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Ga. Court Urged To Weigh Genealogy Of Wife Killed By Ex-Atty
The administrator of the estate of a woman killed by a former BigLaw attorney is urging a Georgia state court to reject the woman's godson's assertion that her cousins aren't her relatives, arguing that a genealogy report proves they are her family in the dispute over the proceeds from a wrongful-death suit settlement.
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in four cases this week, including one over Mexico's attempt to hold American gunmakers liable for cartel violence and another involving the storage of nuclear waste in Texas, while issuing two rulings involving the EPA's authority and veterans' disability claims appeals. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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DOJ's Criminal Division Chief Of Staff Moves To Pillsbury
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has hired the former acting chief of staff of the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division, who is joining the firm in Washington, D.C., as counsel to work on corporate investigations and white collar defense matters.
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NC High Court Hopeful Fights Judge's Recusal Over Donation
A Republican judge challenging ballots cast in the North Carolina Supreme Court race he lost by 734 votes said his colleague on the state Court of Appeals shouldn't be recused from hearing his case because he contributed to the GOP jurist's campaign, noting the panel hasn't even been selected yet.
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Goldstein Must Be Tracked Amid 'Ongoing' Crimes, Feds Say
The federal government has doubled down on allegations that U.S. Supreme Court advocate and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein has been secretly moving cryptocurrency, urging a federal judge to keep monitoring his electronic devices to prevent him from fleeing tax evasion charges.
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Retrial In Landmark Graft Case Faces Potential Roadblocks
A retrial in a public corruption case tied to an infrastructure initiative under former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces possible obstacles after being returned to a federal judge by the U.S. Supreme Court, with the parties awaiting further legal guidance from the justices and the defense saying the Trump administration's priorities may sink the case.
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Legal Jobs Down As Gov't Work Dries Up Under Trump
Following modest gains at the beginning of the year, the U.S. legal sector lost 3,300 jobs in February, according to preliminary data released Friday from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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How A Showcase Prosecution Collapsed For New Jersey's AG
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin took a risk that backfired when he used over 100 pages to lay out his case accusing George E. Norcross III, one of the Garden State's most influential businessmen, of leading a racketeering enterprise to deepen his commercial footprint in a struggling city.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal sector started March with a downpour of big industry news, including leadership shuffles, office closures and group lateral moves. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Amid Court Setbacks, Trump Wants Foes To Foot Legal Bills
With judges hitting the brakes on the White House's aggressive agenda, President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to up the ante with his legal adversaries by seeking legal costs and damages if his administration ultimately prevails after initial setbacks in litigation.
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6th Circ. Backs $100K For Ky. Couple Denied Marriage License
The Sixth Circuit upheld $100,000 in damages awarded to a couple denied a marriage license by Kentucky clerk Kim Davis on Thursday, affirming that she is liable for ignoring the U.S. Supreme Court's recognition of same-sex couples' right to marry.
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Diverse Judiciary Is Crucial, Justice Jackson Tells Attys
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson told attorneys in Miami on Thursday at the American Bar Association's annual White Collar Crime Institute that her judicial philosophy is "still under development" and said diversity in the judiciary is necessary to help instill confidence in the judicial branch of government.
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Bove May Sidestep Discipline In Adams Scandal, Experts Say
Ethics complaints piling up against acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove over his efforts to drop the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams could result in disciplinary action at the state level, but it's highly unlikely that he'll face any consequences from the U.S. Department of Justice and its office charged with investigating attorney misconduct, experts say.
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Judge Phyllis Beck Remembered For Trailblazing Legacy
The legal community in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania at large lost a remarkable, tireless trailblazer this week with the death of former Judge Phyllis Beck, the first woman to serve on the Pennsylvania Superior Court, according to her friends and colleagues who worked alongside her for years.
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NJ Judge Open To FCPA Trial Delay, But Unsure How Long
A federal judge said Thursday that he is inclined to allow the new Trump-appointed U.S. attorney for New Jersey some time to review the long-running criminal case against two ex-Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives before going to trial, but ordered both sides to file detailed briefs by Monday to help him determine just how much time.
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Mich. Legislators Advance Bill To Increase Judges' Safety
A Michigan bill aimed at protecting state and federal judges' personal information from public disclosure was advanced Thursday as lawmakers showed support for the need to safeguard judges' residential addresses and other data due to a "deeply concerning uptick" of threats against judicial officers.
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Conn. Chief Justice Names New Appellate Court Leader
Connecticut Appellate Court Judge Melanie L. Cradle has been appointed as the court's top judge following her predecessor's confirmation to the Connecticut Supreme Court.
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State Attacks Atty's Self-Defense Claim In Law Firm Shooting
A prosecutor says Connecticut law allows jurors to mull whether a Cramer & Anderson LLP partner reopened a fight with a man who allegedly followed him into his law firm's parking lot and attacked him, teeing up a Friday ruling that could threaten the lawyer's self-defense claims against a manslaughter charge.
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Judges Urge Attys To Help Restore Confidence In Judiciary
Federal district judges at the American Bar Association's white collar conference Thursday decried threats and attacks on judges and urged attorneys to help them restore public confidence in the judiciary.
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In Ballard Spahr Return, Former US Atty Eyes Changes At DOJ
As she returns to Ballard Spahr LLP, former U.S. Attorney Jill Steinberg of the Southern District of Georgia says she'll be watching what the U.S. Department of Justice says are its priorities and what that means in terms of what's prosecuted.
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Fake NY Lawyer Charged With Stealing $200K From Clients
A New York man has been indicted on charges he impersonated a lawyer and stole $200,000 from clients over the course of nearly three years, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced Thursday.
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Retiring Mich. Chief Judge Helped Mediate Detroit Bankruptcy
U.S. District Judge Sean F. Cox, the Eastern District of Michigan's chief judge, has informed President Donald Trump he will retire on July 27, according to an update posted on the federal judiciary's website on Thursday.
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Dems Intro Their Own Version Of The JUDGES Act
Top Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee reintroduced a version of the JUDGES Act on Thursday that would not take effect until after the next president is elected, unlike a version from their Republican counterparts that would take effect this year.
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Jury Mulling Judge's Murder Trial Hears More Arguments
With jury deliberations in the murder trial of a California judge who fatally shot his wife stretching into their sixth day Wednesday, the presiding judge allowed the prosecution and defense to make additional arguments addressing the jury's question about the willfulness requirement for second-degree murder.
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NJ US Atty Says FCPA Case Delay Pauses Speedy Trial Clock
The adjournment of the government's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case against two former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives should stop the Speedy Trial Act clock because the case needs a "fulsome review" in light of the pause in FCPA enforcement, New Jersey's freshly minted top federal prosecutor told a judge Wednesday.
Expert Analysis
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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.
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Data Source Proliferation Is A Growing E-Discovery Challenge
With the increased usage of collaboration apps and generative artificial intelligence solutions, it's not only important for e-discovery teams to be able to account for hundreds of existing data types today, but they should also be able to add support for new data types quickly — even on the fly if needed, says Oliver Silva at Casepoint.
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Bracing For A Generative AI Revolution In Law
With many legal professionals starting to explore practical uses of generative artificial intelligence in areas such as research, discovery and legal document development, the fundamental principle of human oversight cannot be underscored enough for it to be successful, say Ty Dedmon at Bradley Arant and Paige Hunt at Lighthouse.
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Why I Use ChatGPT To Tell Me Things I Already Know
The legal profession is among the most hesitant to adopt ChatGPT because of its proclivity to provide false information as if it were true, but in a wide variety of situations, lawyers can still be aided by information that is only in the right ballpark, says Robert Plotkin at Blueshift IP.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can I Use Social Media Responsibly?
Leah Kelman at Herrick Feinstein discusses the importance of reasoned judgment and thoughtful process when it comes to newly admitted attorneys' social media use.
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Yada, Yada, Yada: The Magic Of 3 In Legal Writing
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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.
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How Firms Can Stop Playing Whack-A-Mole With Data Security
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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.
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5 Life Lessons From Making Partner As A Solo Parent
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.