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Williams & Connolly's Butswinkas Remembered As Trial Ace
Williams & Connolly LLP partner and litigator Dane H. Butswinkas is being remembered by those who knew and worked with him as an accomplished and talented trial attorney, trusted adviser and mentor, and great friend.
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Ex-Philly Prosecutors Open Firm After Clash With DA Krasner
Two former prosecutors in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office have launched their own firm after resigning from the office following a clash with District Attorney Larry Krasner in a habeas corpus case.
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Gov't Urges 11th Circ. To Lift Sanctions Over Trump-IRS Deal
A federal judge's order barring President Donald Trump, the IRS and the U.S. Treasury Department from citing the agreement made to settle his $10 billion suit against the tax agency is unsupportable and should be reversed, the government told the Eleventh Circuit.
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Ex-DOJ Antitrust Assistant AGs Launch Litigation Co. FluxCap
Two former U.S. Justice Department antitrust leaders under President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday the launch of FluxCap, a litigation technology platform backed with $6.4 million in seed funding.
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DOJ Taps Walsh Pizzi Co-Founder To Lead US Trustees
The attorney general has tapped one of Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga LLP's founders to take up the reins as director of the U.S. Trustee Program, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday.
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Ashurst Perkins Hires Freshfields Investigations Co-Lead
Ashurst Perkins Coie has hired the co-leader of Freshfields LLP's congressional investigations team, who makes the move just a week before the U.S. midterm elections to advise clients on congressional inquiries and other government investigations.
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SC Gov.'s Counsel Still In The Running For Federal Judgeship
The chief legal counsel for South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is "being actively considered" for a federal judgeship, according to the White House, but it's not a done deal yet.
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BigLaw Tip Middleman To Admit Role In $3.5M Trading Scheme
An alleged middleman in a sweeping scheme to trade off of deal information stolen from major law firms has agreed to plead guilty and potentially faces a prison term of nearly a decade, according to a plea agreement filed Wednesday in Massachusetts federal court.
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NJ Municipal Judge Admonished Over Palestinian Attire
A New Jersey municipal judge was admonished Wednesday by the state supreme court after he admitted his decision to wear pro-Palestine clothing to a judicial training conference fell short of the standards and expectations of his position.
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Interim Ga. Judicial Administrative Head Gets Permanent Post
The Judicial Council of Georgia has named its interim director of the Administrative Office of the Courts to succeed the retiring director, elevating a senior staff member who has worked at the office for more than 20 years.
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DOJ's New Comey Case May Get Stuck In Procedural Weeds
The Justice Department's last-minute attempt to stop the statute of limitations from expiring in the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey over a decade-old allegation has raised an "open legal question" that could clarify procedural law and determine whether the prosecution moves forward, experts say.
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LA's Top Federal Prosecutor 'Unlawfully Serving,' Judge Finds
A federal judge has ruled that Los Angeles' top federal prosecutor isn't legally serving in the role and that he is disqualified from participating in or supervising two criminal prosecutions.
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NY Judges Question Court Agency's Withholding Of Records
Two judges on a New York state appeals court panel pushed back on arguments by the state's Office of Court Administration that no reports related to investigations of court personnel can be considered final under the state Freedom of Information Law until all proceedings have concluded.
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Judge Hellerstein, Gruff Moderator Of Major Cases, Dies At 92
Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, a former litigator and sometimes impatient Manhattan federal jurist who presided over decades of high-profile cases that often came under close appellate scrutiny, died Wednesday at the age of 92.
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At 4th Circ., DOJ Admits But Downplays Goldstein Trial Errors
The U.S. Department of Justice late Tuesday acknowledged that it confused key statutory terms related to jury instructions at famed appellate advocate Tom Goldstein's criminal trial, while also insisting "the government's mistake here was understandable" and shouldn't upend a jury's guilty verdict.
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NC Atty Duo Nominated For State Biz Court Bench
The North Carolina Superior Court announced Tuesday that attorneys from Williams Mullen and Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA have been nominated to fill a pair of vacancies created by the recent retirements of two judges.
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Atty Who Copped To Tax-Dodging Gives Back Law License
The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday accepted an attorney's voluntary surrender of his law license, finding his removal from the state bar was appropriate after he pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges.
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4th Circ. Says W.Va. Daniel's Law Is Unconstitutional
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a district court determination striking down as unconstitutional West Virginia's law restricting the publication of the home addresses and phone numbers of law enforcement and judicial officials, saying the district court applied "well-established" First Amendment principles.
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NJ Courts Office Says City Was Former Judge's Employer
The New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts urged a state court to toss a former municipal judge's retaliation claims, arguing that the office is not the judge's employer and that his suit lacks facts to support the claims.
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State AG Elections More Competitive As AGs Play Bigger Role
Several of next week's elections for states' attorneys general have turned out to be surprisingly competitive as state enforcers have become more prominent in taking on the federal government and wading into national policy fights.
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Ex-Newark Immigration Court Judge Joins Gendelberg Law
New York-based immigration law firm Gendelberg Law PLLC has grown its team with the addition of a former Newark Immigration Court assistant chief immigration judge, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Pa. Judge Holds Feds In Civil Contempt In Immigration Case
A Pennsylvania federal judge has held three senior Trump administration officials in civil contempt after immigration authorities rearrested a man who had been released from detention under a court order, then repeatedly failed to comply with judicial directives seeking information about the arrest.
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Tyler Tech. To Pay $1.5M To Settle NC ECourts Class Action
Attorneys for a proposed class that alleged glitches in North Carolina's electronic court system led to scores of individuals being wrongfully arrested or detained asked a federal court on Monday to approve a $1.5 million settlement with the software's developer Tyler Technologies.
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First Liberty Founder Gets 15 Years For Ponzi Scheme
A Georgia federal judge sentenced First Liberty Building & Loan LLC founder Brant Frost IV to 15 years in prison Monday, about six months after prosecutors charged him with running a Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of $140 million.
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Scholar Warns AI Pitfalls Can Go Beyond Hallucinations
The number of court cases around the world involving AI-generated errors fell in both the second and third quarters of 2026, according to new research by a legal scholar who recently warned that the risks of using artificial intelligence in litigation now go beyond so-called hallucinations.
Expert Analysis
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RFP Reset: Focus On Execution, Not Just Expertise
Law firms that treat responses to requests for proposal as concrete evidence of staffing, budgeting, communication and project management discipline will be better positioned to win business from legal departments than firms that tout generic credentials alone, says LaResa Young at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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3 Ways Firm Leaders Can Nurture AI Fluency
Lawyers can’t develop artificial intelligence fluency from continuing legal education courses, webinars or email updates, so firm leaders must foster conditions that are conducive to attorney learning if they want AI investments to deliver their promised return, says Adrienne Prentice at Keep Company.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Harness Client Trust
Clients stay with counsel not simply because their lawyers follow the rules, but because they feel safe, respected and heard, making trust essential to business development, especially in high-stakes matters where reputational risk runs high, says Derrelle Janey at Olshan Frome.
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Legal Tech Talks: Summize GC On Operating Strategically
Lexi Lutz, general counsel of Summize, discusses how legal tech can make lawyers more proactive and less tied up in repetitive process work, so that they can spend more time acting as real business partners.
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How Associates Can Use AI To Gain A Biz Development Edge
Junior lawyers can harness artificial intelligence to identify where they are gaining traction with clients and build a data-driven business development foundation long before conversations about partnership track begin, says Tigist Kassahun at Vinson & Elkins.
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Trump's EO Puts AI Agent Governance On GC Agenda
Section 4 of President Donald Trump's executive order promoting the advancement of artificial intelligence innovation and security establishes a federal baseline around AI agents, so general counsel cannot wait for enforcement to define the standard, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.
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RFP Reset: Standardize Pricing Requests
To keep up with rising legal costs amid an industry overhaul fueled by artificial intelligence, legal departments can make outside counsel requests for proposal more defensible and cost-effective by making pricing requests uniform, requiring comparable fee templates and evaluating staffing assumptions, says Colin Levy at Malbek.
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Making Legal Cents: Create Marketing Clients Find Useful
The law firm marketing efforts with the best return on investment are things that actively provide value to potential clients: practical business guidance, uncluttered proposals that anticipate their questions and opportunities to participate in curated industry conversations, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Law Firm Leaders Should Adopt Founding Fathers' Bold Ideas
To ensure continued success, law firm leaders helming their firms through the legal industry revolution should take inspiration from the Founding Fathers' bold decisions, such as James Madison's abandonment of the Articles of Confederation and George Washington's trust in junior officers', says Samuel Pond at Pond Lehocky.
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The AI Ownership Question Firms Can't Afford To Skip
The artificial intelligence conversation among law firm leaders has advanced from adoption to governance and business impact, but it hasn’t resolved who maintains ownership and operational responsibility, which should be determined by the range of functions that AI touches, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Practice AuthenticityAttorneys who demonstrate who they truly are and what they stand for by sharing the human impact of their results, earning the media's trust by providing accessible analysis, and providing hands-on aid to their communities can build stronger reputations than any advertising budget can buy, says Ray DeLorenzi at RebuttalPR.
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Legal AI Adoption Tips And Takeaways From Dot-Com Bubble
Legal artificial intelligence is on a similar trajectory as the internet in the dot-com era, where several internet companies failed after the initial market frenzy, but even if AI company valuations take a hit and the industry goes through a major reordering, legal leaders should note that the technology itself remains genuinely transformational for the delivery of legal services, says Gabriel Buigas at Integreon.
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Opinion
Keeping PE Out Of Law Is Job For Courts, Not Capitols
Efforts by lawmakers in California, Colorado and Illinois seeking to bar private equity firms, hedge funds and other nonattorney investors from owning or financing law firms risk intruding on authority that state constitutions and the inherent powers doctrine have traditionally assigned to the judiciary, says attorney Felix Shipkevich.
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Legal Tech Talks: WordSmith AI's CEO On Shifting Mindsets
Ross McNairn, founder and CEO of Wordsmith AI, discusses how the lawyers who treat legal work like an engineering problem and can deploy legal intelligence at scale will define the next decade.
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Justices Widen Path For Confiscated Cuban Property Claims
For Americans holding claims to confiscated Cuban property, the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Havana Docks v. Royal Caribbean Cruises means that the expiration of their property interest is no longer a bar and that any company using such property is now a potential defendant, say attorneys at Bracewell.