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Fla. Bar Fights Demand For Bondi Ethics Probe
The Florida Bar has again pushed back on a request to investigate U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi for alleged unethical conduct, telling the Supreme Court of Florida that a group of complainants can't bulldoze past its policy of not investigating sitting government officials.
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Feds Urge Court Not To Toss Rep. Cuellar's Bribery Case
Allowing U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, to escape bribery charges under the Constitution's speech and debate clause would "eviscerate" several precedents set under the provision, prosecutors told a federal judge on Thursday.
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AI Pushes Law Firm IT Leaders Into Strategic Roles
Just as Bob Dylan said, "the times they are a-changin," law firm information technology leadership is also changing to accommodate new tools, services and organizational objectives.
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DOJ Employee Fired After Alleged Sandwich Assault On Agent
A man charged with felony assault for allegedly throwing a sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent was a member of the U.S. Department of Justice and has been fired, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday.
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Law Firms Face Hurdles Advising In-House Depts. On AI Risks
Law firm attorneys are finding it challenging to advise in-house counsel on risks associated with artificial intelligence tools when companies are taking different approaches to rolling out the technology and the regulatory landscape is continually evolving.
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Justices Allow Mississippi's Social Media Age Verification Law
The U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday that social media giants like Facebook, X, YouTube and Reddit must comply with a Mississippi law that requires platforms to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent before minors can create accounts, while the companies challenge its constitutionality.
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Babst Calland Hires Pipeline, HazMat Safety Atty In DC
A former U.S. Department of Energy attorney adviser has joined Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir PC's Washington, D.C., office as a shareholder, where the firm said she'll represent clients in pipeline safety matters.
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Tax Pro From V&E Joins Loeb & Loeb's DC Office As Partner
Loeb & Loeb LLP has expanded its tax, corporate and capital markets capabilities with the addition of a veteran tax attorney from Vinson & Elkins LLP as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office.
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Holtzman Vogel Adds Constitutional Law Pro In DC And Miami
A former of counsel at Cooper & Kirk PLLC and BakerHostetler joined Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC with her experience litigating limits on government and administrative power, federalism-based limitations and complex individual rights issues.
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How Law Firms Are Future-Proofing IT Talent And Leadership
Law firm IT teams are rethinking their strategies to address innovation challenges, develop internal talent and ensure robust succession planning, according to insights shared by industry leaders at a legal technology conference on Wednesday.
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Longtime Education Dept. Attys Launch DC Boutique
In the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month that cleared the way for almost 1,400 layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education, three longtime attorneys from the agency's general counsel's office announced Wednesday that they've launched an education-focused boutique in the nation's capital.
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Justices Urged To Maintain Limits On Calif. Immigration Stops
Immigration rights groups and individuals challenging recent federal immigration operations in Los Angeles urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to pause an order that temporarily prohibits the government from conducting indiscriminate immigration stops, saying the order bars only what is unlawful.
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New ABA Leader Vows To 'Defend Liberty And Pursue Justice'
Wisconsin business attorney Michelle A. Behnke began her one-year term as president of the American Bar Association on Tuesday, saying the organization "must be ready to lead and focus on the mission of defending liberty and pursuing justice every day."鈥�
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Katten Adds King & Spalding Executive Compensation Pro
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has added an experienced executive compensation attorney from King & Spalding LLP in the nation's capital.
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Md. Judges Say DOJ Habeas Suit Wreaks 'Havoc' On Judiciary
The Maryland federal bench again moved to throw out the Trump administration's "disruptive affront" challenging a standing order that temporarily paused the removal of noncitizen detainees who filed habeas petitions, arguing Monday that the executive branch's suit fails to state a claim and "wreaks unprecedented havoc on the Judiciary."
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Taft Continues Growth Strategy With Morris Manning Merger
The planned merger between Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP and Atlanta firm Morris Manning & Martin LLP continues Taft's strategy of expanding through mergers with midmarket firms and reflects the pressures those firms face to survive.
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Holland & Knight Hires Sen. Cornyn Tax Counsel In DC
The former senior tax counsel for U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who worked for the lawmaker for almost two decades on appropriations, taxation, banking and other finance-related issues, has joined Holland & Knight LLP's public policy and regulation group.
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DOJ Demurs On Lawsuit Seeking Emil Bove Docs
The U.S. Department of Justice is contesting a watchdog's lawsuit seeking to obtain public records requests on now-Third Circuit Judge Emil Bove, who was formerly President Donald Trump's criminal attorney and a top DOJ official.
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ABA Delegates Remove Diversity Requirements For Board
The American Bar Association's policymaking body approved changes to its Constitution on Tuesday to no longer require Board of Governors seats for women, members of the LGBTQ community and racial minorities.
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Potomac Law Group Hires 20-Year Civil Rights Atty In DC
Potomac Law Group has hired a former government attorney who has helped investigate violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and who has worked to litigate education-related civil rights violations for more than two decades, the firm announced Monday.
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Trump's DC Takeover Highlights Local Judicial Vacancies
President Donald Trump's announcement Monday on the federal takeover of D.C. law enforcement and deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., has drawn attention once again to the vacancy crisis plaguing the local D.C. court system.
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Ex-US Atty Turns Documentarian With Nursing Home Expos茅
After his work investigating opioid overprescription as a federal prosecutor in the 2000s became part of a Hulu miniseries, former U.S. Attorney Rick Mountcastle is making waves in the film industry again with a new documentary series on Amazon Prime, 鈥楴o Country For Old People,鈥� taking aim at the nation鈥檚 nursing home industry.
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Kostelanetz Hires Most Recent DOJ Tax Division Leader
The immediate past head of the U.S. Department of Justice's Tax Division will join Kostelanetz LLP as a partner in Washington, D.C., amid a sweeping restructuring that聽would聽split the division's criminal and civil tax functions聽and place them in聽the department's main branches.
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The Judge Handling Trump Claims Against Md. Federal Bench
The Virginia federal judge handling President Donald Trump's unprecedented lawsuit against the entire Maryland federal judiciary is a former U.S. attorney who built a track record of going after white supremacists and has maintained a reputation for fairness on the bench, according to those who know him.
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Why Milbank's Summer Bonuses May Catch On This Year
Top BigLaw firms hoping to stay competitive in an ever-shifting market for talent and legal services may be more inclined this year to match the special summer bonuses Milbank recently unveiled, according to experts.
Expert Analysis
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4 Ways To Break Down Barriers For Women Of Color In Law
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Female lawyers belonging to minority groups continue to be paid less and promoted less than their male counterparts, so law firms and corporate legal departments must stop treating women as a monolithic group and create initiatives that address the unique barriers women of color face, say Daphne Turpin Forbes at Microsoft and Linda Chanow at the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession.
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Opinion
We Need More Professional Diversity In The Federal Judiciary
With the current overrepresentation of former corporate lawyers on the federal bench, the Biden administration must prioritize professional diversity in judicial nominations and consider lawyers who have represented workers, consumers and patients, says Navan Ward,聽president of the American Association for Justice.