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Norton Rose Fulbright Elects Dallas Litigator as New US MP

Jeff Cody, who is currently U.S. chief administrative partner, will step into his new role as U.S. managing partner and chair of the U.S. management...

After Sending Herself Threatening Emails, Ex-GC for Oklahoma Agency Suspended from Practice

The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Monday ordered an interim suspension for Julie Marie Ezell, who was general counsel at the Oklahoma State Department of Health...

Faulty Process: Matching Law Firm Associates With Practice Groups

The profession is largely stuck with the choose-and-hope-for-the-best model, foisted upon young professionals who often lack the breadth of life and work experience necessary to...

Disbarred partner said he stole over $2M to cover necessities; singer James Taylor is paying victims

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O’Melveny Fends Off Bankruptcy Trustee’s $54M Malpractice Claim

A federal judge rejected arguments that an arbitrator was biased against the trustee because the arbitrator’s son couldn’t get a summer associate position job at...

More than 450 inmates are released in this state in largest one-day commutation in US history

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Cannabis Compliance Tools Have an Audience—But Is It a Paying One?

Players in the cannabis industry need to successfully comply with a complex variety of state regulations to stay in business, but for many in the...

Stone Lawyers Warned to Toe Line, McKinsey’s Report on C-Suite Women, LeClairRyan’s Dire Straits: The Morning Minute

Here’s the news you need to start your day.           This post first appeared in Law.com. Read the original article.

What Happens When a President and Congress Go to War?

Trump is not the first president to defy Congress. A struggle for power has been playing out since the nation’s founding — as its framers...

Ex-Davis Polk Associate Alleges Discrimination, Says He Was Repeatedly Sidelined

In a racial discrimination suit against Davis Polk, former associate Kaloma Cardwell said the firm tried to get him to resign by not giving him...

Locke Lord’s Hong Kong Office Head Hops to HFW

Corporate finance partner Wing Cheung leaves Locke Lord after more than six years with the firm. He is succeeded by disputes lawyer Gregory Burch as...

Ahead of the Curve: Law Schools Get Cozy with Legal Tech

This week’s Ahead of the Curve looks at the symbiotic relationship between legal tech outfits and law school design labs. Plus, NYU Law has put...