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Size matters in the lateral partner game. The post Smaller Firms Are Doing Their Best To Get Big With Lateral Partner Spree appeared first on Above the Law.

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"Photographers are in this impossible position of being snobs about their work and not posting, to being labeled opportunists and copyright trolls because they take offense when people copy their image without getting paid," said David C. Deal, founder and principal attorney at The Law Office of David C. Deal in Charlottesville, Virginia. "At no point are we ever going to apologize for getting compensated for the work."       

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The former warden of California’s Federal Correctional Institution Dublin, Ray J. Garcia, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for sexual abuse and lying to the FBI. With Garcia being just one of five employees of the prison, charged with abuse of people incarcerated at the prison, it's playing out to be one of the worst documented cases of widespread sexual abuse by staff in a women’s federal prison.

Two inmates in Virginia staged an escape from the Newport News Jail Annex on Monday evening, using 'primitive tools' to break through a cell wall and scale the prison walls.

At least two petitions for a writ of certiorari are pending before the U.S. Supreme Court over incentive awards, which compensate class representatives for their added time and work.       

Austin Lyle, 17 is suspected of shooting and wounding two staff members on Wednesday at East High School in Denver.

On Thursday night, the Minnesota House of Representatives approved a bill banning private prisons in the state.

On Friday the Bridgeport District Court in Connecticut, sentenced 21-year-old Ziare Dedrick to 255 months of imprisonment for his involvement with a Bridgeport street gang and the murder of Ty’Quess Moore in December 2019.

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For our Viewpoints series, Sandy Rozek argues that having the status of a sex offender makes one life matter less as evidenced by the recent murder of registered sex offender Lawrence Scully at the hands of Levi Axtell in Minnesota.

The new law dean is set to take over July 3.       

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But did then they get high? That's a better explanation than the arguments in the complaint. The post Cops Sue Afroman For Sharing Video Of Their Unfounded Raid Of His House appeared first on Above the Law.

The leak locked in the aggressive tone of the final decision. The post Do You Want More Evidence The <em>Dobbs</em> Leak Came From The Right? Here Ya Go. appeared first on Above the Law.

Twitter fingers turn into employment law cases. The post Elon Musk Isn’t The Only One Getting In Trouble For Firing People Over Tweets appeared first on Above the Law.

"Hawai i is often listed as one of the most expensive places to live in the world, and our cost of living is one of the highest in the nation," Dean Camille Nelson said in a statement. "This gift allows us to be more competitive with continental law schools which often offer more lucrative faculty compensation."       

Two law schools—Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law and Vermont Law and Graduate School—have announced the appointment of their next law deans.       

In a very personal letter to the school's alumni, Anthony S. Niedwiecki, president and dean of Mitchell Hamline Law, announced that he decided not to ask for a second contract for when his current contract ends in June 2024.       

"When lawyers fight, it gets ugly pretty fast, particularly when the lawyers proceed with representing themselves," Swartz Campbell's Candidus Dougherty said. "The human reality is you want to tell people what's been going on with your life and to tell it from your perspective, but that might not be appropriate under the conduct rules."       

After being canceled for the last three years due to COVID-19, the state bar's Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee will hold a "Brunch for Bars" event on April 30, bringing "legal professionals from diverse backgrounds together to network, collaborate, and enjoy some fellowship."       

An unpredictable economy and tough deal market is requiring some alternative structures to make both client and firm whole.       

The partner, previously a Clifford Chance lifer, has moved to Weil Gotshal & Manges.       

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"As a young lawyer, I thought a job title is what gave people the ability to drive change or lead an initiative. But I learned that true leadership is not tied to a title. It is tied to stepping up and helping your team achieve a goal, building trust through mutual respect and treating others with dignity."       

The commission said it garnered 54 applicants, 13 more than November's then record 41 applicants.       

Search our Go-To Law Schools hiring data by firm to see the schools from which they hired new associates.       

Search our Go-To Law Schools data by school to see the firms where 2022 graduates found associate jobs.       

These law schools sent the highest percentage of 2022 graduates to associate jobs at the largest 100 law firms.       

See which law schools specific firms hired from the most.       

How Go-To Law School rankings match up with U.S. News & World Report.       

These law schools saw the most alumni promoted to partner in 2022.       

Here's a look at how much it costs to attend a law school that has a strong Big Law track record.       

CEO Joe Conroy saw dark clouds on the horizon for the firm's dealmaking practices, but he didn't realize they would blow in so fast.       

"In light of the extraordinary disregard defendants have shown for their legal obligations over the past ten years, judicial intervention and post-judgment discovery is crucial to the authority of this court and the integrity of the judgment it awarded," the court said.       

U.S. District Judge Kaplan cited Trump's attacks on "courts, judges, various law enforcement officials and other public officials, and even individual jurors in other matters."       

A federal judge in Virginia sided with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, granting summary judgment in its favor after concluding the majority of information the office withheld in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was exempted under the law.       

"You're going to find these injured Floridians unable to find an attorney that's going to be willing to try and take on a case for them," personal injury lawyer George Palaidis said of the measure that's pending before the Florida Senate.       

It seems no one is willing to put up with a slump in deals for too long.       

Here's a first look at the law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2022 graduates to associate jobs at the largest 100 law firms.       

As cannabis sales slump, Colorado has reminded licensees that marijuana-related contracts are enforceable in court.       

This week marked the annual Legalweek show in New York, one of the world’s largest and most prominent legal technology conferences. Although COVID kept me from attending, it is not keeping me from covering the news coming out of the show. Previously, I posted part one of my roundup of Legalweek news, featuring news from Reveal-Brainspace, Casepoint,

"Being breached, paying the attackers and then not notifying law enforcement is something that happens dozens, or perhaps hundreds, of times a day in the United States," said Alex Stamos, director of the Stanford Internet Observatory.       

This week brought the annual Legalweek show to New York, one of the world’s largest and most prominent legal technology conferences. Traditionally a place where major legal tech companies announce new products and features, this year was no different, save for slew of GPT-related announcements. As has been the case for several years, e-discovery and

Find out how Law.com determines its Go-To Law Schools ranking.       

Both firms have moved quickly this week to represent bondholders following the bank takeover, but the two groups may consist of different types of investors.       

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Justin Roiland had been charged with one felony count each of domestic battery with corporal injury and false imprisonment connected to an alleged domestic violence incident in 2020.

One proposed leadership team has 37 lawyers, many from national firms, while another group, about half that size, calls itself "Team Ohio."       

"This is 100 Centre—the belly of the beast. And we're more than capable of handling whatever baseless charge they decide to bring," Joe Tacopina said of the team.       

Sen. John Kennedy asked U.S. District Court nominee S. Kato Crews what a "Brady" motion is and how to analyze one.       

Currently, VPPA lawsuits—many of which are class action suits—are spiking nationwide alongside the use of consumer data tracking by companies who provide information to social media platforms like Facebook for marketing analytics. Specifically, Facebook uses a "tracking pixel" that collects viewing history and personally identifiable information, Baker Donelson attorneys Aldo M. Leiva and Alexander F. Koskey explained March 17 in a Daily Business Review article.       

"Lawyers are held to a higher standard of professional conduct and that it's even more important in the midst of heated controversy," and "learning to channel the passion of one's principles into reasoned, persuasive argument is an essential part of learning to be an effective advocate," Jenny Martinez wrote in her letter to the law school community Wednesday.       

Here's a first look at the law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2022 graduates to associate jobs at the largest 100 law firms.       

The FBI arrived at the 56th street building around 9 am Wednesday, with law enforcement officials saying the FBI was fulfilling a warrant for the arrest of a man on bank fraud-related charges.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied Johnson & Johnson's petition to rehear its Jan. 30 decision effectively dismissing its talc bankruptcy.       

SB 662 would authorize courts to record civil proceedings when a certified shorthand reporter is not available. Labor groups representing court-employed reporters vowed to fight the bill.       

Way back in 2018, as an increasing number of legal technology companies were launching litigation analytics products, I wrote about the trend in a post on Above the Law, where I posited that it could someday be malpractice for a lawyer not to use analytics. Now, a survey out today from Lex Machina, one of

"A careful review of the allegations in the Second Amended Complaint makes clear that the FTC has plausibly alleged that Dennis made misleading and material representations regarding customers' potential earnings from Raging Bull's products. First, the FTC plausibly alleges that Dennis made income-related 'representations' through electronic means which were directed at consumers," said U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III, for the District of Maryland.       

       

In 2020, ALM, publisher of legal news sites including Law.com, The American Lawyer and New York Law Journal, launched Law.com Radar, a service that delivers custom-tailored news drawn from court dockets, with a unique twist — its news summaries are generated algorithmically, then quickly reviewed by human editors. It later added transactional news to the

"I think the legal field has become a profession of specialists." The key for young lawyers is to "get a real gut instinct for where their strengths are, what they really want to see themselves doing" and focus on those areas.       

After months of searching and an investigation that has spanned multiple states, Ella Goodie's case has now been turned over to the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney's Office for review.

The fall of SVB and Credit Suisse has led to a surge in calls for advice, say a wide range of U.K. lawyers.       

Although Philadelphia has seen a slight improvement in homicides this year, with a 13 percent drop compared to this time last year, District Attorney Larry Krasner and Sheriff Rochelle Bilal are calling on the public for help to identify suspects in unsolved murders.

"We all need to feel seen and recognized in the stories that the culture puts forth. Without that reflection of our self-image, it is difficult to grow up with a healthy image of one's self," Burton said.       

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Seven law enforcement officers and three hospital employees have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Irvo Noel Otieno, in Virginia who was taken into emergency custody on March 3 after experiencing mental health distress.

Four years after Phoenix Police Officer killed Jacob Harris, records show the department has provided inconsistent and false statements about the incident.

The law firm says the company suddenly argued that it was "not required to pay" White & Case anything in legal fees because it didn't have a successful merger.       

Large corporate clients are increasingly tapping midsize and specialty shops for their litigation matters, but lower rates are only one part of the story.       

Circuit courts are split on the issue. Six circuits have held that interlocutory appeals in this area trigger mandatory stays, while the Ninth, Second and Fifth have their own tests.       

A set of Legalweek panelists want to standardize the use of data across their firms, but they face the challenge of different practice groups and industry teams having different data needs.       

The "Avoiding Data Disasters: Protecting Sensitive Information in Search, Review, and Production" session during the first day of Legalweek 2023 offered legal professionals practical tips to protect companies' data.       

The new edition of the rankings will include updated school profiles, new rankings and detailed methodologies, according to the email from U.S. News that was provided to Law.com.       

The suit involved digital artist Kevin McCoy's artwork Quantum. In 2014, McCoy created an NFT of Quantum on a blockchain called Namecoin, and seven years later, McCoy and the auction house Sotheby's began marketing McCoy's NFT on the Ethereum blockchain.       

"If you wanted to defame your boss in 1970, your options were pretty limited. If you wanted to reach a big audience, you probably had zero options," attorney Carolyn Conway Duff said. "Everyone has a platform now."       

"Respondent's own account of the events at issue—including that the employees' actions were motivated by monetary safety bonuses allegedly offered by their employer—clearly shows that they were acting in furtherance of their employer's business, albeit negligently so. As such, Stromberg and her fellow employees are immune from suit. The circuit court erred in finding otherwise and in refusing to dismiss respondent's complaint for failing to state a claim under Rule 12(b)(6)," wrote Justice John A. Hutchison on behalf of the West Virginia Supreme Court.       

DiCello Levitt pushes its aggressive growth strategy forward by opening a San Diego office with five Robbins Geller securities class action attorneys.       

Now in its 10th year in business, Casetext has introduced a series of unique products over the years that have cemented its reputation as a leading innovator in legal technology and AI. Now, at time when seemingly every legal tech developer is rushing to incorporate the GPT artificial intelligence model into their products, Casetext has

LeanLaw, a company that provides a financial operating system for small and mid-sized law firms, said today it has raised $4 million in a Series A financing round led by FINTOP Capital. Based in Boise, Id., LeanLaw’s cloud-based product provides IOLTA trust accounting, time and expense tracking, billing, matter management, electronic payments, and reporting. LeanLaw

If you are divorced it is critical to update your estate planning documents. FindLaw's Law and Daily Life outlines five things to do following a divorce.

A bomb threat was called against the NYC civil courthouse this morning, delaying court proceedings while court officers swept New York's Downtown Manhattan courthouses.

U.S. Chief Bankruptcy Judge Jeffrey Graham, in Indianapolis, is set to take up the dispute over 3M CEO Mike Roman's possible deposition at a Wednesday hearing.       

Heightened regulatory scrutiny across sectors and jurisdictions has prompted law firms to bulk up on experienced talent from coast to coast.       

Partners Yar Chaikovsky and Phil Ou brought at least eight other lawyers with them to White & Case in Silicon Valley.       

Few legal professionals are using or planning to use generative AI tools in their legal work, according to a survey conducted March 15-16 and published this week by LexisNexis Legal & Professional. The survey finds that legal professionals — the survey polled 1,176 U.S. lawyers and 1,239 law students — are generally more aware than

Former President Donald Trump posted multiple times about his expectation he will be indicted this week following an investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney's office, and turned on Sunday evening toward the New York Police Department in an all-CAPS post on Truth Social.

I was afforded some tremendous opportunities early on to learn and gain experience alongside some great mentors, which has made all the difference.       

The groups, along with appellate defender groups and some private practices, currently receive roughly $600 million from the city each year.