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Former Judge's Misconduct May Spark Fights Over Conflicts
Girardi's Defense May Stand On His Deteriorating Mind
The 'No Nonsense' Calif. Judge Overseeing Girardi's Trial
Why Public Confidence In US Courts Is 'Withering'
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Posner's Ex-Staffer Blasts 'Judicial Thuggery' In DQ Bid
The so-called pro se litigation expert suing retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner for $170,000 argued Wednesday that the magistrate judge handling the parties' discovery should be removed from the case because he has proven to be biased in Posner's favor.
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Ex-Girardi Keese Atty Tearfully Recalls Withheld Client Funds
A former Girardi Keese attorney shed tears Thursday as she testified in Tom Girardi's California federal criminal trial, recalling that she became increasingly confused over several months about why he did not issue a settlement check to her client, saying his excuses for withholding the money made no sense.
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Mich. Judicial Watchdog Counsel Fight To Save Ethics Probe
Disciplinary counsel claiming a Michigan state judge lied under oath about her account of another judge's alleged misconduct urged the state's judicial watchdog not to toss an ethics complaint, saying the master who recommended the case be dismissed disregarded key evidence.
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5th Circ. Erases Firm's Sanctions In United Airlines Suit
The Fifth Circuit on Thursday scrapped $50,000 in sanctions imposed on a Texas employment law firm for accusing United Airlines Inc. of committing medical leave retaliation even after it learned that its client may have fabricated evidence, ruling that the firm wasn't able to properly defend itself.
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Where Judicial Vacancies Stand As Congress Is In Recess
The Senate doesn't return for about a month, but when it does Democrats will be on the final sprint to try to top President Donald Trump's 234 judges confirmed in his first term.
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Debby Dampens Court Operations In Southeastern States
Tropical Storm Debby altered court operations in the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia and Virginia as it swept through the southeastern United States this week, with some judiciaries extending early or total closure plans to Friday.
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Suspension Recommended For Ex-Calif. Bar Prosecutor
A California State Bar Court judge this week has recommended suspension for a former State Bar prosecutor who failed to disclose that he was moonlighting in private practice alongside disgraced attorney Tom Girardi's son-in-law.
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Ga. Appeals Court Candidate Loses Election Challenge
A Georgia superior court judge has rejected an attorney's bid to overturn the results of a state appeals court election she lost, saying her claims were already resolved when the secretary of state made a preelection decision that her opponent was qualified to run and her subsequent appeal of that ruling was denied.
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McElroy Deutsch Seeks To Ax Former CFO's Ch. 11 Case
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP urged a New Jersey bankruptcy court Thursday to throw out a Chapter 11 filing from its former chief financial officer, who has been sent to prison for stealing over $1 million from the firm, slamming it as a bad faith "tactical maneuver" to stall ongoing civil litigation.
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Willis Defends Staying On Trump's Ga. Election Case
Georgia prosecutors have pushed back against former president Donald Trump's request for appellate intervention in his election interference case, arguing that district attorney Fani T. Willis doesn't have a conflict of interest and that Trump failed to persuade the trial court she had a conflict due to a relationship with a former outside counsel.
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NJ Chief Justice Escapes Depo In Ex-Jurist's Pension Suit
Chief Justice Stuart Rabner of the New Jersey Supreme Court will not have to sit for a deposition in a suit brought by a former Superior Court judge over the denial of her disability pension application, a Garden State judge ruled Thursday.
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Snapshot: Delaware Federal Court's 2024 Annual Report
Civil filings in Delaware's district court continue to decline as the patent litigation-heavy venue saw its lowest number of patent filings during the past decade in 2023, experiencing a 23% dip from the year prior amid a national patent litigation plunge.
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Carmody Atty To Lead State Bar Panel On Federal Judiciary
A longtime member of the Connecticut Bar Association's Committee on the Federal Judiciary who vetted nominees such as U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden and U.S. Circuit Judge Sarah A.L. Merriam is now taking the helm of that panel.
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Jenner & Block Atty Takes Leave To Join Harris Campaign
Josh Hsu of Jenner & Block, who has worked with Vice President Kamala Harris in various capacities over the years, has joined her presidential campaign as a senior counsel and liaison to the vice president's team, the campaign told Law360.
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'Something Sketchy Was Going On,' Girardi Client Tells Jury
A man horribly injured in a gas explosion told a Los Angeles federal jury Wednesday that Tom Girardi lied to him for years about the true details of his civil settlement and withheld millions he was owed, but it took him years to figure out "something sketchy was going on."
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DOJ Urges DC Judge To Toss Special Counsel Tapes Fight
A lawsuit from House Judiciary Committee Republicans seeking to force the handover of audiotapes from President Joe Biden's interviews with special counsel Robert Hur is an "inter-branch dispute" that does not belong in federal court, the U.S. Department of Justice told a D.C. federal judge Tuesday.
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Judge's Pharma Comments Could Decide Ineligibility Appeal
A Federal Circuit panel on Wednesday was willing to explore Astellas Pharma's argument that a Nebraska federal judge should be taken off its infringement case over the bladder medication Myrbetriq, given statements that showed a potential bias against the pharmaceutical industry, but also made clear that such reassignments are rare and difficult.
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6th Circ. Voids Man's Death Penalty Over 'Judicial Malfunction'
The Sixth Circuit on Wednesday granted a capital defendant's habeas petition based on a trial court's decision to recruit the prosecutor to ghostwrite a "corrupt opinion" issuing the death penalty and refusing to allow the defendant to proffer relevant mitigating evidence at his re-sentencing, in violation of his constitutional rights.
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Bid For Ex-Judge's Phone Records Halted At Texas Hearing
A Texas bankruptcy judge shut down a bid from JCPenney's bankruptcy administrator to subpoena former Judge David R. Jones' cellphone records in a partially sealed hearing Wednesday in connection with Jones' secret romance with a onetime lawyer at Jackson Walker LLP.
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7th Circ. Says Atty Inadequacy ID'ed Too Late In Asylum Case
The Seventh Circuit on Tuesday refused to reopen a Mexican family's asylum proceedings despite finding that the family's attorney cost them their case by arriving unprepared at their immigration hearing, saying the family should have flagged the lawyer's ineffectiveness earlier.
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Young Thug Decries 'Horror' Of Working With Prosecutors
Atlanta rapper Young Thug launched another bid to boot prosecutors from his long-running gang trial, citing various episodes of alleged misconduct and arguing that prosecutors' inability to provide "the simplest and most basic fundamental fairness" requires their disqualification.
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5 Things To Know About The ABA's New President-Elect
Michelle Behnke, a business law attorney with more than 35 years of experience, became president-elect of the American Bar Association this week, setting her up to become the president of the organization next summer.
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NJ AG, Data Biz Say Judicial Privacy Law Is Constitutional
The New Jersey Office of Attorney General stepped in to defend the judicial privacy measure Daniel's Law this week, arguing alongside a data privacy company in federal court that a group of data brokers accused of violating it are relying on "hypotheticals and edge cases" to claim the law is unconstitutional.
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Cobb County Superior Court Under Judicial Emergency
A software conversion that has caused confusion and dysfunction within the Cobb County Superior Court led the court's highest judge to declare a judicial emergency Wednesday that will be in effect for the next 30 days.
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2 FDA Pros Join McGuireWoods From Reed Smith, DOJ
McGuireWoods LLP said Wednesday it has added two U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory lawyers to its Washington, D.C., office — one who joins from Reed Smith LLP and another who joins from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Expert Analysis
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach
Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader
Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
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Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian
Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.
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Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
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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.