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Judge accused in drive-by shootings has progressive brain disease, court filing says
An Oklahoma judge accused in two drive-by shootings has frontotemporal dementia, a disease that can cause “bizarre out-of-character behavior” changes, his lawyers said in an…
ILTACON 2024: Selling legal tech’s monorail
Last week’s ILTACON, an annual conference sponsored by the International Legal Technology Association felt a lot like The Simpsons episode “Marge vs. the Monorail,”…
How midsize firms are achieving growth through adaptation
Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Debbie Foster, the CEO of Affinity Consulting; Jennifer Sherman, the chief product and experience officer at Caret Legal; and Laura…
These firms are ‘ceiling smashers’ for having highest percentage of women in equity partnerships
Women lawyers still lag behind their male counterparts in leadership positions, according to Law360 Pulse’s 2024 Women in Law Report. Women make up 40.6% of…
How an understanding court clerk saved lawyer with dementia from humiliation
The signs of a retired lawyer’s decline were subtle at first. Sometimes he was at a loss for words. His “dad jokes,” delivered as a…
Lathrop GPM will merge with Silicon Valley firm Oct. 1; ‘why wait?’ managing shareholder asks
Lathrop GPM announced Wednesday that it will merge with Silicon Valley law firm Hopkins & Carley on Oct. 1. The combined firm will still use…
Ex-babysitter who hit infant 40 years ago pleads guilty to manslaughter in his 2019 death
A former babysitter pleaded guilty to manslaughter Wednesday for the 2019 death of a 35-year-old man, saying in an apology letter she hit him when…
Assistant pleads guilty to embezzling more than $50K from criminal court judge
A former judicial assistant pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling more than $50,000 from a Michigan criminal court judge who supervised him. Steven Allen, 43, of…
Judge reprimanded for false ‘elder abuse’ claim on Facebook in spat over guardianship case
An Ohio judge has received a public reprimand for inaccurately asserting on Facebook that an elderly woman was removed from her home because of its…
Law firms on track for strong year, report says
Increases in law firm revenue—up 11.4% in the first six months of 2024, compared to the same period last year—are one indication of a strong…