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In about half the US, police are pressured by law to make an arrest in domestic violence cases to prevent abuse from escalating. But those policies have failed for dozens of victims, a year-long Bloomberg Law investigation found. https://bit.ly/4sveiKS

An insurance recovery expert speaks with Law360 about the risks data centers face from extreme weather and insuring outage costs.

Opinion: When a firm closes, what happens to the partner who stays? Fidelium Advisors' James Dixon says firm leaders should confront those questions before the first serious wave of departures.

Consovoy McCarthy and Smith Porsborg lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions.

Right-wing influencer Candace Owens scored an initial victory against defamation claims filed in a US court by French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte.

The regulator overseeing the depository units of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Co., Bank of America Corp., and other national banks told hundreds of its employees to prepare for another round of potential layoffs or reorganization.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired four partners to its new Chicago office, beginning a growth plan intended to fill roughly 100,000 square feet of office space in the Windy City.

Two Biden-era antitrust officials have begun a new firm offering an AI-powered legal tool to capitalize on growing technology demands from plaintiffs’ firms.

The director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, Alicia Jackson, is on administrative leave, according to a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson.

Meta Platforms Inc.‘s and OpenAI Inc.‘s personal AI agents, featuring cartoonish mascots, are raising concerns that they’ll appeal to children and put them at risk.

Drivers asked the full Ninth Circuit to clarify the standard for certifying class actions accusing companies of deceptive advertising, saying they should be allowed to forge ahead with claims alleging Tesla misled customers about the self-driving capabilities of its vehicles.

A Fourth Circuit panel appeared skeptical of the Justice Department’s attempt to sue every federal trial court judge in Maryland over standing orders it says stymied US immigration enforcement.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has been tasked with creating a plan to continue work on taxing the digital economy by countries that participate in its global tax policymaking body, the organization said Friday. https://www.law360.com/articles/2544705

A luxury real estate management company that accused Airbnb Inc. of an aggressive campaign to block a ‘Luxbnb’ trademark application dropped its weeks-old lawsuit, even as the eight-year battle continues at the trademark tribunal.