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Ex-Diddy Prosecutor At Boies Schiller To Lead Cornell Case
A Cornell University alumna and former high-ranking federal prosecutor known for overseeing the criminal case against Sean "Diddy" Combs before joining Boies Schiller Flexner LLP last year will serve as outside counsel for the investigation into an alleged gang rape on Cornell's campus in 2024, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Wednesday.
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Former DOJ Officials See Mixed Results In Midterm Races
The 2026 midterm elections included bids for office by several former U.S. Department of Justice officials and nominees for the federal bench, with one race a dead heat and several others decided as of early Wednesday.
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Calif. AG Rob Bonta Wins 2nd Term Over Michael Gates
California voters on Tuesday handed state Attorney General Rob Bonta a decisive reelection win over an Orange County city administrator who briefly served as a U.S. Department of Justice deputy assistant attorney general during the current Trump administration.
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Dems To Win 1st Texas Supreme Court Seats In Over 30 Years
Voters were on track early Wednesday to breaking a decadeslong streak for Republicans by electing Democrats to the Texas Supreme Court for the first time in more than 30 years, with all four Democratic challengers on their way to unseating the Republican incumbents.
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3 Wash. Supreme Court Justices Poised To Keep Seats
Three incumbent Washington State Supreme Court justices held off challengers in Tuesday's election, and King County Superior Court judges emerged as front-runners for two other open spots on the state high court, according to preliminary results.
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Democratic Senate Flip Reshapes Trump's Judicial Outlook
Democrats winning control of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday leaves the Trump administration a narrow window to fill dozens of judicial vacancies under a Republican majority, with key GOP lawmakers saying they will use the lame-duck session to confirm as many conservative judges as possible.
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NY AG Letitia James Defeats Holtzman Vogel Partner
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday won a third term by defeating Holtzman Vogel partner Saritha Komatireddy.
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Justice Earls Keeps NC Supreme Court Seat In Win For Dems
Incumbent Justice Anita Earls preserved her seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday, delivering Democrats a key victory in their effort to reclaim a majority on the state's highest court.
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Georgia AG's Office Goes Blue As Miller Beats Strickland
Democratic state Rep. Tanya Miller won Georgia's attorney general race Tuesday, defeating Republican state Sen. Brian Strickland in the contest for an office the GOP had held since 2011.
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Kathy Jennings Wins 3rd Term As Delaware Attorney General
Delaware voters gave Democratic Attorney General Kathy Jennings a third consecutive four-year term Tuesday, deciding who will lead an office responsible for prosecuting criminals, protecting consumers and policing corporate misconduct in the nation's leading state for business incorporation.
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Griswold Wins Colo. Attorney General Race
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold has been declared the Centennial State's next attorney general, beating Republican opponent and prosecutor Michael Allen.
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Fla. AG Uthmeier Defeats Rodriguez To Win Full Term
Florida Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier won a full term in office on Tuesday, beating Democratic challenger Jose Javier Rodriguez to remain the state's top prosecutor.
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Troops Urge Justices To Delay Review Of Military Trans Ban
A group of transgender servicemembers have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decline to review the Trump administration's ban on transgender individuals serving in the military for now, saying the government's current appeal of a narrow circuit court ruling against the policy is premature and incomplete.
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Past Losses Haunt Colo.'s Universal Preschool Law Defense
For eight years, Colorado has repeatedly met a skeptical U.S. Supreme Court when defending antidiscrimination laws against religious objectors. Now, that poor track record seems likely to doom the state's latest attempt to protect its universal preschool program's equal opportunity mandate from Catholic challengers.
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Florida Justice Holds Seat Amid Calls For Removal
Justice Carlos Muñiz held his seat on the Florida Supreme Court in his second merit retention election on Tuesday, despite calls by editorial boards around the state to push him off the bench.
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Judge Questions Federal Role In Ed Martin Ethics Case
A D.C. federal judge struggled Tuesday to see how he could preside over a state attorney ethics proceeding if U.S. pardon attorney Ed Martin gets his way and keeps the case in federal court, as the city's ethics board fought to have it sent back to state court.
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Fla. State Atty Beats Ex-GOP Chair's Suit Over Seized Data
A Florida federal judge dismissed a state attorney from a lawsuit alleging he's unlawfully in possession of data seized from a former Republican Party chair and his wife following a sexual assault investigation that was later dropped, finding that the complaint could interfere with ongoing state court proceedings.
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DA Willis Pushes For Role In Trump Election Case Fee Fight
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has urged the Georgia Court of Appeals to overturn an order blocking her from intervening in a $16 million legal fee bid from President Donald Trump and other former defendants in a dismissed election interference case, arguing that the trial court abused its discretion.
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Legal Sector Donations In Fla. AG Race Favor GOP Incumbent
More than half of the roughly $1.2 million in campaign donations from law firms and lawyers for Tuesday's race for Florida attorney general have supported the Republican incumbent rather than his Democratic challenger, according to a Law360 Pulse analysis.
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DOJ Faces Limits On Poll Monitors In Midterm Elections
A Washington, D.C., federal judge won't stop the Trump administration from sending some federal law enforcement personnel to act as poll monitors during midterm election voting Tuesday, though he did place limits on who those monitors can be and what they can do.
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DOJ Says Trump Adviser Needn't Answer ABA Subpoenas Yet
The U.S. Department of Justice is arguing that Trump attorney Boris Epshteyn shouldn't have to respond to subpoenas from the American Bar Association in its challenge to the Trump administration's campaign against law firms until the presiding judge rules on the administration's preexisting motion to quash them.
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Texas Atty Seeks Release In Cyberstalking Case
A Texas lawyer who is expected to plead guilty in a cyberstalking case involving BigLaw firm attorneys is asking a federal court to free her, saying circumstances are "materially different" because of mental health treatment she has received while behind bars.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Wilson On Trial By Zoom
Before she became a state court judge in Washington, Judge Coreen Wilson worked as a trial attorney litigating hundreds of cases, including the country's first binding virtual civil jury trial during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Judiciary Stuck In AI Rulemaking Rut As Attys, Judges Protest
Judiciary efforts to enact rules for the artificial intelligence age are mired in concerns about burdens on litigators, the tensions between burgeoning technology and snail-paced policymaking, and how to even define AI. And despite vivid examples of AI's risks, officials are inching toward mothballing the prominent project.
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NY Judge Admonished For Using Title To Fight Garbage Fines
The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has disciplined a Brooklyn judge for "repeatedly invoking her judicial position" while contesting New York City sanitation citations for litter in front of her home.
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Community Is Key To Addressing Rural Legal Deserts
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Pipeline programs for current and prospective lawyers to find and build careers in legal deserts should be designed with relationships and connection uppermost in mind and priority, says Presiding New York Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Garry.
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Tech Plays An Indispensable Role In Addressing Legal Deserts
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While building the Free Legal Answers platform, we have seen how technology can overcome barriers of time and space to make it easier for lawyers to help in legal deserts, meaning we must turn to big, bold measures, or the justice gap will continue to grow, says Buck Lewis at Baker Donelson.
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How Firms Can Develop The Next Generation Of Lawyers
As law school graduates enter the industry after experiencing significant educational disruption due to COVID-19, firms can adapt to the new generation's unique circumstances by rethinking how they onboard and develop incoming attorneys — starting with summer associates, say attorneys at Taft.
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How In-House Lawyers Can Help Fill The Legal Aid Gap
Corporate legal departments can expand access to justice in legal deserts in ways that don't require court appearances, as many client needs can be met through advice, brief service or pro se support, say Todd Stillerman at Wells Fargo and Allison Constance at Legal Aid North Carolina.
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How Law Firms Can Advance Gender Parity Without Exclusion
Law firms can work toward eliminating workplace disparities while reducing discrimination risk by opening events to all employees, expanding caregiver support, and using mentorship, coaching and pay equity data to guide durable inclusion efforts, says Lori Mihalich-Levin at Mindful Return.
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Closing The Gender Gap In AI Adoption: A Lawyer's Guide
Amid a reported gender gap in artificial intelligence use, female lawyers should think about AI ownership as beginning with adoption, expanding into career agency and influence, and culminating in collective leadership directed toward the profession and the public good, says Tamara Kraljic at Hughes Hubbard.
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How Firms Adopting AI Can Learn From CRM Rollout Mistakes
Law firms should learn from the challenges that have plagued client relationship management system adoption for over 30 years as they evaluate whether and how to implement artificial intelligence tools, says consultant Paul Manuele.
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RFP Reset: Start With Client Service
As clients increasingly expect the sophistication that artificial intelligence makes possible, law firms can use the proposal to adopt a client service mindset that delivers practical guidance the in-house legal team can use without translation, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Legal Tech Talks: Notorio Co-Founder On Measuring Value
Leonardo Lupiano, co-founder at Notorio, discusses the importance of establishing performance metrics, analyzing product usage and calculating the return on investment when considering whether to adopt a new technology.
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How BigLaw Can Build Infrastructure For Plaintiff-Side Work
Traditionally defense-oriented Am Law 100 firms are increasingly expanding their plaintiff-side dockets through a mix of contingency arrangements and litigation finance, but firms must consider how on-risk work interacts with their existing capital structure and business practices, says Brendan Dyer at Rocade Capital.
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Teaching Associates To Write Well With Responsible AI Aid
Firms can help their new associates become strong writers and responsible AI users by employing a framework that ensures that use of artificial intelligence tools strengthens, rather than replaces, associates' thinking processes, say Julie Schrager at Faegre Drinker and Dawn Anderson at the University of Iowa.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Play The Long Game
Lawyers who consistently maintain early-career and personal relationships, track contacts, and make thoughtful outreach over time will be better positioned to generate future client work, referrals and leadership opportunities, says Deborah Farone at Farone Advisors.
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5 Due Diligence Steps For A Successful Succession Plan
Instead of relying on abstract policies, firm leadership should develop concrete succession plans before rainmakers announce retirement that track which tasks intended successors are assuming, how the outgoing member is transferring their knowledge and whether clients are yet relying on the replacement, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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The GC's 1st 90 Days: How To Build A Strong GC Network
Taking time to build a network of general counsel thought partners is useful in the early days of the role because the value of relationships compounds over time, and approaching the process with a spirit of curiosity and generosity can be especially helpful, says Heather Stevenson, general counsel at Red Cell.
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5 Ways Law Firms Can Build Lasting AI Visibility
As generative artificial intelligence tools become embedded across the entire digital ecosystem, law firm leaders can build an enduring footprint with five factors that ensure their firms remain visible no matter how underlying models evolve, says Melanie Trudeau at Reputation Ink.