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DC Attys Say They Had Small Role In 2020 Mich. Election Suit
A pair of Washington, D.C., attorneys on Wednesday urged a disciplinary panel to dismiss ethics claims against them, telling the panel that they had no control over the filing of a complaint challenging the 2020 presidential election results that was later found to be frivolous.
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DOJ Legal Policy Chief, Adviser On Judge Selections, Resigns
Aaron Reitz, a top U.S. Department of Justice official who works on judicial nominations, announced Wednesday he's resigning after being confirmed for the role on March 26.
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Mayer Brown Grows Gov't Affairs Team In DC With Ex-Hill Aide
Daniel Harder, who joined Mayer Brown LLP as a senior policy adviser this week, has made a career out of building connections and relationships across government, including the deep bonds he said he formed with colleagues after surviving the 2017 shooting at a practice for the annual congressional baseball game.
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Brown Rudnick Bolsters IP Team In DC With AI Expert
Brown Rudnick LLP聽has brought on a Haynes Boone intellectual property attorney with expertise in technology and artificial intelligence to serve as co-chair of its Patent Trial and Appeal Board practice in Washington, D.C.
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Reed Smith Adds FTC Consumer, Business Education Atty
Reed Smith LLP has hired a veteran Federal Trade Commission attorney who spent 15 years assisting on consumer protection litigation and regulatory and policy matters related to agency guidance and other issues, the firm has announced.
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Longtime Labaton Keller Atty To Succeed Late Chairman
Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP has elevated litigator and former New York State prosecutor Eric J. Belfi to chairman as the plaintiffs firm looks toward sustainable growth, according to a Wednesday announcement.
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Baker Donelson Begins Next Generation Of HR Leadership
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC has created a chief people officer role, tapping Venable LLP's former vice president of human resources for the job, the firm announced on Monday. Here, Sheila Turybury talks to Law360 Pulse about her goals in the new role and her ongoing tour of the firm's offices.
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Judiciary Panel Advances New Rules On Amici, AI, Subpoenas
The federal judiciary's top policy panel Tuesday propelled revamped rules regarding numerous hot legal topics, including artificial intelligence, "dark money" groups bankrolling amicus briefs and the subpoena powers of courts and defense counsel.
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ABA 'Surprised And Disappointed' By DOJ Shunning
The American Bar Association on Tuesday defended its long-standing process for reviewing judicial nominees and said Attorney General Pam Bondi was wrong to call the group an "activist organization."
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State Chief Justices Blast Plans To Cut Legal Services Corp.
A coalition of 37 state Supreme Court chief justices have asked federal lawmakers to reject President Donald Trump's plans to eliminate the Legal Services Corp., arguing that the "justice system is hobbled when citizens are deprived of legal counsel."
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House Conservatives Push Senate To 'Rein In' Judges
House conservatives are imploring their Senate counterparts to do more to "rein in" federal judges with the budget reconciliation package.
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Top 蜜桃视频 Enforcer Quits Over 'Devastating' Agency Pullback
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's top enforcement official resigned Tuesday, saying she can no longer effectively do her job under leadership that "has no intention to enforce the law in any meaningful way."
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MoFo Adds Troutman Pepper Financial Services Duo In DC
Morrison Foerster LLP said Tuesday it is boosting its financial services and fintech groups with the addition of a former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. executive and a past Federal Reserve Board attorney.
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More Ex-Gov't Attys Weigh Launching Firms Amid Job Crunch
As ex-government attorneys flood the Washington, D.C., job market amid the Trump administration鈥檚 push to thin the federal workforce, more are launching firms of their own, including shops from top lawyers from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the U.S. Department of Energy. But practice management advisers warn that hanging a shingle isn鈥檛 right for every government lawyer.
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SEC's Investment Management Chief Greiner To Leave Agency
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission veteran Natasha Vij Greiner is stepping down as the director of the agency's investment management division, ending a nearly 24-year career serving the SEC in multiple roles, regulators announced Tuesday.
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Brownstein Hyatt Launches Public Affairs Practice
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP has added a public affairs practice by absorbing bipartisan Washington, D.C., public affairs company FORA Partners, with the firm saying the new practice will support its legal and lobbying clients.
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Baker Donelson Creates New Chief People Officer Role
Venable LLP's vice president of human resources has joined Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC in Baltimore as its chief people officer.
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Fenwick Adds General Dynamics Atty To Gov't Contracts Team
The former associate general counsel of General Dynamics Mission Systems, who spent more than two decades as a member of the defense and aerospace company's executive leadership, has joined Fenwick & West LLP's government contracts and public sector procurement group.
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Civil Rights Atty Returning To Lead MacArthur Justice Center
The Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center announced Tuesday that it will soon welcome back the founder and former director of its Supreme Court and appellate program to serve as the third executive director in its 40-year history.
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DLA Piper Adds Former FTC Senior Attorney To AI Group
Former Federal Trade Commission senior attorney Michael Atleson has joined DLA Piper as of counsel in its artificial intelligence and data analytics practice.
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AI Helping Legal Professionals Tackle Feelings Of Burnout
The majority of surveyed legal professionals think that using AI has helped reduce feelings of burnout at work, according to contract management platform Ironclad's second annual State of AI in Legal report released Tuesday.
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Senate Confirms Brett Shumate To Head DOJ Civil Division
The Senate voted 51-41 along party lines on Monday evening to confirm Brett Shumate to be assistant attorney general for the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Justices Urged To Keep Pause On 'Breakneck' Gov't Overhaul
The U.S. Supreme Court should leave in place a California federal judge's order barring implementation of layoffs and reorganizations at various federal departments and agencies, several unions and nonprofits argued Monday, claiming a decision allowing the changes would irreversibly harm the federal government and render Congress and the judiciary powerless.
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Sheppard Mullin Adds Perkins Coie IP Trio In DC, Chicago
Three Perkins Coie LLP intellectual property partners with deep experience representing clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and related industries have jumped to Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP.
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Centrus Energy's GC Departs, Deputy To Fill In As Acting GC
The former general counsel of Centrus Energy Corp., a nuclear fuel and service company, is leaving his role at the end of June, and the company has tapped its deputy general counsel and director of corporate compliance to step in as the top corporate lawyer in the interim, according to a recent regulatory filing.
Expert Analysis
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How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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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鈥檚 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
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Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation 鈥� thus informing legal strategy with greater precision 鈥� and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel鈥檚 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 鈥� 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 鈥� and some pitfalls to avoid 鈥� 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鈥檛 leave much room for other work, meaning they must develop strategies to ensure they鈥檙e meeting all of their commitments while remaining balanced, says Melanie Webber at Fisher Phillips.