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DOJ Atty Promises No Surprise Raid On Comey In New Case
A lawyer for the U.S. Department of Justice told a D.C. federal judge on Friday that it will not conduct a surprise raid on former FBI Director James Comey in connection with the latest criminal charges filed this month.
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Brooklyn Natives Square Off In NY Attorney General Race
This year's New York attorney general race features a battle between two Brooklyn natives: a Holtzman Vogel partner whom President Donald Trump unsuccessfully nominated for a federal judgeship and the incumbent who has frequently clashed with the president.
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DOJ Backs Ex-Wisconsin Judge's ICE Obstruction Conviction
The U.S. Department of Justice told the Seventh Circuit that the high-profile conviction of a former Wisconsin state court judge for interfering with an ICE arrest was not compromised by her position on the bench or by jury instructions.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the last week of October with the death knell of a BigLaw powerhouse. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Fla. Court Dismisses Ex-School GC Grand Jury Secrecy Case
A Florida state court Thursday tossed an indictment alleging a former school general counsel unlawfully violated the secrecy of a grand jury convened after the 2018 Parkland school shooting after the state's highest court declined to hear prosecutors' appeal to reinstate criminal charges earlier this week.
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NJ Justices Uphold Atty's Privacy Expectation In Email Advice
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a split decision that the name of the attorney who emailed legal advice to a municipal prosecutor in a traffic dispute should not be disclosed under the state's public records law, finding the sender's reasonable expectation of privacy outweighs any interest in disclosure.
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Williams & Connolly's Butswinkas Remembered As Trial Ace
Williams & Connolly LLP partner and litigator Dane H. Butswinkas is being remembered by those who knew and worked with him as an accomplished and talented trial attorney, trusted adviser and mentor, and great friend.
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Ex-Philly Prosecutors Open Firm After Clash With DA Krasner
Two former prosecutors in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office have launched their own firm after resigning from the office following a clash with District Attorney Larry Krasner in a habeas corpus case.
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Gov't Urges 11th Circ. To Lift Sanctions Over Trump-IRS Deal
A federal judge's order barring President Donald Trump, the IRS and the U.S. Treasury Department from citing the agreement made to settle his $10 billion suit against the tax agency is unsupportable and should be reversed, the government told the Eleventh Circuit.
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Ex-DOJ Antitrust Assistant AGs Launch Litigation Co. FluxCap
Two former U.S. Justice Department antitrust leaders under President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday the launch of FluxCap, a litigation technology platform backed with $6.4 million in seed funding.
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DOJ Taps Walsh Pizzi Co-Founder To Lead US Trustees
The attorney general has tapped one of Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga LLP's founders to take up the reins as director of the U.S. Trustee Program, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday.
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Ashurst Perkins Hires Freshfields Investigations Co-Lead
Ashurst Perkins Coie has hired the co-leader of Freshfields LLP's congressional investigations team, who makes the move just a week before the U.S. midterm elections to advise clients on congressional inquiries and other government investigations.
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SC Gov.'s Counsel Still In The Running For Federal Judgeship
The chief legal counsel for South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is "being actively considered" for a federal judgeship, according to the White House, but it's not a done deal yet.
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BigLaw Tip Middleman To Admit Role In $3.5M Trading Scheme
An alleged middleman in a sweeping scheme to trade off of deal information stolen from major law firms has agreed to plead guilty and potentially faces a prison term of nearly a decade, according to a plea agreement filed Wednesday in Massachusetts federal court.
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NJ Municipal Judge Admonished Over Palestinian Attire
A New Jersey municipal judge was admonished Wednesday by the state supreme court after he admitted his decision to wear pro-Palestine clothing to a judicial training conference fell short of the standards and expectations of his position.
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Interim Ga. Judicial Administrative Head Gets Permanent Post
The Judicial Council of Georgia has named its interim director of the Administrative Office of the Courts to succeed the retiring director, elevating a senior staff member who has worked at the office for more than 20 years.
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DOJ's New Comey Case May Get Stuck In Procedural Weeds
The Justice Department's last-minute attempt to stop the statute of limitations from expiring in the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey over a decade-old allegation has raised an "open legal question" that could clarify procedural law and determine whether the prosecution moves forward, experts say.
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LA's Top Federal Prosecutor 'Unlawfully Serving,' Judge Finds
A federal judge has ruled that Los Angeles' top federal prosecutor isn't legally serving in the role and that he is disqualified from participating in or supervising two criminal prosecutions.
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NY Judges Question Court Agency's Withholding Of Records
Two judges on a New York state appeals court panel pushed back on arguments by the state's Office of Court Administration that no reports related to investigations of court personnel can be considered final under the state Freedom of Information Law until all proceedings have concluded.
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Judge Hellerstein, Gruff Moderator Of Major Cases, Dies At 92
Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, a former litigator and sometimes impatient Manhattan federal jurist who presided over decades of high-profile cases that often came under close appellate scrutiny, died Wednesday at the age of 92.
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At 4th Circ., DOJ Admits But Downplays Goldstein Trial Errors
The U.S. Department of Justice late Tuesday acknowledged that it confused key statutory terms related to jury instructions at famed appellate advocate Tom Goldstein's criminal trial, while also insisting "the government's mistake here was understandable" and shouldn't upend a jury's guilty verdict.
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NC Atty Duo Nominated For State Biz Court Bench
The North Carolina Superior Court announced Tuesday that attorneys from Williams Mullen and Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA have been nominated to fill a pair of vacancies created by the recent retirements of two judges.
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Atty Who Copped To Tax-Dodging Gives Back Law License
The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday accepted an attorney's voluntary surrender of his law license, finding his removal from the state bar was appropriate after he pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges.
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4th Circ. Says W.Va. Daniel's Law Is Unconstitutional
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a district court determination striking down as unconstitutional West Virginia's law restricting the publication of the home addresses and phone numbers of law enforcement and judicial officials, saying the district court applied "well-established" First Amendment principles.
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NJ Courts Office Says City Was Former Judge's Employer
The New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts urged a state court to toss a former municipal judge's retaliation claims, arguing that the office is not the judge's employer and that his suit lacks facts to support the claims.
Expert Analysis
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Justices Widen Path For Confiscated Cuban Property Claims
For Americans holding claims to confiscated Cuban property, the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Havana Docks v. Royal Caribbean Cruises means that the expiration of their property interest is no longer a bar and that any company using such property is now a potential defendant, say attorneys at Bracewell.
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Public AI Disclosures Raise Stakes For AI Agent Oversight
Two recent reports shift the legal posture of every organization deploying artificial intelligence agents because they establish the foreseeability, for negligence liability purposes, of an AI agent becoming weaponized for data exfiltration, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.
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7 AI Training Tips For Law Firm Summer Associate Programs
Law firms trying to weave artificial intelligence into summer associate programs should build a program that isn't really about AI but teaches students how to think about using AI, with the goal of building judgment, understanding implications and leveling up in a way that's repeatable, says Zeynep Ersin at Seyfarth.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Don't Obstruct Knowledge
Lawyers and firms should treat knowledge transfer as a business development function, using the sharing of context and institutional know-how to preserve continuity through change, strengthen relationships and create long-term competitive advantage, says Mark Wraight at Stinson.
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How Private Equity Priorities Will Test The Law Firm Model
The biggest question about private equity moving into the legal sector is no longer whether it can financially succeed, but how law firms can contend with the unavoidable economic, institutional and ethical tensions introduced by external ownership without compromising their core professional commitments, say Kirsten Vasquez and Allison Rosner at Major Lindsey.
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AI-Powered Search Demands New Legal Marketing Playbook
As potential clients use artificial intelligence tools instead of search engines when looking for counsel, it is a democratizing moment for specialized midsize firms and a compression threat for generalist big-firm brand positioning, says Ronn Torossian at 5WPR.
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What Law Firm MSOs Can Learn From Accounting Co. Model
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Private equity capital has been flowing into accounting firms for years, with investors developing creative structures to work within that field's specific ownership restrictions, and the framework developed by these transactions offers valuable insights for law firms looking for outside investment, says Russell Shapiro at Levenfeld Pearlstein.
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Legal Tech Talks: StrongSuit CEO On The AI Gold Rush
Justin McCallon, CEO of StrongSuit, discusses how the potential for automation and insight generation with artificial intelligence is massive, but that in legal work, especially litigation, the margin for error is essentially zero.
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Legal Marketing Conference Highlights Pivotal Time For Firms
The Legal Marketing Association's recent annual conference underscored how advances in artificial intelligence and shifting client expectations are causing law firms to evolve into more structured, data-driven businesses that place greater emphasis on strategy, implementation and measurable results, say Maria Aronson and Gina Rubel at Furia Rubel.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Build Relationship Habits
Meaningful relationships are foundational to business development, and they can be deliberately fostered through a set of habits for authentically, intentionally and consistently connecting with clients and colleagues — starting with people you already know and like, says Matthew Moran at V&E.
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Legal Leaders Are Asking The Wrong Questions About AI
Artificial intelligence is already woven into everyday work for attorneys, so beyond questioning whether AI was used and approving such tools, legal leaders need to create a shared foundation for what good AI use looks like on their team, says Alex Denniston at Factor.
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In-House Leaders Can Turn Contract Data Into Growth Insight
A company's contracts contain final, negotiated commercial commitments that reveal important growth, revenue and strategy insights, but for organizations that aren’t making two key structural changes, the information tends to remain within the legal department — untranslated and unused, says Shimane Smith at NerdWallet.
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PE's Path In UK Legal Market Offers Playbook For US Firms
The U.K. offers 14 years' worth of data on private equity's involvement in the legal market, demonstrating for U.S. firms what worked, what didn’t and why, and illustrating several lessons about operational readiness, cultural fit and timing, says Tom Lenfestey at The Law Practice Exchange.
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8 Mistakes That Derail Law Firms' Sector Strategies
When firms attempt to deliberately organize their expertise, client relationships, business development, and thought leadership around specific industry verticals – sometimes called industry sector programs – several missteps commonly arise, but with discipline and alignment any firm can successfully grab market share, say Heidi Gardner at Harvard Law School and David Harvey at Harvey Global Consulting.
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Making Legal Cents: A Strategic Plan For Lateral Partner Hires
Firms of all sizes are accelerating lateral hiring of experienced partners because investing in senior expertise can pay off big — but for such an investment to work, firms need a disciplined strategy for vetting candidates, supporting their integration, and ensuring they'll generate real returns, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.