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Court reporting and the evolution of legal support
Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Greg Hong, the co-founder and CEO of Steno, a tech-enabled provider of legal support and court reporting services. They discussed…
Miles & Stockbridge will merge with 30-lawyer firm
Miles & Stockbridge has announced that it will merge with 30-lawyer Krooth & Altman, a real estate law firm in Washington, D.C. The combined firm…
Trial gets underway for alleged hit man accused of shooting attorney for litigant friend
A Hilton Head, South Carolina, man is on trial this week for attempted murder in an April 2023 shooting of a Greenville, South Carolina, attorney.…
RNC election lawyer, a ‘very genial guy,’ will be new White House counsel
The White House counsel in the new Trump administration is a former BigLaw lawyer who worked as the Republican National Committee’s outside counsel for election…
What generative AI means for the future of predictive analytics
Lawyers, especially litigators, like to say they never ask a question that they don’t already know the answer to. But there’s plenty of unknowns out…
Lawyer accused of stealing over $31K from jailed woman after she signed power of attorney at his request
A lawyer in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, has been accused of stealing more than $31,000 from an imprisoned woman awaiting a competency hearing after she agreed to…
Members Only: Make your voice heard in the ABA Legislative Priorities Survey
As legal professionals, the importance of our collective voice in shaping the future of our profession and society cannot be overstated. The American Bar Association…
New nonequity partners are sometimes stuck paying more health and tax costs
Take-home pay is only slightly higher for some newly promoted nonequity partners because their law firms treat them as equity partners for tax purposes. Many…
Judge gives final OK to $8M settlement in Orrick data breach
A federal judge in California approved an $8 million settlement Friday in consolidated cases brought against Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe over a 2023 data breach…
Appeals judge told state attorney how to handle resentencing while badmouthing others, texts indicate
A Florida appeals judge who obtained a 2004 murder conviction of an alleged gang leader texted advice to the Miami-Dade, Florida, state attorney handling his…