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Ex-Morgan Lewis Atty Unseats Progressive LA DA Gascón
Los Angeles and San Francisco voters delivered a blow to the progressive prosecution movement on Tuesday, with tough-on-crime candidate Nathan Hochman unseating incumbent LA County District Attorney George Gascón and incumbent San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins beating a prosecutor who once worked under Chesa Boudin's leadership.
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North Carolina Supreme Court Contest Poised For Recount
The race for North Carolina's lone Supreme Court seat seemed destined for a recount as the final votes trickled in during the early hours Wednesday, with Republican state Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin leading incumbent Democratic Justice Allison Riggs by a slim margin.
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Democrat Rep. Jeff Jackson Wins NC Attorney General Office
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson will serve as North Carolina's next attorney general, the Tar Heel State's voters decided after a contentious race that saw his Republican opponent file a lawsuit accusing him of defamation.
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GOP Newcomers Elected To Texas Court Of Criminal Appeals
Texas voters on Tuesday elected three Republicans who unseated members of their own party in the March primary to fill seats on the state's Court of Criminal Appeals, keeping complete GOP control of the state's top criminal court.
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Republican Justices Win Reelection Bids In Texas
Three Republican incumbent justices beat their Democratic challengers to return for another term on the Texas Supreme Court, with the majority of voters opting to keep the state's court of last resort for civil cases solidly red, statewide election results showed late Tuesday night.
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Florida Justices Who Opposed Abortion Ballot Keep Seats
Florida voters decided Tuesday to keep state Supreme Court Justices Renatha Francis and Meredith Sasso on the bench, retaining two justices who have taken anti-abortion stances while also rejecting a ballot measure that supported reproductive rights.
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NC Attorney General Josh Stein Clinches Governor's Race
North Carolina's Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein won the governor's race Tuesday on the heels of a scandal-ridden election season that seemingly tanked the campaign of his Republican opponent, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson.
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Former Fla. Prosecutor Ousted By DeSantis Wins Back Seat
Florida voters Tuesday brought back one of the former state attorneys previously suspended by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis for neglect of duty and incompetence over policy disagreements in handling prosecutions for certain cases.
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Fla. Judge Overcomes Loss In Last Election To Win Seat
Florida voters opted Tuesday to retain an appellate judge who was elevated to the newly created Sixth District Court of Appeal by Gov. Ron DeSantis after being ousted from the trial court bench in Tampa largely thanks to a highly publicized decision to deny a teenager an abortion because of poor grades.
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'Fat Leonard' Gets 15 Years For Navy Bribery Scheme
Leonard Francis, the Malaysian defense contractor and ex-fugitive known as "Fat Leonard" who led a sprawling bribery scheme that authorities say caused over $20 million in losses for the U.S. Navy, was sentenced Tuesday in California federal court to 15 years behind bars, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
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Feds Say Girardi's Behavior At Trial Shows He Is Competent
Prosecutors told a California federal judge on Tuesday that Tom Girardi should not receive a new trial following his conviction for misappropriating $15 million in client settlement funds, saying the disbarred attorney's arguments that he was not competent to stand trial are completely undercut by his behavior during the trial.
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Father, Daughter Attys Ask To Avoid Prison For Tax Scheme
Father and daughter attorneys convicted of participating in a multimillion-dollar tax avoidance scheme asked a North Carolina federal court to spare them prison sentences, with the daughter saying her father should have protected her and the father highlighting his mental illness.
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Trump Trial, Deepfakes Fuel Push For Cameras In Fed. Court
The public significance of former President Donald Trump's federal criminal trial on election interference charges and the potential for artificial intelligence-created deepfakes of that trial are good examples of why cameras should be allowed in criminal court, according to a coalition of media outlets and a court transparency group.
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Trustee Seeks Jackson Walker Docs In Judge Romance Probe
Arguing that the issue "presents a matter of national importance" with implications for the integrity of the judicial system, a U.S. bankruptcy trustee has urged a Texas federal court to force Jackson Walker LLP to turn over documents related to a former firm attorney's secret romance with a onetime judge.
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Lab Owner's Atty DQ'd After Repping Doctor In Fraud Inquiry
New Jersey prosecutors succeeded in disqualifying the lawyer for a lab owner accused of paying kickbacks to a New York City doctor in a $20.7 million fraud scheme because the attorney previously represented the doctor.
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Fla. Agency's Election Fraud Power Needs Review, Court Told
A man accused of election fraud is asking the Florida Supreme Court to consider whether the Florida Office of Statewide Prosecution has the authority to pursue the claims against him.
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Georgia Atty Disbarred After Theft Conviction
A Waco, Georgia, attorney was disbarred Tuesday after he was convicted of "theft by conversion" for taking advantage of an elderly client.
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On Election Eve, Trump Fights Reviving Nixed Charges In Ga.
With voters set to decide on his bid to return to the White House, former President Donald Trump has urged a Georgia state appeals court to reject an attempt by the Fulton County District Attorney's Office to reinstate six criminal charges against him and five of his co-defendants in an election interference case.
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Fla. Judge Blames Lack Of Training In Fighting Ethics Charges
A Florida state judge facing ethics charges on allegations she improperly held people in contempt, acted unprofessionally and handcuffed a victim admitted Monday to making mistakes, but attributed many of those mistakes to a lack of training and experience.
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NC Justices' Ruling Invites Judicial Bias, Former Clerk Argues
A former county clerk of courts is trying to undo a recent North Carolina Supreme Court decision that she argues means that only one judge per county has authority to preside over court clerk removal petitions and that specified judges can't recuse themselves when there is a conflict.
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Justices Probe HHS 'Dish' Payment Impact On Rural Hospitals
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with whether a change to a formula used to calculate billions of dollars in payments every year to hospitals treating a large share of low-income patients would lead to shutdowns of rural and "safety net" hospitals.
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NJ Justice Vexed By Judge's Stance On Thigh Touch Claim
New Jersey Chief Justice Stuart Rabner grilled a municipal judge Monday about apparently contradictory positions he took in response to accusations that he inappropriately touched the thigh of a law clerk during an alcohol-fueled day at his home — an action the jurist characterized as a "pat" despite previously appearing to agree that it was a "rub."
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Justices Remand Atty Privilege Case After Judge Admits Gaffe
The Colorado Supreme Court has remanded a case over whether communications between an insurance company's outside lawyer and the experts it hired to study an alleged construction defect are privileged, after some justices said the appeal was "half-baked" because the trial judge had already admitted she was wrong.
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Atty Moves To Oust DA Who Cleared Cops In Brother's Death
A Littler Mendelson PC shareholder's effort to remove the Massachusetts district attorney who absolved officers in the 2021 fatal shooting of his brother left justices on the state's highest court grappling with the reach of a seldom-used state statute allowing them to oust government officials for "the public good."
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Feds Slam Ozy Media CEO's 'Last-Ditch' Effort To DQ Judge
Prosecutors have pushed back against Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson's "last-ditch effort" to get his fraud and identity theft convictions undone, insisting that investments owned by the New York federal judge overseeing his case are in hedge funds and not in Watson's victims, and are too small to matter.
Expert Analysis
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DoNotPay Cases Underscore Hurdles For AI-Fueled Legal Help
Recent legal challenges against DoNotPay’s "robot lawyer” application highlight pressing questions about the degree to which artificial intelligence can be used for legal tasks while remaining on the right side of both consumer protection laws and prohibitions against the unauthorized practice of law, says Kristen Niven at Frankfurt Kurnit.
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For The Future Of Legal Practice, Let's Learn From The Past
At some level, every practicing lawyer is experiencing the ever-increasing speed of change — and while some practice management processes have gotten more efficient, other things about the legal profession were better before supposed improvements were made, says Jay Silberblatt, president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
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Why All Law Firms Should Foster Psychological Capital
Law firms will be able to reap great long-term benefits if they adopt strategies to nurture four critical components of their employees' psychological wellness and performance — hope, efficacy, resilience and optimism, says Dennis Stolle at the American Psychological Association.
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ChatGPT Is A Cool Trick, But AI Won't Replace Lawyers
Generative AI applications like ChatGPT are unlikely to ever replace attorneys for a variety of practical reasons — but given their practice-enhancing capabilities, lawyers who fail to leverage these tools may be rendered obsolete, says Eran Kahana at Maslon.
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Pro Bono Work Is Valuable In IP And Continued Learning
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's recent elimination of a rule that partially counted pro bono work toward continuing legal education highlights the importance of volunteer work in intellectual property practice and its ties to CLE, and puts a valuable tool for hands-on attorney education in the hands of the states, say Lisa Holubar and Ariel Katz at Irwin.
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Increasing Public Access To Legal Services: A Practical Plan
Recommendations recently issued by a special committee of the Florida Bar represent a realistic, pragmatic approach to increasing the accessibility and affordability of legal services, at a time when the disconnect between the legal profession and the public at large has widened considerably, says Gary Lesser, president of the Florida Bar.
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Priorities For Improving The Legal Industry In Texas
To assist Texas lawyers in effectively executing their duties, we should be working on succession planning, attorney wellness, and increasing understanding of the grievance system by both bar members and the public, says Laura Gibson, president of the State Bar of Texas.
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Leading Your Law Firm's Creation Of A New Practice Group
Marjorie Peerce and Peter Jaslow at Ballard Spahr discuss the challenges of building a new law firm practice group from the ground up, and how sustained commitment, communication and collaboration are the key ingredients for success.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Relay Shortcomings To Associates?
Michael Cohen at Duane Morris discusses the best ways to articulate how an associate is not meeting expectations, and why documentation of performance management is crucial for their growth and protecting the firm from discrimination suits.
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10 Principles For Effective Partner Reward Systems
Several forces are reshaping partners’ expectations about profit-sharing, and as compensation structures evolve in response, firms should keep certain fundamentals in mind to build a successful partner reward system, say Michael Roch at MHPR Advisors and Ray D'Cruz at Performance Leader.
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Why Interdisciplinarity Is Key To Designing The Future Of Law
The legal profession faces challenges that urgently demand new solutions, and lawyers and firms can address this by leaning on other industries that have more experience practicing, teaching and incorporating innovation into their core business and service models, says Jennifer Leonard at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Incorporating ADA Guidance Into Lawyer Wellness Movement
The Americans with Disabilities Act and rules of professional conduct may help the legal profession promote lawyer well-being by focusing on mental conditions' actual impact, rather than on associated stereotypes, says Alex Long at the University of Tennessee College of Law.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can New Partners Generate Business?
Christine Wong at MoFo discusses how newly elected partners can prioritize business development by creating a strategic plan with the firm's marketing team and strengthening relationships with professional and personal networks.
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9 Writing Tips From The Justices' Opinions Last Term
Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.
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What Web3 Means For Lawyers' Ethical Duties
As law firms embrace Web3 technologies by accepting cryptocurrency as payment for legal fees, investing in metaverse departments and more, lawyers should remember their ethical duties to warn clients of the benefits and risks of technology in a murky regulatory environment, says Heidi Frostestad Kuehl at Northern Illinois University College of Law.