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How Law Firms Are Future-Proofing IT Talent And Leadership
Law firm IT teams are rethinking their strategies to address innovation challenges, develop internal talent and ensure robust succession planning, according to insights shared by industry leaders at a legal technology conference on Wednesday.
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Longtime Education Dept. Attys Launch DC Boutique
In the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month that cleared the way for almost 1,400 layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education, three longtime attorneys from the agency's general counsel's office announced Wednesday that they've launched an education-focused boutique in the nation's capital.
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Justices Urged To Maintain Limits On Calif. Immigration Stops
Immigration rights groups and individuals challenging recent federal immigration operations in Los Angeles urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to pause an order that temporarily prohibits the government from conducting indiscriminate immigration stops, saying the order bars only what is unlawful.
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New ABA Leader Vows To 'Defend Liberty And Pursue Justice'
Wisconsin business attorney Michelle A. Behnke began her one-year term as president of the American Bar Association on Tuesday, saying the organization "must be ready to lead and focus on the mission of defending liberty and pursuing justice every day." 
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Katten Adds King & Spalding Executive Compensation Pro
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has added an experienced executive compensation attorney from King & Spalding LLP in the nation's capital.
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Md. Judges Say DOJ Habeas Suit Wreaks 'Havoc' On Judiciary
The Maryland federal bench again moved to throw out the Trump administration's "disruptive affront" challenging a standing order that temporarily paused the removal of noncitizen detainees who filed habeas petitions, arguing Monday that the executive branch's suit fails to state a claim and "wreaks unprecedented havoc on the Judiciary."
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Taft Continues Growth Strategy With Morris Manning Merger
The planned merger between Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP and Atlanta firm Morris Manning & Martin LLP continues Taft's strategy of expanding through mergers with midmarket firms and reflects the pressures those firms face to survive.
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Holland & Knight Hires Sen. Cornyn Tax Counsel In DC
The former senior tax counsel for U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who worked for the lawmaker for almost two decades on appropriations, taxation, banking and other finance-related issues, has joined Holland & Knight LLP's public policy and regulation group.
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DOJ Demurs On Lawsuit Seeking Emil Bove Docs
The U.S. Department of Justice is contesting a watchdog's lawsuit seeking to obtain public records requests on now-Third Circuit Judge Emil Bove, who was formerly President Donald Trump's criminal attorney and a top DOJ official.
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ABA Delegates Remove Diversity Requirements For Board
The American Bar Association's policymaking body approved changes to its Constitution on Tuesday to no longer require Board of Governors seats for women, members of the LGBTQ community and racial minorities.
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Potomac Law Group Hires 20-Year Civil Rights Atty In DC
Potomac Law Group has hired a former government attorney who has helped investigate violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and who has worked to litigate education-related civil rights violations for more than two decades, the firm announced Monday.
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Trump's DC Takeover Highlights Local Judicial Vacancies
President Donald Trump's announcement Monday on the federal takeover of D.C. law enforcement and deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., has drawn attention once again to the vacancy crisis plaguing the local D.C. court system.
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Ex-US Atty Turns Documentarian With Nursing Home Exposé
After his work investigating opioid overprescription as a federal prosecutor in the 2000s became part of a Hulu miniseries, former U.S. Attorney Rick Mountcastle is making waves in the film industry again with a new documentary series on Amazon Prime, ‘No Country For Old People,’ taking aim at the nation’s nursing home industry.
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Kostelanetz Hires Most Recent DOJ Tax Division Leader
The immediate past head of the U.S. Department of Justice's Tax Division will join Kostelanetz LLP as a partner in Washington, D.C., amid a sweeping restructuring that would split the division's criminal and civil tax functions and place them in the department's main branches.
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The Judge Handling Trump Claims Against Md. Federal Bench
The Virginia federal judge handling President Donald Trump's unprecedented lawsuit against the entire Maryland federal judiciary is a former U.S. attorney who built a track record of going after white supremacists and has maintained a reputation for fairness on the bench, according to those who know him.
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Why Milbank's Summer Bonuses May Catch On This Year
Top BigLaw firms hoping to stay competitive in an ever-shifting market for talent and legal services may be more inclined this year to match the special summer bonuses Milbank recently unveiled, according to experts.
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ABA Policymakers Vote To Oppose Targeting Of Law Firms
The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Monday took a stand against the Trump administration's targeting of law firms and clarified its position on the proper use of artificial intelligence by law students.
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Proskauer Hires Epstein Becker Lawyer For DC, LA Practices
A healthcare litigator with experience in-house, at the U.S. government and in private practice, has joined Proskauer Rose LLP as a partner to continue working on healthcare, white collar defense and investigation, the firm announced Monday.
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Taft, Morris Manning Unveil Merger Plans
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP announced Monday its plans to merge with Atlanta firm Morris Manning & Martin LLP, which would establish the firm's presence in the city, add about 100 attorneys to its headcount and mark its third merger of 2025.
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Career Troutman RE Finance Atty Joins McGuireWoods In DC
McGuireWoods LLP has hired a real estate finance specialist and longtime attorney with Troutman Pepper Locke LLP to join its office in Washington, D.C., the firm announced on Monday.
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Feds Aim To Dismiss ABA's 'Law Firm Intimidation Policy' Suit
The Trump administration on Friday asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to throw out a lawsuit from the American Bar Association claiming the federal government has launched an unconstitutional war of intimidation against lawyers and law firms.
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Feds Rip Cuellar's Bid To Ax Entire Bribery Indictment
Federal prosecutors on Friday urged a Texas federal court to reject U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar's bid to toss his entire indictment for bribery, saying its decision to strike some counts does not deprive the lawmaker of his Fifth Amendment right to have a grand jury determine what charges he should face.
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DC Circ. Ends Alien Enemies Contempt Probe Against Admin.
A split D.C. Circuit put an end Friday to potential criminal contempt proceedings against the Trump administration over the possibility that it violated a court order barring the removal of a group of migrants under the Alien Enemies Act.
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Resolutions To Watch At The ABA's Annual Meeting
The American Bar Association's policymaking body is set to take up a wide range of topics next week, including measures addressing the Trump administration's targeting of law firms, the growing use of artificial intelligence by law students and immigration enforcement.
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À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Bressler's representation of Wells Fargo in a dispute with an ex-employee and Pryor Cashman's work on a pharmaceutical merger lead this edition of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from July 25 to Aug. 8.
Expert Analysis
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4 Ways To Break Down Barriers For Women Of Color In Law
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Female lawyers belonging to minority groups continue to be paid less and promoted less than their male counterparts, so law firms and corporate legal departments must stop treating women as a monolithic group and create initiatives that address the unique barriers women of color face, say Daphne Turpin Forbes at Microsoft and Linda Chanow at the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession.
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Opinion
We Need More Professional Diversity In The Federal Judiciary
With the current overrepresentation of former corporate lawyers on the federal bench, the Biden administration must prioritize professional diversity in judicial nominations and consider lawyers who have represented workers, consumers and patients, says Navan Ward, president of the American Association for Justice.