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Legal Ed Faces Uncertain Future Amid ABA Accreditor Fight

By Ryan Boysen and Emma Cueto

The U.S. legal education system could soon be plunged into disarray, after politics seemed to overshadow substance during an unusual hearing this week on whether to revoke an American Bar Association council's federal status as the primary accreditor of law schools, experts told Law360 Pulse.

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    Judges Seem On Ethical Ground In Public Criticism Of Admin

    Several Minnesota federal judges did not cross ethical lines when criticizing President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement policies in that state for a recent news article, judicial ethics experts told Law360 Pulse, despite criticism from the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP and Reed Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit overturned a $140 million class verdict against CenturyLink, holding that the company had a reasonable interpretation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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    Legal Tech & AI

    Legal Tech Roundup: Epiq, Harvey, Spellbook, Clio

    Some of the biggest names in legal artificial intelligence top recent legal technology news.

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    Law Firm Real Estate Report

    Several law firms grew their geographic footprints in September, with Saul Ewing LLP expanding into Atlanta, Morgan & Morgan PA entering the Chicago market, and Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC opening a second New York location on Long Island.

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    DC Pulse

    Holland & Knight Hires Defense Lobbyist As Partner In DC

    A former U.S. Department of Defense senior official, who has more than 15 years of national security, economic security and government affairs experience as an attorney, lobbyist, regulator and diplomat, has joined Holland & Knight LLP, the firm recently announced.

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    PACER Experiences Outages Of Some Court Dockets

    PACER, the online public repository of federal court documents, experienced technical errors on Wednesday and Thursday preventing some users from accessing certain court dockets.

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    California Pulse

    Wilson Sonsini Hires Ex-Orrick Leader As Client Chief

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC announced Thursday that it hired Baker Botts LLP's chief client officer for the same role.

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    Wash. State Legal Practice Pilot Learning From Predecessors

    As the Washington Supreme Court handed out the first approval earlier this month to a legal tech firm to practice law, architects of the program are hoping to learn from its predecessors' successes — and their mistakes.

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    California Pulse

    Ogletree Lands New GC From Cooley In NY

    Labor and employment law firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has tapped Cooley LLP's deputy general counsel to serve as its legal leader, the firm announced Thursday.

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    Modern Lawyer

    Three Crowns Taps Freshfields Pro For New Dubai Office

    Three Crowns LLP on Wednesday announced a significant partner hire for its new Dubai International Financial Centre office, saying Freshfields LLP's Saudi Arabia disputes practice head has departed that firm to contribute to the global arbitration specialist.

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