LITIGATION: Media coverage of the 2024 presidential election cycle has wrapped up, but claims tied to Fox News coverage of the election four years prior are still open, with the Court of Chancery denying a motion to dismiss filed by the network's parent corporation, Ellen Bardash reports. Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster wrote that shareholder plaintiffs had shown Rupert Murdoch's potential liability in the case prevented him from considering litigation independently.
REGIONAL: Can a company trademark a color? U-Haul International’s top rival believes so. U-Haul has filed an infringement suit against California-based Public Storage, arguing that the competitor used fraudulent information to claim it has an exclusive right to use the color orange. Michelle Morgante has the story.
CORPORATE: Carly Anderson’s departure from Boeing leads a roundup of in-house counsel moves. Chris O’Malley reports that Anderson is the second attorney to depart from the embattled aerospace giant in recent months.
BUSINESS OF LAW: Several big firms announced leadership changes in 2024, and the pace of leadership adjustments throughout Big Law is expected to stay robust in 2025. Firms are looking for law firm leaders now with a different set of skills, Jon Campisi reports—and they aren’t just relying on leaders with a “long and deep success in law practice as leadership criteria,” says Kirsten Keegan Vasquez of Major, Lindsey & Africa.
LEGAL TECH: Absent a federal law, the patchwork of state data privacy laws grew significantly this year. Still, many won’t feel their impact until 2025, when eight of them take effect throughout the year. Ella Sherman looks at what these laws cover, when they’ll come online next year, and how they differ from one another.
INTERNATIONAL: Clifford Chance's highest paid partner took home £6.01 million in the financial year to April 2024, Habiba Cullen-Jafar reports. It’s a sign of the times in the U.K. legal scene—partner pay at top firms remains highly competitive as ultra-profitable U.S.-headquartered law firms poach highly-rated partners from elite U.K. firms.
