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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week as President-elect Donald Trump sought to dismiss his hush money trial and BigLaw firms elevated attorneys amid soaring billing rates. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Trump Sentencing Halted To Weigh President-Elect's Immunity
The New York state judge who oversaw Donald Trump's hush money trial officially canceled his Nov. 26 sentencing date Friday to weigh the impact of his new status as president-elect, pushing briefing into December.
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High Court Quietly Pulls Meta Case Without A Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday set aside a Meta Platforms Inc. case that sought to narrow the types of risk disclosures corporations need to make to investors, saying that the court shouldn't have taken up the case in the first place.
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JAMS Brings On Retired San Bernardino County Judge
The alternative dispute resolution service JAMS has expanded its mediation team, announcing this week it has added a former San Bernardino County Superior Court judge as a neutral.
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US Federal Judiciary Awards 7-Year Contract To LexisNexis
LexisNexis Legal & Professional was awarded a seven-year contract as a primary information provider to the United States Federal Judiciary, the legal technology and information giant announced Friday.
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Texas AG Pushes For Preservation Of Jack Smith, DOJ Docs
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged a federal court Thursday to enter an order requiring the U.S. Department of Justice to preserve records connected to special counsel Jack Smith, accusing the agency of remaining "evasive" of Paxton's bid for records related to President-elect Donald Trump's hush money case.
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Trump Selects Ex-Fla. AG Pam Bondi As New AG Pick
President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has selected Pam Bondi, a former attorney general of Florida, as his new pick for U.S. attorney general, just hours after former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration amid allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use.
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'Where Were You?': Judge Irked By Feds In $2B Fraud Case
A North Carolina magistrate judge said Thursday he was "appalled" by a system that left a convicted insurance mogul unable to communicate with his attorneys while he sat in a county jail for nearly a week following his guilty plea to a $2 billion fraud and money laundering scheme.
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Data Co. Gets Remand Of Suits Over Judicial Privacy
A federal judge sent 39 lawsuits alleging violations of a New Jersey judicial privacy law back to state courts, finding the district lacks subject matter jurisdiction.
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Senate Deal Halts 4 Circuit Court Nominations
Democrats and Republicans cut a deal Wednesday night to advance district court nominees before the year ends, while dropping four circuit court picks from confirmation efforts, Law360 has confirmed.
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Nominees For New Ga. Judgeship Have Giving Back In Mind
The two candidates up for a newly created seat on the state court bench in Paulding County told Law360 on Thursday they are excited about the possibility of giving back to their community through judicial work.
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Experts Cool On 'Chill' Defense In NJ RICO Case
Former prosecutors and academics are doubtful two of New Jersey's most politically connected attorneys can convince a judge that the racketeering case against them will have a chilling effect on lawyering, given that prosecutors only have to show they knew the end game of the notorious Democratic power broker they're accused of helping.
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Senate Approves Honeywell GC For Arizona Judge Seat
The Senate voted 82-12 on Thursday to confirm Sharad H. Desai, a vice president and general counsel for Honeywell International, for a seat on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.
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Ex-Congressman And Other Judicial Nominees Advance
Judicial nominees for U.S. district courts in New York, New Mexico, Georgia and Pennsylvania were sent to the full Senate on Thursday, after being approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee, all along party lines.
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4th Circ. Tells Judge To Try Again After 'Vindictive' Sentence
A federal judge has been given a third chance to impose a proper sentence on a man who pled guilty to a drug-trafficking conspiracy charge, with the Fourth Circuit finding the judge erred when, after the defendant successfully appealed his initial sentence, he handed down an even harsher one.
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House Dems Tell Gorsuch To Recuse Over NEPA Case Conflict
A group of House Democrats has called for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch to recuse himself from a dispute over federal environmental review requirements, arguing the court's decision could directly benefit a Colorado billionaire and former client who campaigned for the justice's first judicial appointment.
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Gaetz Ends AG Bid, Citing 'Distraction' To Trump Transition
Former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general amid allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use.
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DOJ Settles With Atty Who Reported Judge's Sexual Misconduct
A former Alaska federal prosecutor who made allegations of sexual misconduct against then-U.S. District Judge Joshua Kindred has reached an undisclosed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice resolving claims she suffered retaliation for speaking up, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel said Wednesday.
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'Fat Leonard' To Appeal 15-Year Sentence Over Navy Bribery
A Malaysian defense contractor and ex-fugitive who pled guilty nearly 10 years ago to a bribery scheme that authorities said cost the U.S. Navy over $20 million has indicated in California federal court that he will appeal his 15-year sentence to the Ninth Circuit.
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Fed. Judges Still Seek New Bench Seats Amid Dems' Loss
The Federal Judges Association is urging the House to pass the bipartisan bill that would expand the federal courts in order to meet rising caseloads, even as the Biden administration appears to be cooling on the idea it once supported.
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Keep Your Briefs Brief, LA Federal Judges Tell IP Lawyers
A group of Los Angeles federal judges urged local intellectual property lawyers during a courthouse panel Wednesday to keep their briefs succinct and not repeat the same points verbatim during oral arguments.
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Judiciary Touts Reforms In Handling Workplace Complaints
The federal judiciary is successfully reforming the controversial process that aims to protect its 30,000 employees from sexual harassment in the workplace, according to a new internal report released Wednesday, even as lawmakers have called for scrapping that process altogether and replacing it with a new one.
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3rd Circ. Reins In Novel Use Of Atty-Client Privilege Exception
While attorney-client privilege typically falls away for communications about a client's intentions in making their will after they have died, the Third Circuit on Wednesday declined to expand that exception to include communications from third parties about the deceased.
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Girardi Pushes For New Trial Over Competency Claims
Counsel for Tom Girardi told a federal judge the disbarred attorney is plainly mentally incompetent and deserves a new trial over charges he defrauded clients of $15 million worth of settlement money.
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NJ Power Broker, Attys Demand Wiretap Docs In RICO Case
George E. Norcross III, a politically influential insurance executive in New Jersey, and others accused alongside him of a massive racketeering scheme demanded Wednesday that state prosecutors turn over complete wiretap application information dating back to 2016, arguing that those details form the core of the state's case against them.
Expert Analysis
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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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Series
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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.