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Ga. Justice Hopefuls Say Watchdog Violates Their Free Speech
Two unsuccessful candidates for seats on the Georgia Supreme Court are urging a Georgia federal court to keep their suit alive, arguing that the state's judicial watchdog violated their freedom of speech when it publicly accused them of violating ethics rules days before the May election.
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Magna Acquires Philly-Based Everest Court Reporting
Two Philadelphia-based litigation services providers have combined resources following Magna Legal Services' recent acquisition of Everest Court Reporting.
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Trader In BigLaw Deal-Tipping Scheme To Plead Guilty
A Florida resident is set to plead guilty to his alleged role in a sweeping scheme to trade on insider information about impending acquisitions that was stolen from major law firms, according to a court filing Tuesday.
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Ex-DOJ Officer Returns To Direct Tax Appeals Branch
The former chief of the appeals section of what was once the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice has returned to the agency to helm the appellate arm of the department's newly named civil tax branch, she announced.
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Sullivan & Cromwell Rehires DOJ Lawyer For Antitrust Work
A former U.S. Department of Justice trial attorney who worked on the government's successful challenge of the Northeast Alliance partnership between American Airlines and JetBlue has rejoined Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as a partner in the firm's antitrust practice.
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ABA Says Feds' Susman Godfrey DQ Bid Is More Intimidation
The American Bar Association on Monday urged the D.C. federal judge overseeing its lawsuit challenging 2025 executive orders targeting law firms to reject the Trump administration's bid to have Susman Godfrey LLP disqualified as plaintiffs' counsel, calling it the latest "effort to intimidate" the American legal profession.
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NJ Justices Set 3rd-Party Legal Fee Rules In Criminal Cases
The New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday set forth parameters for third-party legal fee arrangements in criminal cases, upholding a murder conviction on the grounds that no conflict of interest resulted from a state witness paying his lawyer and finding that third‑party payments don't create per se conflicts of interest.
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Delaware Judge Denies Recusal In Team Systems Bankruptcy
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Monday declined to recuse himself from an adversary suit in the bankruptcy of Team Systems International, saying the request by former executives of the bankrupt government contractor was procedurally improper and without merit.
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Incoming NJ Solicitor General To Bring 'Unflappable' Style
Seasoned appellate litigator Sundeep Iyer will soon be New Jersey's second solicitor general, a role seemingly well-suited for an attorney described by former colleagues as a "workhorse" who's "unflappable" under pressure and has a keen eye for strategy.
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Ga. Gov. Appoints Attys To Judgeship, DA Roles
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has appointed a Dodd & Burnham partner and the managing partner of Walker Hulbert Gray and Moore LLP to serve as Superior Court judges and two attorneys as district attorneys.
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300+ Public Defenders Strike In The Bronx
More than 300 attorneys and staff with the Bronx Defenders Union went on strike Monday, one year after the last time the union walked off the job.
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NJ Mayor Fights DOJ Bid To Toss False Arrest Suit
Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka is pushing back on a bid from the U.S. Department of Justice to dismiss a lawsuit over his allegedly unlawful arrest last year outside an ICE facility, telling a New Jersey federal court that the government's theories of immunity don't fit the facts and case law.
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Assault Charges Dropped, Philly Judge's Suspension Is Lifted
Judicial ethics authorities in Pennsylvania have lifted a suspension imposed on a Philadelphia Family Court judge previously accused of assaulting his wife and daughter, noting that prosecutors dropped the criminal charges against him.
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Comey Says Seashell Post No Threat To Trump
Former FBI Director James Comey urged a North Carolina federal court Monday to dismiss an indictment stemming from a social media post he made last year, arguing the post doesn't constitute a "true threat" to President Donald Trump.
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Panel Asks Fla. Justices To Clarify Right-To-Counsel Rule
A Florida appeals court has concluded that while a man's sexual battery conviction should remain in place, the state's highest court should determine whether the Florida Constitution allows attorney-client conversations during a recess when barred by a trial judge.
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'Irreparable': The Lasting Harm Of Justices' Temporary Orders
The U.S. Supreme Court has considered dozens of emergency petitions involving executive policies since President Donald Trump's return to office. While justices often defend their emergency rulings as stop-gap measures, people at the center of those cases — who've lost their legal status, jobs, or federal funding — say that even interim decisions have had lasting effects on their lives.
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High Court Grants Trump More Time In CNN Defamation Case
The U.S. Supreme Court granted President Donald Trump another extension to file a petition to revive his $475 million defamation lawsuit alleging CNN damaged his reputation by referring to claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election as a "Big Lie."
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High Court Specialists Raise Bar But Sideline Other Voices
The concentration of U.S. Supreme Court cases in the hands of a small group of attorneys is leading to higher-quality arguments, but it's also limiting opportunities for young lawyers and narrowing the perspectives the justices get to hear, according to scholars and attorneys.
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Patriot National CEO Wasn't Simpson Thacher Client, Jury Told
Another Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP attorney took the stand Friday in a Florida malpractice trial brought by the founder of Patriot National Inc. to push back on the idea the founder was actually a client of the firm in the time leading up to his insurance services company declaring bankruptcy.
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Negative Reviews Did Not Defame Lento Law, Judge Rules
A Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled that negative online reviews by a former client did not constitute defamation against Philadelphia-based plaintiffs' firm Lento Law Group PC.
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Ex-Prosecutor Says Ga. City Fired Her For Whistleblowing
The former chief prosecutor for the city of Suwanee, Georgia, filed suit in federal court on Thursday, alleging she was fired for blowing the whistle on ethics violations committed by a local judge and an assistant prosecutor.
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Goldstein Gets 6-Year Sentence, Bond Revoked
Thomas Goldstein, the famed U.S. Supreme Court attorney and founder of SCOTUSblog whose turn into the world of ultra-high-stakes poker ultimately landed him federal tax and mortgage fraud convictions, was sentenced to six years in prison; he was taken into custody and out of court in handcuffs Friday.
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Disciplinary File Opened On Atty Repping Trump In IRS Fight
A disciplinary file was opened recently on one of the attorneys representing President Donald Trump who helped him reach a deal with the Internal Revenue Service to settle a lawsuit that a Florida federal judge said was meant to "manipulate the judicial process."
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Texas' 1st Female High Court Justice Remembered As Pioneer
Ruby Kless Sondock, the first woman to serve as a Texas Supreme Court justice and as a district judge in Houston, was remembered as a legendary figure who was ahead of her time following her death earlier this week at 100.
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HSF Kramer Hires Haynes Boone's Supreme Court Chair
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP announced Friday that it had added the leader of Haynes Boone's U.S. Supreme Court practice, who joins the firm as co-lead focused on appellate work and the nation's highest court.
Expert Analysis
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Negotiate My Separation Agreement?
Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey discusses how a law firm associate can navigate being laid off, what to look for in a separation agreement and why to be upfront about it with prospective employers.
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DoNotPay Cases Underscore Hurdles For AI-Fueled Legal Help
Recent legal challenges against DoNotPay’s "robot lawyer” application highlight pressing questions about the degree to which artificial intelligence can be used for legal tasks while remaining on the right side of both consumer protection laws and prohibitions against the unauthorized practice of law, says Kristen Niven at Frankfurt Kurnit.
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For The Future Of Legal Practice, Let's Learn From The Past
At some level, every practicing lawyer is experiencing the ever-increasing speed of change — and while some practice management processes have gotten more efficient, other things about the legal profession were better before supposed improvements were made, says Jay Silberblatt, president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
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Why All Law Firms Should Foster Psychological Capital
Law firms will be able to reap great long-term benefits if they adopt strategies to nurture four critical components of their employees' psychological wellness and performance — hope, efficacy, resilience and optimism, says Dennis Stolle at the American Psychological Association.
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ChatGPT Is A Cool Trick, But AI Won't Replace Lawyers
Generative AI applications like ChatGPT are unlikely to ever replace attorneys for a variety of practical reasons — but given their practice-enhancing capabilities, lawyers who fail to leverage these tools may be rendered obsolete, says Eran Kahana at Maslon.
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Pro Bono Work Is Valuable In IP And Continued Learning
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's recent elimination of a rule that partially counted pro bono work toward continuing legal education highlights the importance of volunteer work in intellectual property practice and its ties to CLE, and puts a valuable tool for hands-on attorney education in the hands of the states, say Lisa Holubar and Ariel Katz at Irwin.
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Increasing Public Access To Legal Services: A Practical Plan
Recommendations recently issued by a special committee of the Florida Bar represent a realistic, pragmatic approach to increasing the accessibility and affordability of legal services, at a time when the disconnect between the legal profession and the public at large has widened considerably, says Gary Lesser, president of the Florida Bar.
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Priorities For Improving The Legal Industry In Texas
To assist Texas lawyers in effectively executing their duties, we should be working on succession planning, attorney wellness, and increasing understanding of the grievance system by both bar members and the public, says Laura Gibson, president of the State Bar of Texas.
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Leading Your Law Firm's Creation Of A New Practice Group
Marjorie Peerce and Peter Jaslow at Ballard Spahr discuss the challenges of building a new law firm practice group from the ground up, and how sustained commitment, communication and collaboration are the key ingredients for success.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Relay Shortcomings To Associates?
Michael Cohen at Duane Morris discusses the best ways to articulate how an associate is not meeting expectations, and why documentation of performance management is crucial for their growth and protecting the firm from discrimination suits.
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10 Principles For Effective Partner Reward Systems
Several forces are reshaping partners’ expectations about profit-sharing, and as compensation structures evolve in response, firms should keep certain fundamentals in mind to build a successful partner reward system, say Michael Roch at MHPR Advisors and Ray D'Cruz at Performance Leader.
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Why Interdisciplinarity Is Key To Designing The Future Of Law
The legal profession faces challenges that urgently demand new solutions, and lawyers and firms can address this by leaning on other industries that have more experience practicing, teaching and incorporating innovation into their core business and service models, says Jennifer Leonard at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Incorporating ADA Guidance Into Lawyer Wellness Movement
The Americans with Disabilities Act and rules of professional conduct may help the legal profession promote lawyer well-being by focusing on mental conditions' actual impact, rather than on associated stereotypes, says Alex Long at the University of Tennessee College of Law.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can New Partners Generate Business?
Christine Wong at MoFo discusses how newly elected partners can prioritize business development by creating a strategic plan with the firm's marketing team and strengthening relationships with professional and personal networks.
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9 Writing Tips From The Justices' Opinions Last Term
Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.