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New York Law Journal

NRA Files Cert Petition, Saying Former NY Insurance Regulator Violated Free Speech Rights

Asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case, attorneys William Brewer and Eugene Volokh argued that a Second Circuit opinion "gives state officials free rein to financially blacklist their political opponents."
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Judge Frustrated Over Lack of Historical Analysis in Gun Rights Case

"You each gave us I think four law review articles not from historians. … And we have 20 minutes to ask you questions and [the lower court judge] didn't have a chance to ask a single question," Judge Higginson said.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

A Federal Judge Is Retiring—A Move That Aids Biden's Makeover of the 3rd Circuit

"He'll be missed more than anything just for his personality and his love for the law and love for being a judge," said attorney Lawrence Lustberg of Gibbons.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Shearman & Sterling Lays Off Associates and Staff

The firm said it is laying off 26 business professionals and 12 associates, "focused mainly on transactional practice areas most affected by current and projected market conditions."
3 minute read

Law.com

'Rather Curious': Judge Declares Mistrial in Discrimination Case After Defense Turns Over Last-Minute Evidence

"This decision is important—not just for this case—but because it establishes that failure to produce discovery can go far beyond a slap on the wrist," said plaintiffs counsel Gary Gilbert of Gilbert Employment Law in of Silver Spring, Maryland. "It should serve as a warning to defendants that they exercise diligence in providing discovery."
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Paul Clement Says Tribalism at Law Schools Hurts Judicial Legitimacy

Clement, who served as U.S. solicitor general from 2004 to 2008, left Kirkland & Ellis when the firm announced last June that it would stop representing clients in Second Amendment matters.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Appeals Court Revives Fight Over North Carolina Law Limiting Candidate Speech

"Not only have plaintiffs shown a likelihood of success, 'it is difficult to imagine them losing,'" wrote Circuit Judge Toby Heytens.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Former Twitter Privacy Chief Lands at Viral App BeReal

"I'm excited for 2023 and to be a part of a team that's trying to do something different that—importantly—puts users first," said Damien Kieran, BeReal's general counsel.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

'We Take Unpopular Cases': When Judges Are in Trouble, Here's Who They Call

"When I left the JQC, I had a judge that called me not long after that, that needed some representation," said attorney S. Lester Tate III, formerly of the Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia. "I really went from chairing one meeting to going back to almost the very next meeting and sitting at the other end of the table representing a judge."
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

NFL Teams Vikings and Patriots Slapped With Patent-Infringement Lawsuits

The system, which includes stand-alone pods, some embedded in concrete walkways and in walls, supports communications of video and data to handheld devices.
2 minute read

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