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    NJ High Court Sets Rules For Judges' Social Media Use

    The New Jersey Supreme Court approved a new social media policy for judges in the state this week in the aftermath of a Superior Court judge being suspended for posting vulgar lip-syncing TikToks.

  • 3rd Circ Rejects Charter Co. Exec's Ineffective Counsel Claims

    The co-founder and former executive of a now-defunct public air charter operator has lost a bid to escape a fraud conviction on the grounds her lawyers provided ineffective counsel in her criminal trial, with a unanimous Third Circuit panel determining the jury would not have been swayed by a different trial strategy.

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    The 2024 Practice Footprint Ranking: How Firms Stack Up

    These firms are being singled out for their stellar litigation footprints and transactions work. See who's leading the pack in four categories: variety of cases, range of jurisdictions, closing large merger and acquisition deals, and handling registered offerings.

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    The Litigation Footprints Of The 2024 Leaderboard Firms

    Follow a firm's litigation tracks through federal district courts across the country with our interactive map.

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    These Firms Top The 2024 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard

    Presenting the 2024 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard — the 100 firms that are besting their peers on measures of prestige, social responsibility and the reach of their legal practice.

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    Firms' Hiring Strategies Are Evolving In Fight For Top Spot

    Competition for top talent among elite law firms shows no signs of slowing down, even amid economic uncertainty, with financially strong firms deploying aggressive strategies to attract and retain skilled professionals to solidify their market position.

  • Pa. Says GOP Regret Doesn't Merit Freeze On Mail-In Vote Fix

    Pennsylvania told the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday the federal justices have no authority to freeze a ruling from the state's top court allowing voters whose mail-in ballots are rejected as defective to submit provisional ballots as replacements, adding that the Republican Party's alleged regret over its litigation strategy doesn't require action either.

  • Calif. Judge Scolded For Public Fight Over School Renaming

    A California state judge has been publicly disciplined for leading a monthslong crusade against the renaming of his old high school, during which he spoke at rallies and fundraisers, called opponents "morons" on social media and generally "demeaned the judicial office."

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    North Carolina Attorney General Race: 4 Things To Know

    A defamation lawsuit is just the latest clash in the contentious race to become North Carolina's attorney general, a contest that's already drawn the spotlight on one candidate's TikTok use and his opponent's denial of the results of the 2020 election.

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    BCLP Adds Ex-Seattle Mayor, US Atty As US White Collar Head

    After a short break focused on pro bono work and chairing a Washington State Bar Association task force on emerging technologies and the practice of law, former Seattle mayor Jenny A. Durkan is returning to private practice at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP.

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    Ohio Justices Say Attorney In Prison Should Not Be Disbarred

    The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that an attorney in federal prison for his participation in a tax fraud scheme should not be disbarred, and should have a chance to reapply for his law license in the future

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    Man Who Threatened Fani Willis Gets 21-Month Prison Term

    A man who pled guilty to threatening Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Sheriff Patrick Labat over their roles in the prosecution of former President Donald Trump was sentenced to 21 months in prison on Tuesday by a Georgia federal judge.

  • Courtroom Named For 1st Black Syracuse City Court Judge

    The late Judge Langston C. McKinney, known for making local New York history as the first African American to serve on the Syracuse City Court bench, will be honored Wednesday afternoon at a ceremony naming one of the courtrooms of the Honorable James Tormey III Criminal Courthouse after him.

  • Conn. Judge Cites Day Pitney Ties In Lego Settlement Recusal

    U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas O. Farrish has recused himself from presiding over settlement talks between Lego and a New York artist who is suing the toy company over a play set based on the Netflix series "Queer Eye," citing the fact that his former firm, Day Pitney LLP, represents the defendants.

  • High Court Says Va. Can Keep Purging 'Noncitizen' Voters

    A divided U.S. Supreme Court wiped out a federal court order Wednesday that prohibited Virginia from removing suspected noncitizens from its voting rolls this close to Election Day, a program the U.S. Department of Justice and advocacy groups claim has erroneously stripped eligible voters of their constitutional rights.

  • Justices Won't Let RFK Jr. Off Mich., Wis. Ballots

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s emergency requests to have his name removed from the presidential ballots in the key battleground states of Wisconsin and Michigan.

  • Feds Tell High Court To Deny Va.'s Bid To Revive Voter Purge

    The U.S. Supreme Court must leave in place a court order prohibiting Virginia from removing suspected noncitizens from its voting rolls this close to Election Day, the federal government and advocacy groups argued Tuesday, contending the risk of erroneously stripping eligible voters of their rights outweighs any purported harm to the state.

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    Cannon Won't Recuse In Trump Shooting Suspect's Fla. Case

    U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon declined Tuesday to recuse herself from overseeing the case of a man charged with attempting to shoot former President Donald Trump, saying Trump's praise of her and reports that he would consider her for attorney general if elected are not enough to disqualify her.

  • Justice, Challenger Split On Backgrounds For The Bench

    Judge Patrick O'Grady, campaigning for the Michigan Supreme Court, says the current bench is sorely lacking the type of prior judicial experience he would bring. But sitting Justice Kyra Bolden argues the diversity of backgrounds among justices makes the court stronger.

  • Fla. Judge Modifies Order Requiring News Articles Takedown

    A Florida state judge on Monday revised an order requiring the deletion of various online news stories about a real estate dispute after a constitutional law scholar, who had written about the case, told the court he would not comply with what he called an unconstitutional order. 

  • Mich. Top Court Won't Halt Ethics Claims Against Trump Allies

    Michigan's Supreme Court has refused to stop disciplinary proceedings against Sidney Powell and other lawyers who advanced former President Donald Trump's election fraud claims.

  • Bannon Released From Prison As Election, NY Trial Loom

    Former President Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon was released from federal prison Tuesday after serving a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress, a week before Election Day and a month and a half ahead of his next criminal trial in New York.

  • GOP Rep. Roy Opposes Efforts To Stop 'Judge Shopping'

    A Republican on the House Judiciary Committee is threatening to withhold support for legislation bolstering the operation of the federal courts if the Administrative Office of the Courts doesn't stop considering measures aimed at ending "judge shopping."

  • Former Morgan Lewis Partner Sworn In To DC Federal Bench

    A former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner has been sworn in to serve as a magistrate judge in Washington, D.C., federal court.

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    NJ Judge Exits Disbarred Atty's Suits Over Ties To State Bar

    A disbarred New Jersey civil rights attorney persuaded a New Jersey federal judge to recuse herself from cases he has pending before her due to the "slim, but conceivable chance" of an appearance of impropriety stemming in part from her time as president of the New Jersey State Bar Association.

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Expert Analysis

  • A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms Author Photo

    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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    Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Seek More Assignments? Author Photo

    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. 

  • Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap Author Photo

    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.

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