peak intensity, with firms now treating talent acquisition as a core business strategy rather than an afterthought. For decades, law firms assumed institutional

Yale Law School is working behind the scenes to persuade Yale University to abandon negotiations with the Trump administration, citing serious concerns about threats to the rule of law. The efforts reflect

As of July 1, 2026, Connecticut formally prohibits the manufacture, sale, and distribution of certain consumer products containing intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS. The ban applies unless manufacturers

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has released its plans for revising, rescinding, and enacting regulations over the coming year, and the list is significant. The agency identified ten actions it intends

The legal industry’s most powerful firms are engaged in an escalating battle to secure headline-grabbing partnerships with leading artificial intelligence companies. Kirkland & Ellis, Freshfields, and Debevoise & Plimpton have each recently

A letter signed by more than 1,200 former Department of Justice employees is urging the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject Todd Blanche’s nomination as Attorney General. The signatories include career prosecutors, FBI

The Internal Revenue Service has moved to broaden the scope of taxable substances under the Superfund excise tax, adding two industrial rubber compounds to its official list. The IRS published a notice

Law firms have spent years building sophisticated digital defences, but a growing threat is bypassing technology entirely by targeting people face to face. Firewalls, multifactor authentication, endpoint detection, email security, and employee

The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 29 decision in Trump v. Slaughter looks set to fundamentally reshape presidential authority over independent federal agencies. The case originated from President Donald Trump’s removal of Federal