By Jimmy Hoover | May 30, 2024
"The weakness of Jones's mitigating evidence contrasts sharply with the strength of the aggravating circumstances," Justice Samuel Alito Jr. wrote in the majority's rejection of Danny Lee Jones's claim of having received ineffective assistance of counsel at sentencing.
By Donovan Swift | May 30, 2024
Capehart Scatchard welcomes summer clerks and announces a writing award winner; Fox Rothschild adds an IP counsel; and more moves.
By Brian Lee | May 30, 2024
An appeals court has said the group's design runs afoul of the separation-of-powers doctrine. But it has continued its investigation of allegations of sexual misconduct against a former lawmaker.
The American Lawyer | Expert Opinion
By Lauren Krasnow | May 30, 2024
Many laterals don't have a clear grasp of the unwritten rules of success at their new firms—and the firms don't have clue about that, Lauren Krasnow writes.
National Law Journal | Analysis
By Abigail Adcox | May 30, 2024
"These are the cases that firms dream about, where they can throw an incredible amount of resources at it, because the stakes are so incredibly high," said law firm recruiter Jeffrey Lowe.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Melissa Hazell Davis | May 30, 2024
Technology is here to stay and its role in how we lawyer will only grow. But it is important that we as lawyers learn how to use and embrace existing and future technology responsibly without shirking our professional and ethical responsibilities.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | May 30, 2024
Jackson Walker alleges in court filings that former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones directed the firm to use a disclosure statement for representation requests that the firm considered "insufficient, adequate, and misleading" to describe his relationship with a partner at the firm.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Abbott Martin | May 30, 2024
The legal job market remains competitive and one third of in-house legal staff are actively looking for new roles outside of their current organization. Fortunately, general counsel and Heads of Legal Operations have the means to retain lawyers without breaking the department budget.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack | May 30, 2024
Advocates of the term "parental alienation" say it refers to an idea that if children exhibit certain behaviors or symptoms, those characteristics should somehow not be considered signs that the child was a victim of abuse. Instead, the very actions that were abusive are reframed, and cast against the person raising the alarm that the child has been a victim of abuse.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | May 30, 2024
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is representing ConocoPhillips in its pending acquisition of Marathon Oil Corp., which turned to Kirkland & Ellis.
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