Phipps on Third, Unicorn Watch, AI for All: The Morning Minute
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June 05, 2019 at 06:00 AM
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
FLIPPIER - Peter Phipps goes before the Senate Judiciary Committee today as President Trump's pick for the Third Circuit. Phipps, a Stanford Law grad who was nominated last year to his current spot as a district court judge for Pennsylvania's Western District, was senior trial counsel in the federal programs branch at the DOJ's civil division and spent three years as an associate at Jones Day. If confirmed, he would further deepen Trump's flip of that circuit from Democrat to Republican following the confirmation in March of Paul Matey.
UGH – It's another awful, dismal, horrible year for the promotion of black lawyers to partner, writes Vivia Chen. In her latest The Careerist column, she counts just 17 new black partners in the Am Law 200, as she updates her running tally of the firms doing the promoting.
DETAILS, DETAILS – Now that the Am Law 200 rankings are finalized, ALM Intelligence is busy putting together annual reports on the nation's 200 largest law firms. Legal Compass will house a firm-by-firm look at strategic initiatives and how each firm stacks up against key competitors. Here's a taste.
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EDITOR'S PICKS
AI for the Masses: Artificial Intelligence Now an Option for Smaller Practices
Del. Judge Wipes Out $1.5M Verdict, Orders New Trial in Breastfeeding Discrimination Case
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
|AUF WIEDERSEHEN – Herbert Smith Freehills plans to close its Berlin office by the end of the year, Hannah Roberts reports. The Anglo-Australian firm opened in Berlin in 2013 with a 10-lawyer team. The closure leaves the firm with two German offices, in Frankfurt and Düsseldorf. The firm's Germany managing partner Michael Dietrich left about a year ago to join Clifford Chance's Düsseldorf office just five months after he took up the leadership post.
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