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  • High Court Launches Lottery Program For Public Seats

    The U.S. Supreme Court announced Thursday that it will begin testing an online lottery system for members of the public who want to reserve courtroom seats for oral arguments ahead of time.

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    Ex-DOJ Antitrust Litigator Joins Winston & Strawn In DC

    Winston & Strawn LLP announced Thursday that it has hired an antitrust pro who formerly worked for the U.S. Department of Justice and most recently worked at Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC to strengthen its litigation department.

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    Sullivan Matches, Selendy Exceeds Milbank Bonus Scale

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is the latest firm to match Milbank LLP's year-end and special bonus scale, according to a report Thursday, while New York boutique Selendy Gay PLLC said it is exceeding the prevailing scale for its associates.

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    AI Terms, 'Coffee Badging' Among Top New Words In Law

    Burton's Legal Thesaurus recently announced this year's top new words in law, with entries like "coffee badging" and "hot-tubbing" joining the echelons of 2022's "meme stock" and 2023's "hallucination" as the thesaurus brings to light some of the most novel terms and talking points for lawyers in 2024.

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    King & Spalding Exec Joins Foley Hoag As COO

    Foley Hoag LLP announced Thursday that an experienced legal executive who was most recently chief revenue officer of King & Spalding LLP has been named the Boston-based firm's new chief operating officer.

  • Ex-OMB GC Mark Paoletta Returns To Role In Trump Admin

    The attorney who served as the general counsel of the Office of Management & Budget in President-elect Donald Trump's first administration has been tapped by the incoming president to once again take the reins of that agency's legal work.

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    Wiley Names Eight New Partners, Promotes 12 Attys For 2025

    Wiley Rein LLP has announced the election of eight attorneys for partnership roles, which will take effect Jan. 1, the firm said Wednesday.

  • Biden Commutes Nearly 1,500 Sentences In Clemency Record

    President Joe Biden announced Thursday he was commuting the prison sentences of nearly 1,500 Americans he said had successfully rehabilitated themselves, the largest number ever in a single day, according to a statement by the White House.

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    JUDGES Act Passes House But Biden Veto Looms

    The House voted 236-173 on Thursday to pass a bill to add more judgeships, which tees it up for a likely veto by the president, as many Democrats have soured on the measure after Donald Trump's victory at the polls.

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    Seyfarth Bumps Up Associate Pay For 2025

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP has capped 2024 with some good news for its associates: raises for the new year.

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    High Court Bar's Future: Haynes Boone's Daniel Geyser

    Daniel L. Geyser of Haynes and Boone LLP is an unconventional U.S. Supreme Court advocate in every respect, from the path he forged to become one of the high court's frequent arguers to the way he runs his current practice from more than half a country away from the nation's capital.

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    Davis Wright Taps Litigator For New Exec Operations Role

    Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has promoted a longtime employment attorney to serve in the newly created position of executive operations partner, the firm announced Wednesday.

  • Winston & Strawn Matches Bonuses, Top Billers Get Extra

    Winston & Strawn LLP is the latest firm to match the 2024 associate bonus first put forward by Milbank LLP, with adjustments for associates who fall short of the minimum hours threshold while offering extra bonuses for those who "substantially" exceed their productivity goals.

  • Alabama Judge To Retire Jan. 2, Opening New Seat For Trump

    An Alabama federal judge informed President Joe Biden on Tuesday that he would be retiring Jan. 2, making him the second judge appointed by a Republican president to announce his retirement after Donald Trump won the presidential election this year.

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    Growing Workloads Have More In-House Teams Turning To AI

    Corporate law departments are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence tools as they face pressure to control costs and meet growing demands for legal services amid flat headcount, according to survey results released Wednesday.

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    Akerman Taps Fla., DC Attys To Lead Construction Practice

    Akerman LLP has selected two of its longtime attorneys to head up its construction practice, including one who is a former field engineer and worked on the replacement of the eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

  • After Veto Threat, Courts Warn Need For More Judges Urgent

    Following President Joe Biden's veto threat of a bill to add more federal judgeships, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts warned Wednesday that there is an urgent need for more judges despite the White House's claim that there's no immediate need to create more seats.

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    FBI Director Wray To Resign Before Trump's Inauguration

    FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday he will resign in January at the end of President Joe Biden's term, averting what was expected to be his dismissal when President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

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    Arnall Golden Adds Ex-DOJ Consumer Protection Pro In DC

    Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has brought on a longtime U.S. Department of Justice litigator who most recently worked as an assistant director in the agency's Consumer Protection Branch, in a move that follows the firm's hiring of another attorney with a government background earlier this year.

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    Antitrust Bar's 'Leading Light,' Ex-Morgan Lewis Chair Dies

    John Shenefield, a former chair of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP who also served as an assistant attorney general in charge of the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, died Monday at 85, according to a statement released by Morgan Lewis on Wednesday.

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    Justices' Cold Feet On Nvidia, Meta Leaves Attys Guessing

    The U.S. Supreme Court threw out a second securities case on Wednesday by refusing to issue a ruling in a Nvidia Corp. case with no explanation on its change of heart, leaving the defense bar to guess at the court's motivation and its potential implication for the future of high court securities cases.

  • Pa. Deputy AG, Calif. Judge Confirmed To Federal Bench

    The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Keli M. Neary, an executive deputy attorney general for the state of Pennsylvania, to serve as a federal judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and Judge Cynthia Valenzuela Dixon for the Central District of California.

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    Akin Makes A Lobbyist Out Of Another Former Lawmaker

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced Tuesday that it has rehired a former Indiana senator as a lobbyist, the second former lawmaker to join its ranks this year, after recently reporting the highest quarterly earnings for federal lobbying work in firm history.

  • NY DA Says Trump's 'President-Elect Immunity Does Not Exist'

    Prosecutors told the New York state judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money case that "president-elect immunity does not exist" and that the court could delay sentencing — or even "terminate" the case without dismissing it.

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    Keller Postman Seeks To DQ Jenner & Block In Tubi Fight

    Keller Postman LLC wants Jenner & Block LLP sanctioned and disqualified for a "shocking pattern of unethical conduct" — which allegedly includes hiring a private investigator to interrogate the firm's clients — in a lawsuit accusing Keller Postman of filing thousands of "fraudulent" arbitration claims against streaming service Tubi Inc.

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Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Ask A Mentor: How Can I Use Social Media Responsibly? Author Photo

    Leah Kelman at Herrick Feinstein discusses the importance of reasoned judgment and thoughtful process when it comes to newly admitted attorneys' social media use.

  • Yada, Yada, Yada: The Magic Of 3 In Legal Writing Author Photo

    Attorneys should take a cue from U.S. Supreme Court justices and boil their arguments down to three points in their legal briefs and oral advocacy, as the number three is significant in the way we process information, says Diana Simon at University of Arizona.

  • How Firms Can Stop Playing Whack-A-Mole With Data Security Author Photo

    In order to achieve a robust client data protection posture, law firms should focus on adopting a risk-based approach to security, which can be done by assessing gaps, using that data to gain leadership buy-in for the needed changes, and adopting a dynamic and layered approach, says John Smith at Conversant Group.

  • 5 Life Lessons From Making Partner As A Solo Parent Author Photo

    Laranda Walker at Susman Godfrey, who was raising two small children and working her way to partner when she suddenly lost her husband, shares what fighting to keep her career on track taught her about accepting help, balancing work and family, and discovering new reserves of inner strength.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can I Turn Deferral To My Advantage? Author Photo

    Diana Leiden at Winston & Strawn discusses how first-year associates whose law firm start dates have been deferred can use the downtime to hone their skills, help their communities, and focus on returning to BigLaw with valuable contacts and out-of-the-box insights.

  • Resume Gaps Are No Longer Kryptonite To Your Legal Career Author Photo

    Female attorneys and others who pause their careers for a few years will find that gaps in work history are increasingly acceptable among legal employers, meaning with some networking, retraining and a few other strategies, lawyers can successfully reenter the workforce, says Jill Backer at Ave Maria School of Law.

  • Law Firm Guardrails For Responsible Generative AI Use Author Photo

    ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence tools pose significant risks to the integrity of legal work, but the key for law firms is not to ban these tools, but to implement them responsibly and with appropriate safeguards, say Natalie Pierce and Stephanie Goutos at Gunderson Dettmer.

  • Opinion

    We Must Continue DEI Efforts Despite High Court Headwinds Author Photo

    Though the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down affirmative action in higher education, law firms and their clients must keep up the legal industry’s recent momentum advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the profession in order to help achieve a just and prosperous society for all, says Angela Winfield at the Law School Admission Council.

  • Law Firms Cannot Ignore Attorneys' Personal Cybersecurity Author Photo

    Law firms that fail to consider their attorneys' online habits away from work are not using their best efforts to protect client information and are simplifying the job of plaintiffs attorneys in the case of a breach, say Mark Hurley and Carmine Cicalese at Digital Privacy and Protection.

  • Why Writing CLE Should Be Mandatory For Lawyers Author Photo

    Though effective writing is foundational to law, no state requires attorneys to take continuing legal education in this skill — something that must change if today's attorneys are to have the communication abilities they need to fulfill their professional and ethical duties to their clients, colleagues and courts, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona.

  • How To Find Your Inner Calm When Client Obligations Pile Up Author Photo

    In the most stressful times for attorneys, when several transactions for different partners and clients peak at the same time and the phone won’t stop buzzing, incremental lifestyle changes can truly make a difference, says Lindsey Hughes at Haynes Boone.

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    Ask A Mentor: How Can I Support Gen Z Attorneys? Author Photo

    Meredith Beuchaw at Lowenstein Sandler discusses how senior attorneys can assist the newest generation of attorneys by championing their pursuit of a healthy work-life balance and providing the hands-on mentorship opportunities they missed out on during the pandemic.

  • Law Firm Cybersecurity Should Not Get Lost In The Cloud Author Photo

    A recent data leak at Proskauer via a cloud data storage platform demonstrates key reasons why law firms must pay attention to data safeguarding, including the increasing frequency of cloud-based data breaches and the consequences of breaking client confidentiality, says Robert Kraczek at One Identity.

  • Advice For Summer Associates Uneasy About Offer Prospects Author Photo

    There are a few communication tips that law students in summer associate programs should consider to put themselves in the best possible position to receive an offer, and firms can also take steps to support those to whom they are unable to make an offer, says Amy Mattock at Georgetown University Law Center.

  • How Law Firms Can Cautiously Wield AI To Streamline Tasks Author Photo

    Many attorneys are going to use artificial intelligence tools whether law firms like it or not, so firms should educate them on AI's benefits, limits and practical uses, such as drafting legal documents, to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal market, say Thomas Schultz and Eden Bernstein at Kellogg Hansen.

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