Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is intensifying pressure on Todd Blanche over the unexplained prison transfer of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. Whitehouse, the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee, sent a
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Fifty years ago, as the United States celebrated its bicentennial, lawyers experienced their own declaration of independence with Jay Foonberg’s landmark book on starting a law firm. That publication, “How to Start
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Generative AI tools have made headlines repeatedly for hallucinating case citations, creating serious problems for lawyers who rely on them without proper oversight. Lawyers are being sanctioned with increasing frequency for submitting
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2026 has marked a significant turning point for biotech IPOs after several years of muted activity and cautious investor sentiment. A new record for the most cash raised by a biotech in
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Perplexity, the AI company that built its reputation on auditable web search, has announced a new product aimed squarely at the legal profession called Computer for Counsel. The launch extends Perplexity Computer,
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Winston & Strawn completed its long-anticipated transatlantic merger with UK firm Taylor Wessing, officially launching the combined Winston Taylor on June 1. The newly merged entity boasts more than 1,400 lawyers and
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The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade four years ago was celebrated by conservative activists as a turning point that would dramatically reduce abortions across the United States. That expectation
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Thomson Reuters (TRI) has opened early access to a completely rebuilt version of its CoCounsel Legal product, marking the most significant overhaul since acquiring Casetext in 2023. The company abandoned its original
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The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, recently renovated at a cost exceeding $14 million, has become a source of significant embarrassment for the Trump administration. President Trump announced that federal authorities had made
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Frank Carone, a prominent Brooklyn Democratic powerbroker and former chief of staff to ex-NYC Mayor Eric Adams, was arrested Wednesday morning by the FBI at his Manhattan residence. Carone, a lawyer by
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