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Maduro Says Charges Must Be Nixed Due To US 'Interference'
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro urged a New York federal court on Thursday to dismiss the U.S. government's narco-terrorism conspiracy case against him, saying the government was interfering with his constitutional right to present a defense by not letting the Venezuelan government pay his legal fees with "untainted funds."
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'One Way Or Another, ICE Will Comply,' Minn. Judge Vows
The Minnesota federal court's chief judge who admonished U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for violating nearly 100 court orders concerning the Trump administration's immigration operations in the state vowed Thursday "to do whatever is required to protect the rule of law," including holding government officials in criminal contempt.
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Goldstein Placed Under Home Confinement Until Sentencing
SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein was placed under home confinement by a Maryland federal judge until his sentencing, but will likely be able to keep his $3 million D.C. home after the jury that convicted him separately found there wasn't a clear nexus between the property and his mortgage fraud conviction.
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Ga. Panel Eyes Alternative Discipline Against Resigned Judge
The investigative panel of the Georgia judicial ethics commission told the state Supreme Court on Thursday that it wants to consider sanctions other than removal against a former Fulton County Superior Court judge now that she has resigned, arguing that "judges cannot resign in order to avoid discipline for judicial misconduct."
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How Epstein Referred Clients To BigLaw Partners In His Orbit
Billionaire and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein always had top lawyers in his orbit. He also had extensive and lasting relationships with several partners at BigLaw firms, files newly released by the Department of Justice show.
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State Courts Navigate 'Perfect Storm' Of Missed Appearances
State and local courts are taking innovative steps to reduce missed court appearances, which cost courts time and money, but also erode the morale of court workers and the trust of those who use them.
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Senate Judiciary Advances Illinois US Atty
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Gregory Gilmore to be U.S. attorney for the Central District of Illinois in a quick vote that passed without comment.
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Feds Seek To Toss DOJ Official's Suit Over Epstein-Talk Firing
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a D.C. federal court to ax a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by a former DOJ official who was fired after he was surreptitiously filmed talking about Jeffrey Epstein on what he thought was a date, saying district courts don't have jurisdiction and the matter belongs in front of the Merit Systems Protection Board.
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Former Prosecutors Slam Seizure Of Fulton County Ballots
A bipartisan group of former federal prosecutors told a federal judge that the U.S. Department of Justice shouldn't have sought a search warrant to seize election materials from Georgia's Fulton County last month and that in doing so, the department failed its "essential role in our justice system."
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Contractors Could Face Lengthier Suits After Justices' Ruling
Government contractors could see more, longer litigation after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected GEO Group Inc.'s attempt to immediately appeal a district court order denying its claim for immunity from immigrant detainees' forced-labor claims.
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Dems Demand Explanation For DOJ Antitrust Chief's Exit
Two Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee demanded Wednesday that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi explain to lawmakers why the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust chief was forced to resign, expressing concern about the administration's potential interference with merger reviews and antitrust litigation.
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6th Circ. Says All Of Paralegal's Bias Suit Is Arbitration-Exempt
The Sixth Circuit ruled Wednesday that Adams and Reese LLP can't send a fired paralegal's sex harassment and disability bias suit to arbitration, ruling that a law that bars mandatory out-of-court resolutions for sexual harassment cases applies to the entirety of her lawsuit.
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Tom Goldstein Guilty On Tax Evasion, 11 Other Counts
SCOTUSblog founder and famed U.S. Supreme Court advocate Thomas Goldstein was found guilty of tax evasion, as well as aiding in the filing of false tax returns and lying on loan applications, by a Maryland federal jury Wednesday.
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Cat Cover Story In Ginsburg Health Hack Gives Judge Pause
A Fourth Circuit jurist on Wednesday seemed fixated on the feline excuse a former hospital transplant coordinator gave FBI agents when he was questioned in 2019 about accessing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's healthcare records.
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Axinn Adds 3 Former Federal Antitrust Litigators In DC And SF
Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP continues adding antitrust attorneys, announcing Wednesday that three former government attorneys are joining the firm as partners — one in San Francisco and two in Washington, D.C.
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Hagens Berman Fights Fee Demand Amid Misconduct Claims
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP has blasted as premature a bid from drugmakers in Pennsylvania federal court calling for the firm to cover the fees and costs of a special master who alleged the firm committed misconduct in product liability actions over the morning sickness drug thalidomide.
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5th Circ. Revives Texas Judge's Suit Over Same-Sex Weddings
The Fifth Circuit has cleared the way for a Texas state judge to seek damages in a lawsuit against the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct over whether judges can refuse to conduct same-sex weddings on religious grounds while agreeing to conduct marriages for heterosexual couples, sending the case back to the trial court.
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Ousted Conn. Public Defender To Appeal Bias Suit Loss
Connecticut's ousted chief public defender has indicated that she will seek to revive her recently dismissed discrimination lawsuit challenging her ejection from the role in 2024.
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Former Calif. Judge Can't Escape Sex Assault Case
A former California Superior Court judge has lost his bid to toss five criminal counts alleging he sexually assaulted a court staffer and made false statements to investigators in an attempted cover-up.
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Democrats Cast Doubt On New DOJ Fraud Role
During the confirmation hearing on Wednesday for President Donald Trump's nominee for the new assistant attorney general for fraud role, Democrats expressed anxiety about the White House's involvement in the fraud crackdown and how genuine the effort is.
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Stevens & Lee Taps NJ AG Chief Of Staff For Lobbying Arm
The onetime chief of staff for former New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin has joined Stevens & Lee PC as a shareholder and a managing director in the firm's lobbying subsidiary, Stevens & Lee Public Affairs, the firm said Tuesday.
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Harvey Weinstein Swaps Attys As 3rd Rape Trial Looms
Harvey Weinstein tapped a new attorney at Agnifilo Intrater for his third rape trial slated for next month, while the former Hollywood mogul's longtime defense team at Aidala Bertuna & Kamins said it will bow out.
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Patterson Belknap Adds Ex-SDNY Prosecutor Maurene Comey
Former Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, who handled some of the nation's highest-profile cases before she was fired by the Trump administration, has joined Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Justices Set New Limits On Recess Testimony Talks
A unanimous Supreme Court set limits Wednesday on the right to counsel during overnight breaks in a defendant's testimony under the Sixth Amendment, ruling that prohibiting talk about "testimony for its own sake" strikes an appropriate constitutional balance.
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High Court Says GEO Group Can't Appeal Immunity Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that GEO Group Inc. cannot immediately appeal a district court decision that found it does not derive sovereign immunity from the federal government in a forced labor class action brought by immigrant detainees.
Expert Analysis
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A Call For Personal Accountability On Diversity And Inclusion
While chief legal officers are increasingly involved in creating corporate diversity, inclusion and anti-bigotry policies, all lawyers have a responsibility to be discrimination busters and bias interrupters regardless of the title they hold, says Veta T. Richardson at the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.