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Mich. High Court Says Judge Who Struck Wife Must Retire
The Michigan Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a state court judge to retire on July 1 after he was convicted of domestic violence for striking his wife, while also issuing a separate order placing him on interim suspension with pay.
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Maduro Judge Hints US Should Reconsider Legal Fee Refusal
A Manhattan federal judge suggested Thursday that the Trump administration should revisit its refusal to allow former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to access his country's funds to pay for his defense against narco-terrorism and trafficking charges.
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NAACP Taps Ex-DOJ Civil Rights Chief As General Counsel
The NAACP has selected the former head of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division as its new top lawyer, a move the civil rights organization said comes as it is "ramping up its investment in its legal advocacy efforts" and doubling down on its mission.
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NJ Panel Grills Judge For Berating Teens, Deportation Threats
New Jersey's judicial disciplinary body questioned a municipal judge on Wednesday about why he believed it was appropriate to berate children and threaten their families with deportation during truancy hearings.
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Ramey, EscapeX Ask Justices To Review Sanctions Challenge
EscapeX IP and its attorney William Ramey III want the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Federal Circuit's decision backing $255,000 in fees and sanctions for what a California federal judge found to be a frivolous patent suit against Google.
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Winston & Strawn Wants Hunter Biden To Respond In Fee Row
Winston & Strawn LLP has asked the D.C. Superior Court to force Hunter Biden to fully respond to interrogatories in its lawsuit against the former president's son over unpaid legal bills, after Biden conducted an incomplete "hand search" of documents at issue.
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Trade Court Nom Regrets Past Tweets Critical Of GOP Sens.
Kara Westercamp, associate counsel to the president, who was nominated for the U.S. Court of International Trade, said Wednesday she regretted her past social media posts critical of Republican senators.
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Del. Chancellor Pauses Tesla Suit As Musk Cites LinkedIn Post
The Delaware Chancery Court has paused a high-profile Tesla stockholder case following a recusal bid from Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. after a judge's LinkedIn account appeared to react to a post celebrating a recent California jury verdict against Musk, including language praising efforts to stand up to "the richest man in the world."
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High Court Reverses Music Piracy Liability Ruling Against Cox
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday said the Fourth Circuit incorrectly affirmed a jury verdict that found Cox Communications liable for its customers' music piracy, concluding there is a legal distinction between mere knowledge of infringement and intent to promote it.
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Justices Reject Tolling For Supervised Release Absconders
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the fugitive tolling doctrine, which prevents criminal defendants from earning credits to reduce prison sentences while they are not behind bars, cannot also be used to automatically penalize defendants who abscond from supervised release.
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Ex-Calif. Judge Censured After Guilty Plea For Mail Fraud
A former California state judge has been censured after agreeing to resign and plead guilty to a felony fraud charge related to an incident that happened before he was on the bench, according to an order released Tuesday.
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Charlie Javice Can't Get Retrial Based On Clerk Conflicts
A New York federal judge Tuesday shot down a retrial bid from Charlie Javice, who was convicted of conning JPMorgan Chase & Co. into buying her financial aid startup Frank, rejecting her argument that there was a conflict of interest because clerks who worked on the trial accepted jobs with the bank's firm.
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Fla. Judge Faces Discipline For Remark About Shooting Attys
A Florida state judge is facing a public reprimand after admitting to becoming frustrated with attorneys in an estate dispute and saying that he "would like to tell the deputy to pull his gun and shoot all three of you," according to records filed Tuesday in the state's high court.
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Justices Hunt For 'Magic' Border Line In Asylum Turnback Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with when a noncitizen "arrives in" the U.S., but struggled to pin down whether someone's foot, hand or nose must cross a "magic" line that would obligate border officials to process them.
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Goldstein Seeks New Trial, Citing 'A Series Of Legal Errors'
SCOTUSblog founder and appellate icon Thomas Goldstein has filed a lengthy motion for a new trial or acquittal after his conviction on a dozen criminal charges related to tax evasion, alleging his trial was marred by improper jury instructions, improper exclusion of evidence and inadequate evidence, among other things.
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DOJ Says Gov't Attys Can't Be Punished Over ICE's Actions
The Trump administration says a Minnesota federal judge erred by holding a government attorney in contempt after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flouted a court order, claiming the lawyer was "wrongfully held captive to induce ICE's compliance."
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Senate Confirms Chief Of New DOJ Fraud Division
The U.S. Senate voted 52-47, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Colin McDonald to the newly created assistant attorney general for fraud role.
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Judicial Conference Backs Latest Judge Newman Suspension
The federal judiciary on Tuesday upheld the latest extension of Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's suspension and the decision not to transfer her case to another circuit, finding neither to be unconstitutional.
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Seeger Weiss Lands Former NY Federal Prosecutor
Plaintiffs firm Seeger Weiss LLP has added an attorney who spent more than a decade in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York prosecuting high-profile cases, including litigation that led to a $1.4 billion settlement with major financial services provider UBS AG.
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Convicted Ex-Budget Official's Attorney Resignation Approved
A Connecticut judge on Tuesday accepted former state budget official Konstantinos M. Diamantis' decision to relinquish his law license and never reapply for admission to the bar after a corruption trial last year ended with his conviction.
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5 Takeaways From California's 2026 State Of The Judiciary
California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero highlighted positive collaboration among the state's judicial, legislative and executive branches, which she called "sister branches," in this year's State of the Judiciary Address, which otherwise focused on the court system's ongoing challenges including an ongoing need to fill judgeships and concerns over federal immigration enforcement in state courthouses.
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Akin Hires Jan. 6 Committee Atty As Investigations Co-Head
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has hired a former special counsel to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, who previously helped lawmakers investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, as its new congressional investigations practice co-leader.
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High Court Doubts Legality Of Late-Arriving Ballot Laws
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical Monday of Mississippi's law allowing state election officials to count mail-in ballots that arrive up to five days after Election Day, with the justices divided ideologically over whether historical practices or legislative history should control the outcome of the case.
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Day Pitney Fights DQ Over Ex-Justice's Time On Case He Heard
Day Pitney LLP has apologized after former Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard A. Robinson, now a firm partner, billed 15.7 hours for reviewing a since-remanded case he heard years ago as a justice, but the firm said the "error" should not disqualify its other lawyers from advancing the litigation.
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Attys Split Over Mandatory Hyperlinks To Curb Fake AI Cases
A new legal requirement to hyperlink case law is drawing support from legal professionals as a counter to artificial intelligence-generated fake cases in court submissions, but some aren't sure that it is enough to solve the problem and worry that it will be an added burden on lawyers.
Expert Analysis
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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.
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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.