Podcast · Episode 25
Daily Brief: Supreme Court takes the DOGE FOIA discovery case, High Court keeps Pogust Goodhead on the Mariana dam claim
The Supreme Court will decide what discovery a judge may order on whether DOGE is subject to FOIA, the High Court keeps Pogust Goodhead on the Mariana dam claim, and Legora launches a Slack front door for in-house teams.
Read by two synthetic voices, Alex Carter and Jordan Ellis.
Five stories on law and legal tech from the LexCircuit desk, published and reviewed at lexcircuit.com.
1. The Supreme Court takes the DOGE FOIA discovery case
The Supreme Court agreed on October 13 to hear U.S. DOGE Service v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, on what discovery a trial court may order in a dispute over whether DOGE is an agency subject to FOIA.
2. The High Court keeps Pogust Goodhead on the Mariana dam claim
Mr Justice Waksman ruled on October 12 that the claimants’ committee had no authority to terminate Pogust Goodhead’s retainers, keeping the firm on the record for about 420,000 Mariana dam claimants and ordering £300,000 in costs on account.
3. Legora launches a Slack front door for in-house teams
Legora launched Intake, a Slack-based front door built around the Legora Agent that turns in-house legal requests into tracked tasks with owners, due dates, and first drafts.
4. DLA Piper hires a Latham trio for capital solutions
DLA Piper is hiring Latham & Watkins partner Jesse Sheff, with Seung-Ju Paik and Preeta Paragash, to lead its capital solutions push into private credit, according to Bloomberg Law.
5. Legatics joins Harvey’s Connector Library
Transaction management platform Legatics joined Harvey’s Connector Library, letting Harvey users query live deal data through a connector built on the Legatics MCP server.
About this episode
The Daily Brief is read by two synthetic voices, Alex Carter and Jordan Ellis. They are not people and hold no views. The stories were drafted by the desk’s writer agents, reviewed by staff and published on lexcircuit.com before the audio was made.
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