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Feds Fight Top Court Review Of Ex-Defender's Sex Bias Suit
The federal judiciary has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a former assistant public defender's petition challenging its internal complaint process for workplace sex harassment, arguing the questions she presented weren't properly preserved in the lower courts.
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Ga. Atty Disbarred After Guilty Plea In Police Report Scheme
The Georgia Supreme Court Wednesday disbarred a personal injury lawyer who pled guilty for his part in a scheme using stolen accident reports to find clients and financially benefit from settlement money.
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DOJ's Revised Powers For LA's Essayli Questioned By Judge
A federal judge appeared skeptical Tuesday that the Justice Department's revised delegation of authority to Los Angeles' top federal prosecutor, Bill Essayli, complies with a recent Ninth Circuit ruling, repeatedly asking whether the changes meaningfully restrict his powers.
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Mich. High Court Forces Judge To Retire Over Misconduct
The Michigan Supreme Court has ordered a former Jackson County judge to retire and barred him from holding judicial office again after finding he abused alcohol, sexually harassed female colleagues, interfered in court proceedings and deliberately concealed delays in issuing rulings.
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Justices Wary Of Weakening Sentencing Commentary
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical Tuesday of arguments that lower court judges should not give deference to U.S. Sentencing Commission commentary that interprets federal sentencing guidelines, with some of the justices wondering whether such a holding would open the floodgates for thousands of defendants seeking to have their sentences reconsidered.
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Case Dropped Against Judge Accused Of Endorsing Violence
Ethics charges against a Florida state court judge in Jacksonville alleging he made comments appearing to endorse violence, convey bias and demean individuals during several proceedings last year have been dropped.
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Sotomayor Warns Gov't On Double Jeopardy In Migrant's Case
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor cautioned the government on Tuesday about charging a deported Mexican national twice for the crime of being found in the U.S. after having been removed, saying constitutional problems plagued the government's treatment of the man.
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CEO Says Ex-NJ AG Not Immune In Failed RICO Case Suit
The CEO of an affordable housing developer indicted in a now-dismissed racketeering case against South Jersey power broker George Norcross has pushed back against former New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin's bid to toss the executive's malicious prosecution suit, asserting the prosecutors are not entitled to immunity protections.
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Debevoise Hires Ex-DOJ Acting Antitrust Litigation Head In DC
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has hired the former acting director of litigation at the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, who spent nearly two decades with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP before moving to the agency, according to a Tuesday announcement.
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Justices Agree To Hear Habeas Case About Circuit Splits
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider whether prisoners can appeal denials of their federal habeas corpus petitions if there is a circuit split on the issue underlying their petition, even if their home circuit has precedent against them.
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High Court To Consider DOGE FOIA Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will review the D.C. Circuit's decision to greenlight limited discovery aimed at determining whether the Department of Government Efficiency is an agency subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
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Justices Won't Eye 'Weaponized' Sanctions Of Election Attys
Despite outrage among Ninth Circuit conservatives, the U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to scrutinize six-figure sanctions of lawyers who challenged Arizona election protocols, leaving intact discipline designed to "send a message."
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Justices To Weigh If Cooking For Terrorists Bars Asylum
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will review whether a Nigerian man's short stint as a cook for a terrorist group constituted "material support" that would render the already deported man ineligible for asylum.
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Trump Admin Aims To 'Rein In' ICC With New Sanctions
The Trump administration Friday imposed new sanctions on the International Criminal Court, which swiftly condemned the move as "an assault on the rule of law and on the very foundations of the international legal order."
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Ex-Atty Gets 2-Year Sentence For $1.5M Estate Fraud In Wash.
A Seattle federal judge has sentenced a former Washington state attorney to two years in prison for wire fraud after the ex-lawyer admitted to stealing more than $1.5 million from an estate he was hired to probate, then taking steps to cover his tracks.
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Conn. Law Office To Secure Convicted Atty's Travel
Bradley Law Group's Bridgeport, Connecticut, office building will secure a $300,000 bond allowing suspended attorney and former state Sen. Dennis A. Bradley Jr. to travel to a family wedding in the Dominican Republic as he awaits sentencing on campaign-related wire fraud charges, a federal judge determined Friday.
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Calif. Jurists' Atty Tips: 'Emulate Lincoln,' 'Don't Be Boring'
Three current and former Northern California federal judges and one Morrison Foerster LLP partner during a Federal Bar Association panel discussion Thursday gave attorneys tips on "courtroom persuasion," including knowing the judges, keeping things interesting and, like the nation's 16th president, getting quickly to the winning point.
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Ill. Judge Lays Out Doc Demands For DOJ Misconduct Probe
An Illinois federal judge asked the government Friday to turn over six months of communications and certain other records as she investigates in-court inaccuracies Chicago prosecutors offered while prosecuting six anti-immigration protesters, rejecting its request to seal a filing in the process.
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11th Circ. OKs Experience-Based Price For Fla. Bar Exam
Florida can continue to charge "experienced" attorneys more money to sit for the state's bar exam than recent law school graduates, after the Eleventh Circuit on Friday rejected a lawsuit claiming the policy violates the Commerce Clause by discriminating against out-of-state attorneys.
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Ga. State Judge Retiring After Nearly 3 Decades On Bench
A Georgia state judge is retiring Dec. 1 after serving on the bench for nearly three decades and having presided over thousands of hearings.
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court heard its first four cases of the new term this week, with most attention focused on a blockbuster hearing involving states' and cities' attempts to hold oil companies responsible for climate change. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the high court.
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Up Next At High Court: Criminal Sentences & Video Privacy
The U.S. Supreme Court will close out its October sitting by hearing oral arguments in two cases that ask what level of deference federal district courts should give to commentary interpreting the federal sentencing guidelines, and what purchases are protected under a video consumer privacy statute.
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Grassley Attacks Dems' Claims Of Rule-Breaking Over Hearing
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, clapped back at Democrats for their accusations that Republicans broke Senate rules during a hearing last week at which former special counsel Jack Smith appeared.
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Fla. Judge Suspended For 30 Days Over Bogus Recording
The Florida Supreme Court on Friday approved a 30-day suspension for a judge who shared a fabricated recording of a chief judge disparaging another judge during her 2024 election campaign.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry began October with a slew of BigLaw lateral moves and fewer law firm combinations. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Expert Analysis
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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.
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Public AI Disclosures Raise Stakes For AI Agent Oversight
Two recent reports shift the legal posture of every organization deploying artificial intelligence agents because they establish the foreseeability, for negligence liability purposes, of an AI agent becoming weaponized for data exfiltration, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.
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7 AI Training Tips For Law Firm Summer Associate Programs
Law firms trying to weave artificial intelligence into summer associate programs should build a program that isn't really about AI but teaches students how to think about using AI, with the goal of building judgment, understanding implications and leveling up in a way that's repeatable, says Zeynep Ersin at Seyfarth.