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NJ US Atty Office's 3-Person Leadership Unlawful, Court Told
Criminal defendants in the District of New Jersey are challenging the three-person leadership structure now in place at the Garden State's U.S. attorney's office following the disqualification of Alina Habba, telling the court their due process rights have been violated by the allegedly unlawful system.
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Bruce Fein Axed As Counsel In Maduro's NY Drug Case
A New York federal judge on Monday said constitutional lawyer Bruce Fein could not represent Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro after Fein admitted to having never spoken to or entered into an agreement of representation for the foreign leader, who was indicted on narco-conspiracy charges this month.
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Sitting Judges Advocate For Bill To Allow Them To Carry Guns
Three federal judges have come out in support of a Republican-led bill to allow judges and prosecutors to carry concealed firearms across state lines.
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Justices Won't Hear Claims Highland Ch. 11 Judge Is Biased
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear arguments from the founder of hedge fund Highland Capital Management that the judge who presided over Highland's bankruptcy case was biased, and that two novels she has published prove it.
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Justices Won't Hear If Atty Needs Client's OK To Admit Crime
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a New Jersey man's conviction for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon, a case that asked if a lawyer could admit part of a crime on a client's behalf when the client himself objected.
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Ex-DOJ Civil Antitrust Head Joins WilmerHale
WilmerHale announced Monday it hired Ryan Danks, who until last month had headed up the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division's civil enforcement program, as a new partner.
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Jack Smith Debuts Litigation Boutique With Fellow DOJ Alums
Jack Smith, the former U.S. Department of Justice special counsel appointed to investigate President Donald Trump, two of Smith's top deputies, and the co-chair of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's investigations and enforcement practice, have launched their new firm, Heaphy Smith Harbach & Windom LLP.
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Up Next At High Court: Pollution Lawsuits & Trans Athletes
The U.S. Supreme Court will kick off the new year by hearing disputes over the constitutionality of state laws banning transgender female athletes from female-only sports and whether state or federal courts are the proper forum for lawsuits seeking to hold major oil companies accountable for harm caused by their oil production activities along Louisiana's coast.
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Justices To Consider DHS Authority Over Green Card Entries
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review whether the U.S. Department of Homeland Security can treat a lawful permanent resident returning from a trip abroad as an applicant for admission based solely on pending criminal charges.
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10th Circ. Says Judge Didn't Cross A Line In Plea Deal Dispute
A federal judge who told a man that a plea deal for distributing methamphetamine could be rescinded if he did not agree to it did not act inappropriately, a unanimous Tenth Circuit panel ruled Friday, finding the lower court had not interfered with negotiations by providing factual information.
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Attys, Broker Ask 4th Circ. To Overturn Tax Fraud Convictions
Two St. Louis tax attorneys and a North Carolina insurance broker have asked the Fourth Circuit to unravel their convictions for participating in a $22 million tax scheme, arguing the government failed to prove at trial that the tax plan they used was actually illegal.
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New Trade Group Joins Litigation Finance Lobbying Fight
A new trade group for litigation funders has launched with the aim of enlisting personal injury and mass tort attorneys in a fight against proposed federal laws that it says could threaten the $16 billion litigation finance industry.
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Panel OKs Sentence In Ex-Ky. Prosecutor Sex Bribe Scandal
A former Kentucky state prosecutor must serve 41 months behind bars after a Sixth Circuit panel upheld his conviction on wire fraud and government bribery charges tied to his alleged criminal scheme of assisting a criminal defendant in exchange for sexual favors and explicit photos.
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How New Judges Can Quell Patent Litigation Fears
Patent litigation has a reputation for being particularly complex due to its technical content, which can be intimidating for litigants, attorneys and judges alike. In the first of a two-part series, several judges in the trenches of patent law spoke with Law360 about how new judges can make patent litigation less overwhelming.
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Comey, James Fight DOJ Push To Combine Dismissal Appeals
Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James are pushing back against federal prosecutors' effort to consolidate their currently separate appeals of the beleaguered prosecutions against the pair at the Fourth Circuit.
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Ex-Chester County Judge Heads Back To MacElree Harvey
A former Chester County, Pennsylvania, judge is returning to MacElree Harvey Ltd. and picking up his litigation and mediation practice where he left off after a brief stint filling a vacancy on the bench last year.
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NY Courts Open To Attys Using AI To Prep Filings
Lawyers should not be barred outright from using artificial intelligence tools to prepare court documents, a New York court system advisory committee said in its annual report on Thursday.
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Bruce Fein Unauthorized To Represent Maduro, Atty Says
When constitutional lawyer Bruce Fein entered an appearance as counsel for former Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro on Tuesday, it was without having ever spoken to the client, according to a Thursday filing by Maduro's attorney Barry Pollack seeking to remove Fein from the case.
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How NY Atty Helped Win 12-Year Fight Over Hospital Pricing
When Matthew Cantor got involved in a sweeping antitrust case against California-based healthcare network Sutter Health, his youngest son was in the first grade. By the time the case settled in the fall, he was a sophomore in college. Here’s the story of how Cantor and his team kept fighting for more than a decade.
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Law Firms Closed 2025 With Continued 'Appetite For Hiring'
The legal sector continued to defy hiring expectations in spite of uncertainty in the U.S. economy as 2025 drew to a close.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off the new year with a busy week filled with lateral moves, leadership changes, office openings and judicial nominations. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Justices OK Federal Prisoners' Repeat Conviction Challenges
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday resolved a circuit split in ruling that a 1996 antiterrorism law does not bar people incarcerated in federal prisons from making repeated challenges to their convictions and sentences, or from seeking high court review if they fail.
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Calif. Judge Will Resign, Cop To Workers' Comp Fraud
A California state judge has agreed to resign and plead guilty to a felony fraud charge after prosecutors alleged he knowingly hired a physician previously convicted of healthcare fraud to prepare medical reports to submit to the state's workers' compensation program, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
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Alito Recuses From Chevron, Exxon Coastal Pollution Case
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday recused himself from considering Chevron and ExxonMobil's effort to place Louisiana pollution lawsuits stemming from the companies' World War II-era production in federal court, just days before the justices hear oral arguments in the case.
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House OKs $540M For Imperiled Legal Services Corp.
The "minibus" appropriations bill that the U.S. House of Representatives passed on Thursday includes a lifeline $540 million allocated toward the nonprofit Legal Services Corp. — representing a reduction of $10 million, or 3.6%, compared to fiscal year 2025's budget — whose funding the White House previously suggested should be slashed.
Expert Analysis
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Enthusiasm Is Legal Leadership Differentiator In AI Era
As the legal profession navigates changes driven by artificial intelligence and broader pressures, leaders should consider behavioral research-backed strategies to translate enthusiasm into tangible results for team performance, say attorneys at King & Spalding.
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Weighing Opportunities, Risks Of PE Investment In Law Firms
Though law firms and private equity firms appear to be strange bedfellows, such combinations may offer opportunities for ailing midsize firms — which must be weighed against risks to culture, brand and growth prospects, say directors at FTI Consulting.
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3 Forces Reshaping The Legal Buyer-Seller Relationship
This year's Buying Legal Council Conference highlighted three emerging forces in how buyers and sellers operate in the legal ecosystem — artificial intelligence, data and preferred panels — and organizations would be well advised to combine them into an integrated framework for transparency, performance and collaboration, says Matthew Prinn at RFP Advisory Group.
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5 Steps For GCs To Drive Generative AI Experimentation
As legal departments face mounting pressure to do more with less, general counsel should lead a structured process for adopting generative artificial intelligence tools to transform productivity, manage risk and align with enterprise priorities, says Maesea McCalpin at Gartner.
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How Attys Can DIY Their Own System For Professional Growth
Amid law firm layoffs of business development staff, lawyers cannot depend solely on their firms to foster their professional growth, and must instead create their own initiatives for building community, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.
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The Augmented Lawyer: In-House, Outside Counsel AI Collabs
As artificial intelligence changes the dynamic between in-house and outside counsel, both internal and external legal teams must thoughtfully reimagine how to mutually leverage AI tools to collaborate and deliver successful outcomes, say Karineh Khachatourian at KXT Law and Diane Honda at Redis.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Adjust To In-House After BigLaw?
Sirisha Gummaregula at QuisLex offers advice on navigating the challenges that come with taking on an in-house counsel role after leaving law firm life, including learning your company's business goals and leading with empathy and collaboration.
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Adapting Legal Thought Leadership To An AI World
As potential clients with legal questions increasingly rely on summaries generated by artificial intelligence, attorneys must rethink their content strategy to make sure AI chatbots and search overviews cite their thought leadership, say Ioana Good and Adrien Maines at Promova and Nancy Myrland at Myrland Marketing.
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10 Practical Tips For Attorneys Navigating High-Profile Cases
Complex corporate litigation now often unfolds under the glare of a parallel trial in the court of public opinion, requiring attorneys to adopt a cohesive strategy for legal filings, leadership communications and narrative control, says Monica Smith at Integer PR.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Tailor Your Personal Style
In an industry where competition for clients is fierce, a thoughtful approach to personal style can give you the confidence to walk into any room and own it, the magnetism to make connections that matter, and the tools to highlight your deeper professional values, says Leslie Berkoff at Moritt Hock.
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What GCs Value Most: 7 Tips For Landing The Client Pitch
In today’s competitive legal market, successful attorneys treat the pitch process with general counsel like the beginning of a relationship, not a one-off sale — showing up with curiosity, commercial awareness and the ability to engage in a meaningful way from the start, says Andrew Dick at The L Suite.
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Making Legal Cents: Strategy That Stays In Motion
Instead of lurching between year-end strategic planning season and springtime panic mode, firms need a framework that helps them identify what clients and the market need throughout the year, and then actually adjust course, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Roundup
Legal Tech Talks
Company founders, attorneys and other professionals working in the legal tech space share their journeys into the industry, challenges they face when working with law firms and legal departments, and common misconceptions about technology.
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4 Tips For Attys To Turn An Interim Job Into A Long-Term Role
As some attorneys seek interim roles amid economic uncertainty, big-picture thinking and a few proactive steps can help to turn those short-term assignments into long-term positions, says Amy Vanderhoof at Major Lindsey.
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The Augmented Lawyer: AI Exercises For Junior Attorneys
As artificial intelligence tools become increasingly adept at handling entry-level legal tasks, firms and organizations must consider new ways to train and mentor junior attorneys to prepare them for leadership in an AI-integrated profession, say attorneys at KXT Law.