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Avenatti Seeks Top Court Review Of Daniels ID Theft Verdict
Incarcerated celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review his conviction for misappropriating money from ex-client Stormy Daniels, claiming the Second Circuit's decision upholding the verdict runs afoul of precedent for identity-theft cases.
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What A Second Trump Term Could Mean For The Courts
During his speech in Milwaukee in July accepting the Republican nomination for president, former President Donald Trump called Judge Aileen Cannon of the Southern District of Florida a "highly respected federal judge" and touted her ruling a few days earlier throwing out the "fake" case against him involving his alleged mishandling of classified documents.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the end of summer with another action-packed week as BigLaw snagged new talent and lawmakers sought an increase in federal judgeships. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Legal Industry Split On Regulating AI's Use In Profession
Nearly half of the participants in a survey examining the impact of artificial intelligence said they support regulation around the technology's use in the legal profession, according to a recently released report from the International Bar Association and the Center for AI and Digital Policy.
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Chevron's Demise May Not Bring Deluge Courts Had Feared
Though the death of Chevron deference has opened a door to attacking administrative decisions, the expected uptick in litigation probably won't threaten to clog federal courts, numerous administrative law experts told Law360.
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Colleagues Remember 'Fiercely Loyal' Venable Leader Gesner
Colleagues at Venable LLP are remembering co-managing partner Larry Gesner as a focused problem solver who was fiercely loyal and quietly helped others.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Covington & Burling LLP and Pisanelli Bice PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Nevada Green Party's request to have Jill Stein's name reinstated on the state's presidential ballot Friday.
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Beltway Moves: Squire Patton, King & Spalding, Kramer Levin
Firms in the nation's capital brought on top former government officials in recent weeks, with Squire Patton Boggs LLP tapping former Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper and King & Spalding LLP welcoming back Robert Hur, the former special counsel who investigated President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents.
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Womble Bond Hires New Head Of Int'l Disputes From Dechert
Womble Bond Dickinson has hired a former Dechert LLP partner as the head of its international disputes practice, who will be based in the firm's Washington, D.C., office and will double as a partner in its business litigation practice group, Womble Bond recently announced.
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Ex-Stradley Ronon Securities Leader Joins Chapman In DC
An attorney with more than two decades of experience in investment securities has moved his practice to Chapman and Cutler LLP's Washington, D.C., office after 22 years with Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP.
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Trump Again Asks To Delay Evidence In DC Election Suit
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump again asked the Washington, D.C., federal judge overseeing his election interference case to push back a highly anticipated evidentiary filing from prosecutors, saying special counsel Jack Smith's office shouldn't be allowed to publicly lay out evidence until the court addresses Trump's concerns about the scope of discovery.
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High Court Refuses To Put Jill Stein Back On Nevada Ballot
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Nevada Green Party's request to have Jill Stein's name reinstated on the state's presidential ballot Friday, allowing the Silver State to exclude the minor party from its general election after it filed the wrong form at the direction of state officials.
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Ex-George Mason Law Prof Can't Stop Title IX Investigation
A former George Mason University law professor can't stop the school or its Title IX coordinator from investigating sexual misconduct claims lodged against him, but he can pursue some of the claims in his suit over the university's handling of the sexual misconduct accusations, a Virginia federal judge ruled Thursday.
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Why Justice Thomas' Gifts Probe Is Likely Taking So Long
The federal judiciary's governing body has spent more than a year reviewing complaints alleging U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas unlawfully failed to disclose decades of luxury gifts and travel. Ethics watchdogs argue it's time to wrap up the investigation, but politics — in every sense of the word — may cause further delay.
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Judge Keeps Hur Investigation Ghostwriter Tapes Sealed
A D.C. federal judge said Thursday she would review portions of President Joe Biden's ghostwriter's interview with special counsel Robert Hur's office to see if more of it should be publicly released, but denied a separate request from the Heritage Foundation to make the audio of the same conversation public.
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BakerHostetler Adds Ex-Baker Botts Accident Response Duo
Months after hiring former Baker Botts attorney Greg Dillard to lead its catastrophic accident response team, BakerHostetler has announced the hire of two more attorneys from the firm as counsel in Washington, D.C., and Houston.
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Morgan Lewis Partner Exits Grow As 3 Join Greenberg Traurig
Greenberg Traurig LLP confirmed Wednesday afternoon that it has brought on three partners from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, bringing the total number of recent departures from Morgan Lewis' telecommunications, media and technology practice this week to five.
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Alaska Man Accused Of Death Threats Against Justices
An Alaska man has been indicted on charges of sending hundreds of hate-filled messages that included death, kidnap and assault threats to six unnamed U.S. Supreme Court justices, according to court documents.
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Quinn Emanuel Role Must Face Scrutiny, Djibouti Tells DC Circ.
The Republic of Djibouti has told the D.C. Circuit that there is no need to take a second look at a panel's July opinion that sent a dispute involving a $470 million-plus arbitral award back to the trial court to determine whether Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP had authority to represent a port operator in a long-running legal battle.
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Grossman Young Adds Former Interpol Legal Officer
The newest attorney to join Grossman Young & Hammond's practice focused on advocating for clients before INTERPOL, Charlie Magri, told Law360 Pulse in an interview Thursday that he never expected his career to include a six-year stint with the international law enforcement organization.
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Federal Judicial Picks For 3 States Advance To Full Senate
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee sent four judicial nominations to the full Senate on Thursday, including that of a former U.S. attorney nominee whose confirmation was blocked by Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, before he became a vice presidential nominee.
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Law Firm Bottom Lines Likely To Benefit From Fed Rate Cuts
Average U.S. law firm revenue rose at a historic clip during the first half of 2024, but law firm financial experts are predicting a further influx of business for midsize and large firms primarily as a result of increased transactional activity following Wednesday's interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.
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Squire Patton Hires Ex-Defense Secretary Mark Esper
Former Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper, who clashed with former President Donald Trump, has joined Squire Patton Boggs LLP to advise clients on national security matters and domestic and foreign policy, the firm announced Thursday.
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Jenner & Block Adds Former Senior DOJ Official In DC
Jenner & Block LLP has continued to build out its Washington, D.C., office with the addition of a former senior U.S. Department of Justice official who served as an adviser to former Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, the firm announced Thursday.
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House Seeks To Increase Judgeships After Senate OKs Bill
The chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts has introduced new judicial staffing legislation, a month after the Senate passed its own version of a bipartisan bill that seeks to create 66 new and temporary judgeships over the next decade in an effort to ease pressure on the overburdened federal judiciary.