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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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À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ's Legal Lions Of The Week
Jones Day and DLA Piper lead this week's edition of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ 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.
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More NY Legal Services Unions End Strikes With Deals
Two more New York-based member shops of the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys have reached tentative agreements with their managers after almost a week on strike.
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Crypto Group Appoints Ex-Legal Chief, Willkie Alum As CEO
A Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP alum will become the Crypto Council for Innovation's permanent leader after serving as acting CEO since December and previously serving as chief legal and policy officer.
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À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Wiley Rein LLP's work on a $3.1 billion satellite provider merger and Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP and Motley Rice LLC securing lead counsel roles in a proposed class action lead this edition of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from July 10 to 25.
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Michael Cardozo, Ex-NYC Counsel, Proskauer Atty, Dies At 84
Michael Cardozo, a longtime attorney with Proskauer Rose LLP who worked closely with Michael Bloomberg during his tenure as New York City mayor and served as New York City corporation counsel, has died.
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Voir Dire: À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week with more in-house moves, government attorneys returning to the private sector and office openings. Test your legal news savvy here with À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Law Firm Tells 2nd Circ. To Send Atty's Bias Suit To Arbitration
Thompson Hine LLP urged the Second Circuit to require an ex-partner to arbitrate her claims that she faced a "toxic boys club" at the firm and was fired for complaining about it, arguing that a law barring mandatory arbitration for sexual harassment claims doesn't cover her case.
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Strikes At NYC Legal Services Orgs Expose Financial Strains
An ongoing strike wave among groups in New York City that provide free civil and criminal legal services to individuals in need highlights the challenges these cash-strapped organizations and their often-struggling employees face to keep their lights on while serving their clients.
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Jay-Z Defends Extortion Claims Against Buzbee, Other Attys
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter is urging an Alabama federal court to send toward trial his extortion lawsuit against attorney Tony Buzbee and his firm, a New York City lawyer and her firm, and a client of theirs who accused him of rape and then dropped her case.
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Day Pitney Leader On Balancing Leadership And Practice
Over the two-plus years he's served as Day Pitney LLP's managing partner, Gregory A. Hayes has learned how to balance his senior leadership role and his trust and estates practice.
Expert Analysis
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Series
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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Series
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In the first installment of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.Â
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.
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Perspectives
Judges On Race: The Path To A More Diverse Bench
To close the diversity gap between the judiciary and the litigants that regularly appear in criminal courts, institutions including police departments, prosecutor offices and defense law firms must be committed to advancing Black and Latino men, says New York Supreme Court Justice Erika Edwards.
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The Unique Challenges Of Protecting A Law Firm Brand
Recent law firm trademark disputes highlight how the tension between legal ethics rules and trademark law can make it difficult for firms to select brands that are distinctive and entitled to protection, say Kimberly Maynard and Tyler Maulsby at Frankfurt Kurnit.