The first two judicial nominations of the second Trump administration to receive supportive blue slips from Democratic senators advanced to the Senate floor Thursday.
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Blue-Slip-Backed Trump Judge Selections Advance

By Courtney Bublé

The first two judicial nominations of the second Trump administration to receive supportive blue slips from Democratic senators advanced to the Senate floor Thursday.

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Mich. Justices Back Conviction Despite 'Medical Torture' Flub

By Melanie Dorsey

The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that a child abuse expert for the prosecution should not have told jurors in a child abuse trial that she diagnosed a young victim with "medical torture," but it unanimously concluded that the error did not warrant a new trial because other evidence overwhelmingly supported the conviction. 

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Mich. Renews Enbridge Line 5 Permit, Tribes Vow Fight

By Melanie Dorsey

Michigan environmental regulators reissued key state permits for Enbridge Energy's proposed Great Lakes Tunnel project, allowing the company to continue pursuing approvals needed to replace the aging Line 5 pipelines beneath the Straits of Mackinac, while tribal leaders and environmental groups vowed to challenge the decision.

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Mich. AG Says Solar Financing Scheme Hit 1,700 Consumers

By Susan Smiley

Michigan's attorney general has accused Climax Solar, its owner and the seven financial institutions that financed consumer purchases of the company's home solar systems of participating in a widespread solar finance scheme that promised customers big savings but resulted in long-term debt.

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LITIGATION

Mich. Appeals Panel Says Tax Sale Claims Must Follow Statute

By Susan Smiley

The Michigan Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a suit brought by former property owners seeking the return of surplus proceeds from tax foreclosure sales, saying in a published opinion the property owners did not follow the necessary statutory process when filing their complaint.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Being A Magician Makes Me A Better Lawyer

The skills I've developed as a lifelong magician have translated directly into tangible benefits in the courtroom because performing magic and trying cases both live at the intersection of psychology, storytelling, timing and disciplined rehearsal, says Mark Dombroff at Fox Rothschild.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How Competitive Is Your Compensation? Take Our Survey

Is your compensation keeping pace with the rate of inflation? Do you know what your colleagues made last year? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's Law Firm Compensation Survey.

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As Law Firms Race To Adopt AI, Cost Concerns Grow

By Phillip Bantz

Pressure is mounting on law firm leaders to dive into the AI waters or watch competitors swim away, but figuring out responsible, cost-effective methods to use high-priced legal tech remains tricky, experts say.

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Richards Layton Apologizes For AI Errors In Chancery Case

By Rose Krebs

Richards Layton & Finger PA and one of its attorneys have apologized to the Delaware Chancery Court for submitting a filing with errors generated by artificial intelligence, asking that sanctions not be imposed.

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McDermott Atty Denies Pressuring Friend To Alter Testimony

By Rose Krebs

A McDermott Will & Schulte LLP attorney has told a Delaware vice chancellor that he is in "complete shock" and "hurt" by a longtime friend's contention that he pressured him to change his testimony in a Chancery Court case, saying the accusation "is false and without any merit."

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Simpson Thacher 'Never' Explained Ill-Fated Deal, Exec Says

By Cara Salvatore

A founder seeking over $100 million from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett over a transaction he says destroyed his insurance services company testified Thursday the law firm provided him no education on various words he wasn't familiar with in the deal.

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Goulston Docked Ex-Partners' Pay For Joining Rival, Suit Says

By Julie Manganis

Two Goulston & Storrs PC directors who jumped to Troutman Pepper Locke LLP were stiffed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation in retaliation for leaving, according to a suit filed Thursday in New York federal court.

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In Uber Assault Trial, A Courtroom Tests Truth Face-To-Face

By Hayley Fowler

This is the first in a two-part series about the Virginia Revival Model courtroom in the Charles R. Jonas federal courthouse in Charlotte, North Carolina. Here, judges and attorneys recall how a sexual assault trial against Uber unfolded in a space designed to place focus on the witnesses.

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Tillis Might Back Blanche, As AG Pick Met Epstein Survivors

By Courtney Bublé

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday afternoon met with a group of survivors of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after retiring Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said his condition for supporting Blanche's appointment to the permanent position was for the nominee to speak to them face-to-face.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Abrams & Bayliss

Anapol Weiss

Burns Charest

Cohen & Gresser

Conrad & Scherer

Cummings McClorey

Faegre Drinker

Fox Rothschild

Freshfields

Goulston & Storrs

Kirkland & Ellis

Landis Rath

McDermott Will & Schulte

Morris Nichols

Olshan Frome

Paul Hastings

Potter Anderson

Pryor Cashman

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

Richards Layton

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Stearns Weaver

Troutman

Visser & Associates

Watstein Terepka

Williams & Connolly

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Earthjustice

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

Hard Yaka Inc.

KPMG International

Line 5 LLC

Microsoft Corp.

Native American Rights Fund Inc.

Orbit International Corporation

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Patriot National Inc.

Tidewater, Inc.

Uber Technologies Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bay Mills Indian Community

Delaware Court of Chancery

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Michigan Supreme Court

State of Michigan

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

United States District Court for the District of North Dakota