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Grassley 'Offended' By Trump's Blue Slip Criticism
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Wednesday he was "surprised" and "offended" by President Donald Trump's post Tuesday night urging him to get rid of so-called blue slips, which are essentially vetoes for home state senators over U.S. attorney and district court nominee picks.
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At Cahill Academy, Associates Shape Their Own Training
For over three years, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP has operated Cahill Academy, a year-round program for lawyer training, education and professional development. Here, 蓝莓视频 Pulse talks to an executive committee member and a firm associate about how and why the program works.
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Associates Who Master AI Can Fast-Track Their Careers
As artificial intelligence increasingly becomes part of the way the legal industry does business, associates who incorporate lessons in using the technology into their daily work lives stand to differentiate themselves from other young attorneys, legal experts tell 蓝莓视频 Pulse.
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Ex-Eric Adams Prosecutor Joins Litigation Boutique KKL
A former federal prosecutor, who reportedly resigned from her post in the U.S. attorney's office in the Southern District of New York in April over the Department of Justice's decision to drop its corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams, has joined boutique litigation firm KKL LLP.
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Clifford Chance Finance Atty Joins Hughes Hubbard In NY
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP has announced that an experienced finance attorney with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean has joined the firm's New York office from Clifford Chance LLP.
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Haynes Boone Adds 2 Robins Kaplan Litigation Partners In NY
Haynes Boone announced Tuesday that it has hired a pair of litigation partners in New York from Robins Kaplan LLP.
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Many In-House Attys Say They Negotiate Their Compensation
In-house lawyers increasingly are having conversations about their compensation packages, with more than half of corporate legal department respondents saying in a recent survey that they had negotiated their pay in 2024 or 2025, according to findings released Tuesday by a legal executive search firm.
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SEC, Crypto Bank Veteran Joins DeFi Platform As GC
A former senior attorney with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, who most recently served as cryptocurrency bank Anchorage Digital's general counsel, is taking her experience navigating federal regulations and institutional demands to decentralized finance infrastructure platform Veda, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Take-Two Interactive CLO Earned Over $8M In Fiscal 2025
The top in-house attorney for digital entertainment company Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. took in more than $8 million in total compensation for the 2025 fiscal year, according to a recent securities filing.
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Loeb & Loeb NY Office Safe After Shooting In Its Building
Loeb & Loeb LLP's attorneys and staff are all safe and accounted for after a shooter on Monday killed four people at the Midtown Manhattan building where the law firm has an office, according to the firm.
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NY Judge Faces Recusal Request Over Gilead Stock Holdings
A criminal defendant who admitted to taking part in a black market HIV drug scam has asked the Manhattan federal judge presiding over his case to step away after the judge disclosed brief ownership of nearly 9,000 shares of Gilead Sciences Inc., while the defendant was fighting her $2 million restitution order.
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What To Watch As Deadline Looms For Jay Clayton At SDNY
The clock is ticking closer to the expiration of Jay Clayton's appointment as interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, setting him on a likely collision course with the district's judges, who have the power to vote on whether he can continue overseeing one of the top prosecutorial offices in the country.
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Lowenstein Sandler Lands Kasowitz Litigator, Ex-Prosecutor
Lowenstein Sandler LLP expanded its white collar team in New York City with a former federal prosecutor from the Eastern District of New York and cybercrime expert, the firm announced Monday.
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Dorsey & Whitney Adds Ex-Cozen O'Connor Team In NY
Dorsey & Whitney LLP is continuing to build out its commercial litigation team, announcing Monday that it has hired four New York-based attorneys who most recently worked together at Cozen O'Connor.
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Nat'l Multiple Sclerosis Society Recruits Nonprofit Atty As CLO
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has found as its new chief legal officer and corporate secretary a seasoned in-house lawyer who has spent decades at mission-driven organizations and federal agencies.
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ChatGPT Convos Aren't Privileged, Legal Experts Emphasize
Legal experts are weighing in on comments OpenAI Inc. CEO Sam Altman made during an interview last week about ChatGPT exchanges not having legal privilege, saying information put into the publicly available chatbot are discoverable during litigation.
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4-Atty Schulte Roth IP Litigation Team Joins Kasowitz In NY
Kasowitz LLP announced Monday that it picked up a New York-based, four-partner intellectual property team from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.
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State Justices' Financial Disclosures 'Didn't Get Worse' In '24
Several states are making information about their Supreme Court justices' finances and potential financial conflicts somewhat more accessible, according to a new report.
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Former SDNY Prosecutor Joins Kaplan Martin
Kaplan Martin LLP, a boutique firm launched last year by Roberta Kaplan, announced Monday that a longtime Southern District of New York attorney has joined the firm as counsel after more than 15 years with the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Some Law Firms Cite Staff, Not Tech, As Hardest To Modernize
Some law firms find that people are the hardest part of their business to modernize, not technology and processes, according to staffing agency Forrest Solutions Legal's 2025 Future of Work Survey Report.
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Judge To Weigh If FTX Prosecutors Broke Plea Promise
A Manhattan federal judge said Monday he will investigate an allegation by crypto lobbyist Michelle Bond that she was charged with campaign finance crimes despite a promise that a guilty plea by her husband, former FTX executive Ryan Salame, would leave her in the clear.
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Law Firm Can't Reshape Retrial In $26M Malpractice Case
A Brooklyn federal judge refused to change the parameters of upcoming retrial proceedings that could put Wachtel Missry LLP on the hook for a much greater share of a $26 million verdict for a former partner's alleged financial exploitation of an elderly client.
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Ex-Proskauer Exec Named Hinshaw Chief Information Officer
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced Friday that an experienced information technology executive who has worked at firms such as Proskauer Rose LLP and Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP was named its new chief information officer.
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Courts 'Turning Up The Heat' On AI Fake Citation Sanctions
As the volume of sanctions orders resulting from attorneys' use of faulty citations blamed on artificial intelligence continues to rise, federal judges are beginning to pivot from financial sanctions to more creative means of disciplining lawyers, including targeting their professional reputations in ways that could really hurt.
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蓝莓视频's Legal Lions Of The Week
Jones Day and DLA Piper lead this week's edition of 蓝莓视频 Legal Lions, after the Federal Circuit overturned a more than $125 million judgment against Medtronic's CoreValve unit for infringing a Colibri Heart Valve LLC patent.