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Outgoing U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal announced on Monday that she will rejoin her former law firm, Winston & Strawn, as a partner on December 16. Vidal, who previously led Winston’s Silicon Valley office, confirmed her departure from the USPTO last week. President Joe Biden had nominated her for the position…
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Milbank, known for leading the industry in associate compensation, announced on Monday year-end bonuses ranging from $15,000 to $115,000. The firm revealed its plans in an internal memo, marking another bold move to set the tone for the legal industry. Milbank chair Scott Edelman highlighted the firm’s success, stating, “The firm is having a record…
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U.S. Circuit Judge Andrew Oldham, a prominent conservative voice and a potential nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, issued a strong warning Thursday against using the criminal justice system to target political opponents. Speaking at the Federalist Society’s annual gathering in Washington, Oldham emphasized the critical need to ensure that no individual faces prosecution solely…
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President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday appointed three members of his criminal defense team to senior roles at the Justice Department, including Todd Blanche as deputy attorney general. Blanche, who served as Trump’s lead attorney in a recent criminal trial over hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, will take on the second-highest position at…
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Design standards adopted in 2021 for constructing new federal courthouses will significantly increase costs, according to a report released Friday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The judiciary drafted the guidelines without fully collaborating with key agencies, such as the General Services Administration (GSA), which oversees federal building construction. The GAO estimated that applying the…
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The Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate launched an urgent effort on Tuesday to confirm as many of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees as possible, aiming to prevent vacancies that Republican Donald Trump could fill if he takes office on January 20. With Republicans poised to control the Senate starting January 3, Senate Democrats began…
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A federal judicial panel on Friday agreed to begin developing rules to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated evidence and address concerns about “deep fakes” in courtrooms. During a meeting in New York, the U.S. Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules decided to move forward with two key initiatives. One will focus on…
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The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday regarding how difficult it should be for employers to prove their workers qualify for exemptions from overtime pay and other protections under U.S. wage laws. The justices spent about an hour considering an appeal by grocery distributor EMD Sales, challenging a ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit…
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Republican President-elect Donald Trump is set to build on his legacy of reshaping the federal judiciary with nominees who his supporters and critics predict could be even more conservative than the 234 judges he appointed during his first term in office. With Republicans poised to regain control of the Senate, which must confirm judicial nominees,…
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President-elect Donald Trump, who reshaped the U.S. Supreme Court during his first term, may have the opportunity to solidify its 6-3 conservative majority by replacing some or all of its three most senior conservative justices. He could even expand the conservative dominance to 7-2 if a liberal justice steps down during his presidency. Justices Clarence…
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