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'That Is A Lie!' Trump Atty Assails Cohen In Fraud Trial Cross
Donald Trump's lawyer lashed out at central prosecution witness Michael Cohen on Thursday during a second day of cross-examination in New York state's criminal fraud case, attacking his credibility and key testimony linking Trump to crimes.
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Giuliani, Poll Workers Near Deal To End Bankruptcy Lawsuit
Two Georgia poll workers who won a $148 million judgment in a defamation suit against Rudy Giuliani told a New York bankruptcy judge Thursday they were close to an agreement with the former Donald Trump lawyer to end an adversary case aimed at stopping him from repeating alleged lies that the pair committed ballot fraud.
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Lowenstein Sandler Pro Bono Head Leaves Legacy Of Service
As she winds down her tenure leading Lowenstein Sandler LLP's Center for Public Interest this month, Catherine Weiss is leaving behind a legacy as a fierce public advocate for immigrants and reproductive rights at a time when public interest law as a whole faces new challenges.
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Deepfake Rule Proposals Navigate 'Perfect Evidentiary Storm'
As federal judiciary officials explore how to handle evidence faked by artificial intelligence, attorneys are divided over the need to change evidence rules, with some worried that current rules are not up to the challenges posed by deepfakes, and others fearful that altering them might do more harm than good.
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Roche Freedman Gets Split Ruling On Witnesses In Atty's Suit
A New York federal judge has issued a split decision on witness testimony in a dispute over the litigation boutique formerly called Roche Freedman.
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Windels Marx Accused Of Double-Dealing In NYC Taxi Deal
Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf LLP was sued in Minnesota federal court Thursday over claims that, while representing both the buyer and the seller in a transaction of New York City taxi medallions, it repeatedly lied to the seller and helped the buyer evade paying $390,000 it owed.
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Coverage Recap: Day 14 Of Trump's NY Hush Money Trial
Law360 reporters are providing live updates from the Manhattan criminal courthouse as Donald Trump goes on trial for allegedly falsifying business records related to hush money payments ahead of the 2016 election. Here's a recap from Thursday, day 14 of the trial.
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Nelson Mullins Adds 6 London Fischer Attys, Plans LA Office
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP announced Thursday it has brought on six litigators from London Fischer LLP on both coasts, with four of them set to join a new downtown Los Angeles office and the other two coming aboard in New York.
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NYS Conservation Dept. Regional Leader Joins Harris Beach
Harris Beach has brought a former Capital Region director for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation into its commercial real estate practice, saying Thursday that he will tap his environmental knowledge to serve entities like commercial developers, institutional lenders, corporations, partnerships and nonprofits.
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Ex-Wegmans GC Helps Form New Harter Secrest Group
Former top lawyers at supermarket chain Wegmans and workforce solutions company Aleron Group are helping launch a general counsel services practice at Harter Secrest & Emery LLP on Thursday, the New York law firm said.
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Longtime K&L Gates Commercial Litigator Moves To Venable
Venable LLP's newest commercial litigation partner Brian Koosed has built his career around advocating for others, but learning the art of argument began before he decided to go to law school, he told Law360 Pulse in an interview Thursday.
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From 'Deadhead' To Womble Bond's Next Chair And CEO-Elect
Merrick Benn, a global finance partner at Womble Bond Dickinson and a member of the firm's global board, is preparing to take over as U.S. chair and CEO. Here, Benn talks to Law360 Pulse about his goals for the new position and how the Grateful Dead influenced his career trajectory.
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Norton Rose Taps Texas Atty As Co-Head Of Regulatory Group
Norton Rose Fulbright has selected the former leader of its Austin, Texas, shop to fill the role of co-head of the firm's U.S. regulation, investigations, securities and compliance practice.
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Ex-Bronx DA Worker Says Discrimination Suit Should Stand
A former employee at the Bronx District Attorney's Office said Thursday she supported her claims that the office discriminated against her for seeking medical leave and denied her a promotion because she's Black, urging a New York federal court to keep alive her suit alive.
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Faegre Drinker Hires NY Life Insurance Co. Litigator
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has hired the former assistant general counsel for the New York Life Insurance Co., who joins the firm in New York, to continue representing insurer clients in a range of matters, the firm announced Thursday.
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Menendez Bribery Case Criminalizes Gifts, Jury Told
Prosecutors are trying to criminalize friendship, gifts and advocacy, the counsel for one of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez's co-defendants said Thursday in an opening statement in the corruption trial in Manhattan federal court.
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Brown Rudnick Taps Kasowitz Vet As Biz Development Leader
Brown Rudnick LLP has hired the former chief marketing and business development officer at Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, who joins the firm to continue helping elevate its attorneys' work and the firm's overall business operations.
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Trump Taking Criminal Gag Order Appeal To NY's High Court
Former president Donald Trump wants New York's highest court to review a gag order intended to stop him from criticizing witnesses and others involved in his criminal fraud trial, according to a docket entry Wednesday, just a day after a lower appellate court refused to overturn the order.
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NY Magistrate Judge, SD Law Partner OK'd For District Courts
The Senate voted 51-42 on Wednesday to confirm Magistrate Judge Sanket Jayshukh Bulsara to the Eastern District of New York and 61-33 to confirm Eric C. Schulte, partner at Davenport Evans Hurwitz & Smith LLP, to the District of South Dakota.
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GCs Worry About Keeping Up With New Transparency Act
A few surprises popped up in the findings of a recent survey about the Corporate Transparency Act, including how few companies are ready for its new rule requiring ongoing tracking of beneficial ownership.
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BCLP Taps Slew Of New Office, Sector Leaders
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP on Wednesday elevated three longtime partners into leadership roles in its Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles offices, the firm said in an announcement that also named a spate of new sector leaders and a new co-head of its Seattle outpost.
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Womble Bond Names 'Fearless Leader' As Chair, CEO-Elect
Womble Bond Dickinson announced Wednesday that global finance partner Merrick Benn has been elected U.S. chair and CEO, for a three-year term effective Jan. 1.
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Reed Smith Launches Emerging Technologies Practice
Reed Smith LLP announced the launch of a practice group focused on helping clients with the legal complexities posed by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and fintech.
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Seyfarth Shaw Adds Corporate Pro From Hogan Lovells
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has brought on a new corporate partner with more than 30 years of BigLaw advisory experience amid the firm's continuing corporate department growth in New York.
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Cahill Gordon Adds Crypto Attys, Launches Delaware Office
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP announced Wednesday that it has added three attorneys to its rebranded digital assets and emerging technology practice, including a former Delaware deputy attorney general who will lead its newly launched office in the state.
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Perspectives
Judges On Race: The Path To A More Diverse Bench
To close the diversity gap between the judiciary and the litigants that regularly appear in criminal courts, institutions including police departments, prosecutor offices and defense law firms must be committed to advancing Black and Latino men, says New York Supreme Court Justice Erika Edwards.
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The Unique Challenges Of Protecting A Law Firm Brand
Recent law firm trademark disputes highlight how the tension between legal ethics rules and trademark law can make it difficult for firms to select brands that are distinctive and entitled to protection, say Kimberly Maynard and Tyler Maulsby at Frankfurt Kurnit.