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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court issued four opinions this week, ruling on the U.S. Postal Service's immunity from lawsuits and the appealability of a lower court decision on immunity for private detention company GEO Group, while also hearing arguments in four cases, including two involving Fidel Castro's 1960 property seizures. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the high court.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the end of February with another action-packed week as law firms expanded their talent and reach across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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At 92, 'The Chief' Steps Back After Storied Pa. Legal Career
A former chief federal judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is closing the book on a 60-plus-year legal career that has included private practice in his hometown of Allentown, 24 years on the federal bench and, most recently, 27 years with Blank Rome LLP.
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Katten Pushes For Atty Immunity To Non-Clients' Suit In Texas
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is asking the Texas Supreme Court to shut down a state court lawsuit brought by co-defendants of a client they successfully represented in a federal criminal investigation over alleged healthcare fraud, saying lower courts that refused to dismiss are seeking to limit the state's "hundred-year-old doctrine" of attorney immunity.
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121-Year-Old Ruling Still A Shot In The Arm For Vax Mandates
Having already withstood five global pandemics, 21 presidencies and more than a century of developments in both the law and public health policy, the U.S. Supreme Court's most durable precedent blessing mandatory vaccination is well positioned to survive a new wave of challenges, experts say.
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NY Prosecutor Is Latest Addition To Upstate Firm Aurelian Law
A former Manhattan federal prosecutor has joined Aurelian Law PLLC, the Western New York-based investigations and litigation boutique announced on Thursday.
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Up Next At High Court: Drug User Gun Possession
The U.S. Supreme Court will close out its February oral argument session by hearing its newest Second Amendment case over a federal law that prohibits drug users from possessing firearms, as well as a dispute over whether motor carrier brokers can be held liable for truck crashes under state law.
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Maduro Says Charges Must Be Nixed Due To US 'Interference'
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro urged a New York federal court on Thursday to dismiss the U.S. government's narco-terrorism conspiracy case against him, saying the government was interfering with his constitutional right to present a defense by not letting the Venezuelan government pay his legal fees with "untainted funds."
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'One Way Or Another, ICE Will Comply,' Minn. Judge Vows
The Minnesota federal court's chief judge who admonished U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for violating nearly 100 court orders concerning the Trump administration's immigration operations in the state vowed Thursday "to do whatever is required to protect the rule of law," including holding government officials in criminal contempt.
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Goldstein Placed Under Home Confinement Until Sentencing
SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein was placed under home confinement by a Maryland federal judge until his sentencing, but will likely be able to keep his $3 million D.C. home after the jury that convicted him separately found there wasn't a clear nexus between the property and his mortgage fraud conviction.
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Ga. Panel Eyes Alternative Discipline Against Resigned Judge
The investigative panel of the Georgia judicial ethics commission told the state Supreme Court on Thursday that it wants to consider sanctions other than removal against a former Fulton County Superior Court judge now that she has resigned, arguing that "judges cannot resign in order to avoid discipline for judicial misconduct."
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How Epstein Referred Clients To BigLaw Partners In His Orbit
Billionaire and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein always had top lawyers in his orbit. He also had extensive and lasting relationships with several partners at BigLaw firms, files newly released by the Department of Justice show.
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State Courts Navigate 'Perfect Storm' Of Missed Appearances
State and local courts are taking innovative steps to reduce missed court appearances, which cost courts time and money, but also erode the morale of court workers and the trust of those who use them.
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Senate Judiciary Advances Illinois US Atty
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Gregory Gilmore to be U.S. attorney for the Central District of Illinois in a quick vote that passed without comment.
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Feds Seek To Toss DOJ Official's Suit Over Epstein-Talk Firing
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a D.C. federal court to ax a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by a former DOJ official who was fired after he was surreptitiously filmed talking about Jeffrey Epstein on what he thought was a date, saying district courts don't have jurisdiction and the matter belongs in front of the Merit Systems Protection Board.
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Former Prosecutors Slam Seizure Of Fulton County Ballots
A bipartisan group of former federal prosecutors told a federal judge that the U.S. Department of Justice shouldn't have sought a search warrant to seize election materials from Georgia's Fulton County last month and that in doing so, the department failed its "essential role in our justice system."
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Contractors Could Face Lengthier Suits After Justices' Ruling
Government contractors could see more, longer litigation after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected GEO Group Inc.'s attempt to immediately appeal a district court order denying its claim for immunity from immigrant detainees' forced-labor claims.
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Dems Demand Explanation For DOJ Antitrust Chief's Exit
Two Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee demanded Wednesday that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi explain to lawmakers why the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust chief was forced to resign, expressing concern about the administration's potential interference with merger reviews and antitrust litigation.
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6th Circ. Says All Of Paralegal's Bias Suit Is Arbitration-Exempt
The Sixth Circuit ruled Wednesday that Adams and Reese LLP can't send a fired paralegal's sex harassment and disability bias suit to arbitration, ruling that a law that bars mandatory out-of-court resolutions for sexual harassment cases applies to the entirety of her lawsuit.
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Tom Goldstein Guilty On Tax Evasion, 11 Other Counts
SCOTUSblog founder and famed U.S. Supreme Court advocate Thomas Goldstein was found guilty of tax evasion, as well as aiding in the filing of false tax returns and lying on loan applications, by a Maryland federal jury Wednesday.
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Cat Cover Story In Ginsburg Health Hack Gives Judge Pause
A Fourth Circuit jurist on Wednesday seemed fixated on the feline excuse a former hospital transplant coordinator gave FBI agents when he was questioned in 2019 about accessing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's healthcare records.
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Axinn Adds 3 Former Federal Antitrust Litigators In DC And SF
Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP continues adding antitrust attorneys, announcing Wednesday that three former government attorneys are joining the firm as partners — one in San Francisco and two in Washington, D.C.
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Hagens Berman Fights Fee Demand Amid Misconduct Claims
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP has blasted as premature a bid from drugmakers in Pennsylvania federal court calling for the firm to cover the fees and costs of a special master who alleged the firm committed misconduct in product liability actions over the morning sickness drug thalidomide.
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5th Circ. Revives Texas Judge's Suit Over Same-Sex Weddings
The Fifth Circuit has cleared the way for a Texas state judge to seek damages in a lawsuit against the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct over whether judges can refuse to conduct same-sex weddings on religious grounds while agreeing to conduct marriages for heterosexual couples, sending the case back to the trial court.
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Ousted Conn. Public Defender To Appeal Bias Suit Loss
Connecticut's ousted chief public defender has indicated that she will seek to revive her recently dismissed discrimination lawsuit challenging her ejection from the role in 2024.
Expert Analysis
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5 Questions Firms Must Ask For Successful Lateral Integration
To ensure that lateral partners effectively integrate their books of business, firms should design a structured transition plan based on a few fundamentals, from tracking the right data to implementing meaningful incentives, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.
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Goldilocks Solution: Why The 4-Day Office Week Is Just Right
As law firms continue to wrestle with return-to-office policies, many are being pulled toward one or the other of two extremes: the rigidity of a five-day in-office schedule and the laissez-faire approach of a flexible three-day hybrid model — but a four-day in-office workweek may be the sweet spot, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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As Attys Adopt Generative AI, 3 Elements Should Be Cardinal
As the legal world increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence, lawyers and firms must develop and utilize strong prompting skills, keep a pulse on forthcoming tech evolutions, and remain steadfast to ethical obligations, say Michele Carney at Carney & Marchi and Marty Robles-Avila at BAL.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Prioritize Connections
One reason business development in the legal industry seems so mysterious is because human relationships are so complex, but lawyers can reorient their thinking in two important ways to drive the process of connecting with new colleagues and contacts, say Jamie Lawless and Angela Quinn at Husch Blackwell.
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Roundup
Biz Development Tip Of The Month
This year, experts shared 12 actionable strategies on building business in today's competitive legal market, from prioritizing human connections to maximizing the impact of thought leadership.
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Overcoming US Law Firms' Hesitancy To Enter Indian Market
Successful private equity exits with strong returns have solidified India's buyout market as an increasingly attractive destination for future investments, offering compelling reasons for the U.S. legal community to overcome its caution on the country's markets, says Vaishali Movva at Eimer Stahl.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Make A Plan For The Year
While firms are busy allocating resources and assessing client demand, individual attorneys should use the start of the year to slow down and create a personal business plan, which can be accomplished with a few steps, say Elizabeth Gooch, Teri Robshaw and Chris Newman at McDermott.
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Talking Mental Health: Caring For Everyone As A Firm Leader
Reid Phillips at Brooks Pierce discusses how he manages the pressure of running a law firm, how sources of stress in the legal industry have changed over the past decade, and what firm leaders should do to help manage burnout and mental health issues among employees.
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How Firms Can Use LinkedIn To Aid Marketing Efforts In 2025
LinkedIn has several features law firms can use to showcase their capabilities and thought leadership to reach prospective and existing clients, including the Event and Live features, says Sofia Millar at Reputation Ink.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Emotions In Trauma Cases
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Nikki Hurtado at The Ferraro Law Firm discusses what motivates her to represent victims of catastrophic injuries, how she copes with the emotional toll of such cases, and what other attorneys taking on similar cases can do to protect their mental well-being.
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Strategies For Successful Law Firm Mergers In 2025
Law firms are expected to continue consolidating in the year to come, and because these mergers require a different kind of playbook, firm leaders must carefully consider office culture nuances, professional services economics and talent retention strategy before any merger, say directors at FTI Consulting.
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Making Legal Cents: Winning More Work In A Crowded Market
In a market where clients have more options, tighter budgets and higher expectations, firms must figure out how to differentiate themselves without discounting their rates, and several practical strategies for pitching, pricing and early-engagement communication can help, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Best Practices For Implementing Firm Revenue Cycle Roles
Law firm revenue cycles are becoming more complex and time-consuming, but hiring dedicated revenue cycle personnel can help streamline the process and reduce the burden on attorneys, says Christine Indiano at Harbor Global.
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Tips For Constructing Your Small-Law Exit Strategy
By initiating planning and processes to evaluate personal retirement goals and firm value early, longtime solo practitioners and small-firm owners can unlock a range of possibilities and potential buyers, setting up for a profitable exit and a rewarding transition, says Brent Daub at Gilson Daub.