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Sinema Says Tryst With Ex-Guard Not In NC Court's Reach
Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, now a Hogan Lovells attorney, told a North Carolina federal court Thursday that a lawsuit alleging her cross-country affair with a former member of her security detail ended a 14-year marriage must be dismissed because the trysts occurred outside state borders.
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Judge Newman Takes Suspension Battle To Supreme Court
Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman brought her fight against a suspension imposed on her by her colleagues to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, arguing that a lower court wrongly held that her challenges to the order are not subject to judicial review.
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Ex-Government Attys Launch Anti-Corruption Law Firm
In response to recent actions by the Trump administration that have seen a number of convicted fraudsters pardoned for their crimes, a group of attorneys with federal government experience have launched a firm focused on combating public corruption using civil litigation.
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Democrats Seek Review Of Bondi's Role In Brother's Cases
Two Democratic lawmakers have asked the U.S. Department of Justice's inspector general to review whether Attorney General Pam Bondi "adequately recused herself" from cases involving clients represented by her brother Brad Bondi, who is a partner at Paul Hastings LLP.
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Nelson Mullins Adds Two Corporate Attys In New York, DC
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP expanded its transactional resources in New York and Washington, D.C., with the addition of two corporate attorneys with deep experience with U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory matters and executive compensation, the firm said Thursday.
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How AI Has Upended Traditional Legal Tech Procurement
The strategies law firms and legal departments use to evaluate vendors and adopt technology have taken on more importance in the age of artificial intelligence, a panel of experts said Wednesday during a session on the third day of ALM's Legalweek conference in New York City.
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Bar Exam Pass Rates Increased In 2025, ABA Says
The pass rate for first-time takers who sat for the bar exam rose by more than a percentage point last year over 2024, according to statistics released by the American Bar Association.
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Holyoak's US Attorney Nomination Advances
The nomination of Melissa Holyoak, former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, to be U.S. attorney for the District of Utah was sent to the full Senate on Thursday.
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Judges, Lawmakers Urge 4th Circ. To Affirm Halligan Ruling
Members of Congress and former federal judges have urged the Fourth Circuit to affirm that Lindsey Halligan was not properly appointed as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, saying the episode exemplifies why there are guardrails against installing political loyalists as federal prosecutors.
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Judges Call Out Violent 'Never-Before' Rhetoric Against Them
Federal judges who experienced firsthand harassment and violence called out the rise of "dehumanizing" rhetoric on Wednesday and warned that it could erode judicial independence.
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Ex-Senior Atty For Int'l Finance Corp. Joins Hunton
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has hired a former senior counsel from International Finance Corp., who spent 12 years there and who worked as the global legal lead for the institution's asset management company.
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Spencer Fane Hires Transactions, Banking Partners In D.C.
Spencer Fane LLP has hired two attorneys in Washington, D.C., who focus their practices on consumer financial matters, financial services and compliance-related issues, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Patent Firm Rebrands, Names New Managing Partner
Fabricant LLP has a new name and a new managing partner, the patent litigation boutique announced Wednesday.
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Military Attys In DOJ 'Erodes Democratic Norms,' Ex-JAGs Say
Nearly a dozen former military lawyers raised the alarm about the Trump administration appointing judge advocate officers to U.S. attorneys' offices, urging a Minnesota federal judge Tuesday to bar an Army lawyer from prosecuting a case that accuses a civilian of assaulting federal immigration enforcement agents.
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Judiciary Approves Supreme Court Public Defender Office
The federal judiciary approved a new office Tuesday aimed at improving the quality of representation for indigent defendants with cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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DOJ Official Faces Ethics Case Over Georgetown DEI Letters
U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin has been hit with disciplinary charges in the nation's capital over threatening letters he sent to Georgetown University Law Center last year while he was interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C.
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AI Disruptions Raise Questions On Legal Judgment's Value
Artificial intelligence could disrupt business as usual for law firms and legal departments, but a panel of experts on Monday showed there are varying differences of opinion on the importance of human judgment in legal matters.
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Wisconsin Judges Decline To Extend Interim US Atty's Term
A majority of judges in the Eastern District of Wisconsin have declined to extend the tenure of interim U.S. Attorney Brad Schimel, according to an announcement Tuesday.
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Sidley Hires Career Kirkland Government Contracts Attorney
Sidley Austin LLP has hired a Kirkland & Ellis LLP government contracts lawyer, who is joining the team as a partner in Washington, D.C., to work on government contracts and national security matters.
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Mayer Brown Adds 6 McGuireWoods Attys In Houston, DC
Mayer Brown announced Tuesday that it has hired six attorneys from McGuireWoods LLP for its litigation and dispute resolution and corporate and securities practices, including the former office managing partner of that firm's Houston office.
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KPMG Law Wants 'Unglamorous' Work, New Legal Chief Says
Big Four accounting giant KPMG LLP is hoping to stay in its own lane and build on its existing suite of services as it moves forward with its year-old law firm subsidiary KPMG Law US, the company's newly appointed U.S. legal chief, Christian Athanasoulas, told Law360 Pulse this week.
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Former HWG Partner Launches Legal Ethics Firm In DC
A former HWG LLP partner is launching a legal ethics-focused firm that will advise law firms and lawyers on professional responsibility issues and represent attorneys facing disciplinary proceedings, regulatory investigations and malpractice matters.
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Arnall Golden Hires Former Rhode Island Prosecutor In DC
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has hired a former Rhode Island assistant attorney general, who represented the office of the state's top attorney in an ongoing fight with Meta Platforms Inc. over its social media sites' allegedly addictive design.
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Bradley Arant Launches New Outside General Counsel Team
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced that its new outside general counsel services team is up and running with a recently hired Dallas-based partner at the helm.
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Kavanaugh, Jackson Debate High Court Emergency Orders
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh pushed back Monday against critiques that the high court is ruling in favor of President Donald Trump in emergency appeals more often than it did for prior presidents, saying people who believe those allegations have "short" memories.
Expert Analysis
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Opinion
We Need More Professional Diversity In The Federal Judiciary
With the current overrepresentation of former corporate lawyers on the federal bench, the Biden administration must prioritize professional diversity in judicial nominations and consider lawyers who have represented workers, consumers and patients, says Navan Ward, president of the American Association for Justice.