Ex-Berkeley Law Dean Remembered As 'Transformational'

By Jack Karp

Former Harvard and Berkeley law professor and onetime Berkeley Law Dean Christopher Edley Jr. is being remembered as a "transformational" academic leader and influential civil rights activist.

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Gen Z Women Are Shunning BigLaw Partnership. Here's Why.

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A Formerly Incarcerated Single Mom's Path To Fordham Law

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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers

Climate Is On The Agenda, But It's Safety On Boeing's Mind

California Pulse
Nestle Assistant GC Joins Mayer Brown's IP Practice In LA
By Tracey Read

Mayer Brown LLP has hired Nestle's U.S. head of brand intellectual property as counsel for its global IP practice in Los Angeles.
Courts
Trump Hush Money Judge Warned For Biden Donation
By Frank G. Runyeon

The judge presiding over Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial was quietly cautioned after making a political campaign contribution to President Joe Biden and a Democratic group, disposing of an ethics investigation into the donation, it was confirmed Friday.
California Pulse
Dykema Names New CFO, Practice And Office Leaders
By Madison Arnold

Dykema Gossett PLLC has tapped multiple new leaders across the firm, including bringing on a new chief financial officer who was previously controller at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.

Courts
Alito Flag Report Fuels Ethics Debate, But Likely No Recusal
By Katie Buehler

Responses to a report that an upside-down American flag flew outside U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's home following the 2020 presidential election broke along partisan lines Friday, with conservatives decrying it as a smear campaign and liberals calling for his recusal from pending election-related cases and for general court ethics reform.
California Pulse
Lewis Brisbois Taps Attys To Help Lead Asbestos Litigation
By Jake Maher

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP named two new vice chairs of its asbestos litigation practice group this week, looking to experienced litigators from its Philadelphia and Atlanta offices to fill the roles.
In-House
Microsoft Outlines AI Global Governance Goals
By Steven Lerner

As Microsoft homes in on policies around artificial intelligence, the company published a report Friday featuring external perspectives and its own views on goals and frameworks for global AI governance.

Courts
Ga. Judge In 2020 Election Cases To Take Senior Status
By Courtney Bublé

U.S. District Judge Steve Jones of the Northern District of Georgia, who has presided over high-profile cases involving the 2020 election, voting rights and abortion, will take senior status on Jan. 1, 2025, according to an update Friday.
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Man Admits To Threatening Judge Over 'Don't Say Gay' Ruling
By Christine DeRosa

A retired teacher from Pensacola, Florida, has pled guilty to threatening to harm a federal judge in five voicemails he left after the jurist ruled against a challenge to Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law, federal prosecutors announced.
Florida Pulse
Less Than A Year At Littler Is 'Perfect Time' To Lead Miami Office
By Madison Arnold

Even though he's been at Littler Mendelson PC for less than a year, D. Porpoise Evans knew the time was right to take on the challenge of leading the firm's Miami office.
California Pulse
Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
By Kevin Penton

Haynes and Boone LLP and Lubin & Enoch PC lead this week's edition of Law360's Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously determined that federal courts do not have discretion to toss a case once it's decided that the claims belong in arbitration.