Judge fines lawyers over fake, AI-generated cases.

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The Afternoon Docket

The Afternoon Docket

A newsletter by Reuters and Westlaw

 

By Caitlin Tremblay

What's going on today?

  • U.S. judge blocks Trump's indefinite suspension of refugee resettlement program.
  • U.S. judge urges Congress to revive effort to expand judiciary.
  • SCOTUS grants Oklahoma death row inmate Glossip new trial.

Have a great day!

 

Want to hire Elon Musk's lawyer? That will be $3,000 an hour

 

REUTERS/Peter DaSilva

A leading attorney for Elon Musk and embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams now has a standard billing rate of $3,000 an hour, placing him on the top shelf among even the priciest of Manhattan lawyers. Alex Spiro, known for his high-profile clientele and relentless litigation style, is among a small group of lawyers at Quinn Emanuel now billing the $3,000 rate, according to a source familiar with the firm's billing practices. The source said the top rate also applies to William Burck, the firm’s global co-managing partner. Mike Scarcella has more.

 

More top news

  • U.S. judge blocks Trump's indefinite suspension of refugee resettlement program
  • U.S. Supreme Court grants Oklahoma death row inmate Glossip new trial
  • Jones Day, ex-associates resolve bias lawsuit over parental leave policy
  • Judge gives Trump administration Wednesday night deadline to pay foreign aid funds
  • U.S. judge urges Congress to revive effort to expand judiciary
  • Meta must face lawsuit claiming it prefers cheaper foreign workers
  • Judge fines lawyers in Walmart lawsuit over fake, AI-generated cases
  • Trump admin denies plans to shutter CFPB, court papers say
  • Google loses fight on Android Auto access, bodes ill for Big Tech
  • Second U.S. judge who ruled against Trump faces Republican impeachment bid
 
 

Catch up with Jenna Greene...

Here's a look at her recent On the Case columns:

  • FCC case against CBS for ‘news distortion’ may go far beyond precedent, scholars say
  • New wave of investor lawsuits targets ‘AI washing’

Read more columns here.

 

In other news...

Elon Musk staffers quit amid confusion over his latest ultimatum to government workers … Senator Chuck Grassley launched an inquiry into UnitedHealth Group's Medicare billing practices … Nuclear physicist Andrei Sakharov smuggled Nobel Peace Prize lecture to Oslo via embassy ploy, papers reveal 50 years on … Arctic doomsday seed vault gets more than 14,000 new samples … Evidence of beaches from an ancient Martian ocean detected by a Chinese rover … Musicians release a silent album to protest the UK's AI copyright changes … And our top photos of the day.

 
 

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