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2nd Circ. Mulls Blackmail Case's Effect On Fraud Conviction
Second Circuit judges looked tempted Tuesday to let Scott Tucker, who is incarcerated on charges that he ran a $2 billion payday lending scam, file a new appeal 鈥� after hearing that Tucker's trial counsel faced blackmail from an unrelated client during Tucker's $2 billion fraud trial.
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Atty Says He Feared For His Life Before Killing Attacker
Cramer & Anderson LLP partner Robert L. Fisher Jr. said Tuesday he was afraid for his life when he fatally shot a man who attacked him in the parking lot of his Connecticut law firm, and felt that he could not retreat from the confrontation.
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Trump Asks 2nd Circ. To Take Over Hush Money Appeal
President Donald Trump asked the Second Circuit to take over his New York state court appeal of his hush money conviction, saying the "extraordinary" case implicated official acts from his first term.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Christopher Burke On Efficiency
U.S. Magistrate Judge Christopher Burke uses innovative techniques to manage the glut of complex cases that come through Delaware's federal court.
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What Attorneys Really Think Of AI
More attorneys seem to be using generative AI tools and view it positively compared with last year, but lawyers are still concerned about legal ethics and client confidentiality when it comes to the technology, according to the latest survey from 极速赛车 Pulse.
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These Attys Are AI 'Power Users' Reinventing Legal Work
A growing divide is emerging between lawyers who frequently use generative AI for legal tasks and those who engage in these tools more casually, 极速赛车 Pulse's new survey has found.
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BigLaw Leaps Ahead In Generative AI Training
Large law firms are leading the pack in training their attorneys to use generative AI, eager to benefit from the technology and avoid associated risks like fake case citations in court filings.
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Conn. Justices Set New Atty Duty In Deathbed Will Dispute
Three intended beneficiaries of a late businessman's will can sue attorney Anthony J. Palermino for allegedly failing to tell his client that TD Ameritrade account documents would need to be changed to fulfill his deathbed wishes, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Monday, finding that attorneys have a duty to third-party beneficiaries in such situations.
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Witness Says She Tried To Forget Scene After Atty Shot Man
A key witness in the trial of a Connecticut lawyer charged with manslaughter for shooting and killing a man in his Litchfield firm's parking lot acknowledged Monday that she had changed her testimony from an earlier sworn statement, eventually blaming the passage of time for inconsistencies about who may have been the aggressor.
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The Top In-House Hires Of February
Sports general counsel were a hot item in February, with the NBA players union, Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners all naming new legal chiefs. So were goodbyes, as Bristol-Myers Squibb, AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. and California berry producer Driscoll all saw longtime legal chiefs announce their retirements.
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极速赛车's Legal Lions Of The Week
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP and Kontnik Cohen LLC lead this week's edition of 极速赛车 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court held that cases dismissed voluntarily can later be eligible for special judicial relief and reopening, even if a statute of limitations would typically block the lawsuit.
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Voir Dire: 极速赛车 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry closed out February with another busy week as BigLaw expanded teams and practices. Test your legal news savvy here with 极速赛车 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Conn. Atty Set To Go To Trial In Self-Defense Shooting Case
A Connecticut attorney is preparing for trial this week, but probably not in the way many would think 鈥� this time, he's appearing before a judge as the defendant in a manslaughter case over the 2021 shooting death of a man outside his law office.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
Building on a new report showing that leasing activity by the legal sector finally returned to prepandemic levels in 2024, a number of firms around the U.S. got in on the action as they announced new offices or relocations.
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Conn. Firm Windup Fight Belongs In Arbitration, Court Told
Connecticut attorney Ryan McKeen asked a judge Thursday to pause a derivative lawsuit his onetime 50-50 law partner Andrew Garza brought against him over the dissolution and windup of their firm, arguing that the claims should be heard in arbitration proceedings that were already cleared in a related suit.
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McCarter & English Wants $3.8M, Ex-Client Wants New Trial
Scarcely a month after the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that McCarter & English LLP is not entitled to $3.6 million in punitive damages from a federal fee feud with ex-client Jarrow Formulas Inc., the firm has requested a nearly $3.8 million judgment against the supplement company, while Jarrow has requested reimbursement and a new trial.
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Lewis Brisbois' New Conn. Office Leaders Aim For Growth
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has announced two new leaders of its outpost in Connecticut who are looking to continue the office's growth, both in headcount and practice size.
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Law Firm Marketing Budgets Have Fallen Behind Firm Growth
During a period when many law firms experienced strong revenue and headcount growth, the industry's marketing budgets did not grow at the same pace, according to the results of a survey released Thursday.
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Committee Advances Conn. Appeals Judge's Nom To Top Court
The Connecticut legislature's joint judiciary committee on Wednesday advanced the nomination of Appellate Court Chief Judge William H. Bright Jr. to the state's Supreme Court and send the names of a dozen other hopefuls 鈥� including attorneys from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP and Shipman & Goodwin LLP 鈥� to the full legislature for consideration.
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Conn. Judge Tosses False Origin Claims In Atty's Firing Suit
A Connecticut federal judge has dismissed an attorney's lawsuit against his former firm and a litigation finance group described as its biggest client, nixing false designation and false origin claims surrounding the firm's alleged use of his name to lure clients after firing him.
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4 Tips To Hit Billable Hours Out Of The Park This Year
Early in the year is the best time to start to think about billable hour targets and strategies for how to meet them, according to partners and attorney career coaches. Here are four strategies those experts say will help associates hit a home run this year.
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Kirkland Regains Top Spot in 2024 Performance Ranking
Kirkland & Ellis LLP surged back to the top of legal market intelligence provider Leopard Solutions' annual Law Firm Index released on Tuesday with a perfect score for the year, while last year's leader Latham & Watkins LLP slipped to fourth place.
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Law Firms Walk DEI Tightrope Amid Political Pressure
Law firms that once led the charge on diversity initiatives now find themselves walking a tightrope, balancing their long-standing commitments to diversity with shifting corporate priorities and political pressure stemming from the Trump administration's efforts to curtail such programs.
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Law Firm Leasing Reaches Highest Level Since Before COVID
Law firms in the United States have broken through years of pandemic-related uncertainty about market conditions and the need for office space to record the highest volume of lease activity in more than five years, according to newly released data.
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Lawyer Who Became Client's 'Punching Bag' Scores Case Exit
A Connecticut attorney who claimed he became his Massachusetts client's "punching bag" can exit her medical negligence lawsuit against two doctors accused of misplacing or destroying her embryos, a Milford judge ruled Tuesday.