“Very few people want to do it and many of those who want to do it aren’t really qualified to do it, so you end up with a qualified pool that’s really quite small.”
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6th Circuit Revives Woman's Suit Challenging Ohio's Ban on Taking, Sharing Photos of Marked Ballots
While voting in the 2020 general election, Alison Kareem took a photograph with her marked ballot, or a “ballot selfie,” which she said she wished to post online to mobilize support for her preferred candidates. However, she did not display the photograph or any other ballot photographs in subsequent elections, due to Ohio laws prohibiting […]
How I Made Partner: 'Each Attorney Must Take Ownership of Their Own Career,' Says Jared Hodges of Knowles Gallant Timmons
“An associate with aspirations for partnership should begin by building good habits.”
'Your Kind': Minority Lawyers Are Having a Frank Conversation on LinkedIn
“As difficult and painful as these stories are … they’re crucial in us understanding how often this behavior occurs,” said Miami attorney Francisco “Frank” Ramos.
Paul Hastings Lands Goodwin PE Partner as New Vice Chair of Private Equity
Josh Ratner’s move from Goodwin to Paul Hastings follows others, including a group of private equity attorneys led by Scott Joachim last year in Palo Alto.
Exclusive: Microsoft CLO Nowbar on AI, His 'Immigrant Journey' and Why He Refuses to Play It Safe
“Technology is inevitable. How it pushes our culture to evolve is inevitable. Instead of denying it and just expecting things to catch up with you, you can apply ownership to it,” Microsoft Chief Legal Officer Hossein Nowbar said.
National Association of Realtors Reaches $418M Settlement to Resolve Antitrust Class Actions
“Probably the largest transaction that people will make is buying or selling a home, so for most Americans, being able to save a significant amount of money in connection with that transaction is really meaningful, and it’s one of the reasons I wanted to work on this,” Plaintiffs’ attorney, Robert A. Braun of Cohen Milstein […]
The Alabama IVF Decision: Right Result, Potentially Dangerous Rationale
The decision of the Alabama Supreme Court in LaPage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine, allowing the parents whose embryos were kept in a cryogenic nursery and were negligently destroyed to sue the company that had control of them, is a fair result. Although there is language in the opinion for the court, as well as […]
Another Defendant Says Motley Rice Should Be Disqualified From Opioid Litigation
Express Scripts Inc., a pharmacy benefit manager facing upcoming bellwether trials over the opioid crisis, filed a March 13 brief referencing a subpoena that Motley Rice member Linda Singer sent to the company on behalf of the city of Chicago.
'Not Generative AI': Investors, Customers Call Out Legal Tech's 'AI Washing'
AI washing isn’t new to the legal tech industry, but legal tech customers and investors say the practice has exacerbated in the age of generative AI, from providers repackaging decade-old offerings to others launching tools that are essentially “ChatGPT wrappers.”