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Nixon Peabody sues law firm for allegedly luring away its clients without cut of contingency fee
Updated: Nixon Peabody has filed a lawsuit alleging that its clients were improperly lured away by personal injury law firm Shaheen & Gordon through use…
What’s next for Clio? ‘We’ll always remain focused on customer success’
As Jack Newton, the CEO and founder of Clio, a legal technology company, took the stage for his keynote address Monday at the 12th annual…
In ethics hearing, Montana attorney general defends ‘sharp’ words, refusal to obey court order
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen denied that his office was disrespectful, intemperate and contemptuous in questioning during an ethics hearing Wednesday. Knudsen defended his actions…
Former CFO at Tom Girardi’s law firm reaches plea deal, agrees to $3.1M forfeiture
The former chief financial officer at disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi’s law firm has reached a deal to plead guilty to two counts of wire fraud…
Judge, aka ‘Sal Tortorella’ on TikTok, gets unpaid suspension for lip-syncing videos
A judge in Bergen County, New Jersey, in initially thought that posting videos of himself lip-syncing songs on TikTok “seemed like silly, harmless and innocent…
‘Company’ is the perfect short story collection for spooky season
Most—though not all—of the 13 short stories in Company deal with members of the Collins family. Three generations of narrators bear witness to the changing…
This law school is among the 1% that allow use of AI to write admissions essays
Can would-be law students use generative artificial intelligence programs, such as ChatGPT, to write admissions essays? Fifty-four percent of surveyed law schools have no official…
ABA changes description of Judicial Clerkship Program after conservative group sees ‘quotas’
The ABA updated the description of its Judicial Clerkship Program after a conservative group alleged that the language indicated that the association used racial “quotas”…
Law professor Jonathan Turley discusses free speech at ABA Crossroads Caucus event
In a scoop any journalist would envy, the ABA Crossroads Caucus welcomed professor Jonathan Turley to the first-ever public event to discuss his new book,…
Lawyer gets suspension after slapping attorney in front of courthouse
A Connecticut lawyer has received a suspension for slapping another attorney in front of a courthouse and for a separate “destructive and harmful campaign of…