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Wake Up Call: Norcross Lawyer Sees Fallout from Criminal Charges

Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel.

Lobbyists See Demand for Guiding CEOs in Hostile Hill Hearings

It’s been a bruising Congress already for top corporate executives, from TikTok to Boeing, and lobbyists say they expect more to come as lawmakers look to put a spotlight on tech, pharmaceutical, aviation, and other industries.

Barrett Charts Divergent Path From Thomas on How to Use History

Columnist David Lat assesses Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s trajectory in her fourth term and approach to historical interpretation.

Judges Urged to Embrace AI, but Not When Writing Opinions

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Judges should be broadly integrating artificial intelligence technologies in their chambers while approaching generative AI—which can produce text and audio automatically—with skepticism, experts say.

Wake Up Call: Hunter Biden Facing Suspension of DC Law License

Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel.

Scottie Scheffler Gives Kentucky High Court Something to Ponder

Welcome back to the Big Law Business column. I’m Roy Strom, and today we look at an insurance dispute impacting how Kentucky municipalities pay for wrongful conviction claims.

Big Tech Pushing On-Device AI as Privacy, Performance Booster

Artificial intelligence and other technology companies are pushing their large language models out of the cloud and onto users’ personal devices in a move they say will enhance privacy and security.

Akin’s Leader Picks Show Focus on Big Law’s ‘High-Rate Areas’

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, a firm founded in Texas and with one of the largest lobbying practices in Washington, is looking elsewhere as it seeks to compete with top law firms.

California Set to Change Law That Cost Employers $10 Billion

California’s largest business and labor groups agreed to change a landmark law that has helped workers sue companies such as <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/WMT%20US%20Equity/RV","_id":"00000190-2ce3-d5f2-a594-ffe78e630000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Walmart Inc., <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/UBER%20US%20Equity/BICO","_id":"00000190-2ce3-d5f2-a594-ffe78e630001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Uber Technologies Inc. and Google for workplace violations.

Kuwait’s Suit Against Man Posing as a Lawyer Revived on Appeal

Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense can proceed with a lawsuit against a man who falsely held himself out as an attorney, then charged the ministry for legal services for one of its Washington offices, the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday.