Proskauer Rose is close to reaching a settlement with a former executive it accused of stealing a huge swath of records relating to its finances and business strategy before leaving the firm.  Read More|Documents Attached

The United Auto Workers reached a tentative labor agreement with Ford Motor Co., putting pressure on the carmaker’s two chief rivals to end a protracted strike that has cost the industry billions of dollars.  Read More

Morgan Stanley selected Ted Pick to become its new chief executive officer, succeeding James Gorman after a 14-year run that reshaped the Wall Street bank.  Read More

Mark Brnovich, the former Arizona attorney general who faced misconduct accusations over his handling of a 2020 election probe, is joining Boies Schiller & Flexner as a partner at the litigation firm.  Read More|Document Attached

President Joe Biden will sign a wide-ranging directive on artificial intelligence on Monday, according to people familiar with the matter, as part of a broader pledge to steer AI models away from potential misuse before they’re released to the public.  Read More

Investors participating in the early stages of securities class actions may need to stay involved if they want to challenge adverse judgments, in the wake of a recent Ninth Circuit decision.  Read More|Document Attached

House Speaker Mike Johnson introduced himself to the American public Wednesday by repeatedly invoking his evangelical Christian faith, signaling a political shift that will permeate debate on everything from abortion to the economy.  Read More

A California attorney who argued the state bar selectively enforces the rules against sole practitioners and small firms and lets the big ones slide by lost his state supreme court case.  Read More|Document Attached

Sam Bankman-Fried will take the stand to defend his actions in the lead-up to the collapse of his digital-asset empire, after taking a beating from former colleagues who described him as the mastermind of a years-long scheme to defraud FTX customers and investors.   Read More

An Ohio judge is accused of violating state judicial conduct rules for posting on Facebook inaccurate information about a contentious guardianship case he presided over, which included unfounded accusations that the woman at the center of the case was a victim of elder abuse.  Read More|Document Attached

Cason Kirby has joined Holland & Knight in the litigation section as a partner in Birmingham, Ala., the firm said Wednesday.  Read More

Gawain Hughes has joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman as a partner in London, the firm said Tuesday.  Read More|Document Attached

Laura Hammargren has joined Greenberg Traurig as a member in the global litigation practice in Minneapolis, Minn., the firm said Wednesday.  Read More

Stellantis NV says its $1.1 billion purchase of a stake in a Chinese electric vehicle maker will help it offer more affordable EVs and gain an edge on rivals bracing for an onslaught of cheaper exports from the country.  Read More

The fate of hundreds of lawsuits claiming social media platforms have caused a youth mental health crisis will soon be in the hands of a federal judge who must evaluate whether the claims can bypass the tech industry’s legal shield.  Read More|Document Attached

The Senate approved Jessica Looman to head the busy Department of Labor sub-agency that serves as the main enforcer of wage and child labor laws.  Read More

A conservative group on Wednesday appealed a decision by a panel of judges on the Fifth Circuit that allows Nasdaq to keep SEC-endorsed rules that aim to place more women and minorities on the boards of its listed companies.  Read More|Document Attached

Insurance carriers may need to rework their e-signature processes to prove authenticity of insured parties’ signatures on policy renewals following a Michigan Court of Appeals decision, say Segal McCambridge’s Leah Yair and David Yates.  Read More

Dechert’s Andrew Boutros and Jay Schleppenbach examine various legal cases and assess how attorney-client privilege could extend beyond in-house attorneys to unlicensed lawyers.  Read More

Former Montana Senator Max Baucus and former House Judiciary Chair Bob Goodlatte say the ITC and Congress need to act to mitigate shell companies’ manipulation of domestic business through patent lawsuits.  Read More

A prominent conservative appeals court judge called on his colleagues to “get comfortable” with “harsh criticism,” even as judicial decisions that hinge on the US Constitution’s original meaning face backlash.  Read More

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Democratic-majority is disrupted once again by the frequent health issues of lawmakers that complicate votes on judicial nominees.  Read More

Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said Wednesday that new information raises questions about whether Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reported the forgiveness of a $267,000 loan he used to buy a motor coach.  Read More

Chris Meserole has been appointed the first executive director of the Frontier Model Forum, a body established by AI heavyweights Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI, the companies said Wednesday.  Read More

The California Supreme Court without comment rejected a request to intervene in a lawsuit from an attorney who alleges the state bar discriminates against lawyers over age 40.  Read More|Document Attached

Donald Trump was fined $10,000 for his second violation of a gag order in New York state’s $250 million civil fraud trial against him, after a judge unexpectedly called the former president to the stand and ruled his explanation of comments made outside the courtroom “not credible.”  Read More

Donald Trump’s courtroom clash with Michael Cohen escalated Wednesday as the former president labeled his one-time fixer and confidante a “liar” and the disgraced lawyer compared his ex-employer to a “mob boss.”  Read More