"Although any slumber by counsel during trial is distressing and detrimental, counsel's constructive absence during either a significant portion of trial or an important aspect of trial so offends the constitutional protections surrounding the right to assistance of counsel that it renders the entire adversary process 'presumptively unreliable' and creates an uncurable error, 'even if the error was ultimately harmless,'" Chief Justice Kimberly S. Budd wrote.

"As we approach the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, we are experiencing an onslaught," Yusuf Z. Zakir of Davis Wright Tremaine writes. "Here, I will seek to correct the record about equity, inclusion, and diversity."

"We are getting good with the technical applications of fighting the stuff. But at the end of the day, it comes down to the human," said Stephen Dougherty, a financial fraud investigator with the U.S. Secret Service.

"People are just more willing to listen about the future and creating connections, than in previous years," noted one Am Law 200 leader.

EBay CEO Jamie Iannone called the 2019 harassment campaign, which included sending live spiders and cockroaches and a bloody pig mask, "reprehensible."

"It's election year and that's always tough, but I think the Democrats are committed to filling every possible vacancy," said University of Richmond law professor Carl Tobias.

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A cannabis company owner challenging a state license denial "cannot use the Dormant Commerce Clause to demand a constitutional right to participate in an illegal interstate market," wrote U.S. District Judge Tiffany Cartwright of Washington's Western District.

Although advocates for these bankruptcy strategies say they can be more efficient routes to payouts for claimants, some attorneys say judges are likely to shut down these more novel uses of the bankruptcy code.

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A recent survey of law firm leaders looked at the biggest burning issues for the coming year. Respondents honed on perennial concerns, rather than fresh existential threats.

Walied Soliman, who has been chair of the firm's Canadian arm since 2017, previously served as global chair in 2019.

To learn more about how the Roundup litigation has taken shape since trials began in 2018, check out this interactive map of verdicts.

The lawsuit, filed late Wednesday, asked for disciplinary measures against Harvard faculty, monetary compensation and required antisemitism training at the college.

Nelson Mullins is attractive to some lateral partners because of its greater "flexibility on rates" compared with other firms, said managing partner Jim Lehman.

"Conway ignored their ethical and contractual obligation to Smith, which is a basis of Smith's legal malpractice claim. It was improper for the trial court to resolve this issue in favor of Conway on summary judgment by finding that there was an implied contract for the Chapter 7 representation," Virginia Court of Appeals Judge Doris Henderson Causey wrote in a dissenting opinion.

The adoption of a nontransparent pay system comes as firm leaders seek to reduce internal tensions as the spread of compensation expands.

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"I am deeply honored to have been chosen as Judy Areen's successor and am committed to advancing excellence in legal education at a time of heightened challenges and changes in law and higher education," Kelleye Testy said in a statement.

Exuding passion is important, Netflix legal ops chief Jenn McCarron said, but "if you're just a passion rocket, people will feel torpedoed by you."