Podcast: On this episode of the podcast, On the Merits a discussion of tiered compensation for law firm associates, the state of return-to-office policies in firms, and the associate lateral market.

Amgen Inc. filed patent infringement lawsuits against competitors Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd and Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc. over proposed biosimilar versions of its drugs preventing bone fractures in osteoporosis and cancer patients.

The FBI erred in awarding Information Systems & Networks Corp. an $80 million background investigative support services contract because the company lacks required experience, according to a rival bidder’s protest.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. isn’t liable to the estate of a driver killed by a bank employee who was driving drunk, the Eleventh Circuit said.

Podcast: On this episode of On the Merits, we discuss the Big Law trend of promoting attorneys to non-equity partnerships, and what it means for attorneys’ career paths—and compensation.

Todd Blanche, second-in-command at the DOJ, described a “war” against the federal judiciary and called on young conservative lawyers in the audience to join the fight against so-called “activist judges.”

Private credit lenders are easing loan terms on existing deals in hopes of staving off costly restructurings, at the risk of an extend-and-pretend dynamic that masks deeper economic strains.

The Bureau of Land Management improperly authorized a wild horse removal plan in northeast California based on inaccurate overpopulation calculations, a lawsuit alleged.

The US State Department failed to convince a federal magistrate judge to toss a lawsuit accusing it of unreasonably delaying an H-1B visa decision for an Iranian postdoctoral scholar hired by UCLA.

Amazon’s Fire TV devices and other video-streaming hardware infringe five InterDigital Inc. patents covering video-processing and compression technology, according to a federal lawsuit that’s part of an international patent-enforcement campaign.

The Federal Circuit reversed the majority of two decisions nixing a biometric security patent and remanded the cases to a US Patent and Trademark Office tribunal for further review.

Kalshi Inc. escaped a a challenge from three tribes to at least temporarily bar the prediction market from offering sports-related trading on their lands in California.

A Delaware state judge grilled Meta Platforms Inc. about its bid to dismiss or pause claims by its liability insurers seeking a ruling on whether they must pay the tech giant’s defense costs in social media addiction litigation.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC isn’t liable for its audit opinion about two Bloom Energy financial statements in connection with the fuel cell maker’s 2018 initial public offering, the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday.

Federal judges are people, too, and between panels last week at the Federalist Society’s annual lawyers convention, three offered rare glimpses into how they unwind from the stresses of the job.

Davis Polk & Wardwell offered to pay $25,000 to law students chosen for second-year summer programs in 2027, assuming they serve in government or academia, or at a nonprofit, their previous year.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is suing the Harris County Commissioners Court over its decision to allocate roughly $1.34 million in taxpayer funds to nonprofits that provide legal aid to immigrants in deportation proceedings.

Colorado won its bid to restore a law barring out-of-state banks from issuing loans that violate the state’s interest rate caps.

Starbucks and the NLRB are set to square off in federal appeals court arguments for the eighth time in the last 2 1/2 years.

A Trump administration official had a message for a roomful of conservative lawyers at the Federalist Society’s annual convention: “the tide has turned.”