Patent plaintiffs looking for favorable district courts didn’t abandon the Western District of Texas for other venues last year—even after the district changed its rules to route lawsuit traffic away from Judge Alan Albright, according to a Bloomberg Law statistical report on patent litigation.
Bloomberg Law’s most recent State of Practice Survey reveals that clients have questions for their lawyers on ESG regulation and client ESG-related reputational risks—and ESG data may be a crucial part of attorneys addressing client concerns.
Multiple avenues exist for law firm attorneys to work in non-traditional professional roles—which recent survey data from Bloomberg Law supports. Amid economic uncertainty and recent firm layoffs, this may be welcome news to attorneys, particularly those who have more than one professional specialty.
As the FDIC resolves recent bank failures by auctioning the banks’ assets, some in the private investment industry view the federal policies as creating an uneven playing field, preventing them from submitting competitive bids. The perks extended to banks seem attractive on paper, but they may bring material drawbacks.
The number of people taking the bar exam has decreased by 15% since 2016—and practitioners and law school faculty agree that the exam fails its intended purpose. Luckily, this fall’s incoming 1L class will have another option with the “NextGen Bar,” set to debut in July 2026.
Patent plaintiffs looking for favorable district courts didn’t abandon the Western District of Texas for other venues last year—even after the district changed its rules to route lawsuit traffic away from Judge Alan Albright, according to a Bloomberg Law statistical report on patent litigation.
The number of people taking the bar exam has decreased by 15% since 2016—and practitioners and law school faculty agree that the exam fails its intended purpose. Luckily, this fall’s incoming 1L class will have another option with the “NextGen Bar,” set to debut in July 2026.
Bloomberg Law’s most recent State of Practice Survey reveals that clients have questions for their lawyers on ESG regulation and client ESG-related reputational risks—and ESG data may be a crucial part of attorneys addressing client concerns.
As the FDIC resolves recent bank failures by auctioning the banks’ assets, some in the private investment industry view the federal policies as creating an uneven playing field, preventing them from submitting competitive bids. The perks extended to banks seem attractive on paper, but they may bring material drawbacks.
Federal WARN Act complaints are on the rise since Q1 2022 after cooling for the better part of 2021, according to an analysis of federal district court dockets on Bloomberg Law.
DOJ settled its merger challenge against Assa Abloy AB’s purchase of rival lock brands. It’s DOJ’s first consent order in a long time, and highlights how the shift to “litigating the fix” from negotiating remedies during agency review of a deal adds further uncertainty to review and further skews incentives.
Market disruption and SEC proposed rulemakings likely pushed corporate executives to seek legal advice on various corporate governance topics quite often this year. Bloomberg Law’s most recent State of Practice Survey delves into this and other corporate governance issues that are currently on lawyers’ minds.
AI has been around for decades, but the rise of public-facing chatbots has seemingly ushered in a new era. Bloomberg Law’s most recent State of Practice Survey asked nearly 800 attorneys about their familiarity with and views on generative AI and how their organization has responded to recent developments.
The SEC’s prolific rulemaking is affecting a wide range of law practices, increasing burdens on lawyers and their clients, increasing litigation and enforcement actions, and making transactions more difficult to complete, according to Bloomberg Law’s State of Practice Survey 2023.
Multiple avenues exist for law firm attorneys to work in non-traditional professional roles—which recent survey data from Bloomberg Law supports. Amid economic uncertainty and recent firm layoffs, this may be welcome news to attorneys, particularly those who have more than one professional specialty.
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