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When case information is scattered across courts and sources, legal research can become a time-consuming process of locating dockets, filtering results, and checking for updates. That’s time you could be spending analyzing case developments and informing litigation strategy instead. Bloomberg Law brings federal and expansive state court docket coverage into one platform, with AI-powered Docket Key helping you zero in on exemplar briefs, motions, complaints, and other filing types faster. From there, detailed filters, docket tracking, and alerts help you dig deeper and stay on top of the cases that matter. Spend less time hunting for the right filing and more time using what you find. See how Bloomberg Law Dockets can make court research more efficient: https://lnkd.in/edGuAp_T #BloombergLaw #LegalResearch #Litigation #LegalTechnology #CourtDockets

AI governance, shifting regulations, and emerging cyber risks are forcing legal leaders to make difficult decisions with no established playbook. How are experienced corporate legal executives approaching these challenges? Join us for "Inside In-House: Leadership Lessons from the Fortune 500" to hear how accomplished legal leaders think about responsible AI frameworks, regulatory uncertainty, corporate resilience, and the evolving role of in-house counsel. November 19th | 1:00pm EST Register to watch: https://lnkd.in/edQFqW4M #CorporateCounsel #LegalLeadership #CLO #BloombergLaw

The White House is defending newly minted Press Secretary Katie Zacharia amid questions around her legal credentials. Learn more: bit.ly/47ooNGd

Bloomberg Law litigation intelligence is now accessible in Microsoft Copilot. With this new connector, legal professionals can search our dockets, review filings, monitor matters, and surface litigation insights without leaving the AI tools they already use. Now available for select Bloomberg Law enterprise customers. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eDCXMxVk

The latest Inside Big Law is here: Kirkland’s decision to withhold information about its earnings comes as clients are increasingly skeptical about rising legal rates. In his latest column, Roy Strom spoke to a group of the most successful 2011 Big Law hires and learned what they think AI will do for young lawyers. Sidley hired an ex-Treasury CFIUS expert in the latest example of major firms bringing on government attorneys.

Still tracking matters in email, checklists, sticky notes, and your head? When updates are scattered across different places, it takes extra time to figure out what's been done, what's coming up, and what needs your attention. Dashboard Legal gives legal teams one place to organize work, assign tasks, track progress, collaborate with clients, and connect Bloomberg Law news and alerts directly to the clients and matters they affect. Watch how AI-powered matter management can bring more structure and visibility to the way your team already works. #BloombergLaw #MatterManagement #LegalTechnology #LegalOperations #LegalAI

Vanessa L Allen Sutherland JD/MBA says she finds herself increasingly embracing the “general” in “general counsel.” Sutherland, general counsel, corporate secretary and executive vice president of government affairs of Phillips 66, juggles numerous topics each day, from contracts to employment to intellectual property, she said in an interview with Bloomberg Law. This is all amid a broadening risk landscape that includes not only legislative and regulatory changes, but social media discourse, geopolitical threats, and supply chain logistics, she said. “I look at the risks that are the most time sensitive,” she said. “You need to be able to be comfortable in a lot of different topics at once.” Her logic is a fitting extension of her personality. Sutherland is everything you’d expect of a Fortune 50 general counsel — eloquent, astute, and laser-focused on enterprise success — with a few surprises thrown in. She’s a published poet with an interest in physics, and she toyed with going to graduate school for art history. Corporate law is a happy mix of all her interests, she said. “It was a great place for me to merge the science background, my artsy self with the analytical part of my brain,” Sutherland said. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g9vUTZ6y

How is New York’s top judge shaping the state’s highest court? Chief Judge Rowan Wilson discusses his approach to leading the Court of Appeals in a profile tracing his path from childhood, through a career at Cravath, to the helm of New York’s court system. Watch the full video: bit.ly/4yoRttE

Former New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin is picking fights with some of AI’s biggest players. Platkin LLP has sued OpenAI and Microsoft three times since the firm opened its doors in February. Two of the cases accuse the companies of scraping hundreds of thousands of copyrighted articles to build generative AI products, while another alleges ChatGPT drove a Pennsylvania woman into a mental health crisis. “My focus has always been: Let’s bring big cases that have impact and address harms,” said Platkin, who took on tech companies and gunmakers as state attorney general. “And right now, the AI industry I think is causing more risk for humanity, by their own admission, than any industry on the planet.” Platkin’s five-lawyer firm joins a crowded field aiming cases at AI companies amid massive growth and escalating, existential concerns about threats posed by the technology. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gCS8cxcb

In this week’s Inside Big Law: Kirkland & Ellis said 2026 will be the last year it provides financial performance to the media. Sullivan & Cromwell brought on litigators from McGuireWoods and Ashurst to lead its Supreme Court and appellate practice. The Justice Department asked a DC federal judge to keep secret records related to a federal DEI probe of Big Law.