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Remote LSAT Testing To Largely End Amid Cheating Concerns
Law school hopefuls will mostly need to sit for the Law School Admission Test — better known as the LSAT — in person starting in August rather than test remotely, a change designed to strengthen security after the exam provider ended remote testing in China over cheating concerns.
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Calif. Atty Faces Possible Sanctions Over Bogus Citations
A California federal judge has ordered an attorney to show cause as to why he shouldn't face sanctions over bogus case citations in an immigration case.
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NYC Bar Pushes Gov. To Free Legal Aid Funds In Budget
The New York City Bar Association urged Gov. Kathy Hochul in a statement Wednesday to ensure the 2027 executive budget gives the New York State Interest on Lawyer Account Fund access to its revenue for civil legal services, noting the current proposed budget did not grant full spending authority.
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Workers' Attys Nab $4.6M Award In American Airlines ESG Suit
A Texas federal judge awarded $4.6 million in fees to lawyers who convinced the court that American Airlines improperly allowed environmental, social and governance factors to guide its employee retirement plan, despite the fact that they didn't secure any money damages.
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McLaughlin & Stern Expands West With SF Boutique Tie-Up
East Coast-based full-service firm McLaughlin & Stern LLP is expanding to the West Coast, adding the lawyers and staff of San Francisco-based litigation and employment law boutique Dillingham & Murphy LLP.
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Tom Goldstein To Testify At Tax Trial Wednesday
SCOTUSblog co-founder Thomas Goldstein will take the stand in his tax fraud trial Wednesday, after the government rested its case with an IRS agent tallying up $3.6 million that she said went unreported on his 2016 tax return.
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DC Circ. Seeks End To Atty Fight Over Fees From IRS Deal
The D.C. Circuit wants to stop a fight over almost $800,000 in attorney fees from a suit against the Internal Revenue Service that was settled years ago, telling the parties' counsel during oral arguments Tuesday they'd like to put the matter to bed for good.
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Swipe-Fee Class Wants Personal Injury Firm Sanctioned
A class of merchants in a lengthy antitrust litigation against Visa and Mastercard is seeking sanctions against a personal injury firm and one of its referral partners, arguing the third-party entities have repeatedly misled would-be class members about the case's settlement and how much recovery they might receive.
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Suit Claims Atty Wrongly Sought Guardian Ad Litem For Client
A Colorado family lawyer and his law firm engaged in legal malpractice during the representation of a client and disclosed confidential information about the client without his consent, the former client has alleged in Colorado state court.
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Axiom Closes Ariz. Law Firm Amid Suit Alleging PE Control
Legal staffing and services provider Axiom received approval Tuesday to shutter its Arizona law firm subsidiary, while a pending lawsuit claims the experiment was tainted by Axiom's private equity backer putting "revenue over ethics."
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Atlanta-Based Barrett & Farahany Expands With Atty Trio
Atlanta-based employee-side law firm Barrett & Farahany has brought on the founder and CEO of the Crone Law Firm and its two attorneys, strengthening its ranks with an experienced trial team led by a lawyer who brings over three decades of experience.
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Tanenbaum Keale Deepens Bench With Goldberg Segalla Atty
Tanenbaum Keale LLP continued its growth with another new partner hire this week, adding an insurance litigation expert from Goldberg Segalla LLP with experience representing insurers on disputes in a range of industries.
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Ex-Minn. Prosecutors Launch Firm After Fraught DOJ Exits
A pair of former Minneapolis federal prosecutors who resigned reportedly after being pushed to investigate the widow of a woman killed by an ICE agent have launched a boutique firm centered on white collar defense, investigations, civil litigation and crisis management.
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Title Insurer Gets Lender's Fraudulent Loan Suit Trimmed
A North Carolina federal court trimmed a mortgage lender's suit seeking to recoup $540,000 from a title insurer for a loan that a borrower claimed was fraudulent, saying the insurer had no duty to indemnify the lender because the loss fell within an exclusion for third-party fraud.
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Mayer Brown Litigator Joins Texas Boutique Mitby Pacholder
Mitby Pacholder Johnson PLLC, a Houston-based litigation boutique, has added a partner with wide-ranging expertise who arrived from Mayer Brown LLP.
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Legal Tech Co. Justpoint Opens Arizona-Based Law Firm
Justpoint, a justice technology company focused on public health, announced Tuesday the launch of Justpoint Law LLP, a law firm operating as an alternative business structure under Arizona law.
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Goldstein's Defense Questions Missing Tax Emails
Document retention at the outside accounting firm for SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein and his law firm took center stage at the U.S. Supreme Court lawyers' tax fraud trial Monday, as the defense claimed that the accountants' internal emails about Goldstein's tax returns were never produced despite being sought in subpoenas.
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ABA Delegates Back Forgiving Loans For Public Interest Attys
The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Monday encouraged student loan forgiveness for lawyers engaged in public interest employment and asked that trust and estate law be part of the NextGen bar exam.
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Ill. Legislation Targets Outside Investments In Legal Sector
Two bills introduced in the Illinois state Legislature seek to place restrictions on the use of private equity-backed managed service organizations in the legal industry and on any fee-sharing between Illinois lawyers and firms owned by nonlawyers in states like Arizona.
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Baker Donelson Adds CFPB Founding Atty In DC
A founding member of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who co-founded and spent the past 2½ years as co-leader of boutique SeldenLindeke LLP, has joined Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC in Washington, D.C., as a shareholder, the firm announced Monday.
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Saxton & Stump Moves Into Allentown, Adds IP Boutique Team
An Allentown, Pennsylvania-based team of intellectual property attorneys have folded their practices into Saxton & Stump, helping the firm expand its footprint into the Lehigh Valley, according to an announcement released Monday.
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Conn. Atty Sanctioned For Another Case Of AI Misuse
A Connecticut labor litigator's vow to permanently cease using generative artificial intelligence tools in his practice after he allowed AI-generated errors to appear in separate but similar June filings has weighed in his favor as a Bridgeport federal judge ordered sanctions against the attorney.
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2 Former Virginia Attorneys General Among 6 Torridon Hires
Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr's litigation boutique Torridon Law PLLC and its affiliated consulting group have hired two former Virginia attorneys general and four others, including Mexico's former ambassador to the United States, according to Friday announcements.
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Connecticut Law Firm Can't Duck Title VII Suit Due To Size
Connecticut law firm Vargas Chapman Woods LLC cannot escape from a harassment and retaliation suit based on the argument that it is not covered by Title VII due to its small size, a Connecticut federal judge has ruled, finding that the firm cast doubt on its own contention about its number of employees.
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Group Lateral Hires Fueled Office Expansion In 2025
U.S. law firms leaned heavily on group lateral hiring in 2025, with more than 130 attorney teams changing firms as competition for top talent intensified and firms pursued growth through practice-area expansion and new market entry, according to a report released Monday.
Expert Analysis
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9 Writing Tips From The Justices' Opinions Last Term
Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.
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