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UNH Law Students Report Issues With Hybrid JD Program After Dean Steps Down
Following the announcement of Megan Carpenter stepping down as dean, students and a former faculty member have come forward with multiple complaints about the hybrid J.D. program, which Carpenter was instrumental in launching in 2019.
US Senate Confirms 4 Trump Appointees to North Carolina Federal Courts
"It's good to have the vacancies filled," University of Richmond Law School professor Carl Tobias said after the U.S. Senate confirmed all four of President Donald Trump's judicial picks to serve on North Carolina federal trial courts.
'Titles Matter': New York Government's Big Law Attorney Argues for Ouster of Acting U.S. Attorney in Albany
U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield is mulling whether to join other federal judges who have struck U.S. Attorneys selected by President Donald Trump's administration.
Feuding Attorneys Ordered to Co-Lead Refugee Suit Against BNP Paribas
Despite “grave and disturbing allegations that Kathryn “Lee Boyd and Michael Hausfeld have made against each other, U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein of the Southern District of New York decided on Thursday that the pair must continue co-leading a suit seeking to hold BNP Paribas liable for the human rights abuses that forced 23,000 people to flee Sudan in the early 2000s.
Misconduct Complaint Dismissed for Judge Who Dropped Retirement Plans After Trump Win
"The timing of a judge's decision to assume senior status—or to reconsider that decision—is no analogue to the types of activities determined by the Committee [on the Codes of Conduct] to trigger Canon 5's prohibition on political activity,” the dismissal order stated.
The Law Firm Disrupted: This PE Push Is New, But the Playbook Is Familiar
Savvy firms have been looking to realize efficiencies from their back office operations for several decades now, and private equity has played an indirect role. But the willingness to take the relationship a step further could be revolutionary.
Seventh Circuit Rejects Lenient Two-Step 'Lusardi' Standard for FLSA/ADEA Collective Action Notice
This decision directly impacts the initial stage of collective actions—the process of determining which employees are "similarly situated" and should receive official notice of the lawsuit.
Sterilite Must Choose Between Lesser Award or New Trial in Trade Dress Dispute, Judge Says
"Not a single witness testified about the approximate dollar amount of Sterilite's lost goodwill or how that amount could be calculated," a federal judge said about part of a jury verdict in favor of the plastic manufacturer.
Finally With Quorum, EEOC Likely to Unleash Reverse-Discrimination, Bathroom-Policy Cases
“I think they really are going to kick it into high gear, said Jason Schwartz, cochair of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's labor and employment group.
Ropes Hires Former Meta AI Leader as First-Ever Chief of AI Strategy
Gretchen Greene, a former Ropes & Gray associate, returns to the firm with a mandate to "accelerate the firm's leadership" in legal artificial intelligence adoption and innovation across the firm's offices and practices.
