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  • Fired Aide Tells Justices DA Invoked Bias Carveout Too Late

    The Eleventh Circuit ignored civil procedure standards when it said the district attorney's office in Fulton County, Georgia, could argue that a former top aide's position was exempt from anti-bias law, the fired worker told the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing the office needed to raise that defense earlier.

  • DOJ Pushes For Dismissal Of NJ Mayor's False Arrest Suit

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday told a New Jersey federal court that government officials are protected by various immunity doctrines from a suit from Newark Mayor Ras Baraka over his alleged unjust arrest while visiting an ICE facility.

  • Senate Confirms Longtime Kan. Prosecutor, KBI Chief To Bench

    The Senate voted 51-46, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Tony Mattivi, director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, to serve on the bench in the District of Kansas.

  • Trump Blames Sealing Order For Missed Deadline In BBC Suit

    President Donald Trump has asked a Florida federal judge overseeing his $10 billion defamation suit against the British Broadcasting Corp. to not consider the news network's motion to dismiss as unopposed after his attorneys missed a filing deadline.

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    Apollo SLC Opposes Bid To Oust Judge In $570M Payout Suit

    A special litigation committee of Apollo Global Management Inc.'s board is opposing a bid to disqualify a Delaware vice chancellor from presiding over litigation regarding a $570 million payout to company insiders due to a possible conflict because she previously was an attorney at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, saying there are no grounds for disqualification.

  • Ex-DOJ Antitrust Chief In Washington Joins King & Spalding

    King & Spalding LLP announced Tuesday the hiring of the former chief of the Washington criminal section of the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust division for its business litigation practice group.

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    Attys, Broker Lose 4th Circ. Bid To Toss Tax Convictions

    The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the convictions of a father-daughter attorney duo and an insurance agent in a $22 million tax avoidance scheme, rejecting their arguments that the calculations on the allegedly false tax forms were technically true and the venue was improper.

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    2nd Circ. Wary Of Nadine Menendez's Args At Bail Hearing

    A Second Circuit panel signaled skepticism Tuesday toward Nadine Menendez during a hearing on her bid for bail pending appeal of her bribery conviction, repeatedly questioning her claim that prosecutors had misled her about their plans to use her former lawyer as a witness against her.

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    The Law360 400: A Look At The Top 100 Firms

    The race to build the legal industry's largest law firm accelerated in 2025, with major firms leaning on mergers, lateral hiring and strategic expansion to climb the ranks of the Law360 400.

  • Trump Attys Ordered To Explain Missed Deadline In $10B Suit

    The Florida federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation suit accusing the British Broadcasting Corp. of tarnishing his reputation through an edit in a documentary ordered the president Monday to explain why his attorneys shouldn't be sanctioned for "their apparent disregard of court deadlines."

  • 9th Circ. Judge Faces Inquiry, Charges After Idaho Altercation

    The Ninth Circuit on Monday identified a judicial misconduct complaint against U.S. Circuit Judge Ryan D. Nelson after he was charged with misdemeanor battery stemming from an argument in an Idaho Falls parking lot that ended with him allegedly stomping a man's eyeglasses on the asphalt.

  • Todd Blanche Officially Nominated To Be AG

    President Donald Trump on Monday officially nominated Todd Blanche to be attorney general.

  • Ex-Judge Says DarrowEverett Atty Cut Secret Deal For Estate

    A retired Massachusetts chief family court justice serving as personal representative for an estate has claimed in a suit filed on Monday that a DarrowEverett attorney he hired to pursue funds for a beneficiary secretly negotiated a settlement that ignored his specific requests.

  • SCOTUSblog Founder Goldstein's Sentencing Delayed To July

    A Maryland federal judge has agreed to push SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein's sentencing to July, after federal prosecutors speculated that his defense attorneys might come to the previously scheduled June hearing and declare that they aren't ready to proceed.

  • 100+ Ex-Prosecutors Question Chicago US Atty's Leadership

    More than 100 former Illinois federal prosecutors issued a statement Monday saying there's been a "failure of leadership" in the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago and that "once-forbidden political considerations are infecting prosecutorial decisions" in the wake of an Illinois federal judge accusing the office of mishandling grand jury proceedings in a case against six immigration activists.

  • DOJ Says Maurene Comey's Firing Was Constitutional

    Following an April ruling that cleared former New York federal prosecutor Maurene Comey's suit challenging the legality of her firing, the U.S. Department of Justice reiterated its position Friday that her firing was constitutional based on the executive powers of the president.

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    Reality TV Stars Say Balch & Bingham Botched Their Defense

    Reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were pardoned by President Donald Trump in May 2025 after serving over two years in prison for financial crimes, filed suit against Balch & Bingham LLP and their former defense attorney, alleging they wouldn't have been convicted "had their lawyers done their jobs."

  • DC Disciplinary Counsel Enlists Nonprofit In DOJ Fight

    The D.C. Office of Disciplinary Counsel has turned to Sydney Foster, a former U.S. Department of Justice leader now with the Washington Litigation Group, to represent it in a lawsuit from the federal government accusing the ethics office of "partisan and ideological bias."

  • Mich. Dems Back Trump Judicial Pick After Blue-Slip Review

    Michigan's Democratic U.S. senators, Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin, announced on Monday they've returned their blue slips for the nomination of Michael Martin, a veteran career prosecutor, to be a judge in the Eastern District of Michigan.

  • Conn. ​​​​​​​Prosecutor Admits To Snooping On Romantic Rival

    A Connecticut state prosecutor admitted Monday to accessing two protected computer databases to view information about a romantic rival, but told a judge that she had been trying to honor her ethical obligations as an attorney after the woman's arrest.

  • Suspended Ex-PD Expected To Return To Court With DA Office

    A former public defender whose license to practice in Pennsylvania was suspended after he pled guilty to using his office to help elect a judge is poised to return to the courtroom as a prosecutor in Dauphin County.

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    Another Lawmaker Joins Impeachment Push For Ga. Judge

    A Republican House member on Monday introduced articles of impeachment for U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross of the Northern District of Georgia after she was reprimanded for having sex with a police officer in her chambers within earshot of staff.

  • Divided Supreme Court Nixes First Step Act Ruling

    A split U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out an appellate decision upholding a reduced sentence for a defendant in a drug trafficking and manslaughter case, adding to a string of recent decisions defining the scope of the First Step Act.

  • Trump Taps DC Appeals Court Picks To Fill Final Vacancies

    President Donald Trump has announced two picks for the D.C. Court of Appeals, which will fill the remaining vacancies on the District of Columbia's top court.

  • High Court Won't Let Pa. AG Enter Grid Project Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a plea from Pennsylvania's attorney general to let him intervene in Third Circuit proceedings that allowed an electricity transmission project to proceed despite having been rejected by state utility regulators.

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Expert Analysis

  • DoNotPay Cases Underscore Hurdles For AI-Fueled Legal Help Author Photo

    Recent legal challenges against DoNotPay’s "robot lawyer” application highlight pressing questions about the degree to which artificial intelligence can be used for legal tasks while remaining on the right side of both consumer protection laws and prohibitions against the unauthorized practice of law, says Kristen Niven at Frankfurt Kurnit.

  • For The Future Of Legal Practice, Let's Learn From The Past Author Photo

    At some level, every practicing lawyer is experiencing the ever-increasing speed of change — and while some practice management processes have gotten more efficient, other things about the legal profession were better before supposed improvements were made, says Jay Silberblatt, president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.

  • Why All Law Firms Should Foster Psychological Capital Author Photo

    Law firms will be able to reap great long-term benefits if they adopt strategies to nurture four critical components of their employees' psychological wellness and performance — hope, efficacy, resilience and optimism, says Dennis Stolle at the American Psychological Association.

  • ChatGPT Is A Cool Trick, But AI Won't Replace Lawyers Author Photo

    Generative AI applications like ChatGPT are unlikely to ever replace attorneys for a variety of practical reasons — but given their practice-enhancing capabilities, lawyers who fail to leverage these tools may be rendered obsolete, says Eran Kahana at Maslon.

  • Pro Bono Work Is Valuable In IP And Continued Learning Author Photo

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's recent elimination of a rule that partially counted pro bono work toward continuing legal education highlights the importance of volunteer work in intellectual property practice and its ties to CLE, and puts a valuable tool for hands-on attorney education in the hands of the states, say Lisa Holubar and Ariel Katz at Irwin.

  • Increasing Public Access To Legal Services: A Practical Plan Author Photo

    Recommendations recently issued by a special committee of the Florida Bar represent a realistic, pragmatic approach to increasing the accessibility and affordability of legal services, at a time when the disconnect between the legal profession and the public at large has widened considerably, says Gary Lesser, president of the Florida Bar.

  • Priorities For Improving The Legal Industry In Texas Author Photo

    To assist Texas lawyers in effectively executing their duties, we should be working on succession planning, attorney wellness, and increasing understanding of the grievance system by both bar members and the public, says Laura Gibson, president of the State Bar of Texas.

  • Leading Your Law Firm's Creation Of A New Practice Group Author Photo

    Marjorie Peerce and Peter Jaslow at Ballard Spahr discuss the challenges of building a new law firm practice group from the ground up, and how sustained commitment, communication and collaboration are the key ingredients for success.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Do I Relay Shortcomings To Associates? Author Photo

    Michael Cohen at Duane Morris discusses the best ways to articulate how an associate is not meeting expectations, and why documentation of performance management is crucial for their growth and protecting the firm from discrimination suits.

  • 10 Principles For Effective Partner Reward Systems Author Photo

    Several forces are reshaping partners’ expectations about profit-sharing, and as compensation structures evolve in response, firms should keep certain fundamentals in mind to build a successful partner reward system, say Michael Roch at MHPR Advisors and Ray D'Cruz at Performance Leader.

  • Why Interdisciplinarity Is Key To Designing The Future Of Law Author Photo

    The legal profession faces challenges that urgently demand new solutions, and lawyers and firms can address this by leaning on other industries that have more experience practicing, teaching and incorporating innovation into their core business and service models, says Jennifer Leonard at the University of Pennsylvania.

  • Incorporating ADA Guidance Into Lawyer Wellness Movement Author Photo

    The Americans with Disabilities Act and rules of professional conduct may help the legal profession promote lawyer well-being by focusing on mental conditions' actual impact, rather than on associated stereotypes, says Alex Long at the University of Tennessee College of Law.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can New Partners Generate Business? Author Photo

    Christine Wong at MoFo discusses how newly elected partners can prioritize business development by creating a strategic plan with the firm's marketing team and strengthening relationships with professional and personal networks.

  • 9 Writing Tips From The Justices' Opinions Last Term Author Photo

    Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.

  • What Web3 Means For Lawyers' Ethical Duties Author Photo

    As law firms embrace Web3 technologies by accepting cryptocurrency as payment for legal fees, investing in metaverse departments and more, lawyers should remember their ethical duties to warn clients of the benefits and risks of technology in a murky regulatory environment, says Heidi Frostestad Kuehl at Northern Illinois University College of Law.

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