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The nation's courts remain divided over whether the insurrection clause in Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment can block former President Donald Trump from appearing on 2024 primary ballots while one case awaits certification by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Startups will need to avoid stumbles because "you want to be putting yourself out there as a good, sophisticated and responsible founder," Fenwick & West partner Jonathan Sagot said.

As Elizabeth Dewar was being sworn in as an associate justice by Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey during a ceremony oath of office Jan. 29, Justice David Lowy was taking any last-minute efforts to step down from the bench Feb. 3. By Monday's oral argument, the changes to the bench were on full display.

"In so doing, McCarter & English was so reckless and grossly negligent in their work that they crossed the line into soliciting the sale of unregistered securities and in actively participating in and enabling this RICO Conspiracy that has caused billions in damages," the plaintiffs alleged in the nearly 110-page lawsuit.

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"We're talking about whether one branch of government will find that one of the leading candidates for executive office, for the highest office in the land, is not going to be on the ballot," said law professor Alexander Reinert.

The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules on Tuesday heard public comments on its proposed Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16.1, the first rule governing multidistrict litigation.

"I wish I could tell you it's a bill that, when I bring it up here, everybody's gonna sing 'Kumbaya' and tell you that it's great. They're not," Georgia Sen. Blake Tillery, R-Vidalia, said.

Prosecutors argued that the Constitution's the Speech or Debate Clause does not protect the embattled senator from prosecution.

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe litigation partner Claudia Wilson Frost said she joined Steptoe's new Houston office partly because of the large group of trial lawyers there.

Last week, Legal Speak was live on location at Legalweek 2024 in New York City, where we interviewed professionals from across the legal industry about everything from the practical applications of generative AI to the benefits of sharing ideas and advice with both colleagues and competitors.

Valerie Ho helped craft the fast-fashion giant's global legal and compliance structure and was helping it fend off questions about its IP and labor practices as it preps for an IPO.

"My efforts to strengthen the College's student body, its relationship with the bar, bench, surrounding community, its alumni and the University have recently been met with behavior on the part of the University that can only be properly characterized as abusive," Deidré Keller wrote in her resignation letter.

The defendant's attorney, Randall Armentrout of Nyemaster Goode in Des Moines, told Law.com that the ruling was important, as previously there were no decisions interpreting Iowa's Equal Pay Statute, which was passed in 2009.

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Twenty former federal law enforcement and national security officials filed an amicus brief in the SEC's fraud lawsuit against the IT company SolarWinds, which was hit by a massive 2019-2020 breach.

In honor of the generosity of John and Jayne Simmons, the law school will be named Simmons Law School, pending approval from the SIU Board of Trustees in April.

"If I'm going to be an obstruction, if I'm going to make your life more complicated, you're going to avoid me," said Mark Klein, general counsel of Burford Capital.