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Kutak Rock hits 600-attorney mark with Ohio expansion
Home Daily News Kutak Rock hits 600-attorney mark with Ohio… Law Firms Kutak Rock hits 600-attorney mark with Ohio expansion By Debra Cassens Weiss October 29, 2025, 11:07 am CDT Kutak Rock is opening Ohio offices in Columbus, Ohio, and Cleveland and acquiring...
Law firm deals with government have ethical implications, DC Bar ethics opinion says
Home Daily News Law firm deals with government have ethical… Ethics Law firm deals with government have ethical implications, DC Bar ethics opinion says By Debra Cassens Weiss October 29, 2025, 10:22 am CDT Law firms that enter into agreements with the...
Responding to merger talks claim, Cadwalader says ‘we regularly evaluate our strategy,’ but finances are strong
Home Daily News Responding to merger talks claim, Cadwalader… Law Firms Responding to merger talks claim, Cadwalader says 'we regularly evaluate our strategy,' but finances are strong By Debra Cassens Weiss October 29, 2025, 9:31 am CDT Cadwalader, Wickersham...
Furloughed lawyer’s passion is topped with sauerkraut and mustard
Home Daily News Furloughed lawyer’s passion is topped with… Personal Lives Furloughed lawyer’s passion is topped with sauerkraut and mustard By Debra Cassens Weiss October 29, 2025, 9:17 am CDT A furloughed IRS lawyer used his ability to parse government...
Lincoln’s Last Theorem: Confronting the stereotype that ‘lawyers are bad at math’
By Lee A. Kraftchick Lawyers are frequently stereotyped as being "bad at math." The stereotype is inaccurate. Lawyers must employ mathematics regularly in both litigation and transactional work; they cannot be innumerate and practice competently. The “lawyers...
Chemerinsky: SCOTUS tariffs case could hinge on plain text interpretation of law or sway toward deference to president
U.S. Supreme Court Rarely do issues before the Supreme Court make it to commercials during the World Series. But in the first two games between the Dodgers and the Blue Jays, there were commercials from the Province of Ontario consisting of a 1987 radio address...
Former BigLaw partner is accused of throwing his wife to her death from 24th floor stairwell
Home Daily News Former BigLaw partner is accused of throwing… Criminal Justice Former BigLaw partner is accused of throwing his wife to her death from 24th floor stairwell By Debra Cassens Weiss October 28, 2025, 10:17 am CDT A former Duane Morris tax partner...
Sanctioned lawyers in California won’t get their records expunged after top court rejects proposal
Home Daily News Sanctioned lawyers in California won't get… Ethics Sanctioned lawyers in California won't get their records expunged after top court rejects proposal By Debra Cassens Weiss October 28, 2025, 9:17 am CDT The California Supreme Court has rejected...
C-suite executives use generative AI, tech adoption and training to shape next generation of legal services
Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Olivia Mockel, the chief brand and market strategy officer at SurePoint Technologies; Debbie Foster, the CEO of the Affinity Consulting Group; and Laura Wenzel, the global marketing and insights director at iManage. The three...
Judge recuses himself after ‘impulsive comment from the bench’ about shooting attorneys
Home Daily News Judge recuses himself after 'impulsive comment… Ethics Judge recuses himself after 'impulsive comment from the bench' about shooting attorneys By Debra Cassens Weiss October 27, 2025, 3:49 pm CDT Judge J. Layne Smith of Florida’s Second Judicial...
Former judicial ethics chief files suit claiming Colorado justices, other officials conspired to hide misconduct
Home Daily News Former judicial ethics chief files suit claiming… Judiciary Former judicial ethics chief files suit claiming Colorado justices, other officials conspired to hide misconduct By Debra Cassens Weiss October 27, 2025, 12:38 pm CDT The former...
Justice by Design: Can legal tech deliver on its promise?
Justice can be defined as the quality of being impartial or fair. In practice, fairness has never been evenly distributed. Access to justice has always been available to those who can afford it, while those without the necessary means were often left to their...
2 federal judges reveal AI use by staff members led to error-riddled opinions
Home Daily News 2 federal judges reveal AI use by staff members… Artificial Intelligence & Robotics 2 federal judges reveal AI use by staff members led to error-riddled opinions By Debra Cassens Weiss October 24, 2025, 9:29 am CDT U.S. District Judge Julien...
Google’s AI platforms spread ‘radioactive lies’ about conservative activist, suit says
Home Daily News Google's AI platforms spread 'radioactive… Tort Law Google's AI platforms spread 'radioactive lies' about conservative activist, suit says By Debra Cassens Weiss October 23, 2025, 2:23 pm CDT Conservative activist and filmmaker Robby Starbuck...
Associate general counsel is fired after ‘call ICE’ taunt at baseball game goes viral
Home Daily News Associate general counsel is fired after… In-house Counsel Associate general counsel is fired after 'call ICE' taunt at baseball game goes viral By Debra Cassens Weiss October 23, 2025, 9:09 am CDT A Milwaukee Brewers baseball fan is no longer...
Bryan Garner on Gouverneur Morris, the Constitution’s stylist‑in‑chief
The 18th century gave the Western world revolutions of every sort—scientific, political, linguistic—and in America, it gave rise to the most consequential style debate in the nation’s history. The argument was not about punctuation but about the very texture of...
Want to be safe with online suitors? It’s easy with the internet, new Netflix doc shows
I’ve defended plenty of white-collar crimes throughout my career. For some, the phrase evokes images of high-status business professionals engaging in fraud for financial gain. For me and many others who defend the criminally accused, though, white-collar...
Trump’s plan to penalize states using cashless bail is unconstitutional and unnecessary, critics say
Home Daily News Trump's plan to penalize states using cashless… Criminal Justice Trump's plan to penalize states using cashless bail is unconstitutional and unnecessary, critics say By Debra Cassens Weiss August 28, 2025, 9:36 am CDT Critics are raising...
Riding Camels in Mongolia With Justice Sandra Day O’Connor: A journey of friendship and the rule of law
When the conversation ended, I simply stared into space, stunned. I must have misheard the official from the U.S. Agency for International Development. This can’t be happening to me, I thought. “We would like you to accompany Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on her...
Estranged son of Donna Adelson, charged with law prof’s murder, called as a government witness
Home Daily News Estranged son of Donna Adelson, charged with… Criminal Justice Estranged son of Donna Adelson, charged with law prof’s murder, called as a government witness By Debra Cassens Weiss August 27, 2025, 12:47 pm CDT Government exhibit from the murder...
Equity partner profits jump 13.7% in first half of 2025 amid rising law firm revenue
Home Daily News Equity partner profits jump 13.7% in first… Law Firms Equity partner profits jump 13.7% in first half of 2025 amid rising law firm revenue By Debra Cassens Weiss August 27, 2025, 8:58 am CDT Law firms held the line on equity partner ranks in the...
Retired judge sexually assaulted assistant in courthouse stairwell, lied to investigators, federal indictment says
Home Daily News Retired judge sexually assaulted assistant… Judiciary Retired judge sexually assaulted assistant in courthouse stairwell, lied to investigators, federal indictment says By Debra Cassens Weiss August 25, 2025, 3:57 pm CDT A retired superior court...
DC Circuit cites ‘constitutional concerns’ even as it rejects challenge to suspension of federal appeals judge who’s 98
Home Daily News DC Circuit cites 'constitutional concerns'… Judiciary DC Circuit cites 'constitutional concerns' even as it rejects challenge to suspension of federal appeals judge who's 98 By Debra Cassens Weiss August 25, 2025, 1:23 pm CDT Judge Pauline...
Justice Jackson accuses Supreme Court majority of playing Calvinball
Home Daily News Justice Jackson accuses Supreme Court majority… U.S. Supreme Court Justice Jackson accuses Supreme Court majority of playing Calvinball By Debra Cassens Weiss August 25, 2025, 9:27 am CDT U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson attends...















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