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Ozy Media Ex-CEO's Atty Seeks More Time Or OK To Quit
An attorney for former Ozy Media Inc. CEO Carlos Watson asked a New York federal judge Wednesday for permission to withdraw from Watson's fraud and identity theft case unless he and other defense counsel can have more time to prepare for sentencing proceedings set to begin Friday.
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Conn. Attorney General In Line To Helm National Association
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong is the new president-elect of the National Association of Attorneys General, his office announced and the association confirmed Wednesday.
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FBI Director Wray To Resign Before Trump's Inauguration
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday he will resign in January at the end of President Joe Biden's term, averting what was expected to be his dismissal when President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
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Arnall Golden Adds Ex-DOJ Consumer Protection Pro In DC
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has brought on a longtime U.S. Department of Justice litigator who most recently worked as an assistant director in the agency's Consumer Protection Branch, in a move that follows the firm's hiring of another attorney with a government background earlier this year.
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Justices' Cold Feet On Nvidia, Meta Leaves Attys Guessing
The U.S. Supreme Court threw out a second securities case on Wednesday by refusing to issue a ruling in a Nvidia Corp. case with no explanation on its change of heart, leaving the defense bar to guess at the court's motivation and its potential implication for the future of high court securities cases.
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OneTaste Execs Want Sexually Explicit Evidence Out Of Trial
Former OneTaste executives on Tuesday asked a New York federal judge to block prosecutors from showing jurors sexually explicit evidence at their upcoming forced labor conspiracy trial, saying the government is trying to put the sexual wellness company and "orgasmic meditation" on trial.
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BigLaw Firms Freed From Bankruptcy Judge Romance Suit
Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Jackson Walker LLP have officially escaped an investor's racketeering lawsuit alleging a conspiracy involving a former Texas bankruptcy judge and his secret romance with a former Jackson Walker partner.
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Pa. Deputy AG, Calif. Judge Confirmed To Federal Bench
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Keli M. Neary, an executive deputy attorney general for the state of Pennsylvania, to serve as a federal judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and Judge Cynthia Valenzuela Dixon for the Central District of California.
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Ariz. High Court Limits State Bar's Use Of Dues For Lobbying
As part of a recently adopted rule change, the Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to restrict the state bar's use of mandatory dues payments from its members for lobbying purposes.
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NY DA Says Trump's 'President-Elect Immunity Does Not Exist'
Prosecutors told the New York state judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money case that "president-elect immunity does not exist" and that the court could delay sentencing — or even "terminate" the case without dismissing it.
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Ex-Judge Accused Of 'Abusive Relationship' With Prosecutor
A federal prosecutor in Alaska has accused former U.S. District Judge Joshua Kindred of coercing her into a sexually charged "abusive relationship" in the midst of a criminal trial that took place earlier this year, according to unsealed documents that shed new light on misconduct allegations against the jurist.
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Ex-Denver Juvenile Judge Censured For Drinking On The Job
Colorado justices have censured a former state judge on Denver's juvenile court after he fired an employee who reported him for drinking while he was supposed to be working.
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Ga. Justices Reject Bid To Overturn Judicial Election Win
The Georgia Supreme Court dismissed a bid to overturn the May election of Jeffrey Davis as a state appellate judge because Davis allegedly wasn't a Peach State resident, finding Tuesday the challengers didn't use "every available means" to resolve their allegations prior to the election.
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9th Circ. Nixes Tax Deductions For Disbarred Calif. Attorney
A California attorney who fought with his neighbors in court cannot take business deductions for the cost of challenging his disbarment and a court's declaration that he is a "vexatious litigant," the Ninth Circuit said Tuesday, upholding a ruling from the U.S. Tax Court.
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Ex-NJ Workers' Comp Judge Loses Appeal Over Removal
The New Jersey state appeals court on Tuesday affirmed the removal of a workers' compensation judge in part over comments she made calling fellow judges "snake" and "thief," finding Gov. Phil Murphy followed the applicable rules in taking her off the bench.
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Philly Court Leadership Orders Sheriff To Improve Security
Leadership in Philadelphia's court system ordered the city sheriff's office this week to devise written plans to counteract what it said was a growing number of security incidents at judicial facilities over the last two years.
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NC High Court Candidate Wants In On Ballot Count Fight
North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin, a state Supreme Court candidate, asked a federal court to let him intervene in the state Democrats' suit seeking to block challenges he and other Republican candidates have filed against 60,000 ballots, stating the case's result will decide his race.
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Jones Day Adds 10 Supreme Court Clerks, Up From 2023
Jones Day LLP has hired 10 former U.S. Supreme Court clerks as associates in its appellate practice, two more than it brought on in 2023, bringing the total number of former high court clerks the firm has added since 2011 to nearly 100.
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NCSC Is Working On Tools For State Courts' Data Hurdles
The National Center for State Courts has developed tools to tackle some of the common challenges state courts face, including duplicate court records and trying to assess equity in a court system without racial data.
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NY AG Refuses To Drop $489M Fraud Case Against Trump
The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James has announced it won't drop its civil financial fraud case against President-elect Donald Trump, two of his sons, his companies and their executives, saying his upcoming inauguration has no bearing on litigating his appeal of the $489 million judgment.
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Biden Threatens To Veto Bipartisan Effort To Add Judgeships
The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto legislation that would increase the number of federal judgeships nationwide after the measure lost support among Democrats postelection.
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Trump Taps Election Atty To Helm DOJ Civil Rights Division
President-elect Donald Trump announced he would name Dhillon Law Group Inc. founder and managing partner Harmeet K. Dhillon to lead the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, elevating a staunch supporter and attorney who has represented him in cases across the country.
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High Court Bars Judicial Review Of Revoked Visa Petitions
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday held that revocations of previously approved visa petitions cannot be appealed in federal courts because they are discretionary agency decisions that are not subject to judicial review.
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Pro Se Giuliani Says 4 Attys Turned Him Down, Blames Judge
Rudy Giuliani on Monday secured extra time to fight Georgia poll workers' request that he be held in civil contempt, time Giuliani argued he needed because he's struggling to find an attorney to represent him in the case thanks to a D.C. federal judge being "biased about Trump-related matters."
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Judge Newman Says Fed. Circ. Threatened Her To Seal Filings
U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman asked the D.C. Circuit Monday to unseal supplemental documents attached to her opening brief arguing that the suspension her colleagues have imposed on her for refusing to participate in an investigation into her fitness to serve as a Federal Circuit judge was unconstitutional.
Expert Analysis
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.