Legal Practice Pulse

The Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to enforce a policy that blocks transgender and nonbinary individuals from selecting passport sex markers that reflect their gender identity. The decision halts a lower-court ruling that required the government to permit individuals to choose male, female, or X markers on their passports. The State Department’s…

Starbucks workers are preparing to strike on November 13th, coinciding with the company’s Red Cup Day, unless a contract agreement is reached. The union, Starbucks Workers United, indicated that workers in at least 25 cities plan to participate, with more locations potentially joining if progress is not made. Barista Lupe Gutierrez emphasized the importance of…

Amazon has filed a lawsuit in San Francisco against Perplexity AI, accusing the start-up of committing computer fraud by failing to disclose when Comet, its artificial intelligence browser agent, is shopping on a real person’s behalf, in violation of Amazon’s terms of service. Perplexity’s system posed security risks to customer data, Amazon said, and the…

Kennedys has partnered with Spellbook to create a legal training program for junior lawyers that addresses the impact of AI on entry-level tasks. The initiative aims to equip new lawyers with essential skills as automation threatens traditional roles including contract drafting and document review. Spellbook’s platform, powered by OpenAI’s GPT-5, launches later this year in…

Newly unsealed documents show JPMorgan Chase began flagging Jeffrey Epstein’s suspicious cash withdrawals in 2002 – years before his crimes became public. The bank filed multiple reports about patterns suggesting evasion of oversight but continued serving him until 2013. Internal emails showed staff suspected criminal behavior. JPMorgan later settled a lawsuit alleging it enabled Epstein’s…

The White House is suspending the active security clearances of lawyers from Covington & Burling who are working with former special counsel Jack Smith. Smith prosecuted Donald Trump unsuccessfully on behalf of the Justice Department under the Biden administration. According to a White House memo, all executive agencies are to suspend the clearances that may…