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O'Melveny hires Linklaters restructuring partner Penelope Jensen in New York
O'Melveny & Myers hired Penelope Jensen as a New York bankruptcy and restructuring partner from Linklaters, Bloomberg Law and the New York Law Journal reported on September 24, 2026. Jensen advises creditors and lenders in chapter 11, chapter 15 and out-of-court restructurings. She is O'Melveny’s second New York restructuring partner addition in September after David Botter joined from Cleary Gottlieb.
Announcement (Bloomberg Law) → · New York Law Journal
Minnesota Attorney General settles False Claims Act suit against Partners in Nutrition for $18.5 million
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a civil False Claims Act lawsuit and concurrent settlement in Hennepin County District Court on Thursday against child nutrition program sponsor Partners in Nutrition. The agreement resolved allegations that the nonprofit submitted fraudulent meal reimbursement claims to the Minnesota Department of Education between October 2020 and February 2022. Partners in Nutrition agreed to pay $18,517,909.27, representing its entire remaining funds, produce internal records to investigators, and permanently dissolve as a corporate entity.
Order (District Court of Minnesota, Fourth Judicial District) → · Minnesota Attorney General's Office, FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, Sahan Journal
Tribunal lets Gitpod disability claimant pursue £76m schedule of loss
The Birmingham Employment Tribunal refused Gitpod’s bid to cap Shannon Burns’s disability-discrimination schedule of loss at £1 million, allowing her to pursue about £76 million, The Independent reported on September 24, 2026. Burns, a former Gitpod vice-president of engineering with ADHD, previously won liability findings after her dismissal following a work trip. The tribunal also ordered disclosure of the value of Gitpod’s sale to OpenAI; a remedies hearing remains pending subject to appeal.
Filing (The Independent) → · Scottish Legal News
Massumi + Consoli launches Trive-backed ElevenHundred+ MSO, hires Glusky
Los Angeles private equity boutique Massumi + Consoli on September 24, 2026 announced ElevenHundred+, a management services organization backed by Dallas private equity firm Trive Capital, Law.com and a firm Business Wire release reported. The MSO will build technology and operational infrastructure and offer equity incentives aimed at lateral recruiting. Former Sheppard Mullin executive-committee member and firmwide lateral recruitment lead Shon Glusky joined as a New York partner and chief strategy officer.
Announcement (Business Wire) → · Law.com / The American Lawyer
Ontario Teachers’ invests $50M in Harvey, extending round to $600M
Teachers’ Venture Growth of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan invested US$50 million in legal AI company Harvey on September 24, 2026, The Globe and Mail and Canadian Lawyer reported. The tranche extends Harvey’s Diffusion and Lightspeed round from US$550 million to US$600 million at the prior US$15.5 billion valuation. Harvey said it works with more than 100 Canadian law firms and legal teams and will grow its Toronto staff.
Announcement (CNW/PR Newswire) → · Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, The Globe and Mail, Canadian Lawyer +1
New York sues Polymarket alleging unlicensed gambling while company countersues in federal court
New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul filed an enforcement petition in Manhattan state court on Thursday against QCX LLC, operating as Polymarket US, alleging the prediction market ran an unlicensed gambling business that offered sports event wagers to individuals under twenty-one. Polymarket countersued James and state gaming officials in Manhattan federal court several hours later, asserting that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission holds exclusive regulatory jurisdiction over federally registered event contracts and derivatives exchanges.
Filing (Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York) → · Office of the New York State Attorney General, Reuters, CNBC
Seyfarth faces proposed class action over August employee-account incident
A proposed class action filed in Illinois federal court on September 24 accused Seyfarth Shaw of failing to safeguard personal information exposed in an August incident, Reuters reported. The plaintiff, a former employee of a Seyfarth client, says the breach affected more than 56,000 people. Seyfarth said in a statement that its network and systems were not breached and that someone impersonating its IT help desk targeted a single employee.
Rulings this week
- N.D. CAL. Federal judge bars DOJ and DHS from threatening election officials over alleged noncitizen ballots
- MISS. Refuses to dismiss NAACP's Clean Air Act suit over xAI's Mississippi data center turbines
- S.D.N.Y. Of three taxpayer-funded Trump administration ads as likely propaganda
- D. MD. Maryland judge restores 21-day notice for unaccompanied children's asylum interviews
Law Society drops recommended trainee minimum salary for real living wage
The Law Society of England and Wales has stopped publishing a recommended minimum salary for trainee solicitors and instead advises employers to pay staff on qualifying work experience no less than the real living wage, Legal Cheek and the Law Gazette reported. The real living wage is £14.80 an hour in London and £13.45 elsewhere. Last year’s Society recommendations were £28,090 in London and £24,916 outside; the Society said the change is guidance, not a regulatory requirement.
Text (Legal Cheek) → · Law Gazette
Magnusson merges with Swedish VC and tech boutique Gro Advokatbyrå
Nordic and Baltic business law firm Magnusson is merging with Stockholm boutique Gro Advokatbyrå, with full integration from October 1, 2026, Dagens Juridik and the firms reported on September 24, 2026. Gro advises growth companies and venture funds on capital raisings and has a tech and data-protection practice; it will cease as a separate firm and its staff will join Magnusson. Magnusson has more than 170 professionals across six countries.
Announcement (Dagens Juridik) → · Magnusson
NYC Bar ethics committee says lawyers should not use AI to record calls with non-clients by default
The New York City Bar Association's Committee on Professional Ethics issued Formal Opinion 2026-2 on August 5, 2026, on AI tools that record, transcribe and summarize lawyers' conversations with people who are not clients. It concludes the default should be not to use them absent a good reason, that lawyers must disclose an intended recording and obtain every participant's permission, and that surreptitious recording is barred.
Ohio Board of Professional Conduct issues nonbinding AI ethics guide for lawyers, judges and magistrates
The Ohio Board of Professional Conduct published Artificial Intelligence for Lawyers and Judicial Officers: Ohio Ethics Guide at the Supreme Court of Ohio's request, Court News Ohio reported on June 30, 2026. The nonbinding guide applies the Rules of Professional Conduct and the Code of Judicial Conduct to AI use, covering verification, confidentiality, billing, candor to tribunals and judges' independent decision-making.
Opinion (Ohio Board of Professional Conduct) → · Court News Ohio
CMA fines M&J Group and staff £50k for hiding evidence in inspection
The Competition and Markets Authority on September 24, 2026 fined construction firm M&J Group £25,000 and two employees £25,000 combined for concealing a work mobile phone and paperwork during a warrant inspection in a bid-rigging probe, the CMA and BBC reported. The CMA said the penalties are its first civil penalties against individuals for concealing evidence and are separate from the ongoing competition investigation. The items were returned the same day.
Family courts in England and Wales start 67,843 cases in Q2 2026, up 1% year on year
Ministry of Justice Family Court Statistics for April to June 2026 show 67,843 new family-court cases, up 1% on the same quarter in 2025, driven by private-law (+11%) and financial-remedy (+4%) starts. Disposals fell 1% to 62,183, so starts again outpaced resolutions. Private-law cases averaged 33 weeks to disposal; care and supervision averaged 37 weeks, with 36% completed within 26 weeks.
Paper (GOV.UK / Ministry of Justice) → · Solicitors Journal