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FTC Cuts Ties With American Bar Association

FTC Cuts Ties With American Bar Association

Another sign that the Trump II administration is taking a sharper turn to the right than his previous time in office happened on Friday when the Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson announced the agency was over the American Bar Association. Specifically,...

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Lawyers Speak Out Against Calls to Impeach Judges

Lawyers Speak Out Against Calls to Impeach Judges

A New Jersey lawyers' group fires back at the Trump administration's rhetoric criticizing judges who issue injunctions halting several of the president's policy initiatives.       A New Jersey lawyers' group fires back at the Trump administration's rhetoric...

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Best Law Firm Websites in 2025 (Top 46)

Home Legal Marketing Lawyer Website Design Best Law Firm Websites in 2025 (Top 46) By Attorney at Law Magazine February 18, 2025 Table of Contents Get paired with the best legal marketing companies. Book a 30-minute legal marketing diagnosis with Jason from the...

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Lawyers Are Stressing Out: Insider Feedback

Lawyers Are Stressing Out: Insider Feedback

Following a string of widely publicized national tragedies amid divisive politics at the start of 2025, Atlanta-based lawyer-turned-therapist Stacey Dougan outlines the top stressors impacting lawyers' mental health currently.       Following a string of widely...

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Massive Law Firm Gets Caught Hallucinating Cases

Massive Law Firm Gets Caught Hallucinating Cases

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Lawyers from which major law firm — ranked 42nd by headcount — is facing possible sanctions for using fake cases (eight out of the nine cases cited were nonexistent) hallucinated by an AI platform in a...

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Morning Docket: 02.18.25

Morning Docket: 02.18.25

(Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)* Eric Adams case finally dropped and it seems like the move came after a soon-to-retire DOJ official signed off in order to give colleagues — likely planning to resign in protest over this — time to look for new jobs....

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Six Signs It Might Be Time to Quit Your Job

Joan Feldman | Quitting is pretty tough for those of us who believe our highest accomplishment is to dig in our heels and persevere. The post Six Signs It Might Be Time to Quit Your Job appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.While many of...

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3 Ways Your Firm Can Conjure A Cash Flow Miracle

3 Ways Your Firm Can Conjure A Cash Flow Miracle

It’s no secret that lawyers can be pretty bad with money management, and there are many reasons why.  “Let’s go back to the very beginning,” says Joyce Brafford of Profitsolv. “We know that law schools are very good at taking people’s money. But what about when the...

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How Appealing Weekly Roundup

How Appealing Weekly Roundup

Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “Who will check Trump? The Supreme Court (maybe); The court majority’s...

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Men Push Back, Students Sue: The Culture War on Campus

Men Push Back, Students Sue: The Culture War on Campus

What happens at college campuses mirrors the fervor and agitation felt these days as the country at large endeavors to redefine the national culture.       What happens at college campuses mirrors the fervor and agitation felt these days as the country at large...

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Men Push Back, Students Sue: The Culture War on Campus

Men Push Back, Students Sue: The Culture War on Campus

What happens at college campuses mirrors the fervor and agitation felt these days as the country at large endeavors to redefine the national culture.       What happens at college campuses mirrors the fervor and agitation felt these days as the country at large...

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Litigation Trend: Exempt Employees Sue for Overtime

Litigation Trend: Exempt Employees Sue for Overtime

"Even though you do the managerial stuff, that is only like 20 minutes a day, or an hour a day. The rest of your day is unloading trucks, cleaning bathrooms, stocking shelves, something that a clerk would ordinarily do. You're not really a manager, right? The employer...

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Davis Polk’s Leor Landa on Wild Times in Fund Formation

Davis Polk’s Leor Landa on Wild Times in Fund Formation

The expansion of private credit and increased private equity hold times have led to a surge in creative solutions to get capital back to investors.       Leor Landa leads the investment management practice at Davis, Polk & Wardwell. That practice steered over $200...

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Authenticity In an AI World

Authenticity In an AI World

In today's digitally connected world, we have unparalleled tools at our disposal to connect with target audiences. But with them comes a critical challenge: how to maintain authenticity, human intelligence and personal connection in a landscape increasingly dominated...

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Tom Goldstein Is Free! For Now.

Tom Goldstein Is Free! For Now.

It’s been a whirlwind week for the SCOTUSblog co-founder: arrested on Monday, banished to federal lockup on Tuesday, and now free on Thursday. Goldstein, the Supreme Court litigator charged with a number of tax and fraud claims stemming from an alleged second life as...

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