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How federal appeals judges’ opinions change as they get older
Older federal appeals judges are more likely to rely on “cognitive shortcuts” in their opinions than their younger counterparts, according to a study presented at…
Need for Speed: Can the wheels of justice turn quicker?
“How long will this take?” An often-asked question clients pose to their lawyers. (The most often is, “How much will this cost me?”) In the…
Lawyers who lied about capital contribution, cursed on hot mic among those sanctioned in Illinois
The Illinois Supreme Court has disciplined or accepted the resignation of several lawyers and two former judges in a series of orders Sept. 21. Among…
Opioid special master who mistakenly hit ‘reply all’ asked to step down
A special master overseeing opioid litigation is resisting a request to step down after he mistakenly sent lawyers a “reply all” email with private notes…
Increasing Contractual Insight: AI’s role in contract lifecycle management
It seems that not a day goes by without a new generative artificial intelligence, or GAI, software announcement in the legal technology space. The rate…
Justice Kagan sees need for SCOTUS ethics code, comments on why courts overturn things ‘willy-nilly’
Justice Elena Kagan on Friday backed an ethics code for the U.S. Supreme Court but said she didn’t want to suggest that any single holdout…
‘Congenial’ and ‘reasonable’ judge tells police he doesn’t remember alleged shooting spree
A judge in Garfield County, Oklahoma, has stopped hearing cases after his arrest in an alleged shooting spree and road-rage incident in Austin, Texas, on…
‘I see legal finance moving into ubiquity,’ says litigation funding company co-COO
Ari Kaplan recently spoke with David Perla, the co-chief operating officer at Burford Capital, a litigation funding company and a leading provider of legal finance.…
Lawyer’s ‘dogged efforts’ led to scientific discovery that could help with chronic fatigue
A lawyer who had to reduce her workload because of fatigue, neuropathy and muscular weakness embarked on a quest to discover what was wrong with…
David Boies’ high hourly fees pale in comparison to request by lawyers suing Tesla
High-profile lawyer David Boies charges $2,110 per hour, putting him “in a still-rarified realm of attorneys who charge upwards of $2,000 an hour,” according to…