Leaders Of Smaller Firms Say Talent, Not Tech, Is Top Issue
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Courts
Clerk Rule Change Unlikely To Trigger Judicial Ethics ProbesBy Jack Karp
A recent change to the rules governing how federal court leaders handle the reassignment of judicial clerks due to misconduct claims against a judge is unlikely to lead to investigations into those allegations and so won't improve those clerks' working conditions or judicial accountability, court reform advocates say.
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Daily Litigation
Whiteford Hires 6 Lazare Potter Partners In NYCBy Andrea Keckley
East Coast firm Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP announced Thursday that it has added six New York City attorneys from business law firm Lazare Potter Glazer & Moyle LLP ahead of an office relocation that it calls "part of the firm's continued growth in the market."
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California Pulse
Newsom Signs New AI Worker Protections, Atty LimitsBy Lauren Berg
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed a slate of laws aimed at placing guardrails on artificial intelligence, including protecting workers from job losses, limiting its use in the practice of law and strengthening safeguards against deepfakes.
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Courts
DOJ Accuses Judges Of Ethics Violations With Press RemarksBy Jack Karp
Several Minnesota federal judges ran afoul of their ethical obligations when they commented on President Donald Trump's immigration policies in a recent news article, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a judicial misconduct complaint filed Wednesday.
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Daily Litigation
Sills Cummis Litigation Co-Chair Named Managing PartnerBy Adrian Cruz
Sills Cummis & Gross PC announced that after nearly 20 years as managing partner, R. Max Crane will transition into the role of chairman and the firm's litigation co-chair will become managing partner.
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California Pulse
How Junior Associates Can Crush Their Fourth Quarter GoalsBy Kevin Penton
The last three months of the year can be crunch time at many law firms, as lawyers scramble to meet their year-end goals. But for some junior associates, what they need to concentrate on and avoid may not always be clear.
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California Pulse
Pierson Ferdinand Passes 300-Partner MilestoneBy Adrian Cruz
Less than three years after Pierson Ferdinand LLP launched with a group of breakaway attorneys from FisherBroyles LLP, the firm has reached a headcount of over 300 partners including five partner hires in September, it announced Tuesday.
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California Pulse
Mintz's Boston Office Head To Succeed Longtime Firm LeaderBy Christine DeRosa
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC will have a new managing member as of July 1 for the first time since 2009, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Mid-Law
Tyson & Mendes Atty To Lead NY Office After Recent ArrivalBy Emily Johnson
National insurance defense firm Tyson & Mendes LLP has picked as its New York office leader an attorney who joined the firm this past summer with 20 other attorneys from Rebar Kelly LLC and who has more than three decades of civil litigation and trial experience.
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DC Pulse
Akin Adds House Financial Services Staffer To Lobbying TeamBy Alison Knezevich
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP said Tuesday a former senior staff member on the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services has joined its lobbying and public policy practice in Washington, D.C.
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