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“Sometimes it’s quiet and we haven’t had an emergency case in a while; sometimes I feel like we have three or four going at once,” Elizabeth Prelogar said.        

Lawyers have historically stayed mum about the value of their work and the resources needed to perform it. But if they want to move away from the billable hour, that’s going to have to change.        

Opportunities for career advancement and flexible attendance policies were also among the biggest determinants of associate retention, a new report from the NALP Foundation found.        

The emerging cases by authors and copyright owners challenging various generative AI programs for using copyrighted materials are certain to create new troubles for the courts being asked to apply the fair use doctrine to this important new technology.        

Last week, Legal Speak was live on location at Legalweek 2024 in New York City, where we interviewed professionals from across the legal industry about everything from the practical applications of generative AI to the benefits of sharing ideas and advice with both colleagues and competitors.        

The nation’s courts remain divided over whether the insurrection clause in Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment can block former President Donald Trump from appearing on 2024 primary ballots while one case awaits certification by the U.S. Supreme Court.        

Startups will need to avoid stumbles because “you want to be putting yourself out there as a good, sophisticated and responsible founder,” Fenwick & West partner Jonathan Sagot said.        

As Elizabeth Dewar was being sworn in as an associate justice by Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey during a ceremony oath of office Jan. 29, Justice David Lowy was taking any last-minute efforts to step down from the bench Feb. 3. By Monday’s oral argument, the changes to the bench were on full display.        

“In so doing, McCarter & English was so reckless and grossly negligent in their work that they crossed the line into soliciting the sale of unregistered securities and in actively participating in and enabling this RICO Conspiracy that has caused billions in damages,” the plaintiffs alleged in the nearly 110-page lawsuit.        

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