Appeals
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Biglaw, Sponsored Content
How Data Analytics Could Bring Home Appellate Victories
How would you proceed in this hypothetical case? -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Sponsored Content
Lex Machina Has Achieved Another Great Win For Legal Analytics With The Introduction Of Appellate Analytics
Tackling appeals has historically been difficult and time-consuming for attorneys, and now Lex Machina has the technology to hone in on key aspects of appeals documents and pull out accurate information to help your case. - Sponsored
Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar on April 10th, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
In-House Counsel
A New (To Me, Anyway) Business Development Idea
An incredibly unique idea that might just convince in-house counsel to hire your firm in the future.
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Intellectual Property, Patents, Trials
Preserving A Chance To Win
Proper preservation practice is an important component of a winning patent litigation approach. -
Events, Sponsored Content
Join Us In San Francisco For Our 'Better Know A Circuit' Event
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Events, Sponsored Content
Join Us In San Francisco For Our 'Better Know A Circuit' Event
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Boutique Law Firms, Litigators, Small Law Firms
Movin' On Up: After 10 Years of Practicing Law, I Filed My First Court Of Appeals Brief
The experience elicited feelings of excitement, trepidation, and fatigue. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.01.16
* Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz has pledged to “spend whatever political capital is necessary” to create the most conservative Supreme Court in our country’s history. Uh-oh! Voters better elect him, or else we’ll be “one justice away from … unlimited abortion on demand.” [ThinkProgress]
* A shakeup at the top? More than 20 Schiff Hardin partners — including the firm’s former managing partner, practice group leaders, and an executive committee member — are leaving to start their own firm thanks to an apparent leadership dispute. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg]
* On the seventh anniversary of his signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, President Obama took action to address the gender pay gap. Companies with 100 employees or more must now include salary info on their annual EEO reports. [New York Times]
* Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s legal team filed the first of what’s sure to be many appeals: They’ve asked the First Circuit to overturn his conviction and death sentence, as well as an order that he pay more than $101M to his victims. [Reuters]
* For some reason, people are highly opposed to the ABA’s proposal to lift its ban on law students receiving pay for their credit-bearing externship positions. Yes, let’s continue to make indebted students pay for their experiential learning opportunities. [ABA Journal]
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How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
Findings from the "Future of Professionals Report," based on a survey of 1,200 professionals from North and South America and the UK. -
Litigators, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: Handicapping An Appeal
As with anything else in law, practice and preparation usually lead to positive results. -
In-House Counsel, Trials
Choosing Between Trial And Appellate Work
Should you pursue a trial or appellate career? Follow your heart. -
eDiscovery, Technology
Refuse to Provide Electronically Stored Information in Response to a Subpoena? You Could Face Sanctions
The California Court of Appeal recently provided rare guidance regarding a third party’s obligations to produce electronically stored information (ESI) in response to a subpoena. In Vasquez v. California School of Culinary Arts, Inc. (Sallie Mae) (August 27, 2014, B250600) Cal.App.4th (2014 WL 4793703), the court defined subpoenaed parties’ obligations to extract existing data from computer systems and upheld an award of attorneys’ fees against the recalcitrant third party. The court concluded that it is unreasonable for a third party to withhold ESI that exists in its computer systems on the basis that outputting the ESI entails creating a “new” spreadsheet. -
Biglaw, Litigators, SCOTUS, Small Law Firms, Supreme Court
Appellate Practices: Big, Small, And Dangerous
Good appellate practices are good, but bad appellate practices aren't just bad -- they're dangerous.... -
8th Circuit, Death Penalty, Deaths, Federal Judges, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Sentencing Law, Supreme Court
Wheels Of Justice Move Too Slowly For State That's Really Excited To Kill Prisoners
Which state has been executing prisoners before courts have finished reviewing their appeals?
Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
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Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
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Career Center, Career Files, Clerkships, Federal Judges, Job Searches, Law Students
From the Career Files: The Perfect Federal Clerkship - The Inside Scoop
Sunny Choi of Ms. JD interviews a judicial clerkship veteran with some helpful advice for law students who need guidance through the clerkship application process. -
Crime, Murder
Foxy Knoxy Appeal -- Come on Italy, It's Done. Get Over It.
Italian Supreme Court to hear whether or not Foxy Knoxy gets retried. -
9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Benchslaps, Crime, Death Penalty, Deaths, Federal Judges, Murder, Police, Videos
Benchslap of the Day: Kozinski & Co. Overturn a Murder Conviction
Can you believe the egregious Brady violations in this case? The Ninth Circuit barely could, it seems.... -
2nd Circuit, Barrington Parker, Biglaw, David Boies, Federal Judges, Hedge Funds / Private Equity, Litigators, Money, Partner Issues, Ted Olson, Wall Street
Clash of the Biglaw Titans: Ted Olson and David Boies Meet in Second Circuit Showdown
Earlier this week, Ted Olson and David Boies, along with lawyers from Cleary Gottlieb and Reed Smith, argued an appeal with billions of dollars at stake. -
Election Law, Politics, Texas, White-Collar Crime
Pol Dancing: Tom 'The Hammer' Delay Preparing To Get Hammered
Former Congressman Tom DeLay awaits appeal of his conviction for corruption and money laundering. Before he goes away for three years in the "other" Big House, let's look back at his story. -
5th Circuit, American Bar Association / ABA, Biglaw, Chadbourne & Parke, Department of Justice, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Election 2012, Election Law, Football, Legal Ethics, LSAT, Morning Docket, Real Estate, Texas
Morning Docket: 09.07.12
* It seems that the good people at Chadbourne & Parke won’t wind up homeless after all — or maybe they will. The firm is taking over Dewey’s old digs at 1301 Avenue of the Americas. How ominous! [Reuters]
* The Fifth Circuit gave Texas a stay on a decision that blocked enforcement of the state’s third-party voter registration law. Well, on the bright side, at least the Lone Star state isn’t getting its ass completely kicked in the courts this election season. [Bloomberg]
* While Jerry Sandusky awaits his sentencing on 45 counts of child sexual abuse, his attorney Joe Amendola is contemplating grounds for an appeal. Seriously? It seems to be time for yet another 1-800-REALITY check, my friend. [Centre Daily Times]
* Remember the Texas family law judge who got caught beating his daughter in a viral video? An ethics panel issued him a “public warning” as punishment — he didn’t even get a reprimand. Sigh. [Houston Chronicle]
* The DOJ has asked for permission to intervene in a class-action suit against LSAC that alleges an epic fail on organization’s part when it comes to accommodating LSAT exam takers with disabilities. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Bucky Askew, a former adviser to the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, has moved on to bigger and better things. He’s now a trustee of the National Conference of Bar Examiners. [ABA Journal]
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7th Circuit, Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Frank Easterbrook, Practice Pointers, R. Ted Cruz, Screw-Ups
Benchslap of the Day: Judge Easterbrook Benchslaps Biglaw
Lately the Seventh Circuit has been laying down its pimp hand. Biglaw just got a big benchslap -- from none other than Chief Judge Easterbrook. Which firm incurred His Honor's wrath, and for what alleged infraction?