After hiring new trial counsel Wednesday, a former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executive facing bribery charges asked a New Jersey federal judge on Thursday for an adjournment of the April 7 trial date so his new attorney can review the evidence and the history of the case, which has been pending for more than six years.
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Ex-Cognizant CLO Seeks Trial Delay After Hiring New Counsel

By Carla Baranauckas

After hiring new trial counsel Wednesday, a former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executive facing bribery charges asked a New Jersey federal judge on Thursday for an adjournment of the April 7 trial date so his new attorney can review the evidence and the history of the case, which has been pending for more than six years.

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NJ Firm Can't Force Arbitration Of Ex-Leader's Firing Suit

By Jack Karp

New Jersey personal injury firm Ginarte Gonzalez & Winograd LLP cannot steer a former managing partner who claims the firm retaliated against him for protected activity into arbitration after it waived the right to arbitrate his claims before a judge, a state appellate court ruled Thursday.

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Trump Rescinds Paul Weiss Order After Firm Strikes Deal

By Lauren Berg

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced he will rescind an executive order suspending security clearances held by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP employees after the law firm agreed to not adopt DEI hiring practices and to provide $40 million worth of pro bono services to support administration initiatives.

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NJ Military Co. Says Ex-Director Took Trade Secrets To Rival

By Carolina Bolado

A New Jersey company that produces lubricants for military artillery sued a former employee Wednesday, claiming he took the company's proprietary information and set up a rival company making a nearly identical product.

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NJ School Official Claims Retaliation For Safety Concerns

By Carla Baranauckas

Teaneck Public Schools' safety director faced a hostile work environment and retaliation after raising concerns about security risks, according to his complaint filed in New Jersey state court.

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LITIGATION

IRS SALT Cap Workaround Rule Unlawful, 2nd Circ. Told

By Maria Koklanaris

The Internal Revenue Service unlawfully created a rule prohibiting workarounds to the federal cap on state and local tax deductions, a New Jersey deputy attorney general told a Second Circuit panel Thursday, asking the appellate judges to overturn a lower court ruling that upheld the rule.

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Judge OKs $51.75M Clearview AI Deal Despite AG Objections

By Hailey Konnath

An Illinois federal judge Thursday granted final approval to Clearview AI's $51.75 million settlement resolving multidistrict litigation challenging the company's practice of automatically collecting biometric facial data online, rejecting objections from 22 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia.

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State AGs Want 11th Circ. Redo Of FCC Robocall Reg Ruling

By Christopher Cole

Attorneys general from more than half the states and Washington, D.C., are urging the full Eleventh Circuit to reverse a panel decision that nixed a federal rule restricting the use of comparison shopping sites to generate robocall leads.

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DEALS

AI Startup CoreWeave Launches Plans For $2.5B IPO

By Tom Zanki

Artificial intelligence-focused startup CoreWeave Inc. on Thursday set plans for an estimated $2.5 billion initial public offering, represented by Fenwick & West LLP and underwriters' counsel Latham & Watkins LLP, likely launching the largest IPO of 2025.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Opinion

Firms Must Speak Up After Trump Orders: An Associate's View

Rachel Cohen at Skadden discusses why she is helping to organize a movement of BigLaw associates urging their firms to stand up for the rule of law after the Trump administration’s moves against Covington, Perkins Coie and Paul Weiss.

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Performing Stand-Up Comedy Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Whether I’m delivering a punchline on stage or a closing argument in court, balancing stand-up comedy performances and my legal career has demonstrated that the keys to success in both endeavors include reading the room, landing the right timing and making an impact, says attorney Rebecca Palmer.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

9th Circ. Judge Takes Aim At Calif. Gun Ruling On YouTube

By Bonnie Eslinger

A Ninth Circuit judge on Thursday took to YouTube to issue a dissent over the court's decision to ban in California all high-capacity magazines for assault rifles, a move that several of his fellow judges lamented as "wildly improper" and said they needed to address "lest the genre proliferate."

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Winston & Strawn Is The Latest Firm Leaving China

By Andrea Keckley

Winston & Strawn LLP is closing its last-remaining China office in Shanghai after operating there since 2009, joining a long list of firms making their exits from the nation.

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Attys Suing FIFA Appear To Have Used AI In Fighting DQ Bid

By Bryan Koenig

A Puerto Rico federal judge is threatening sanctions for attorneys accusing soccer's international governing body, its Puerto Rican affiliate and a regional soccer association of trying to block local rivals, after the attorneys appeared to use artificial intelligence to help write briefs containing citations to nonexistent cases.

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Akin Hires White & Case Atty To Open Saudi Arabia Office

By Andrea Keckley

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced Wednesday that it has hired a longtime White & Case LLP attorney to co-lead the launch of a new office in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, touting the corporate attorney's project finance experience and client relationships with entities like multi-project developer Red Sea Global.

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Faegre Drinker Faces Sanctions Bid In Trump IP Song Suit

By Dorothy Atkins

Isaac Hayes' estate urged a Georgia federal judge Thursday to sanction a conservative political group and its Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath counsel in a copyright lawsuit over President Donald Trump's playing of Hayes' "Hold On, I'm Comin'" hit song at rallies, arguing they filed a "frivolous" dismissal bid.

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Litigation Finance Platform Launches With $70M In Offerings

By Ryan Boysen

JurisTrade, a new electronic platform aimed at standardizing and streamlining transactions in the notoriously opaque litigation funding sector, has launched with more than $70 million in initial funding opportunities, according to an announcement Thursday.

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7th Circ. Chief Judge Diane Sykes To Take Senior Status

By Courtney Bublé

Chief U.S. Circuit Judge Diane Sykes of the Seventh Circuit will take semiretired status on Oct. 1.

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Hawley To Introduce Bill To Restrict Nationwide Injunctions

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced on Thursday he would be introducing legislation to prevent district court judges from issuing nationwide injunctions.

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Feds Seek 3-Year Sentence For Med Mal Atty's Extortion Ploy

By Emily Sawicki

Federal prosecutors are seeking a three-year prison sentence for a prominent Baltimore attorney found guilty of a $25 million extortion attempt against the University of Maryland Medical Center over false claims that the hospital knowingly transplanted "diseased" and rejected organs into patients.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Adsuar Muniz

Akin Gump

Baker McKenzie

Bohrer PLLC

Bryan Cave

Cahill Gordon

Carmagnola & Ritardi

Cleary Gottlieb

Clement & Murphy

Covington & Burling

Dentons

Dhillon Law Group

Faegre Drinker

Fenwick & West

Ferraiuoli LLC

Frost Brown

Gibbons PC

Gibson Dunn

Hall Booth

J. Walker & Associates

Jones Day

Kirkland & Ellis

Kostelanetz LLP

Latham & Watkins

Lee & Hayes

Loevy & Loevy

Lynch Thompson

Michel & Associates

Morgan Lewis

Nagel Rice

Nelson Mullins

O’Neill & Borges

Parker Poe

Paul Weiss

Perkins Coie

Sidley Austin

Skadden Arps

Smith Gambrell

Smith Mullin

Sullivan & Cromwell

Venable LLP

White & Case

Wilson Sonsini

Winston & Strawn

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bar Association

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Chevron Corp.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.

Federation Internationale de Football Association

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Jane Street Group LLC

MF Global Holdings Ltd.

Microsoft Corp.

Morgan Stanley

NASDAQ Inc.

NVIDIA Corp.

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

National Consumer Law Center Inc.

National Rifle Association of America

New York City Bar Association

Nike Inc.

Reddit Inc.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

University of Maryland Medical System

Venture Global LNG

Warner/Chappell Music Inc.

YouTube Inc.

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California Attorney General's Office

California Department of Justice

Connecticut Attorney General's Office

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Judicial Center

Internal Revenue Service

Judicial Conference of the United States

New York Attorney General's Office

New York County District Attorney's Office

Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

Wisconsin Supreme Court