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DOJ Pushes For Dismissal Of NJ Mayor's False Arrest Suit
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday told a New Jersey federal court that government officials are protected by various immunity doctrines from a suit from Newark Mayor Ras Baraka over his alleged unjust arrest while visiting an ICE facility.
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Senate Confirms Longtime Kan. Prosecutor, KBI Chief To Bench
The Senate voted 51-46, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Tony Mattivi, director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, to serve on the bench in the District of Kansas.
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Trump Blames Sealing Order For Missed Deadline In BBC Suit
President Donald Trump has asked a Florida federal judge overseeing his $10 billion defamation suit against the British Broadcasting Corp. to not consider the news network's motion to dismiss as unopposed after his attorneys missed a filing deadline.
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Apollo SLC Opposes Bid To Oust Judge In $570M Payout Suit
A special litigation committee of Apollo Global Management Inc.'s board is opposing a bid to disqualify a Delaware vice chancellor from presiding over litigation regarding a $570 million payout to company insiders due to a possible conflict because she previously was an attorney at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, saying there are no grounds for disqualification.
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Ex-DOJ Antitrust Chief In Washington Joins King & Spalding
King & Spalding LLP announced Tuesday the hiring of the former chief of the Washington criminal section of the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust division for its business litigation practice group.
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Attys, Broker Lose 4th Circ. Bid To Toss Tax Convictions
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the convictions of a father-daughter attorney duo and an insurance agent in a $22 million tax avoidance scheme, rejecting their arguments that the calculations on the allegedly false tax forms were technically true and the venue was improper.
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2nd Circ. Wary Of Nadine Menendez's Args At Bail Hearing
A Second Circuit panel signaled skepticism Tuesday toward Nadine Menendez during a hearing on her bid for bail pending appeal of her bribery conviction, repeatedly questioning her claim that prosecutors had misled her about their plans to use her former lawyer as a witness against her.
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The Law360 400: A Look At The Top 100 Firms
The race to build the legal industry's largest law firm accelerated in 2025, with major firms leaning on mergers, lateral hiring and strategic expansion to climb the ranks of the Law360 400.
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Trump Attys Ordered To Explain Missed Deadline In $10B Suit
The Florida federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation suit accusing the British Broadcasting Corp. of tarnishing his reputation through an edit in a documentary ordered the president Monday to explain why his attorneys shouldn't be sanctioned for "their apparent disregard of court deadlines."
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9th Circ. Judge Faces Inquiry, Charges After Idaho Altercation
The Ninth Circuit on Monday identified a judicial misconduct complaint against U.S. Circuit Judge Ryan D. Nelson after he was charged with misdemeanor battery stemming from an argument in an Idaho Falls parking lot that ended with him allegedly stomping a man's eyeglasses on the asphalt.
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Todd Blanche Officially Nominated To Be AG
President Donald Trump on Monday officially nominated Todd Blanche to be attorney general.
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Ex-Judge Says DarrowEverett Atty Cut Secret Deal For Estate
A retired Massachusetts chief family court justice serving as personal representative for an estate has claimed in a suit filed on Monday that a DarrowEverett attorney he hired to pursue funds for a beneficiary secretly negotiated a settlement that ignored his specific requests.
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SCOTUSblog Founder Goldstein's Sentencing Delayed To July
A Maryland federal judge has agreed to push SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein's sentencing to July, after federal prosecutors speculated that his defense attorneys might come to the previously scheduled June hearing and declare that they aren't ready to proceed.
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100+ Ex-Prosecutors Question Chicago US Atty's Leadership
More than 100 former Illinois federal prosecutors issued a statement Monday saying there's been a "failure of leadership" in the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago and that "once-forbidden political considerations are infecting prosecutorial decisions" in the wake of an Illinois federal judge accusing the office of mishandling grand jury proceedings in a case against six immigration activists.
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DOJ Says Maurene Comey's Firing Was Constitutional
Following an April ruling that cleared former New York federal prosecutor Maurene Comey's suit challenging the legality of her firing, the U.S. Department of Justice reiterated its position Friday that her firing was constitutional based on the executive powers of the president.
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Reality TV Stars Say Balch & Bingham Botched Their Defense
Reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were pardoned by President Donald Trump in May 2025 after serving over two years in prison for financial crimes, filed suit against Balch & Bingham LLP and their former defense attorney, alleging they wouldn't have been convicted "had their lawyers done their jobs."
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DC Disciplinary Counsel Enlists Nonprofit In DOJ Fight
The D.C. Office of Disciplinary Counsel has turned to Sydney Foster, a former U.S. Department of Justice leader now with the Washington Litigation Group, to represent it in a lawsuit from the federal government accusing the ethics office of "partisan and ideological bias."
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Mich. Dems Back Trump Judicial Pick After Blue-Slip Review
Michigan's Democratic U.S. senators, Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin, announced on Monday they've returned their blue slips for the nomination of Michael Martin, a veteran career prosecutor, to be a judge in the Eastern District of Michigan.
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Conn. Prosecutor Admits To Snooping On Romantic Rival
A Connecticut state prosecutor admitted Monday to accessing two protected computer databases to view information about a romantic rival, but told a judge that she had been trying to honor her ethical obligations as an attorney after the woman's arrest.
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Suspended Ex-PD Expected To Return To Court With DA Office
A former public defender whose license to practice in Pennsylvania was suspended after he pled guilty to using his office to help elect a judge is poised to return to the courtroom as a prosecutor in Dauphin County.
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Another Lawmaker Joins Impeachment Push For Ga. Judge
A Republican House member on Monday introduced articles of impeachment for U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross of the Northern District of Georgia after she was reprimanded for having sex with a police officer in her chambers within earshot of staff.
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Divided Supreme Court Nixes First Step Act Ruling
A split U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out an appellate decision upholding a reduced sentence for a defendant in a drug trafficking and manslaughter case, adding to a string of recent decisions defining the scope of the First Step Act.
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Trump Taps DC Appeals Court Picks To Fill Final Vacancies
President Donald Trump has announced two picks for the D.C. Court of Appeals, which will fill the remaining vacancies on the District of Columbia's top court.
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High Court Won't Let Pa. AG Enter Grid Project Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a plea from Pennsylvania's attorney general to let him intervene in Third Circuit proceedings that allowed an electricity transmission project to proceed despite having been rejected by state utility regulators.
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High Court Reopens Review Of DOE Furnace Efficiency Rules
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated a D.C. Circuit decision that upheld Biden-era energy efficiency standards for furnaces and water heaters and ordered the circuit court to take another look in light of the Trump administration's intent to revise the rules.
Expert Analysis
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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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Series
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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.