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Philly DA Asks Judge Who Called For Probe To Step Aside
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has asked for the recusal of the federal judge who said the DA should be investigated for possible "criminal wrongdoing" in his office's handling of a man's long-running bid to overturn his murder conviction.
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Judge Reinstates Rogoff As Seattle US Atty After Trump Firing
A Washington federal judge issued an order from the bench on Thursday reinstating Roger Rogoff as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington, finding that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he fired him in July.
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Clerk Rule Change Unlikely To Trigger Judicial Ethics Probes
A recent change to the rules governing how federal court leaders handle the reassignment of judicial clerks due to misconduct claims against a judge is unlikely to lead to investigations into those allegations and so won't improve those clerks' working conditions or judicial accountability, court reform advocates say.
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Trump Announces Judicial Noms For 5th Circ., NC
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he's nominating Todd Butler, a managing partner at Phelps Dunbar LLP, to serve as a judge on the Fifth Circuit.
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Justices To Review Trump's No-Bond Migrant Detention Policy
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to review whether the Trump administration can detain unauthorized immigrants without bond until their immigration cases conclude, regardless of whether they had already been living in the country.
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Federal Bar Discussion Looks At Courts' Role In Regulating AI
A Federal Bar Association discussion Wednesday in California about AI and how it will be regulated in the United States prompted the Northern District's new chief judge to ask whether Congress' "inability to pass laws" will leave it to the courts "to figure out how we're going to do this."
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NY DA: Construction Exec Offered 'Quid Pro Quo' To Atty
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office seized the phone of The Rinaldi Group's managing director as part of a criminal investigation into allegations that he proposed a "quid pro quo" to a defense attorney representing another longtime TRG executive in a bribery case, a prosecutor has told a state court judge.
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DOJ Accuses Judges Of Ethics Violations With Press Remarks
Several Minnesota federal judges ran afoul of their ethical obligations when they commented on President Donald Trump's immigration policies in a recent news article, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a judicial misconduct complaint filed Wednesday.
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DOJ Atty Picked For Judgeship Probed On Fulton County Raid
A top U.S. Department of Justice official tapped for a federal judgeship faced questions from Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday about the department's investigation in Fulton County, Georgia, over Trump's allegations of fraud in the 2020 election.
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Georgia Atty Selected For State Bench After Judge's Death
Georgia Gov. Brian P. Kemp has appointed the managing partner of Daniels Law LLC to fill a judicial vacancy following the July death of Judge Howard Cauldwell Kaufold Jr.
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Texas AG Says ABA Stifling Law School Competition
The Texas Attorney General announced an investigation into the American Bar Association relating to alleged anticompetitive conduct in the association's accreditation of law schools, claiming Wednesday that the ABA "weaponized its accreditation authority" to push "unconstitutional racial and gender preference requirements."
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Sen. Blackburn Sues Smith For Seizing Phone Records
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn alleges in a federal complaint filed Wednesday that Jack Smith illegally subpoenaed her phone records as part of an investigation into alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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Legal AI Co. Clio Acquires Judiciary-Focused Learned Hand
Artificial intelligence company Clio announced on Wednesday its acquisition of Learned Hand, marking the legal tech giant's first foray into the judiciary.
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2nd Circ. Says EFAA Bars Arbitration Of Ex-Exec's Entire Suit
The Second Circuit ruled Wednesday that an ex-executive can keep her case in court after asserting sexual harassment claims against a Texas law firm, ruling the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Act shields her whole suit from arbitration — not just her sexual misconduct claims.
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Richards Layton Atty's Chancery Nomination Advanced
A Delaware senate committee Tuesday advanced the nomination for a Richards Layton & Finger PA director to serve as a vice chancellor on the nationally important Chancery Court, with him vowing to continue the court's esteemed legacy for corporate law jurisprudence.
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Summer Vacation Rules Save Texas Slip-And-Fall Suit
A Texas appeals panel on Tuesday revived a woman's slip-and-fall suit, finding the trial court judge abused their discretion by ignoring her attorney's summer vacation designation and dismissing the case with prejudice when he was unprepared at trial.
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Gail Slater To Join White & Case After DOJ Ouster
Former U.S. Department of Justice antitrust chief Gail Slater is set to join White & Case LLP as a partner in Washington, D.C., next month, the firm said Tuesday.
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NY Court Officials Must Disclose Secret Guidance To Judges
The New York State Office of Court Administration must hand over a batch of memos instructing state judges how to interpret the law after fighting for years to keep them under wraps, a New York state appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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Embattled Ga. Judge Looks To Oust JQC Panel Member
A Georgia state judge said a Judicial Qualifications Commission panel member needs to step away from an ethics case against her because of the member's close friendship with a potential witness.
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Justices Allow Third-Country Removals To Resume, For Now
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to resume, for now, deporting immigrants to countries besides their own, while agreeing to review the legality of the practice.
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11th Circ. Won't Pause Sanctions Against Trump In IRS Case
An Eleventh Circuit panel refused Tuesday to pause a district court's sanctions order barring President Donald Trump and others from citing the agreement he made to settle his $10 billion suit against the Internal Revenue Service while they appeal the order.
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Prosecutor's CLE Records Blocked In Death Penalty Case
A death row prisoner can't subpoena Continuing Legal Education records for a prosecutor who worked on his case, because a Pennsylvania federal magistrate judge held that the decades-old records — if they still exist — are unlikely to contain evidence supporting the defense's allegations of racism at the district attorney's office.
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Agtech Biz Founder Loses Chancery Judge Recusal Bid
A Delaware Chancery Court magistrate has denied a motion from HerdDogg Inc.'s founder to recuse himself from presiding over litigation she brought seeking to place the agricultural technology company into receivership, saying "unequivocally" that the founder had not shown disqualification would be appropriate.
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3rd Circ. Affirms Thomson Reuters' Westlaw AI Copyright Win
The Third Circuit on Tuesday upheld Thomson Reuters' victory against Ross Intelligence Inc. in the first U.S. appellate ruling to address whether artificial intelligence training can be fair use of copyrighted material, upholding a Delaware federal court's decision that the startup infringed Westlaw headnotes by using material derived from them to develop an AI-powered legal search tool.
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Big AI Investments Up The Ante For Law Firm Prestige
Investment in AI, including building firm-specific proprietary tools, is the latest front among top law firms to gain and maintain elite status. Law360 spoke with legal industry leaders about how firms can embrace AI innovation to keep their competitive edge.
Expert Analysis
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How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach
Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader
Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
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Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian
Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.
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Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
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5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs
Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.
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Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs
Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Juggle Billables And Other Activities?
While involvement in internal firm initiatives can be rewarding both personally and professionally, associates' billable time requirements don’t leave much room for other work, meaning they must develop strategies to ensure they’re meeting all of their commitments while remaining balanced, says Melanie Webber at Fisher Phillips.