President Donald Trump has expanded his attacks on private law firms, saying in an executive order Friday he would end “government sponsorship of harmful activity” by Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
Legal technology company Clio announced Thursday that it acquired ShareDo, an artificial intelligence-focused platform specializing in large law firms.
Updated: The State Bar of California has rejected a request from the under-fire company that administered last month’s test for the retake exam dates to be pushed back further.
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to offer jobs back to all probationary employees who were fired last month from the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Interior, Treasury and Veterans Affairs under directions by the Office of Personnel Management, a ruling that could reinstate thousands of employees who were ousted as part of the president’s push to slash the federal workforce.
On-campus interviewing by law firms has “firmly tumbled from its place of prominence” in the recruiting of summer associates, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Association for Law Placement.
In his book, The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything, Stephen M. R. Covey writes of a theoretical tax that is imposed in low trust environments—what he calls the “trust tax.”
A federal appeals judge has said he has resigned from the Federal Judges Association because it issued a statement against recent judicial threats but apparently said nothing in defense of conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices.
Federal prosecutors cited alleged “ongoing criminal conduct” by indicted SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein in a court filing urging a federal judge to keep in place an order requiring monitoring of the former U.S. Supreme Court litigator’s electronic devices.
Updated: A former Duane Morris partner was arrested on an outstanding Michigan warrant at his condo in Chicago’s South Loop on Friday, the same building where his wife’s body was found in a stairwell in October 2024.
A Connecticut lawyer was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter Friday for fatally shooting a man who attacked him in the parking lot of his law firm.
Artificial intelligence isn’t replacing lawyers, but it is transforming how they work. From contract review to litigation strategy, firms are figuring out where AI adds value and where it falls short, according to the 2024 Legal Technology Survey Report just released by the ABA.
Interim D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin demanded that the dean of Georgetown Law School end all diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the school, asserting in a letter that his office will not consider hiring anyone affiliated with a university that utilizes DEI.
Oral argument is the most visible part of appellate practice. And while lawyers differ on whether a good argument will change the outcome of your case, we can all agree that it’s the thing your clients and colleagues are most likely to see you doing. Not to mention the thrilling proposition that there may one day be a blurry artist’s rendering of you inside the Supreme Court.
Having DEI programs could come with litigation risks and press coverage that might result in lost customers, even if the program violates no laws, say lawyers interviewed by the ABA Journal. For companies and nonprofits planning to keep or add such programs, they advise various compliance practices.
