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Trump's Firing Of Court-Tapped US Atty Sets Up 'Tricky' Case
Judges Rip DHS GC's 'Worst' Posts As Intimidation Campaign
High Court Specialists Raise Bar But Sideline Other Voices
ABA President Defends DEI Use In Law School Accreditation
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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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Conn. $226K Atty Fund Seizure Holds Up At Appeals Court
A Connecticut appeals court held Friday that an attorney who successfully challenged his 90-day suspension was not entitled to dismissal of a related order forfeiting the contents of his trust account, leaving the dispute ready for the Connecticut Supreme Court to weigh in again.
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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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Ranking Dem Demands Goldman Sachs Cut Ties With Ex-CLO
A ranking member of the House oversight committee demanded Friday that Goldman Sachs cut all ties with its former chief legal officer over what he called evasive testimony she recently provided about her connection to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Fla. Justices Say They Can't Force Gov.'s Judge Picks
The Florida Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a former state appellate judge's petition to appoint a successor is moot because the vacancy was filled while the case was pending, adding that only the governor has the power to pick replacements.
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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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Nat'l Science Org To Review Judiciary's Nixed Climate Chapter
The National Academy of Sciences will review the process used to develop a controversial chapter on climate science that has been removed from the federal judiciary's guide to scientific evidence, according to a Friday announcement.
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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 seasonably adjusted data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Ex-Prosecutor Says DOJ Fired Him Over Anti-Trump Blog
A former federal prosecutor sued acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and other U.S. Department of Justice officials in Florida federal court Friday, claiming they violated his First Amendment rights when they fired him over anti-Trump online comments he'd made while in private practice.
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Summer's Last NYC Public Defender Strike Ends With Deal
The Bronx Defenders union said it has struck a deal with the organization's management, ending the last public defender strike in New York City this summer.
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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 on Friday 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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Texas Judge Wary Order Recusal In Jerry Jones Assault Case
A Texas state court judge seemed dubious of a recusal bid by a woman who claimed Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones sexually assaulted her, hinting Thursday that the argument to oust the judge overseeing the woman's case rested on meager evidence.
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DA Says Appellate Insight Needed In Judge Recusal Battle
DeKalb County, Georgia's district attorney asked a trial court judge for a green light to appeal his decision not to boot a judge accused of ethics violations from the DA's office's cases, saying the situation called for guidance from the Georgia Supreme Court.
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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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Ex-Girardi Atty Gets Probation For Keeping Silent On Theft
A former Girardi Keese attorney was sentenced to one day time-served and two years of probation Thursday for staying quiet and failing to report disgraced plaintiff's attorney Tom Girardi's theft of millions of settlement dollars owed to Lion Air Flight 620 plane crash victims.
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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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NC House OKs Unpaid Suspensions For Judges Under Inquiry
Republicans in the North Carolina House of Representatives have given the green light to a legislative proposal empowering the chief justice of the state Supreme Court to suspend trial court judges without pay if they're under investigation by the state Judicial Standards Commission.
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Del.'s Longest Serving Magistrate Judge Will Leave In 2027
Delaware's federal court will lose its longest-serving magistrate judge next year, as Christopher J. Burke has notified the court he will not seek reappointment when his current eight-year term ends in August 2027.
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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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Ill. Feds Fight Contempt Proceedings In ICE Protest Case
Federal prosecutors urged an Illinois federal judge Tuesday to reject further hearings and a special prosecutor over grand jury misconduct in a dismissed case against anti-ICE activists, arguing that the dismissal of the charges, the payout of their attorney fees, "substantial" internal reforms and a pending ethics probe render criminal contempt proceedings unnecessary.
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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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NY Legal Aid Union Averts Strike After 4 Months Of Talks
Another New York legal aid union has reached a deal with its organization's management, averting the possibility of a strike after its contract and those of four other unions expired at the end of June.
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Georgia DA Among 4 Attys Named To Judge, DA Roles
A Georgia district attorney tapped to serve as a state judge is among the four appointments Gov. Brian Kemp announced as he named new state judges and district attorneys.
Expert Analysis
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Nonequity Partner Boom Forces Lawyers To Pick A Lane
With firms increasingly offering the nonequity partnership tier, the position can become either a parking spot to help build a book of business or a permanent landing zone, and for those who want to become equity partners, business development matters more than ever, says Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.
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Series
RFP Reset: Focus On Execution, Not Just Expertise
Law firms that treat responses to requests for proposal as concrete evidence of staffing, budgeting, communication and project management discipline will be better positioned to win business from legal departments than firms that tout generic credentials alone, says LaResa Young at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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3 Ways Firm Leaders Can Nurture AI Fluency
Lawyers can’t develop artificial intelligence fluency from continuing legal education courses, webinars or email updates, so firm leaders must foster conditions that are conducive to attorney learning if they want AI investments to deliver their promised return, says Adrienne Prentice at Keep Company.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Harness Client Trust
Clients stay with counsel not simply because their lawyers follow the rules, but because they feel safe, respected and heard, making trust essential to business development, especially in high-stakes matters where reputational risk runs high, says Derrelle Janey at Olshan Frome.
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Series
Legal Tech Talks: Summize GC On Operating Strategically
Lexi Lutz, general counsel of Summize, discusses how legal tech can make lawyers more proactive and less tied up in repetitive process work, so that they can spend more time acting as real business partners.
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How Associates Can Use AI To Gain A Biz Development Edge
Junior lawyers can harness artificial intelligence to identify where they are gaining traction with clients and build a data-driven business development foundation long before conversations about partnership track begin, says Tigist Kassahun at Vinson & Elkins.
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Trump's EO Puts AI Agent Governance On GC Agenda
Section 4 of President Donald Trump's executive order promoting the advancement of artificial intelligence innovation and security establishes a federal baseline around AI agents, so general counsel cannot wait for enforcement to define the standard, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.
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RFP Reset: Standardize Pricing Requests
To keep up with rising legal costs amid an industry overhaul fueled by artificial intelligence, legal departments can make outside counsel requests for proposal more defensible and cost-effective by making pricing requests uniform, requiring comparable fee templates and evaluating staffing assumptions, says Colin Levy at Malbek.
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Making Legal Cents: Create Marketing Clients Find Useful
The law firm marketing efforts with the best return on investment are things that actively provide value to potential clients: practical business guidance, uncluttered proposals that anticipate their questions and opportunities to participate in curated industry conversations, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Law Firm Leaders Should Adopt Founding Fathers' Bold Ideas
To ensure continued success, law firm leaders helming their firms through the legal industry revolution should take inspiration from the Founding Fathers' bold decisions, such as James Madison's abandonment of the Articles of Confederation and George Washington's trust in junior officers', says Samuel Pond at Pond Lehocky.
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The AI Ownership Question Firms Can't Afford To Skip
The artificial intelligence conversation among law firm leaders has advanced from adoption to governance and business impact, but it hasn’t resolved who maintains ownership and operational responsibility, which should be determined by the range of functions that AI touches, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Practice AuthenticityAttorneys who demonstrate who they truly are and what they stand for by sharing the human impact of their results, earning the media's trust by providing accessible analysis, and providing hands-on aid to their communities can build stronger reputations than any advertising budget can buy, says Ray DeLorenzi at RebuttalPR.
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Legal AI Adoption Tips And Takeaways From Dot-Com Bubble
Legal artificial intelligence is on a similar trajectory as the internet in the dot-com era, where several internet companies failed after the initial market frenzy, but even if AI company valuations take a hit and the industry goes through a major reordering, legal leaders should note that the technology itself remains genuinely transformational for the delivery of legal services, says Gabriel Buigas at Integreon.
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Opinion
Keeping PE Out Of Law Is Job For Courts, Not Capitols
Efforts by lawmakers in California, Colorado and Illinois seeking to bar private equity firms, hedge funds and other nonattorney investors from owning or financing law firms risk intruding on authority that state constitutions and the inherent powers doctrine have traditionally assigned to the judiciary, says attorney Felix Shipkevich.
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Legal Tech Talks: WordSmith AI's CEO On Shifting Mindsets
Ross McNairn, founder and CEO of Wordsmith AI, discusses how the lawyers who treat legal work like an engineering problem and can deploy legal intelligence at scale will define the next decade.