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Rakoff Quips 'I Love Trials' Before Palin-NYT Libel Rematch
Manhattan U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff took up legal questions Friday ahead of a retrial for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in her suit accusing The New York Times of maliciously defaming her, cheerfully noting that an earlier verdict was erased.
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Mississippi Federal Judge To Take Senior Status April 15
U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock of the Northern District of Mississippi, who was the first female federal district judge in the state, will take semiretired status on April 15.
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5 BigLaw Firms Strike Deals With Trump Administration
The world's highest-grossing law firm, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, is among a group of five BigLaw firms that have reached deals with President Donald Trump's administration to stave off executive orders that could have pulled their federal security clearances and hampered their ability to serve as legal counsel to the federal government and its contractors, according to social media posts by the president Friday.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry has had another busy week with another executive order targeting a law firm, several lateral moves and notable office changes. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Prosecutor's Sexting With Ex-Judge Was Misconduct, DOJ Says
The U.S. Department of Justice has concluded that a federal prosecutor in Alaska who accused former U.S. District Judge Joshua Kindred of coercing her into a sexually charged "abusive relationship" committed intentional professional misconduct when she stayed silent about their interactions and continued arguing cases in his courtroom.
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Jury To Hear Judge Had 48 Guns In Retrial Over Shooting Wife
Jurors in the upcoming retrial of a California jurist accused of murdering his wife while intoxicated can hear that he had 48 firearms and thousands of ammunition rounds in his home, after the presiding judge ruled Thursday it was relevant to show he committed an intentional act he knew was inherently dangerous.
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NH Justice Launches New Bids To Toss Criminal Charges
A New Hampshire Supreme Court justice has launched a new series of motions to dismiss charges she interfered with the state attorney general's investigation of her husband, after two earlier dismissal bids failed.
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Justices Uphold Order To Return Man Deported To El Salvador
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a federal judge's order requiring the Trump administration to quickly bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador and imprisoned there, ordering the lower court to clarify the government's obligations and requiring the government to share the steps it has taken.
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Judge Romance Fee Disputes Moved From Bankruptcy Court
A Texas federal district court agreed to preside over a suit brought by the U.S. Trustee's Office to make Jackson Walker LLP forfeit fees from more than 30 cases overseen by a former bankruptcy judge who was romantically involved with a one time-partner from the firm.
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'Showboating' Or Accessible? Circ. Dissents Up For Debate
Circuit court judges are increasingly authoring separate opinions for the general public rather than for their colleagues. This "showboating" could damage the federal judiciary's legitimacy, a new paper says, while others applaud these rulings' accessibility.
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Texas Supreme Court Justice Boyd To Retire
Texas Supreme Court Justice Jeff Boyd is leaving the court this summer after more than a decade of service and ahead of the expiration of his term.
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Levine Lee Rehires Florida Federal Prosecutor
New York's Levine Lee LLP has welcomed back the first attorney it ever hired after her approximately five-year stint with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida.
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Retired NJ Judge Rejoins Einhorn Barbarito As ADR Leader
Einhorn Barbarito Frost Botwinick Nunn & Musmanno PC brought on a new leader for its alternative dispute resolution practice this week, tapping a former state court judge in Morris County who previously worked at the firm for 17 years for the role.
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NC Bill Would Let Judges, DAs Shield Personal Info Online
A bipartisan bill introduced Thursday in the North Carolina House of Representatives would allow judges, prosecutors and public defenders to request the removal of their personal information from public websites, including their addresses and phone numbers.
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Conn. Man Who Threatened Judges Avoids More Prison Time
A Connecticut resident who admitted to sending over 100 threatening letters to various government officials, journalists and judges, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, was sentenced to time served and three years of supervised release in a downward departure from federal sentencing guidelines.
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Retired Del. Judge Begins Next Chapter As Law School Dean
The former top judge of Delaware's Superior Court is taking on a different challenge about a month after retiring from the bench: serving as the dean of the Wilmington University School of Law and steering its efforts to attract more students and gain full accreditation.
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FBI Agent Denounced By OneTaste Execs Likely To Testify
An FBI agent accused of misconduct by two former OneTaste executives will likely be allowed to testify at their upcoming trial on forced labor conspiracy charges, a Brooklyn federal judge said Wednesday.
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House Approves Bill To Restrict Nationwide Injunctions
The House voted 219-213 on Wednesday to approve a bill curbing nationwide injunctions, a move the Trump administration has thrown its support behind after district court judges paused or halted many of the administration's initiatives over the last few months.
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LA City Atty Cops To Altering Docs, Urges Sanctions Restraint
The Los Angeles City Attorney's Office has admitted to destroying and modifying evidence tied to homeless residents' lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of encampment sweeps, while telling a California federal court the punitive sanctions those residents seek are too harsh a remedy.
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LA DA Demoted Prosecutors Over Menendez Work, Suits Say
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has been sued by two former top prosecutors who say they were demoted in retaliation for advocating to have Erik and Lyle Menendez released from prison after serving more than 35 years for murder.
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Feds Seek Judge's Recusal In Migrant Kids Legal Services Row
The Trump administration on Wednesday moved to recuse a California federal judge overseeing a challenge to its decision to cut funding for child migrant legal services programs, saying the judge previously worked as a managing attorney for the lead plaintiff and is therefore biased.
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Why Some GCs Joined Perkins Coie's Trump Order Fight
Former and current general counsel who joined an amicus brief this week supporting Perkins Coie LLP's fight against the Trump administration say their decision to back the firm wasn't a hard one, but added they understand why many corporate legal leaders may feel their fiduciary duties keep them from signing.
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Florida Won't Hire Law Firms With DEI Initiatives, AG Says
The state of Florida will no longer hire law firms with diversity, equity and inclusion programs to serve as outside general counsel, according to a new memo from Attorney General James Uthmeier.
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How Mid-Law Firms Are Keeping Up With Executive Orders
Amid the rapid pace of executive orders issued by President Donald Trump and subsequent legal challenges, Mid-Law firms have been experimenting with new communication methods and internal structures to keep clients up-to-date on the impacts to their businesses.
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New Coalition Pushes To Fix 'Broken' NJ Judicial Privacy Law
A group of companies and individuals on Wednesday unveiled a campaign aimed at correcting what they see as misuse of the New Jersey state judicial privacy measure known as Daniel's Law, saying amendments to the law have opened the door to a "money chase" for third parties.
Expert Analysis
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A Call For Personal Accountability On Diversity And Inclusion
While chief legal officers are increasingly involved in creating corporate diversity, inclusion and anti-bigotry policies, all lawyers have a responsibility to be discrimination busters and bias interrupters regardless of the title they hold, says Veta T. Richardson at the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.