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A University of Georgia baseball player fighting to secure another year of eligibility has asked a federal judge to reconsider his denial of the request and to also recuse himself, alleging the judge failed to disclose himself as an official of the NCAA.
A group of more than a dozen retired federal judges has asked to weigh in on the potential dropping of corruption claims against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, filing a proposed amicus brief warning the "integrity of the judicial process" risks being "imperiled" by the improper dismissal of claims.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to wade into a seven-circuit split over whether the double jeopardy clause allows for separate sentences on different charges stemming from the same robbery — an issue that can lead to significantly longer prison terms.
Ballard Spahr LLP has brought back a former U.S. attorney in Georgia to its offices in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., boasting of her 15 years as a litigator including as senior leadership for the U.S. Department of Justice, the firm announced Monday.
Four of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's former deputies have asked an Austin court to allow them to present more evidence in their 2020 employment retaliation suit, writing that his office was "trying to backtrack" its assertion that it wouldn't contest the case.
Veteran white-collar defense lawyer Edward Kim, who most recently served as acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said Monday he is returning to the firm he founded, Krieger Lewin LLP, which will be known as KKL.
Three former U.S. attorneys are heading to private practice as they join McGuireWoods LLP's white collar and government investigations practice in the firm's Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Atlanta offices.
An ex-White House counsel for both former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden has joined Latham & Watkins LLP's Chicago and Washington, D.C., offices as a white collar partner, the firm announced Monday.
A D.C. federal judge ruled Saturday that President Donald Trump's firing of the head of the Office of Special Counsel was illegal, finding that the federal employment watchdog can only be ousted for cause.
A judicial organization dedicated to fighting "leftist lawfare" filed a complaint Thursday against the Florida federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over the hormonal contraceptive drug Depo-Provera, claiming that her comments about women needing to be represented in the MDL leadership show an impermissible bias.
The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday to consider Mexico's attempt to hold gun manufacturers and distributors liable for cartel-related gun violence and a nuclear waste site dispute that could determine who can challenge future agency actions.
Amid fears of President Donald Trump disobeying judges with impunity, debate has focused on famous instances of officials defying the U.S. Supreme Court. But some of the clearest insights into America's handling of White House disregard for courts exist in relatively obscure cases from the Civil War era, when unprecedented presidential actions provoked extraordinary responses from the judiciary — and underscored the limits of its powers.
The New Jersey Attorney General's Office told a state judge Friday that it should be removed from a lawsuit accusing the Warren County prosecutor's office of retaliating against two detectives for their part in uncovering an alleged fraud scheme, because the attorney general was never their employer.
Democratic Senate Judiciary Committee senior members lodged ethics complaints against acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, accusing the recently appointed Bove of violating ethics rules by allegedly pushing prosecutors to drop criminal bribery charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams in a "quid pro quo" deal with President Donald Trump.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in four cases this week, including one over whether a majority-group plaintiff alleging discrimination must meet a higher burden than plaintiffs from minority groups, while issuing four decisions, one of which ordered a new trial in a long-running death penalty case. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the U.S. Supreme Court.
A North Carolina Supreme Court candidate's continuing bid to throw out more than 60,000 ballots threatens to sideline thousands of legitimate voters, state election officials and his campaign rival told an appeals court on the same day they got an outpouring of amicus support.
Law360 Pulse took an in-depth look at the legal teams representing two former Cognizant executives whose long-awaited Foreign Corrupt Practices Act trial is scheduled to begin in New Jersey federal court next week.
Manhattan prosecutors preparing to retry Harvey Weinstein want a jury to hear about alleged sexual assaults by the jailed Hollywood mogul that are not part of his indictment — the same kind of testimony that doomed his original conviction on appeal.
Georgia's Supreme Court justices have unanimously elected Presiding Justice Nels S.D. Peterson to serve as the next leader of the state's highest court.
A Missouri federal judge denied petrochemical companies' request that he recuse himself from a proposed class action accusing them of misleading people about plastic's recyclability due to his wife's position as a Kansas City council member.
The chair of the House Judiciary Committee's courts panel has reintroduced a bill to create 66 new and temporary federal judgeships, which former President Joe Biden vetoed at the end of last year.
The legal industry closed out February with another busy week as BigLaw expanded teams and practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
A professional association for court reporters asked a New Jersey federal court on Thursday to toss an antitrust case against the group, saying the proposed class action misconstrues its policies and ignores that states set the certification requirements.
The Delaware Department of Justice is staring down what the state attorney general has called a vacancy "crisis" with the departures of numerous senior-level attorneys while the agency struggles to convince younger lawyers to go into public service rather than more lucrative jobs in private practice.
A Florida state judge on Thursday denied a request by three men, including a real estate broker, facing sexual assault charges to force discovery of reports by the victim's attorney at Morgan & Morgan PA.
As law firms embrace Web3 technologies by accepting cryptocurrency as payment for legal fees, investing in metaverse departments and more, lawyers should remember their ethical duties to warn clients of the benefits and risks of technology in a murky regulatory environment, says Heidi Frostestad Kuehl at Northern Illinois University College of Law.
New York's recently announced requirement that lawyers complete cybersecurity training as part of their continuing legal education is a reminder that securing client information is more complicated in an increasingly digital world, and that expectations around attorneys' technology competence are changing, says Jason Schwent at Clark Hill.
Opinion
Law Firms Stressing Work-Life Balance Are Missing The MarkLaw firms struggling to attract and retain lawyers are institutionalizing work-life balance through hybrid work models, but such balance is elusive in a client services and tech-dependent world, underscoring the need for firms to instead aim for attorney empowerment and true balance within — not outside — the workplace, says Joe Pack at Pack Law.
Summer associates are expected to establish a favorable reputation and develop genuine relationships in a few short weeks, but several time management, attitude and communication principles can help them make the most of their time and secure an offer for a full-time position, says Joseph Marciano, who was a 2022 summer associate at Reed Smith.
To avoid physical and emotional exhaustion, attorneys must respect their own and their colleagues' personal and professional boundaries, but law firms must also play a role in discouraging burnout culture — especially if they are struggling with attorney retention, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
Gibson Dunn's Debra Yang shares the bumps in her journey to becoming the first female Asian American U.S. attorney, a state judge and a senior partner in BigLaw, and how other women can face their self-doubts and blaze their own trails to success amid systemic obstacles.
Law firms that are considering creating an in-house alternative legal service provider should focus not on recapturing revenue otherwise lost to outside vendors, but instead consider how a captive ALSP will better fulfill the needs of their clients and partners, say Beatrice Seravello and Brad Blickstein at Baretz & Brunelle.
Ignore what you've been told about jargon — adding insider industry terms to your firm's marketing and business development content can persuade potential clients that you have the specialized knowledge they can trust, says Wayne Pollock at Law Firm Editorial Service.
To attract future lawyers from diverse backgrounds, firms must think beyond recruiting efforts, because law students are looking for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that invest in employee professional development and engage with students year-round, says Lauren Jackson at Howard University School of Law.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can Law Students Build Real-World Skills?Allison Coffin at Akin Gump discusses how summer associates going back to school can continue to develop real-world lawyering skills by leveraging the numerous law school resources that support professional development both inside and outside the classroom.
In uncertain and challenging times, law firm leaders can build and sustain culture by focusing attention on mission, values and leadership development, and applying a growth mindset across their firms, says Scott Westfahl at Harvard Law.
Robert Keeling at Sidley reflects on leading discovery in the litigation that followed the historic $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger and how the case highlighted the importance of having a strategic e-discovery plan in place.
Opinion
CLE Accreditation Should Be Tied To Learning OutcomesGiven the substantial time and money lawyers put toward mandatory continuing legal education, CLE regulators and providers should be held to accreditation standards that assess learning outcomes, similar to those imposed on law schools and continuing medical education providers, says Rima Sirota at Georgetown Law.
While many lawyers still believe that a manual, document-by-document review is the best approach to privilege logging, certain artificial intelligence tools can bolster the traditional review process and make this aspect of electronic document review more efficient, more accurate and less costly, say Laura Riff and Michelle Six at Kirkland.
Robert Dubose at Alexander Dubose describes several categories of visuals attorneys can use to make written arguments easier to understand or more persuasive, and provides tips for lawyers unused to working with anything but text.