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The Legal Intelligencer Announces 2024 Pennsylvania Legal Awards Finalists, Honorees

Wed, 2024-03-13 11:00

All honorees will be recognized, and winners in finalist categories announced, at the Pennsylvania Legal Awards event in May.

       

Super-Stringent State Health Privacy Law May Spark Similar Statutes Elsewhere

Wed, 2024-03-13 10:48

The complexity of complying with the new Washington state law is expected to lead to a flood of lawsuits from plaintiffs lawyers.

       

Internal Investigation Finds Colorado Law Dean Violated Anti-Discrimination Policies

Wed, 2024-03-13 10:35

The OIEC found that the preponderance of the evidence supports a prima facie case of retaliation, and that while Inniss "provided plausibly legitimate non-retaliatory reasons" for her decision to remove Campos from the committee, OIEC also found that her "proffered reasons were not the only factors involved."

       

AI Won't Replace Attorneys—But Tech-Savvy Lawyers Might

Wed, 2024-03-13 09:58

As an attorney who specializes in AI, one lawyer counsels her clients on how to marry technology with their normal business functions.

       

Judges Are Relying on Lawyers to Call Out Deep Fakes

Wed, 2024-03-13 09:42

"At the show cause hearing the attorney's paralegal allegedly fell on the sword as it was confirmed none of the cases existed," said Broward Chief Circuit Judge Jack Tuter.

       

New Risk for Weary CISOs: Becoming the Scapegoat After Cybercriminals Strike

Wed, 2024-03-13 07:50

Sometimes, top executives refuse to fund a security fix, but "somehow it's the CISO who ends up taking the blame," said Larry Whiteside, chief information security officer of RegScale.

       

Sneak Peek at the 2024 Go-To Law Schools: Big Law Nos. 1-10

Wed, 2024-03-13 06:00

Here's a first look at the law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2023 graduates to associate jobs at the largest 100 law firms.

       

Goodwin, Orrick, Steptoe, Willkie Add DC Partners Amid Uptick in Lateral Moves

Wed, 2024-03-13 05:00

Goodwin brought on Lori Gordon, who was co-chair of their post-grant practice at Perkins Coie. She was one of several Am Law 200 partners to join new firms in D.C.

       

ABA Bar Passage Data Report Comes With New Terminology

Tue, 2024-03-12 18:42

Instead of "diploma privilege," the ABA was now using "alternate pathways." While the terms are not interchangeable, diploma privilege was absorbed into the alternate pathways category, according to the ABA.

       

Conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell Should Be Tossed Because of Epstein Non-Pros, Lawyer Says

Tue, 2024-03-12 18:14

Diana Fabi Samson of Aidala Bertuna & Kamins argued that Maxwell qualifies as a third-party beneficiary to Jeffery Epstein's non-prosecution agreement with the Southern District of Florida.

       

Facing Overcapacity, Law Firms Made Fewer Offers for 2024 Summer Associates

Tue, 2024-03-12 17:38

"The data looks a lot like what it was in the Great Recession," said Nikia Gray, executive director of the National Association for Law Placement. "We don't think it's because the legal market is going through a recession, but because the law firms are overleveraged."

       

Paul Weiss, Seeing Record Year in Revenue and Profits, Plans Compensation, Partnership Changes

Tue, 2024-03-12 16:55

The growth, including crossing the $2 billion mark in revenue, comes as Paul Weiss has decided to move to a two-tier partnership and a black-box compensation system for partners, said firm chair Brad Karp.

       

'Proofreading Is Essential': Justice Reminds Parties While Granting Summary Judgment in Loan Default Case

Tue, 2024-03-12 16:48

"This appeal concerns a purported $44 million scrivener's error," Associate Justice Jeffrey Oing of the Appellate Division, First Department wrote in the decision. "It also is a reminder that proofreading is an essential, indispensable tool in the drafting of contracts."

       

Harvard Law's Caselaw Access Project Releases 40M Pages of State, Federal Case Law

Tue, 2024-03-12 16:34

The free release of 40 million pages of state and federal court decisions, comprising some 40,000 books of case law, is the culmination of a project that Harvard Law started in 2015 with support from Ravel Law and LexisNexis.

       

Justices Barrett, Sotomayor Project United Front After Trump Ruling

Tue, 2024-03-12 16:28

The justices appeared at a Washington event together to stress the importance of civil disagreement and civic engagement.

       

'Really Good Idea': Judiciary Adopts Policy to Limit Judge Shopping

Tue, 2024-03-12 15:31

Lawsuits filed in single-judge divisions and which seek to bar state or federal actions will be randomly assigned among all the judges in the district where the case is lodged.

       

Sneak Peek at the 2024 Go-To Law Schools: Big Law Nos. 11-20

Tue, 2024-03-12 15:00

Here's a first look at the law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2023 graduates to associate jobs at the largest 100 law firms.

       

Anticipating Transactional Rebound, Am Law 50 Steps Up Partner Hiring in Early 2024

Tue, 2024-03-12 14:12

"It shows optimism about what's to come," Macrae partner Jon Truster said. "I don't believe that the hiring is reflective of deal activity. I think it's law firms being more opportunistic that their corporate departments will become busier."

       

'Significant Risk': NY AG Urges Appeals Court to Deny Stay of $464.5M Bond

Tue, 2024-03-12 14:01

Former President Donald Trump has asked a full panel at the Appellate Division, First Department to press pause on collection while he appeals.

       

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