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What we really want to know is whether and how the plan impacts you as members of the legal profession: Are you in favor of the measure? Will it apply to your student debt? http://ow.ly/hge250KFYV6
President Joe Biden's plan to forgive a portion of student loan debt has generated plenty of cheers, jeers, debate and internet hot takes. But what...
The panel said the plaintiffs firms’ summaries of hours worked over the three-year period of the litigation weren’t detailed enough, and therefore more documentation is needed to determine the award.
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The Third Circuit panel said the lower court should have taken up an offer by the three plaintiffs firms to provide more detailed billing records...
Judge Carlos Bea said the use of “noncitizen” over “alien” is an “unfortunate trend in case law,” and inaccurate because it implies a person before the court isn’t a citizen of any country. http://ow.ly/mwWp50KFZ8Q
The majority said readers might find the word alien to be offensive and opted for the term noncitizen instead.
Jeremy Martin, a partner at the large Canadian law firm Cassels Brock & Blackwell, wrote: “I had a feeling when this day came it would be an emotional one, and I wasn’t wrong.” http://ow.ly/S9rJ50KFYZ6
Law firm leaders, senior lawyers and organizations have joined the UK in mourning the longstanding British monarch.
Meta plans to raise a First Amendment defense and challenge the product liability claims in the complaints by clarifying that the social media sites, which also include another Meta site, Instagram, aren’t “products.” http://ow.ly/YFsp50KFYYS
Facebook has raised an arsenal of legal defenses that could swiftly dismiss lawsuits alleging younger users have become addicted to social media,...
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“Not only is [the opinion] rife with erroneous applications of the law, it disregards the numerous independent governmental investigations which substantiate our claim that the defendants conspired to falsely implicate our client and undermine the 2016 presidential election,” said Trump attorney Alina Habba.
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The judge reserved the right to issue sanctions in the suit, which he found to contain “glaring structural deficiencies.”
According to a recent Idaho Judicial Branch report, the state court has seen a decline in interest and applications for judgeships as it attempts to counteract the natural attrition of an aging judiciary.
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Respondents to a recent survey by the state judiciary said some qualified attorneys would have to take pay cuts of up to 50% to join the bench.
Judge Donald Middlebrooks of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice, noting the former president’s amended lawsuit failed to address any of the shortcomings he previously raised.
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“Because plaintiff was unable to cure his complaint even with all its shortcomings clearly laid out for him … I find that amendment would be futile...
The Justice Department said the intelligence community review “cannot be readily segregated” from the criminal investigation. http://ow.ly/VyfP50KFYTQ
The Justice Department said its criminal investigation could not be separated from a national security review of highly classified material.
"Timing is incredibly important when we’re talking about the process of drug naming and the various approvals that have to happen. You have to keep in mind there are these two paths: the FDA path and the USPTO path. They run completely separately." http://ow.ly/Uctf50KEXEc
Crowell & Morning partner Virginia Wolk Marino says clearing new brand names with the USPTO and the FDA is an increasingly tricky challenge. That's...
Twitter had already agreed to produce Slack messages from six of its 42 custodians, and Musk asked for communications from all 42, a request Twitter argued would unnecessarily add to its already massive discovery obligations. http://ow.ly/Hwbl50KEXAs
Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick's decisions are both clear that Twitter has taken the brunt of the discovery workload while Musk has at times fallen...
Legal recruiters say that firms that bulked up on corporate hires in 2021 could find themselves with too many associates and not enough work to give them in today’s comparatively lackluster transactional environment.
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Cooley has reportedly implemented a freeze on hiring associates, while sources say Reed Smith is responding to dipping profitability in lower...
The overall yearlong fundraising scheme netted more than $15 million from thousands of donors across the country, based on false pretenses, Alvin L. Bragg said. There are hundreds of alleged victims in Manhattan. http://ow.ly/zVm750KEXyH
The former chief strategist in the Trump White House called the charge a politically motivated persecution as he entered the Manhattan District...
Maria Del-Cerro said she returned to Crowell because of its “very special” culture: “Not only do the lawyers possess exceptional analytical strengths, the people and the firm’s strong commitment to sponsoring diverse talent stand out.” http://ow.ly/CF9Y50KEXhx
Returning to private practice, Maria Alejandra del-Cerro will advise clients on export compliance.
“A lot of people on social media have suggested me as a candidate,” saidformer Fourth Circuit Judge Michael J. Luttig before stressing he was “reluctant to comment further.” http://ow.ly/Ueny50KEXeG
With a list of candidates expected by the end of the week, what would be required to fill the special master role could limit the available...
“There’s no judicial process, so you simply fill out paperwork and send it in to the countermeasures program, and it just goes into a black hole,” said attorney Andrew Downing. “You launch this mass vaccination campaign without providing a remedy for victims.” http://ow.ly/YmpX50KEXbp
The people that suffered injuries post-vaccination need to be compensated for it, personal injury attorney Michael L. Baum of Baum Hedlund Aristei...
Judge Mehta appeared frustrated throughout the hearing with Stewart Rhodes’ attempt to delay the trial, saying the motion made “a number of incorrect and bewildering statements” about the case. http://ow.ly/y1xg50KEWqA
Judge Amit Mehta said Rhodes’ new attorney, Ed Tarpley, made “incorrect and bewildering statements” in his attempt to substitute himself as lead...
“Over the course of the last 20 months members have been trying to get people to state, I guess you’d call it a general judicial philosophy, and my colleagues are irritated because no one wants to express a judicial philosophy,” said ranking Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Grassley, before asking Third Circuit nominee Cindy K. Chung if she was an “originalist or if she believed in a living constitution.”
Sen. Whitehouse said, “Originalism is a recent invention usually designed to provide right-wing political influence into judicial decision-making.” http://ow.ly/b5RG50KEWif
While Chuck Grassley has long asked about a nominee’s “judicial philosophy,” Wednesday was the first time the Iowa senator acknowledged the criticism he’s received for the question.
Even the insurance industry appears to have taken notice of the potential scale of this evolving field of environmental litigation. And that gives corporate legal departments plenty to pay attention to in this space.
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Plaintiffs and defense firms alike are bracing for a new wave of environmental litigation centering on forever chemicals, after the EPA has...
The lawsuit was one of more than 200 filed by college students in the wake of the pandemic accusing educational institutions of violating contracts or unjustly enriching themselves by pivoting to online classes and canceling activities but charging the same prices.
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The settlement would be divided among 9,650 students who were enrolled at Brown University in the 2020 spring semester.
The result in this case, whichever way it may fall, is poised to lay the groundwork for how enforcement agencies will target data brokers collecting consumer data in the coming years. http://ow.ly/2bZP50KCVZA
As the FTC looks to crackdown on commercial data surveillance, it's lawsuit against Kochava could become a blueprint for how it deals with data...
State GOP legislators have defended the map by arguing that the Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution prohibits state courts from reviewing state laws regulating federal elections, otherwise known as the “independent state legislature theory” that is rising in popularity among conservatives. http://ow.ly/TBo350KCVTI
Chief justices from all 50 state supreme courts argued against the independent state legislature theory.
“I am convinced that even four weeks’ delay would risk further harm to Twitter too great to justify,” Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick wrote, citing that in recent months the company has been losing employees quickly while under the strain of an unresolved merger. http://ow.ly/zwkb50KCVM8
Under movant-friendly Chancery rules, the court said Twitter didn't prove amending the counterclaims would be futile or lead to an unreasonable...
The firm said increased interest from clients drove the move to formalize work the firm says it has been doing for some time. http://ow.ly/RHFF50KCTSc
Presidential impeachment trial veteran Barry Berke will lead the practice, which serves to formalize the work the firm is already doing as it...
Sources say that new SEC chair Gary Gensler’s goals have translated into more work—and sometimes disagreements—with staff attorneys over the direction of the agency. http://ow.ly/AsKR50KCTMI
The SEC attorney churn continues, with Lara Shalov Mehraban moving to Sidley Austin. For its part, Sidley said it has an immediate business need to add the lawyer.
Of the 116 comments (two are unrelated and three are “neutral”), the submitted comments were nearly equally split: 58 in favor of the proposal and 53 opposed. However, several of the comments in opposition carried the weight of multiple signatures. http://ow.ly/BwoH50KCOyK
While the ABA proposal, if adopted, would merely give law schools the choice of whether to require standardized testing as part of their admissions processes, many of the comments have focused on whether the LSAT helps or harms diversity.
Twitter’s attorneys repeatedly said while Musk has claimed an extension is necessary in part to account for Twitter not handing over information quickly enough, he’s actually the party that’s moving slowly, and Twitter has moved for sanctions. http://ow.ly/1oRu50KC6Iv
Elon Musk has asked to extend the trial timeline another month, while Twitter argues the entrepreneur is simply trying to manipulate the litigation...
Court watchers and candidates agree that the justices’ decision punting abortion issues to the states has brought more eyeballs to normally under-the-radar judicial elections, even though candidates in partisan judicial elections are barred from stating how they would rule on a certain issue. http://ow.ly/Xpz050KC6vK
Nearly 30 states are holding local Supreme Court elections this year. Several are in states where the partisan leaning of the court is on the line...
U.S. District Judge Edward Davila, in San Jose, found the Communications Decency Act did not immunize the tech companies from actions that were their own, rather than those of third parties—in this case, the casino apps. http://ow.ly/Pff150KC6oX
In the latest decision concerning the federal Communications Decency Act, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila found that Google, Facebook and Apple are not immune from lawsuits alleging their casino apps constitute illegal gambling.
The program will begin with a three-day event from Oct. 25-27 in the firm’s San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices, offering free legal support to a selected cohort of companies as well as panels and a demo day with investors.
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The FinAccelerate program is responding to fintech as one of the most legally intensive areas of tech, according to Jones Day partner and project...
Glasser founded the Washington-based Legal Times in 1978 with his wife, Lynn Glasser. http://ow.ly/yKXw50KBGZB
In 1986, the newspaper was bought by ALM founder Stephen Brill, who had begun publishing The American Lawyer around the same time Legal Times was...
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"[I]f past is prelude, then non-U.S. banks and operating companies may face an increased risk of being targeted by U.S. government investigations for violating U.S. sanctions and export controls." http://ow.ly/o0WL50KBGXN
As the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union have shifted their focus from developing new export controls to enforcing existing Russian...
M. Margaret McKeown wrote about Douglas and his passion for the outdoors, and how he became an environmental crusader while also working as a Supreme Court justice for 36 years, the longest tenure of any associate justice in history. http://ow.ly/5gtV50KBGS1
A compelling new book by a Ninth Circuit judge focuses on the conservation advocacy of Douglas and his high public profile, unlike any other.
Silver is the only judge in the history of Nevada to have been elected to every court in Nevada’s court system. http://ow.ly/yXXZ50KBGQc
Nevada Supreme Court Justice Abbi Silver has announced that she will step down from the bench on Sept. 29, before the end of her term, saying that...
The members of Trump’s legal team are linked by the all-encompassing nature of their representation, which may help explain why more top-flight Big Law criminal defense litigators haven’t accepted the potentially career-defining opportunity. http://ow.ly/RIzH50KBGKF
Former Big Law partners, federal prosecutors, insurance defense attorneys and civil litigators dropped everything to represent the former president.
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ICYMI: Here’s a look at the nominees Biden could potentially choose for his first Supreme Court appointment. Read the National Law Journal's full report: http://ow.ly/TAf350HGuHL
The sudden death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg left the nation in mourning Saturday, as tributes came in from across the country. Here’s a look back at the justice’s career through the years: https://bit.ly/3kv4OuY
#LegalSpeak Podcast: In this clip, Angela Onwuachi-Willig Angela Onwuachi-Willig shares her mentor story about Kevin Johnson, dean of UC Davis Law. Listen to full episode here http://ow.ly/xP0C30n7Gqf
#LegalSpeak Podcast: In this clip, partner Elizabeth Cabraser shares her mentor story about Robert Lieff of Lieff Cabraser. Listen to full episode here http://ow.ly/cIbN30n73UR
#LegalSpeak Podcast: We explore the meaning & nature of mentoring in the legal profession. In this clip, Bob Giuffra talks about his mentor, high powered Sullivan & Cromwell litigator Vince DiBlasi. Listen to full episode here http://ow.ly/mshe30n6OP7
Catch up with Marcia Coyle, chief Washington correspondent for The National Law Journal, on what to watch at Friday's U.S. Supreme Court conference.
Marcia Coyle, chief Washington correspondent at The National Law Journal, was in court Monday as the justices delivered their first flurry of opinions in the new term. She shares her observations:
The National Law Journal hosted its 2017 Legal Awards at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington on Nov. 9. The NLJ lauded law firms and lawyers from across the country, including three 2017 Lifetime Achievers: Benjamin Wilson, chairman of Beveridge & Diamond; Elizabeth Cabraser, a founding partner of Lieff Cabraser and David Abromowitz, a partner with Goulston & Storrs. Other honorees included overall Washington Legal Department of the Year co-winners: Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. and Marriott Corp. and overall DC Litigation Department of the Year co-winners: Kirkland & Ellis and Wilmer Hale. The NLJ also honored 12 law firms named to its Pro Bono Hot List and 40 DC Rising Stars. We salute all of our honorees. See the full slideshow on the NLJ site: https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/sites/nationallawjournal/2017/11/20/the-nlj-celebrates-its-2017-legal-awards-honorees-see-the-slideshow/
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