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Mayer Brown, Scissero Partner On Structured Product Service
Mayer Brown LLP announced on Tuesday a new partnership with the artificial intelligence-backed legal services provider Scissero that will center on the issuance of structured products.
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Mexico Urges Justices To Take Up $47M Award Suit
Mexico has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take another look at the D.C. Circuit's opinion refusing to vacate a $47 million arbitral award issued to a Canadian lender, saying the justices need to establish a uniform standard to determine when a tribunal exceeded its powers.
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Salesforce, Goldman Sachs Lag In Raising Say-On-Pay Votes
Based on investors' say-on-pay advisory votes, California builder Tutor Perini did the best job at convincing more shareholders to approve their executive pay packages at this year's annual meetings, while Salesforce and Goldman Sachs did the worst job, according to a new study.
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Inside Lowenstein Sandler's Summer Associate AI Challenge
For one day last month, summer associates at Lowenstein Sandler LLP paused their work to square off in a new kind of artificial intelligence training: the firm's inaugural "AI Draft and Detect Challenge," a competition highlighting the opportunities — and limits — of legal AI.
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Trump Picks Ex-Personal Lawyer As New White House Counsel
President Donald Trump's incoming White House counsel is a former personal attorney for the president who is already working for the White House and was at the U.S. Department of Justice during his first term.
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Trump Renews Bid To Oust Fed's Cook Over Mortgage Claims
The White House has notified Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook that President Donald Trump is "considering" moving again to oust her from the central bank, setting up another potential legal battle after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked her removal in June.
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DC Courts Add 8 Judges, But Funding Crunch Persists
Eight judges for local Washington, D.C., courts were confirmed Friday, significantly easing the courts' vacancy crisis. Nevertheless, a top court official says funding is still a problem.
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Senator Considers Ethics Complaint Against 3rd Circ. Judge
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., has indicated he is weighing whether to pursue ethics charges against U.S. Circuit Judge Jennifer Mascott of the Third Circuit in the wake of a news report stating she operated a public affairs agency from the bench.
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Legal Services Hiring Is 'Firing On All Cylinders,' Recruiter Says
The legal sector saw job gains for the fourth month in a row, adding 1,000 positions in July, according to seasonally adjusted data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Motley Rice LLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New Mexico judge ordered Meta Platforms to create a $567 million abatement fund and take additional measures to protect its youngest users.
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Beltway Moves: Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, MoFo, Pillsbury
Former U.S. Treasury officials were among the government lawyers to head to law firms in the nation's capital recently, with Hogan Lovells Cadwalader and Morrison Foerster LLP both bringing on attorneys from the department.
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Faegre Drinker Hires Ex-USDA Assistant General Counsel
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has hired the U.S. Department of Agriculture's former assistant general counsel of the natural resources and environment division, who is joining the firm's litigation group as counsel in its Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced Thursday.
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Key Senator Backs Blanche, Likely Securing AG Confirmation
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears to have locked down the votes needed for his bid to be attorney general after Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said Friday that he would support the nomination.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off August with leadership changes at the American Bar Association and a flurry of attorney moves. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Dems Slam Skadden's 'Nothing To See Here' Trump Deal Reply
Three Democratic lawmakers on Thursday criticized Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's response to their request that the firm disclose details of its pro bono arrangement with the Trump administration, saying the firm's "three sentence letter essentially saying 'nothing to see here'" is "not going to cut it."
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GAO Pans DOGE's Savings Claims, Ethics Practices
The U.S. Government Accountability Office said on Thursday that the Department of Government Efficiency's claim to have saved $110 billion from terminated contracts, grants and leases is based on incorrect and opaque cost estimates.
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The Dramatic Moments Set To Shape Tom Goldstein's Appeal
Prurient revelations, brash recriminations and purportedly glaring judicial errors in Tom Goldstein's criminal case have captivated the appellate bar for nearly 19 months, and many of those moments will be center stage in the star attorney's imminent appeal.
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New ABA Chief Seeks To 'Streamline' Org., Defend Democracy
The American Bar Association's new president, Barbara J. Howard, will focus on twin goals of defending democracy against expected unprecedented attacks associated with this year's midterm elections, while also reorganizing the association to run more efficiently, as she kicks off her one-year term this month.
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How Mid-Law Firms Are Stretching Their AI Budgets
Mid-Law firms are working to incorporate artificial intelligence tools into their business structures in cost-effective ways amid higher prices for certain legal technology products, with some even finding that their smaller size can be used to their advantage.
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Jones Day Hires Morgan Lewis Tax Partner In DC
Jones Day has hired a former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP tax attorney who spent more than 11 years representing multinational businesses, partnerships, and high-net-worth individuals, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Akerman Hires Director Of AI Governance And Data Protection
Akerman LLP said Thursday it has hired a new partner for its corporate practice group who will also serve as director of artificial intelligence governance and data protection within its Akerman Intelligence group.
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Adds Ex-Treasury Crypto Atty
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader has hired a former Treasury Department counsel, who in his last role was the agency's first official dedicated to focusing on digital asset policy and blockchain technology, the firm announced Thursday.
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Senate Dems Grill Trump's Judge Picks For 5th Circ., Alabama
Senate Democrats on Wednesday dug into two judges nominated by the president to serve in Alabama district court and on the Fifth Circuit over their careful answers about who won the 2020 election and one's history of advocating against a ban on forced arbitration for workplace sexual harassment and assault claims.
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Senate Panel Presses DOJ Antitrust Pick On Independence
President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, Adam Candeub, faced tough questions Wednesday during a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing, where several Democrats challenged his independence.
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3 Things To Know About The ABA's New President-Elect
California-based attorney Laura V. Farber became president-elect of the American Bar Association this week after decades of leadership experience within the organization and her local community.
Expert Analysis
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Series
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Jennifer Rakstad at White & Case highlights how associates can emphasize achievements and seek support before, during and after their annual review, despite the pandemic’s negative effects on face time with colleagues and business development opportunities.
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How Your Law Firm's Brand Can Convey Prestige
In order to be perceived as prestigious by clients and potential recruits, law firms should take their branding efforts beyond designing visual identities and address six key imperatives to differentiate themselves — from identifying intangible core strengths to delivering on promises at every interaction, says Howard Breindel at DeSantis Breindel.
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How Dynamic Project Management Can Help Law Firms
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Law firms looking to streamline matter management should consider tools that offer both employees and clients real-time access to documents, action items, task assignee information and more, overcoming many of the limitations of project communications via email, says Stephen Weyer at Stites & Harbison.
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What I Wish Law Schools Taught Women About Legal Careers
Instead of spending an entire semester on 19th century hunting rights, I wish law schools would facilitate honest discussions about what it’s like to navigate life as an attorney, woman and mother, and offer lessons on business marketing that transcend golf outings and social mixers, says Daphne Delvaux at Gruenberg Law.
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4 Ways To Break Down Barriers For Women Of Color In Law
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Female lawyers belonging to minority groups continue to be paid less and promoted less than their male counterparts, so law firms and corporate legal departments must stop treating women as a monolithic group and create initiatives that address the unique barriers women of color face, say Daphne Turpin Forbes at Microsoft and Linda Chanow at the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession.
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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.