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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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The U.S. House of Representatives Ethics Committee plans to discuss the next steps on Wednesday in its investigation into President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general pick, Matt Gaetz, according to two sources familiar with the panel’s plans. These sources requested anonymity to freely discuss the bipartisan panel’s activities. Several Republican senators, who hold the constitutional responsibility…
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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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Theodore Olson, a prominent conservative lawyer who played a key role in securing the presidency for Republican George W. Bush in the 2000 election dispute and later successfully advocated for same-sex marriage rights, passed away on Wednesday at age 84, his law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher announced. The firm did not disclose the cause…
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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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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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