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Chicago Firm Taps Ex-Prosecutor For White Collar Practice

By Lauraann Wood

Chicago law firm Goldberg Kohn has tapped a former federal prosecutor to not only lead and build a new white collar practice but also assist its commercial litigation and whistleblower-focused false claims groups.

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Michigan AG Launches Probe Into Native Boarding Schools

By Crystal Owens

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has opened a criminal investigation into Native American boarding schools and other institutions that once operated in the state.

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Notable North Carolina Laws Passed In 2025

By Abigail Harrison

In 2025, North Carolina state legislators reacted to the brutal death of a Ukrainian refugee that garnered national attention by quickly drafting and passing a bill that retooled criminal law and shifted how judicial officers do their jobs. Another headline-grabbing law siphoned $6 million from free civil legal aid following concerns from GOP lawmakers that grant money was spent on "leftist groups."

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11th Circ. Asked To Rehear Pregnancy Center Vandalism Case

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida woman convicted of vandalizing crisis pregnancy centers across the state asked the Eleventh Circuit Monday to reconsider a ruling affirming her conviction, arguing that she should not have been prosecuted under a conspiracy statute for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.

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Intent Not Needed To Boost ID Theft Sentence, 9th Circ. Says

By Emilie Ruscoe

Federal prosecutors need not show that a defendant intended to commit fraud with stolen materials that have authentication features, such as driver's licenses, for courts to apply a sentencing enhancement for possessing those materials, the Ninth Circuit has held.

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Top New Jersey Cases Of 2025

By George Woolston

New Jersey courts saw some history-making litigation come to a close over the course of 2025, including the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state and the first clergy abuse trial verdict since the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse claims was extended. Another notable development was the state's federal bench exercising a rarely used authority to reject President Donald Trump's pick for interim U.S. attorney.

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Notable Pennsylvania Cases Of 2025

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Several closely watched cases in Pennsylvania came to a close in 2025, ending in sentencings for the founders of the $404 million Par Funding merchant cash-advance investment scheme, the final designation for the mysterious death of a Philadelphia teacher, and a U.S. Supreme Court rebuff in a battle over the state's $300 million medical malpractice insurance surplus.

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Notable New Jersey Legislation In 2025

By Carla Baranauckas

New Jersey lawmakers delivered policy shifts in 2025, advancing measures in criminal justice, workplace regulation and emerging technology.

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4 Judges Who Battled Criminal Charges In 2025

By Jake Maher

A number of high-profile cases in 2025 found judges taking on the role of criminal defendants over a wide range of allegations, from murder and sexual assault to corruption and interfering with an ICE arrest.

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Billionaire's Estate To Pay $750M To End Tax Fraud Case

By Craig Clough

The estate of late billionaire Robert Brockman, who died while awaiting a trial in the largest criminal tax fraud case against an individual in U.S. history, agreed Tuesday to pay roughly $750 million in back taxes and penalties, according to a filing in U.S. Tax Court. 

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Fla. Panel Affirms Disability Finding, Barring Death Penalty

By Parker Quinlan

A Florida appeals court has upheld a finding that a man cannot be executed because he is intellectually disabled, ruling that although the evidence focused mostly on his childhood, it was sufficient for the defendant to meet the definition for being disabled under state law.

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3 Key Trends For The Legal Industry In 2025

By Tracey Read

Executive orders, updated office attendance policies and private equity interests were three top issues that shaped the industry this year.

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ITC Atty's 1st Kids' Book Imagines A Santa-Less Christmas

By Dani Kass

Michelle Klancnik, assistant general counsel at the U.S. International Trade Commission, spends her days looking into when imports should be banned for violating intellectual property rights, but outside work, she​'s focused on one big question: What would happen if Santa took a year off?

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Ex-Oura CEO Pushes To DQ Quinn Emanuel In Firing Suit

By Emily Sawicki

The onetime CEO of fitness tracker company Oura Health is pushing to disqualify Quinn Emanuel from representing the smart ring maker in his compensation suit, telling a San Francisco federal judge that he shared confidential information when he consulted with the firm about his claims prior to filing suit.

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NYC Bar Issues Opinion On AI Use For Recording Client Calls

By Tracey Read

The New York City Bar Association's Professional Ethics Committee has issued an opinion addressing how the New York Rules of Professional Conduct impacts the use of artificial intelligence tools to record, transcribe and create summaries of conversations in audio and video calls between attorneys and their clients.

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Ex-DOJ Employees Fight Gov't Bid To Toss Their Firing Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

An ex-assistant U.S. attorney and two other former Justice Department employees urged a Washington, D.C., federal court on Tuesday to deny the government's motion to dismiss their lawsuit claiming they were unlawfully fired, arguing an internal government employment board isn't appropriate for their cases and is controlled by President Donald Trump.

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Top Delaware Chancery Cases Of 2025: A Year-End Report

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court closed out 2025 amid a period of institutional uncertainty, as landmark cases addressing fiduciary duty, executive compensation, board oversight and the limits of equitable power unfolded against the backdrop of sweeping legislative changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

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Hub Hires: Cooley, Morgan Lewis, Nixon Peabody

By Chris Villani

The end of the year marked the beginning of new chapters for plenty of Boston attorneys, as Cooley added more than 30 professionals to its life sciences team, Morgan Lewis snagged an intellectual property partner, and Nixon Peabody beefed up its cybersecurity practice.

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