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JAMS Brings On Another Retired DC Superior Court Judge
Judge Anthony Epstein, a veteran of the D.C. Superior Court, has joined the alternative dispute resolution group JAMS, where he'll work as a mediator with clients on a range of business, commercial and family law matters, according to a recent announcement.
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High Court Drops Class Cert. Clarification Bid
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Thursday to weigh in on whether federal courts can certify classes that include uninjured members, holding it improperly agreed to hear a disability discrimination case against diagnostics company Labcorp that raised the important question.
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Justices Revive Bid To Enforce $1.3B Indian Satellite Award
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a Ninth Circuit decision refusing to enforce a $1.3 billion arbitral award issued to an Indian satellite communications company, ruling that the court's outlier interpretation of a jurisdictional question was incorrect.
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Supreme Court Bars Hamas Victims From Reviving Bank Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that victims of Hamas terrorist attacks cannot get a second shot at filing a lawsuit that seeks to hold a Lebanese bank liable for aiding and abetting Hamas, reasserting that final judgments can only be reopened under "extraordinary circumstances."
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Justices Nix Mexico's Cartel Violence Suit In Win For Gun Cos.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a suit by the government of Mexico against Smith & Wesson and other major gun companies, finding in a unanimous opinion that the alleged ties between the firearms makers and cartel violence south of the border are too speculative to stand up in court.
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Justices Fault Wis. For Denying Tax Break To Charities
Wisconsin discriminated against a group of Catholic charities when it denied them an unemployment tax exemption, the U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday, rejecting the state's argument that the charities were not operated primarily for religious purposes.
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Justices Nix Higher Hurdle For Heterosexual Bias Claims
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday vacated the Sixth Circuit's ruling that plaintiffs claiming anti-heterosexual workplace discrimination need to provide extra "background circumstances" evidence, opining that it improperly imposed special standards on majority-group plaintiffs.
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OneTaste Jury Hears Of Illicit Labor Plot, As Trial Closes
A Brooklyn federal prosecutor on Wednesday told jurors that OneTaste co-founder Nicole Daedone and her former top deputy used an array of manipulative tactics, including sexual and financial abuse, to keep workers for the sexual wellness company in line, as the trial nears its end.
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High Court Told 'Categorical' Right To Counsel Must Persist
A criminal defendant's right to consult with counsel during an overnight trial recess is "clear and categorical," a man who didn't receive that right has told the U.S. Supreme Court in preparation for his Sixth Amendment case to be heard before the justices.
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6th Circ. Pick Quizzed On Experience, Ties To Conservatives
The first batch of judicial nominees of President Donald Trump's second administration had their hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, during which a Sixth Circuit nominee fielded questions about litigants' obligation to follow court orders and her connection to Leonard Leo-affiliated groups following Trump bashing the former Federalist Society executive.
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NJ Judge Suspended Over Pro-Police 'Likes' On Facebook
A New Jersey municipal court judge was hit with a two-month suspension without pay beginning Wednesday after an advisory committee took issue with his Facebook activity indicating support for pro-police movements, political candidates, individual lawyers and law firms.
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DOJ Alumni Aid Group Launches Pro Bono Legal Network
Justice Connection, a group founded by former U.S. Department of Justice attorneys in response to the Trump administration's ongoing purge of the department, has launched a pro bono legal network to represent DOJ attorneys being "unfairly targeted" by the administration.
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NJ Mayor Expands False Arrest Suit Against US Atty
Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, New Jersey, on Wednesday added a false light count to his defamation and malicious prosecution complaint against interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba over his May 9 arrest outside an immigration detention center.
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Ga. Judge Can't Escape Ethics Charges, Panel Told
Georgia's Judicial Qualifications Commission urged a hearing panel to reject a Fulton County judge's request to quash her ethics charges due to what she characterized as "improper failures to disclose information and recuse" by two JQC members.
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4th Circ. Revives Immigration Judges' Free Speech Suit
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday sent a free speech lawsuit brought by immigration judges back to district court, reasoning a lower court judge must first determine if a federal law is working as intended with respect to claims that might otherwise be handled administratively.
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Weinstein Atty Casts Accusers As Abusers In Retrial Closing
A Manhattan jury on Tuesday heard closing arguments in Harvey Weinstein's retrial on sexual assault charges in New York state court, as his attorney said he was "abused" by "mad," "scorned" ex-lovers who didn't have the talent to make it in show business.
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Senators Preview Possible National Injunction Reforms
A Senate hearing on Tuesday was marked largely by partisan fighting over whether federal courts have justifiably ruled against the Trump administration, but there were some hints that cooperation to rein in acknowledged litigation abuses such as forum shopping and universal injunctions might be possible.
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Meet The New Mediator In The Jackson Walker Fee Case
Retired U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Joan N. Feeney has been chosen to mediate a dispute between Jackson Walker LLP and the U.S. Trustee's Office over the watchdog's bid to get the firm to forfeit fees from dozens of cases overseen by an ousted judge, setting Feeney up to help resolve one of the most contentious cases to hit the bankruptcy bar in years.
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Bills Texas Attys Should Know From The 2025 Session
Texas lawmakers wrapped up the state's 89th legislative session this week, passing a number of bills on topics like artificial intelligence and social media, business law and the authorities granted to the attorney general.
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Jan. 6 Prosecutor Joins Rogers Joseph O'Donnell In DC
A senior federal prosecutor who supervised more than 1,000 cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has joined litigation boutique Rogers Joseph O'Donnell PC after leaving the U.S. attorney's office in D.C. last week.
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New Jersey Senate Confirms 4 Judge Nominees, Prosecutor
The New Jersey Senate has approved the nominations of three Superior Court judges, an administrative law judge and a county prosecutor.
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Former GC To Sen. Scott Sworn In As Northern Fla.'s US Atty
A former deputy chief of staff and general counsel to U.S. Sen. Rick Scott was sworn in Monday as the 42nd U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Florida after having served in the role on an interim basis since President Donald Trump nominated him for the post.
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Indicted Judge Seeks Info On His 'Disgruntled' Ex-Workers
A Pennsylvania state judge accused of misusing COVID-19 unemployment relief money to pay his law firm's staff is seeking employment records from their other jobs to determine the credibility of who he calls "disgruntled employees" who made the claims about him to the government.
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Wilkinson Stekloff Adds George Santos Prosecutor In DC
Trial boutique Wilkinson Stekloff LLP has expanded its offerings in Washington, D.C., with the addition of a longtime U.S. Department of Justice attorney who worked on the indictment of former U.S. Rep. George Santos.
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NJ Mayor Accuses US Atty Habba Of Defamation, False Arrest
Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka filed suit Tuesday against interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba over his May 9 arrest outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility he was visiting with three members of Congress, claiming false arrest, malicious prosecution and defamation.
Expert Analysis
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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.
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Embrace Active Voice In Legal Writing — In Most Cases
Legal writers should strive to craft sentences in the active voice to promote brevity and avoid ambiguities that can spark litigation, but writing in the passive voice is sometimes appropriate — when it's a moral choice and not a grammatical failure, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Help Associates Turn Down Work?
Marina Portnova at Lowenstein Sandler discusses what partners can do to aid their associates in setting work-life boundaries, especially around after-hours assignment availability.
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How AI Legal Research Tools Are Shifting Law Firm Processes
Although artificial intelligence-powered legal research is ushering in a new era of legal practice that augments human expertise with data-driven insights, it is not without challenges involving privacy, ethics and more, so legal professionals should take steps to ensure AI becomes a reliable partner rather than a source of disruption, says Marly Broudie at SocialEyes Communications.
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Data Source Proliferation Is A Growing E-Discovery Challenge
With the increased usage of collaboration apps and generative artificial intelligence solutions, it's not only important for e-discovery teams to be able to account for hundreds of existing data types today, but they should also be able to add support for new data types quickly — even on the fly if needed, says Oliver Silva at Casepoint.
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Bracing For A Generative AI Revolution In Law
With many legal professionals starting to explore practical uses of generative artificial intelligence in areas such as research, discovery and legal document development, the fundamental principle of human oversight cannot be underscored enough for it to be successful, say Ty Dedmon at Bradley Arant and Paige Hunt at Lighthouse.
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Why I Use ChatGPT To Tell Me Things I Already Know
The legal profession is among the most hesitant to adopt ChatGPT because of its proclivity to provide false information as if it were true, but in a wide variety of situations, lawyers can still be aided by information that is only in the right ballpark, says Robert Plotkin at Blueshift IP.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Use Social Media Responsibly?
Leah Kelman at Herrick Feinstein discusses the importance of reasoned judgment and thoughtful process when it comes to newly admitted attorneys' social media use.