He brokered celebrity divorces and recovered billions for victims of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. But he was proudest of helping to legalize interracial marriage.
Category: Legal Profession
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All Those A.I. Note Takers? They’re Making Lawyers Very Nervous.
A trendy productivity hack, A.I. note takers are capturing every joke and offhand comment in many meetings. They could also potentially waive attorney-client privilege.
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Judge Imposes Sanctions on Plaintiff and Her Lawyer in Suit Against Billionaire Leon Black
A federal judge said the lawyer representing an unnamed plaintiff who accused the billionaire investor of abusing her had “lied repeatedly to the court.”
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Trump Administration Abandons Efforts to Impose Executive Orders on Law Firms
The move amounts to a surrender in a clash that has led many law firms to submit to the president rather than face the threat of his executive orders.
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Goldman Sachs General Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler Resigns Over Epstein Ties
Kathryn Ruemmler, a former top Obama administration lawyer, is out at Goldman Sachs after emails showed a friendship with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein spanning many years.
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A.I. Abuse Is Reinventing the Law
More lawyers are using artificial intelligence to write legal briefs. Some vigilantes are publicizing the A.I.-generated errors.
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Overlooked No More: Bessie Margolin, Lawyer Who Turned Workers’ Hopes Into Law
Her streak of Supreme Court victories, which began during the New Deal era, benefited millions of workers and continue to shape labor rights today.
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William H. Neukom, Microsoft Lawyer Who Led Antitrust Fight, Dies at 83
In the 1990s, the U.S. called Microsoft a bullying monopoly and sought to rein it in. The company lost in a landmark decision, but emerged intact.
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Big Law Firms Bowed to Trump. A Corps of ‘Little Guys’ Jumped in to Fight Him.
Solo practitioners, former government litigators and small law offices stepped up to help challenge the Trump administration’s agenda in court after the White House sought to punish many big firms.
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Jack Kleinsinger, Impresario Behind a Marathon Jazz Series, Dies at 88
A lawyer by day, he created Highlights in Jazz, bringing together artists both famous and unknown in more than 300 concerts over 50 years.