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Among next year’s most high-profile jury trials will be mass tort cases consolidated in California federal and state courts.

Six Big Law firms are paving the way for new leaders in 2026 as the legal industry’s top players face a slew of competitive pressures.

The country’s premier corporate law court, which routinely confronts the obduracy of controlling billionaires, is finding pet owners no less intractable in their deal-making.

AI-hallucinated case citations have moved from novelty to a core challenge for the courts, prompting complaints from judges that the issue distracts from the merits of the cases in front of them.

The new year looks like it’ll bring more of the chaos and uncertainty business was grappling with in 2025—ramping up pressure on corporate boards to move faster to stay prepared.

Six Big Law firms are paving the way for new leaders in 2026 as the legal industry’s top players face a slew of competitive pressures.

Most people use dating apps to find love. Tiffany Chau used one to hunt for a summer internship.

The country’s premier corporate law court, which routinely confronts the obduracy of controlling billionaires, is finding pet owners no less intractable in their deal-making.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is turning to a tool typically used for emergencies to finish rules ahead of a self-imposed funding cliff.

Companies aiming to report less information to their investors and more easily deflect shareholder proposals are likely to get help from the SEC in 2026.

The new year looks like it’ll bring more of the chaos and uncertainty business was grappling with in 2025—ramping up pressure on corporate boards to move faster to stay prepared.

Businesses that allow managers to use artificial intelligence tools for workers’ performance reviews should include human oversight among the steps they take to lower chances they’re sued over job discrimination.

Federal appeals courts are facing a flood of cases in 2026 that will determine transgender students’ rights in public schools, from their right to play on sports teams to using their preferred restroom.

The country’s premier corporate law court, which routinely confronts the obduracy of controlling billionaires, is finding pet owners no less intractable in their deal-making.

Companies aiming to report less information to their investors and more easily deflect shareholder proposals are likely to get help from the SEC in 2026.

Federal judges rebuked the Justice Department numerous times this year over its conduct, as they field hundreds of legal challenges to the Trump administration’s agenda.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement must stop from engaging in arrests of noncitizens at immigration courthouses across Northern California and Hawaii, a federal judge ruled.

A series of class actions over the exclusion of coverage for GLP-1 weight loss drugs is testing several legal strategies against how health insurance plans decide which drugs to cover and why.

Federal appeals courts are facing a flood of cases in 2026 that will determine transgender students’ rights in public schools, from their right to play on sports teams to using their preferred restroom.

Among next year’s most high-profile jury trials will be mass tort cases consolidated in California federal and state courts.

Six Big Law firms are paving the way for new leaders in 2026 as the legal industry’s top players face a slew of competitive pressures.

The country’s premier corporate law court, which routinely confronts the obduracy of controlling billionaires, is finding pet owners no less intractable in their deal-making.

AI-hallucinated case citations have moved from novelty to a core challenge for the courts, prompting complaints from judges that the issue distracts from the merits of the cases in front of them.