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Columbia-Based Advocate Sues For Law Firms' DEI Details
A free speech institute at Columbia University told a New York federal court Thursday that President Donald Trump's administration effectively denied its requests for information related to the government's demands that law firms supply details about their diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
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Triumph Tries Again To Dump Pork Price-Fixing Claims
Triumph Foods urged a Minnesota federal court to reconsider throwing out claims against it concerning alleged price-fixing in the pork industry, saying it shouldn't be held responsible for the alleged actions of hog farmers and the company that sells the pork it processes.
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Conference Set In Discovery Fight Amid $900K Fee Dispute
A Connecticut state judge has called a status conference but denied a request for an "urgent" evidentiary hearing in a fee dispute between two law firms stemming from a $900,000 personal injury settlement, noting in an order that the conference would be held to discuss outstanding discovery issues ahead of trial.
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NJ Appellate Panel Revives Malpractice Suit Against Firm
A New Jersey appellate panel on Thursday revived a former Woodbridge Township police officer's malpractice suit against an Edison-based law firm and one of its partners, alleging incompetent representation in a personal injury case.
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Fla. Judge Recuses After Remark About Shooting Attys
A Florida state court judge has recused himself from cases involving a brother and sister fighting over their mother's estate after he told the attorneys in the case during a hearing that he "would like to tell the deputy to pull his gun and shoot all three of you."
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Geico Avoids Atty Fees In Florida Providers' Suits
Geico doesn't need to pay attorney fees or costs across two dozen lawsuits from medical providers that accused the insurer of insufficiently reimbursing them for diagnostic services performed, a Florida state appeals court ruled, agreeing with the company that various county judges' awards deprived it of due process.
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Judge Dings Law Profs In Judge-Shopping Sanctions Case
The federal judge behind a controversial sanctions order accusing three attorneys of judge shopping while challenging an Alabama gender care law is pushing back on claims that he lacked jurisdiction, as the ruling is on appeal in the Eleventh Circuit.
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Derailment Counsel Fee Provision 'Troubles' 6th Circ. Judge
A three-judge Sixth Circuit panel on Thursday seemed skeptical that counsel representing victims of the fiery 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, was blindsided by a "quick-pay" provision in the attorney fee agreement that saw class lawyers get paid before their clients.
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Musk Can't Lean On Atty Defense In Twitter Investor Dispute
A New York federal judge on Thursday blocked Elon Musk from asserting that he relied on his attorneys' advice in deciding when to disclose that he had taken an ownership interest in Twitter, saying it wouldn't be fair to the platform's former shareholders to allow him to move forward with that defense.
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Sullivan & Cromwell Adds Irell & Manella IP Litigator In LA
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is expanding its West Coast team, announcing Thursday it is bringing in an Irell & Manella LLP intellectual property litigator as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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NJ Atty Accused Of Groping Paralegal At Holiday Party
A former paralegal is suing New Jersey-based personal injury firm Corradino & Papa LLC in federal court alleging that a name partner groped her at a holiday party last year and that the firm didn't investigate her attempts to report the incident.
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Offit Kurman Continues Dallas Growth With Mayer Litigator
In a continuation of its focus on growing in Dallas, Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law announced that it has added an experienced commercial litigator from Mayer LLP as of counsel.
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Ex-DOJ, WilmerHale Attys Latest To Join Democracy Forward
Democracy Forward on Thursday announced the addition of four attorneys, including a former U.S. Department of Justice appellate leader and a longtime assistant U.S. attorney in Virginia.
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Del. Justices Won't Reconsider Gellert Seitz Malpractice Ruling
The Delaware Supreme Court on Oct. 23 rejected a request to reconsider its decision affirming the dismissal of a legal malpractice suit against Gellert Seitz Busenkell & Brown LLC over damages a homebuilder said it suffered due to the firm's negligence handling loan-restructuring disputes, saying the request is "without merit."
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McGuireWoods Asks NC Justices To Stay Defamation Case
McGuireWoods LLP and a former partner are asking North Carolina's highest court to halt a defamation case over statements made in connection with an investigation into the former CEO of a managed care organization, saying they risk permanently losing their immunity defense if the suit is allowed to move forward.
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Maron Marvel Expands In Pittsburgh With Litigation Hire
Defense litigation firm Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC announced that an experienced attorney who has spent more than 15 years working on toxic tort matters has joined the firm's Pittsburgh office as a partner.
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Judges Admit AI Missteps After Grassley's Oversight Push
Federal judges in New Jersey and Mississippi admitted their staff used artificial intelligence in faulty orders they had to redo over the summer, according to correspondence released Thursday by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who is investigating the matter.
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Potter Anderson Lawyer Tapped As Chancery's Chief Staff Atty
Delaware's Chancery Court has hired as its new chief staff attorney a former Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP lawyer who has worked on high-profile corporate matters.
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Recruiter Wins Atty Fees In OT Suit, But Billable Hours Cut
A former recruiter for a New York City private school won attorney fees and costs following a bench trial in her suit accusing the school and its director of not paying overtime, but a federal judge reduced her attorneys' billable hours.
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Davis Wright Welcomes IP Team From Dechert
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP announced that it has added two New York lawyers from Dechert LLP to its intellectual property and branding group, which the firm says has welcomed seven lateral partners in the past 18 months.
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Blake Lively Seeks Sanctions Over 'Untraceable' Messages
Blake Lively told a New York federal judge Wednesday her "It Ends With Us" co-star Justin Baldoni, his production company and other defendants in her defamation case should be sanctioned for using Signal's auto-delete function in an attempt to erase evidence of their alleged retaliatory smear campaign against the actress.
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Baker McKenzie Partner Hired Security In Dispute With Ex-Atty
The managing partner of Baker McKenzie's Washington, D.C., office told a Maryland state judge Wednesday that he has had to employ a protective detail because of harassment and threats from a former firm associate who he says falsely accused him of sexual assault.
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3rd Circ. Says Burford Can't Arbitrate German Discovery Fight
The Third Circuit affirmed on Wednesday that a petition filed under a foreign discovery statute targeting Burford Capital in a dispute relating to German antitrust litigation can't be sent to arbitration, saying the funder cited the wrong section of the Federal Arbitration Act.
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Ohio Derailment Attys Can Start Contempt Bid Before Audit
An Ohio federal judge has granted a request from class counsel to advance a bid to hold the administrator of Norfolk Southern's $600 million derailment settlement in contempt without having to wait for the results of a court-ordered audit.
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Racial, Class Gaps Persist In Strong Year For Law Grad Hiring
Employment for the class of 2024 reached near-record levels, but graduates from underrepresented backgrounds were less likely to secure attorney positions or judicial clerkships, according to newly released data from the National Association for Law Placement.
Expert Analysis
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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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Series
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.