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Chief Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga is still humbled by her appointment in 2003, becoming the first female Cuban American federal judge. In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, a new video profile explores Altonaga’s Cuban heritage, her pursuit of a career in law, and her family’s defection from Cuba.

Since I’ve written several pieces about AI tools this year—and have felt rather mystified by it all—I decided to finally give ChatGPT a try.        

“That’s not just a public defender problem, it’s a DA problem.,” ABA Criminal Justice Section Chair Tina Luongo said.        

The justices offer opposing views on whether “and” means “or” in the federal First Step Act.        

“This case concerns a challenge to the scope and limitation of the emergency powers statute, RCW 43.06.220, and whether the governor exceeded statutory or constitutional authority in issuing eviction moratorium proclamations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic,” Justice Charles W. Johnson wrote in his dissent. “I would hold that the governor exceeded statutory authority when […]

Defense attorney Alina Habba called the assets at issue ‘Mona Lisa” properties—meaning they couldn’t be overvalued as long as there was a prospective buyer who would pay the stated price.        

“Nonetheless, the difficulty here—at least for present purposes—is that this case involves both a set of high-level judgments by MGB (that is, whether to require vaccinations generally, whether to permit exemptions under certain circumstances, and if so, according to what procedures) and a series of separate low-level individual judgments (that is, whether a particular employee […]

“As improved data around the use of generative AI is released, firms and businesses will be more inclined to leverage these programs for their operations in the coming years,” said Lowenstein Sandler partner Mary Hildebrand, author of a report on generative AI adoption.        

“We are so thankful for this opportunity to protect trans youth, their families, and their medical providers from this baseless and dangerous law,” said Malita Picasso, staff attorney for the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project. “While this fight is not over, every day that transgender Montanans are able to access this care is a critical […]

Jessica Kaiser, most recently the co-chair of the post-grant patent proceedings practice at Arnold & Porter, joined Perkins Coie in Denver.