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After failing to keep Florida's sweeping consumer protection lawsuit in federal court, OpenAI is fighting to get the case moved yet again—this time to the Tampa area. www.law.com/corpcounsel/2026/11/06/discovery-paused-as-openai-seeks-to-move-florida-suit-again/
Stephanie Shea is general counsel at Towson University and previously held senior legal posts at Johns Hopkins University www.law.com/corpcounsel/2026/11/06/jpl-operator-caltech-taps-veteran-maryland-higher-ed-lawyer-as-legal-chief/
“Instead of looking at AI as, How do we save cost?' it's more, How do we use AI to become more efficient so that we can accelerate the business?' If legal moves… www.law.com/corpcounsel/2026/11/06/ai-is-making-legal-departments-faster-but-are-gcs-measuring-the-wrong-things/
"I do have clients who have taken more extreme views around what they expect AI to do, and I really respect that," said Desirée Moore of Venable. www.law.com/corpcounsel/2026/11/06/ai-effects-on-fees-requires-transparency-with-clients-attorneys-at-harvey-event-say/
Kyle Roche of Freedman Normand Friedland said his firm has chosen to sue on behalf of individual authors rather than in a class action because it can be difficult to… www.law.com/corpcounsel/2026/11/06/copyright-suits-over-ai-training-continue-with-latest-surge-against-meta/
Organizations managing international talent face increasing immigration challenges, including nationality-based restrictions, consular… www.law.com/corpcounsel/2026/11/06/five-sports-industry-developments-for-every-general-counsel-managing-international-talent-to-watch/
The complaints seek to enjoin the enforcement and challenge the constitutionality of AB 1709, which bars social media companies from providing users aged… www.law.com/corpcounsel/2026/11/05/google-meta-tiktok-sue-calif-ag-to-block-landmark-state-childrens-online-safety-bill-/
A male employee of regional Coca-Cola distributor alleged a two-day networking retreat for female employees discriminated against male workers. www.law.com/corpcounsel/2026/11/05/eeocs-lawsuit-over-all-female-corporate-retreat-gets-green-light/
The Eleventh Circuit vacated a Florida district court's ruling and upheld the constitutionality of the False Claims Act's qui tam… www.law.com/corpcounsel/2026/11/05/dont-close-the-compliance-manual-yet-the-eleventh-circuit-breathes-new-life-into-fca-qui-tam-actions-/
“You've now got to be thinking about whether you have sufficiently diversified your legal work to protect yourself in these circumstances. In the past all you were… www.law.com/corpcounsel/2026/11/05/weils-wind-down-exposes-the-risks-of-putting-too-much-trust-in-one-law-firm/
Just 31% of in-house legal professionals surveyed in a Pinsent Masons report said more junior colleagues were driving AI adoption, challenging assumptions about who is leading… www.law.com/corpcounsel/2026/11/05/junior-lawyers-arent-necessarily-driving-in-house-ai-adoption/
In a late Tuesday announcement, 3M said the settlement would compensate 99% of the claims brought by an estimated 115,000 to 120,000 individuals that their… www.law.com/corpcounsel/2026/11/04/3m-agrees-to-pay-75b-to-settle-thousands-of-injury-claims-over-forever-chemicals/
David Lein will succeed longtime legal chief Erika Geetter, who concluded three decades at the university in September. www.law.com/corpcounsel/2026/11/04/boston-university-taps-u-of-texas-deputy-legal-chief-as-general-counsel/
"The current push for new charters has a lot to do with tech companies that view banking as a way to access certain processes," said banking consultant Michael… www.law.com/corpcounsel/2026/11/04/de-novo-bank-filings-surge-as-fintechs-seek-bigger-slice-of-financial-pie/
While legal departments expect AI to reduce outside counsel costs, Integreon's Rhett Lemmel believes it could make some alternative fee arrangements less… www.law.com/corpcounsel/2026/11/04/ai-could-give-the-billable-hour-new-life-heres-why-legal-departments-may-welcome-it/
At least two AI-native law firms have put in bids for Weil Gotshal & Manges' data, raising the question of whether internal law firm data qualifies as an asset and if it can be… www.law.com/corpcounsel/2026/11/04/law-firm-data-is-valuable-now-it-might-come-with-a-price-tag/
Luis Machado, a veteran public-company lawyer with more than three decades of experience, takes the legal reins at the $4.4 billion equipment rental giant. www.law.com/corpcounsel/2026/11/03/herc-holdings-taps-topbuild-legal-chief-as-clo-/
Heather Nevitt noted that it is harder for GCs to stay ahead and ready when they are being confronted by regulatory unpredictability, geopolitics, cybersecurity and other… www.law.com/corpcounsel/2026/11/03/inside-the-mind-of-todays-gc-leading-through-risk-and-uncertainty/
The DOJ's National Fraud Enforcement Division issued Directive 26-12, establishing an aggressive corporate enforcement approach focused on health care, government, tax and trade fraud, with… www.law.com/corpcounsel/2026/11/03/doj-focuses-its-corporate-enforcement-priorities/
