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Nadine Menendez Presses Court For 1-Year Prison Sentence
The wife of former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez on Friday urged a New York federal judge to sentence her to just one year and one day behind bars, a request backed up by her husband, who said he regretted what his own lawyers said about her during his trial.
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Conn. Panel Orders New Abuse Trial Over Ineffective Counsel
A Connecticut appellate panel vacated sexual assault convictions against a man accused of abusing his former girlfriend's children and granted him a new trial after finding his counsel failed to raise a statute of limitations defense, according to an opinion released Friday.
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DOJ Investigation Of NY AG Condemned By AGs Of 21 States
A coalition of 21 attorneys general Friday issued an open letter saying the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating New York Attorney General Letitia James and condemning the probe as political payback for the financial fraud claims she pursued against President Donald Trump and his New York-based businesses.
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Habba Ruling Could Put Tighter Limits On 'Acting' Officials
A Pennsylvania federal judge's ruling disqualifying Alina Habba from acting as the U.S. attorney for New Jersey has the potential to end a long-standing means of filling government posts without going through the U.S. Senate.
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Trump Names 4 Nominees For North Carolina Bench
President Donald Trump announced on Friday night four judicial nominees in North Carolina.
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Ga. Judge To Face Panel Monday On Case Delay Charges
A Georgia probate court judge is set to face charges Monday from the state's judicial ethics watchdog that he allowed a series of cases to languish on his docket for years, in a case where the jurist largely copped to the misconduct allegations against him.
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State Solicitors General Become A Trump Judge Pipeline
Seven months into his presidency, more than a third of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees hailed from a pool not tapped nearly as much as his predecessors: state solicitors general.
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Ex-Mother-In-Law Painted As Mastermind In FSU Prof's Death
A Florida prosecutor on Friday described the former mother-in-law of a Florida State University law professor killed by hired assassins in 2014 as the mastermind behind his murder, telling jurors that she was motivated by the desire to have her grandchildren closer to Miami after her daughter's divorce.
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Trump Admin To Appeal Susman Godfrey Exec Order Ruling
The Trump administration announced Friday its intention to appeal a June ruling that struck down as unconstitutional an executive order targeting Susman Godfrey LLP, after the court said the order was issued in retaliation for its representation of clients and causes the president opposes.
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Probation Granted In Chandra Levy Prosecutor's Ethics Case
A D.C. Court of Appeals panel has sanctioned the lead prosecutor in the Chandra Levy murder case for failing to disclose evidence, but said she should not be suspended because "her misconduct was the result of a seemingly honest mistake."
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Seton Hall Flags 'Dangerous Precedent' In NJ Venue Dispute
Seton Hall University is urging the New Jersey Supreme Court to review a decision moving a whistleblower case from its former president from Essex to Hudson County, saying letting that action stand would set a "dangerous precedent" regarding case transfers.
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Judge Can't Become Public Defender After Not Practicing Law
A California state appellate panel has ruled that a sitting superior court judge is ineligible to serve as public defender because he had not been a practicing attorney in the state's courts for the year before he sought the appointment.
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Ex-Calif. Judge Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Court Staffer
A former California Superior Court judge has been charged with sexually assaulting a court employee and seeking to cover up that purported incident and another alleged assault, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as U.S. firms expanded their practice offerings with new talent across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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DC Circ. Leaves Judge Newman's Suspension Intact
The D.C. Circuit on Friday affirmed the dismissal of 98-year-old Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's lawsuit against her colleagues for barring her from hearing cases, holding that she failed to show that the statute that was used to suspend her is unconstitutional.
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9th Circ. Dissenters Rip Judge's 'Weaponization Of Sanctions'
A half-dozen Ninth Circuit judges Thursday denounced six-figure sanctions against attorneys for prominent politicians challenging Arizona election procedures, accusing a lower court of "twisting and contorting" allegations in order to punish lawyers "based on the nature of the complaint and the clients that they represented."
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Texas High Court Takes Down Hurdle On Campaign Prosecutions
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled that prosecutors do not need referrals from the Texas Ethics Commission to bring campaign misconduct charges, reversing its own recent decision that had thrown out a grand jury indictment against a former judicial candidate.
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Meet The Judge Handling $407M Pharma Antitrust Fight In Del.
U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Hall, the Delaware district court's most recently seated district judge, is presiding over an antitrust battle between Amgen and Regeneron and will soon consider a request for a new trial after a jury awarded Regeneron nearly $407 million in damages.
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Ga. Judge Says Gov. Hopeful's Cash Advantage Looks 'Unfair'
A Georgia federal judge gave little indication Thursday of whether she would halt the bottomless fundraising privileges of one of the frontrunners in the Peach State's Republican gubernatorial primary, but opined that the advantage appeared "unfair" to one of his top rivals, the state's current attorney general.
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Ex-Prosecutor Sworn In As Ga. US Atty In Southern District
A longtime Georgia attorney, who served as chair of Georgia's State Board of Pardons and Paroles and previously served as a district attorney, was sworn in this week as interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia.
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Ill. AG 'Deputized' Firms To Go After Power Cos., Suit Says
Two retail power suppliers have asked a federal judge to block enforcement actions taken by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, claiming his office has unconstitutionally deputized plaintiffs law firms to pursue consumer fraud enforcement cases against the industry.
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Del. Eyes More Oversight With New Inspector General's Office
Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer recently signed into law legislation that establishes a new independent Office of the Inspector General, a move proponents said will provide more oversight and investigatory power to identify waste, corruption and mismanagement.
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Judge Finds Habba Unlawfully Serving As NJ's US Atty
Alina Habba, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and his pick to remain the U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, was unlawfully given an extension of her temporary post after her "interim" appointment expired, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Thursday.
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Ethics Case Reasserted Against Fla. Judge Over Deepfake
A Florida judicial ethics panel has reasserted allegations that a state judge in Broward County violated the state's Code of Judicial Conduct during her 2024 election campaign, ahead of a final hearing set for Dec. 16 by the hearing panel chair of the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission.
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Trump To Get Texas Vacancy With Judge Taking Senior Status
U.S. District Judge David Godbey of the Northern District of Texas, who was at the center of a debate on judge shopping last year, will take senior status on Sept. 17, according to an update posted on the federal judiciary's website on Thursday.
Expert Analysis
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian
Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.
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Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
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5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs
Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.
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Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs
Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Juggle Billables And Other Activities?
While involvement in internal firm initiatives can be rewarding both personally and professionally, associates' billable time requirements don’t leave much room for other work, meaning they must develop strategies to ensure they’re meeting all of their commitments while remaining balanced, says Melanie Webber at Fisher Phillips.
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Making Legal Cents: How To Adapt As Clients Tighten Budgets
Amid a dip in corporate legal spending and client pushback on bills, Shireen Hilal at Maior Consultants highlights specific in-house counsel frustrations and explains how firms can provide customized legal advice with costs that are supported by undeniable value.
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Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents
Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.
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General Counsel And Legal Ops Must Work Together
It is critical for general counsel to ensure that a legal operations leader is viewed not only as a peer, but as a strategic leader for the organization, and there are several actionable ways general counsel can not only become more involved, but help champion legal operations teams and set them up for success, says Mary O'Carroll at Ironclad.
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How Generative AI's Growing Memory Affects Lawyers
A new ChatGPT feature that can remember user information across different conversations has broad implications for attorneys, whose most pressing questions for the AI tool are usually based on specific, and large, datasets, says legal tech adviser Eric Wall.
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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.