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Wis. Judge Charged With Shielding Migrant From ICE Arrest
The FBI arrested a Milwaukee state judge on Friday for allegedly blocking federal immigration officials from apprehending an unauthorized migrant by purportedly sneaking him through a jury door earlier this month to avoid U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, according to court documents.
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NJ AG Gives Chief Counsel Role To Former Civil Rights Head
The top assistant to New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin has been appointed chief counsel for the state's Department of Law and Public Safety, an appointment that follows high-profile civil rights stints in and out of the Garden State.
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History-Making NY Justice Tapped As District 3 Admin. Judge
New York Supreme Court Justice Christina L. Ryba, who made history with her 2015 election to the bench, has been selected to become the administrative judge in the Capital Region's seven-county Third Judicial District on May 10, the courts have announced.
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Incarcerated Ex-Nelson Mullins Atty Suspended In Ohio
The Ohio Supreme Court has suspended a former Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP attorney, who is serving a one-year jail sentence for disobeying law enforcement orders, from practicing law in the Buckeye State.
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Santos Gets Over 7 Years For Campaign Finance Fraud
Former U.S. Rep. George Santos was sentenced Friday to over seven years in prison after admitting he falsely inflated fundraising reports to qualify for National Republican Congressional Committee funding during the 2022 election.
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9th Circ. Won't Revive 'Recalcitrant' Atty's Judicial Complaint
The Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit will not revive a judicial complaint brought against a federal judge by an attorney who was held in contempt and taken into custody for repeated outbursts and arguing with the judge during a 2021 jury trial.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as attorneys took on new roles and BigLaw firms expanded their offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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How Signature Resolution Aims To Be The 'Ritz' Of Mediation
Law360 Pulse sat down with Dario Higuchi, a founding partner and managing member of California-based Signature Resolution, to discuss the company's growth and how it strives to provide a premium level of alternative dispute resolution services.
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DC Circ. Fears Newman Atty Would Impeach Disabled Judges
The attorney fighting Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's suspension alarmed the D.C. Circuit on Thursday when he argued that judges can only have their work taken from them if they voluntarily resign or are impeached.
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21 Democratic AGs Back Susman Godfrey In Trump EO Fight
Twenty-one Democratic attorneys general filed a brief Thursday supporting Susman Godfrey LLP's fight against President Donald Trump's executive order revoking its access to government resources, saying it threatens lawyers' freedom to represent clients disfavored by the government, such as when John Adams defended British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre.
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Ex-OneTaste Execs Ask Justices To Nix 'Stolen' Docs
Former OneTaste executives facing forced-labor conspiracy charges asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to bar allegedly stolen and attorney-client privileged documents from being used at a May trial, saying corporate legal communications are broadly at risk.
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Lawmakers Seek Answers From Law Firms Over Trump Deals
Democratic congressional members on Thursday demanded that Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins and seven other BigLaw firms provide more details on multimillion-dollar deals they've recently cut with the Trump administration, urging the firms to void their agreements while arguing they may violate numerous anti-bribery and legal ethics statutes.
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Ex-Bank GC Gets 4-Year Sentence In $7.4M Fraud Scheme
A former Webster Bank general counsel and corporate secretary was sentenced Thursday to four years behind bars after pleading guilty to spending nearly eight years embezzling $7.4 million and funneling at least some of the money through his personal attorney trust accounts.
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Pardon Me? Why Offers To Secure Clemency Might Be A Scam
Some white collar lawyers and consultants say their clients are increasingly being solicited by potential scammers with promises to leverage supposed White House connections to secure pardons and other forms of clemency in exchange for big fees.
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Mob-Trial Judge Remembered As 'True Public Servant' In Conn.
Former Connecticut federal Judge Alan H. Nevas, who died Saturday after a wide-ranging legal career that included representing civil rights activists and presiding over a mob-related trial, was remembered this week as a force of nature, model jurist and family man.
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Ex-BigLaw Atty's Plea Deal At Center Of Death Proceeds Suit
The godson of a Georgia woman fatally shot by her husband, a former BigLaw partner, has pushed back against a claim from the administrator of the woman's estate regarding a provision in the attorney's plea deal that assigned wrongful death settlement proceeds to the godson and his brother.
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Meet The Judges Suing LA After Wildfire Burned Their Homes
Law360 Pulse takes a closer look at the careers and lives of a Los Angeles federal judge and retired magistrate judge who have sued the city over its alleged mishandling of the Pacific Palisades wildfire earlier this year.
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Trump Asks Justices To Lift Pause On Transgender Troop Ban
The Trump administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to lift a Washington federal judge's order prohibiting enforcement of the Pentagon's ban on transgender military service, arguing that the ruling contradicts two emergency docket orders issued during President Donald Trump's first term.
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Tenn. Middle District Proposes Rule Change Amid Speech Suit
The four district judges of the Middle District of Tennessee have proposed an update to the local rules of court, including clarifying limits on what lawyers may tell the press amid civil proceedings, while a Nashville lawyer's free speech suit against the district is on appeal before the Sixth Circuit.
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Longest-Serving Federal Judge To Take Senior Status
U.S. District Judge Ricardo Hinojosa of the Southern District of Texas, the longest-serving active federal judge, will take semi-retired status next month.
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ABA Sues DOJ For Ending Domestic, Sexual Violence Grants
The American Bar Association sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday for terminating its grants to the Bar's Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence, one of several federal funding cuts the ABA says are compelling it to lay off more than 300 people.
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Conn. Deputy Chief State's Atty To Retire, Join Flood Law Firm
After three decades with Connecticut's Division of Criminal Justice, Deputy Chief State's Attorney Kevin D. Lawlor is retiring at the end of June and is making the move to private practice.
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Del. Attys Tapped For Public Advocate, Marijuana Office Head
Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer has nominated a former attorney for the state Department of Justice to serve in a utility watchdog role as the state's public advocate, as well as a former Greenberg Traurig LLP attorney to serve as the state's next marijuana commissioner.
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Judge's Same-Sex Wedding Ban Legal In Texas, Justices Hear
A Texas appeals panel balked at a state judge's argument that refusing to officiate same-sex marriages keeps with Texas law during oral arguments Wednesday, saying the discussion had gotten "far afield" of the issues before the court.
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6th Circ. Calls Compassionate Release Change A 'Power Grab'
The U.S. Sentencing Commission overstepped by telling prisoners serving unusually long sentences that they can seek early release due to changes in sentencing law, the Sixth Circuit ruled Tuesday, deeming the move "a heavy-handed and unseemly power grab by the commission."
Expert Analysis
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian
Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.
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Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
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5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs
Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.
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Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs
Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Juggle Billables And Other Activities?
While involvement in internal firm initiatives can be rewarding both personally and professionally, associates' billable time requirements don’t leave much room for other work, meaning they must develop strategies to ensure they’re meeting all of their commitments while remaining balanced, says Melanie Webber at Fisher Phillips.
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Making Legal Cents: How To Adapt As Clients Tighten Budgets
Amid a dip in corporate legal spending and client pushback on bills, Shireen Hilal at Maior Consultants highlights specific in-house counsel frustrations and explains how firms can provide customized legal advice with costs that are supported by undeniable value.
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Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents
Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.
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General Counsel And Legal Ops Must Work Together
It is critical for general counsel to ensure that a legal operations leader is viewed not only as a peer, but as a strategic leader for the organization, and there are several actionable ways general counsel can not only become more involved, but help champion legal operations teams and set them up for success, says Mary O'Carroll at Ironclad.
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How Generative AI's Growing Memory Affects Lawyers
A new ChatGPT feature that can remember user information across different conversations has broad implications for attorneys, whose most pressing questions for the AI tool are usually based on specific, and large, datasets, says legal tech adviser Eric Wall.
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A Model For Optimal Legal Tech Investment Strategy
Legal organizations struggling to work out the right technology investment strategy may benefit from using a matrix for legal department efficiency that is based on an understanding of where workloads belong, according to the basic functions and priorities of a corporate legal team, says Sylvain Magdinier at Integreon.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Recruiter
Self-proclaimed "Lawyer Doula" Danielle Thompson at Major Lindsey shares how she went from Columbia Law School graduate and BigLaw employment associate to a career in legal recruiting — and discovered a passion for advocacy along the way.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Balance Social Activism With My Job?
Corporate attorneys pursuing social justice causes outside of work should consider eight guidelines for finding equilibrium between their beliefs and their professional duties and reputation, say Diedrick Graham, Debra Friedman and Simeon Brier at Cozen O'Connor.
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Personality Tests And Machine Learning Applications In Law
Mateusz Kulesza at McDonnell Boehnen looks at potential applications of personality testing based on machine learning techniques for law firms, and the implications this shift could have for lawyers, firms and judges, including how it could make the work of judges and other legal decision-makers much more difficult.
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AI Is Reshaping Lawyering: What To Expect In 2024
The future of lawyering is not about the wholesale replacement of attorneys by artificial intelligence, but as AI handles more of the routine legal work, the role of lawyers will evolve to be more strategic, requiring the development of competencies beyond traditional legal skills, says Colin Levy at Malbek.