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Judge Reinstates Rogoff As Seattle US Atty After Trump Firing
A Washington federal judge issued an order from the bench on Thursday reinstating Roger Rogoff as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington, finding that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he fired him in July.
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21 Ex-Wiley Lawyers Launch Insurance Boutique Tyka In DC
Joining the trend of veteran attorneys departing BigLaw and government to form boutique shops, 21 lawyers have left Wiley Rein LLP to launch insurer-side litigation boutique Tyka Law LLP, with the former co-chairs of Wiley's insurance practice as its managing and founding partners.
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Whiteford Hires 6 Lazare Potter Partners In NYC
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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McKool Smith Litigation Duo Joins Gibson Dunn In Dallas
Gibson Dunn LLP announced Thursday that it has added a pair of experienced patent litigators in Dallas who came aboard from McKool Smith.
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Baker Donelson Gets 2nd Chance To Toss Malpractice Suit
A Florida state appeals court reversed an order denying law firm Baker Donelson's bid to escape a construction company's malpractice lawsuit alleging it relied on bad legal advice, saying Wednesday the lower court must first determine if any misconduct occurred in the Sunshine State.
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Email Feud Tied To Brothers' Cannabis Venture Heads To Trial
A contentious legal battle between a pair of siblings who once co-owned cannabis businesses is heading to trial, a Michigan federal judge said Wednesday, ruling that there are genuine questions about one brother's downloading of the other's emails that require a jury trial to resolve.
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3rd Circ. Calls Westlaw AI Fight 'Ordinary Copyright Case'
The Third Circuit said the first appellate fight over artificial intelligence training and fair use ultimately came down to an "ordinary copyright case," affirming that Ross Intelligence infringed Thomson Reuters' Westlaw headnotes when it used them to train a competing legal research platform.
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DOJ Accuses Judges Of Ethics Violations With Press Remarks
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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Former NJ Transit Atty Launches Age Bias Suit Over Firing
A former New Jersey Transit assistant general counsel told a New Jersey state court that the agency fired him due to his age while also failing to abide by its own human resources policies in making its decision.
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Zelle Adds 5 Clyde & Co. Insurance Attys In Atlanta
Zelle LLP has brought on five Clyde & Co. LLP attorneys in its Atlanta office, strengthening the firm with insurance coverage expertise.
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Mid-Atlantic Law Firm Hit With Data Breach Class Action
A Virginia woman filed a proposed class action on Tuesday accusing Midkiff Muncie & Ross PC of failing to protect her personal information from a cyberattack that the mid-Atlantic firm says it discovered in December.
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Sills Cummis Litigation Co-Chair Named Managing Partner
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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Crowell & Moring Hires E-Discovery Lead From Littler
Crowell & Moring LLP announced on Wednesday the hiring of a former Littler Mendelson PC shareholder as a Denver-based partner in the firm's litigation and trial group and the head of its e-discovery and information management practice.
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Sen. Blackburn Sues Smith For Seizing Phone Records
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn alleges in a federal complaint filed Wednesday that Jack Smith illegally subpoenaed her phone records as part of an investigation into alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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Rohn Kurland Expands With Name Partner, New Office
Philadelphia-based litigation boutique Rohn Kurland PC has renamed itself after the recent addition of a third name partner and expanded its footprint with a new office in the Philadelphia suburbs.
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2nd Circ. Says EFAA Bars Arbitration Of Ex-Exec's Entire Suit
The Second Circuit ruled Wednesday that an ex-executive can keep her case in court after asserting sexual harassment claims against a Texas law firm, ruling the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Act shields her whole suit from arbitration — not just her sexual misconduct claims.
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Texas' Brown Fox Opens Third Location, In Fort Worth
Brown Fox PLLC has opened an office in Fort Worth, the Texas business boutique's third location, after Dallas and Frisco.
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OpenAI Knew AI Was Rogue Before Hugging Face, Suit Says
A public interest law nonprofit sued OpenAI in California state court Tuesday, seeking to hold the ChatGPT maker liable for a July cyberattack on Hugging Face, arguing OpenAI "straightforwardly violated California law" by failing to rein in hundreds of rogue AI agents that OpenAI knew were running amok without proper safeguards.
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Tommy's Boats Owner Says Atty Error Led To $65M Judgment
The owner of defunct boat and water sports dealer Tommy's Boats sued the company's former attorneys from Miller Johnson Snell & Cummiskey in Michigan state court, accusing them of failing to ensure its supplier would buy back unsold inventory in the event of a loan default, an alleged oversight that left the owner personally liable for $65 million.
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NY, Florida, Mass. Bar Officials Duck Disbarred Atty Suit
A New York federal judge threw out a permanently disbarred attorney's due process claims against New York state, Massachusetts and Florida disciplinary officials Monday, finding no New York ties to the out-of-state officials and concluding the New York disbarment came not from disciplinary officials but from a state court.
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Richards Layton Atty's Chancery Nomination Advanced
A Delaware senate committee Tuesday advanced the nomination for a Richards Layton & Finger PA director to serve as a vice chancellor on the nationally important Chancery Court, with him vowing to continue the court's esteemed legacy for corporate law jurisprudence.
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Summer Vacation Rules Save Texas Slip-And-Fall Suit
A Texas appeals panel on Tuesday revived a woman's slip-and-fall suit, finding the trial court judge abused their discretion by ignoring her attorney's summer vacation designation and dismissing the case with prejudice when he was unprepared at trial.
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Ga. Judge Flags Suspected AI Misuse In Pipe Coverage Row
A Georgia federal judge chided counsel for a former golf clubhouse owner in an insurance coverage dispute over burst pipes for what the court called errors "typical" of AI hallucinations.
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Gail Slater To Join White & Case After DOJ Ouster
Former U.S. Department of Justice antitrust chief Gail Slater is set to join White & Case LLP as a partner in Washington, D.C., next month, the firm said Tuesday.
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NY Court Officials Must Disclose Secret Guidance To Judges
The New York State Office of Court Administration must hand over a batch of memos instructing state judges how to interpret the law after fighting for years to keep them under wraps, a New York state appeals court ruled Tuesday.
Expert Analysis
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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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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.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Help Associates Turn Down Work?
Marina Portnova at Lowenstein Sandler discusses what partners can do to aid their associates in setting work-life boundaries, especially around after-hours assignment availability.
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How AI Legal Research Tools Are Shifting Law Firm Processes
Although artificial intelligence-powered legal research is ushering in a new era of legal practice that augments human expertise with data-driven insights, it is not without challenges involving privacy, ethics and more, so legal professionals should take steps to ensure AI becomes a reliable partner rather than a source of disruption, says Marly Broudie at SocialEyes Communications.