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Baker McKenzie Brings New Suit Against Ex-Associate In DC
A former Baker McKenzie tax attorney who publicly accused the firm's Washington, D.C., managing partner of sexual assault was previously in a relationship with the managing partner's son, the firm has said in a revised defamation complaint.
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Crowell Cybersecurity Pro Joins Holland & Knight's DC Office
Holland & Knight LLP has added a former practice group leader from Crowell & Moring LLP who spent more than 11 years there working with privacy and cybersecurity issues and counseling clients on data privacy risks and other related matters.
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Ex-CFTC Enforcement Head, DOJ Veteran Joins Jones Day
Jones Day has hired a former director of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Division of Enforcement who is also a nearly two-decade alumnus of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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CFPB 'Will Continue Operations' As Gov't Shutdown Hits
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has told its staff to expect business as usual amid the government shutdown that began Wednesday, assuring them that operations, pay and benefits will continue uninterrupted, according to an internal email obtained by Law360.
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Boies Schiller Hires Kobre & Kim Asset Recovery Atty In DC
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has hired a Kobre & Kim lawyer who will continue his practice focused on asset recovery and judgment enforcement matters at the firm as a partner, according to an announcement Wednesday.
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2 Shareholder Groups Call Exxon Voting Program Illegal
Two activist shareholder groups are asking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to rescind its effective approval of Exxon Mobil Corp.'s new voting program, which allows retail investors to choose a standing, multiyear instruction to vote in favor of management, claiming it is illegal.
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Meet The Poised Federal Judge Presiding Over Comey Case
The Virginia federal judge set to preside over the criminal prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey is an intelligent and fair jurist who has dedicated his career to public service and isn't likely to become rattled amid the widespread public attention to the case, say those who know him.
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Va. Prosecutor Indicting Comey Tapped For Full US Atty Role
The interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, who is bringing charges against former FBI Director James Comey, has been tapped by President Donald Trump for the full-term role.
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Sheppard Mullin Eyes Rebrand Ahead Of 100th Anniversary
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP has filed a trademark application to potentially shorten its branding and logo to one word in anticipation of the firm's 100 years in business.
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Mayer Brown Gov't Investigations Head Moves To MoFo
Kimberly Hamm, former general counsel to the speaker of the House, has joined Morrison Foerster LLP from Mayer Brown LLP as co-chair of the law firm's congressional investigations practice, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Caplin & Drysdale Adds Longtime IRS Pro To DC Office
Caplin & Drysdale has grown its Washington, D.C., office with the addition of a veteran Internal Revenue Service attorney, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Former FDA Associate Chief Counsel Joins Blank Rome In DC
The former associate chief counsel at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office of the Chief Counsel has joined Blank Rome LLP in Washington, D.C., to continue his practice focused on sciences matters, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Pick For Del.'s 3rd Circ. Seat Advances Despite Few State Ties
Jennifer L. Mascott, nominee for a Delaware seat on the Third Circuit, who is currently serving in the White House Counsel's Office and has come under scrutiny for her lack of ties to the state, had her nomination voted out of committee along party lines Wednesday.
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High Court Lets Fed's Cook Keep Job For Now
The U.S. Supreme Court said Wednesday that it will wait to hear oral arguments early next year before ruling on President Donald Trump's bid to immediately oust Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook, a move that will allow her to remain on the job in the meantime.
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In-House Counsel Numbers Grow Much Faster Than Outside
A report from the Association of Corporate Counsel released Tuesday highlights "a dramatic and consistent rise in the number of in-house lawyers" in the U.S., showing that their numbers have nearly doubled since 2008.
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Robinson & Cole Adds Six-Atty Team From Norris George
Robinson & Cole LLP has added several members of Norris George & Ostrow PLLC, with two name partners from the boutique firm, which focuses on tax-exempt municipal bonds and loans transactions, joining in Washington, D.C.
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DOJ Antitrust Atty Joins Brownstein Hyatt In DC
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP has announced that a former U.S. Department of Justice antitrust attorney has joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office as a shareholder.
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Trump Can Cut Ed Dept.'s Civil Rights Staff, 1st Circ. Rules
The Trump administration can proceed with plans to cut certain jobs at the U.S. Department of Education after the First Circuit on Monday halted a Massachusetts federal judge's injunction that the federal government had argued showed "disregard" to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
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Ex-US Atty To Bring 'Formidable' Defense To Comey Charges
Faced with a blockbuster indictment alleging he lied to Congress, former FBI Director James Comey has turned to his longtime friend and famous tough-on-corruption ex-prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to fight the charges.
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Fed. Courts To Operate If Shutdown Hits, But Limits Are Possible
If the government shuts down, the federal courts will operate as usual through Friday — after which judicial activities could be limited, depending on the availability of funds.
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CFPB Veteran Joins Spencer Fane In DC
A longtime Consumer Financial Protection Bureau attorney who was one of the founding members of the agency's office of regulations has joined Spencer Fane LLP's Washington, D.C., office as a partner from Husch Blackwell LLP, the firm announced Monday.
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Akin Expands Trade Practice With Ex-Commerce Dept. Official
An attorney who spent the previous four years as strategy officer for a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce has left the federal government and rejoined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's Washington, D.C., office.
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BigLaw Partners Group Backs ABA In Trump Intimidation Suit
A coalition of more than 850 BigLaw partners is supporting the American Bar Association in its D.C. federal lawsuit against the Trump administration over its allegedly unconstitutional campaign of intimidation against law firms, saying executive orders targeting firms threaten the legal profession and the rule of law.
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Legal Employers Turn To Perks To Attract Candidates
As legal leaders worry about meeting candidates' compensation expectations going into 2026, enhanced benefits and perks such as bonuses, work-life balance and retirement planning play an increasingly important role in helping them remain competitive, according to a new report released Monday.
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Trump Nat'l Security Atty Makes 3rd Return To WilmerHale
The former senior adviser to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has bounced between roles at the agency and WilmerHale for years, has returned again, this time as a partner with its defense, national security and government contracts practice.
Expert Analysis
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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.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Help Associates Turn Down Work?
Marina Portnova at Lowenstein Sandler discusses what partners can do to aid their associates in setting work-life boundaries, especially around after-hours assignment availability.
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How AI Legal Research Tools Are Shifting Law Firm Processes
Although artificial intelligence-powered legal research is ushering in a new era of legal practice that augments human expertise with data-driven insights, it is not without challenges involving privacy, ethics and more, so legal professionals should take steps to ensure AI becomes a reliable partner rather than a source of disruption, says Marly Broudie at SocialEyes Communications.
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Data Source Proliferation Is A Growing E-Discovery Challenge
With the increased usage of collaboration apps and generative artificial intelligence solutions, it's not only important for e-discovery teams to be able to account for hundreds of existing data types today, but they should also be able to add support for new data types quickly — even on the fly if needed, says Oliver Silva at Casepoint.
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Bracing For A Generative AI Revolution In Law
With many legal professionals starting to explore practical uses of generative artificial intelligence in areas such as research, discovery and legal document development, the fundamental principle of human oversight cannot be underscored enough for it to be successful, say Ty Dedmon at Bradley Arant and Paige Hunt at Lighthouse.
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Why I Use ChatGPT To Tell Me Things I Already Know
The legal profession is among the most hesitant to adopt ChatGPT because of its proclivity to provide false information as if it were true, but in a wide variety of situations, lawyers can still be aided by information that is only in the right ballpark, says Robert Plotkin at Blueshift IP.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Use Social Media Responsibly?
Leah Kelman at Herrick Feinstein discusses the importance of reasoned judgment and thoughtful process when it comes to newly admitted attorneys' social media use.
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Yada, Yada, Yada: The Magic Of 3 In Legal Writing
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Attorneys should take a cue from U.S. Supreme Court justices and boil their arguments down to three points in their legal briefs and oral advocacy, as the number three is significant in the way we process information, says Diana Simon at University of Arizona.
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How Firms Can Stop Playing Whack-A-Mole With Data Security
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In order to achieve a robust client data protection posture, law firms should focus on adopting a risk-based approach to security, which can be done by assessing gaps, using that data to gain leadership buy-in for the needed changes, and adopting a dynamic and layered approach, says John Smith at Conversant Group.
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5 Life Lessons From Making Partner As A Solo Parent
Laranda Walker at Susman Godfrey, who was raising two small children and working her way to partner when she suddenly lost her husband, shares what fighting to keep her career on track taught her about accepting help, balancing work and family, and discovering new reserves of inner strength.