Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
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JURIST
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Minh Quang Pham, a member of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), was sentenced Tuesday to 44 years in prison for plotting a terrorist attack at London’s Heathrow Airport in 2011. The sentence was handed down by Judge Richard Berman of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. According to prosecutors, Pham traveled to Yemen in 2010 to join AQAP and received training to wage jihad or holy war.
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Above The Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
(Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images) Southern California communities ravaged by life-threatening wildfires now have a Biglaw firm to thank for coming to the rescue when FireAid — the star-studded benefit concert that’s raised more than $60 million thus far — hired them to assist on a pro bono basis, just two weeks before the event.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Human Rights Watch (HRW) claimed Thursday that the US government’s decision to permit Lithium Americas to mine at Thacker Pass in Nevada violated Indigenous people’s rights by failing to obtain free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) in accordance with international law. The 133-page report determined that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) permitted the lithium mine without the FPIC of Numu/Nuwu and Newe peoples.
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Above The Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Ed. note : This is the latest installment in a series of posts on motherhood in the legal profession, in partnership with our friends at MothersEsquire. Welcome Faith Bentley to our pages. Click here if you’d like to donate to MothersEsquire. The adage that women are expected to work like they do not have children and mother like they do not have work has some relevance when considering female participation in the legal field.
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Above The Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
The highly anticipated transatlantic merger between U.K.-based Herbert Smith Freehills — No. 34 on the Global 200 — and New York-based Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel — No. 141 on the Global 200 — will be voted on by partners this month, and if approved, the combination will go live in May. There’s just one little problem: HSF recently suffered its second year in a row of operating losses here in the U.S.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Italy’s justice minister, on Wednesday, defended the decision to repatriate accused Libyan war criminal Osama Njeem , blaming the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s allegedly “flawed” arrest warrant. The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Njeem on 18 January 2025 for suspected crimes against humanity and war crimes against detainees in Libya from 2015 onwards.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
As we step into 2025, the legal operations landscape continues a transformation anchored by a simple question: What does value truly mean in a legal department? As weve seen through our work at UpLevel Ops and Value Strategies, the answer often transcends traditional cost-control measures. Instead, it lies in fostering a change management culture that prioritizes efficiency, transparency, and alignment between legal departments and their partners.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
The House of Representatives of the Philippines voted on Wednesday to impeach Vice-President Sara Duterte following allegations of corruption and serious breaches of the Constitution. This impeachment marks the first time a vice president of the Philippines has faced such proceedings. Accusations against Vice President Duterte include culpable violation of the constitution, bribery, graft and corruption, betrayal of public trust, and other high crimes, including misuse of confidential funds from
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LawSites
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Litera, fresh off its November acquisition of UK-based document automation company Office & Dragons, said today that it has acquired another UK-based company, Peppermint Technology, a provider of modular, cloud-based technology for law firms, built on and closely integrated with Microsoft cloud technology.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Human rights organizations called on the EU Tuesday to enact a complete ban on all trade and business with Israeli settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territories. In a joint letter to the EU president more than 160 human rights groups, trade unions, and civil society groups urged the European Commission to adhere to obligations set out under international law.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Ed. note : Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. The decisions being made by law firms with regard to the timing of their recruitment could easily have negative personal ramifications on students and student well-being. It’s possible that those interviews were really much more about pre-recruiting for 2L summer associates and scouting talent than necessarily being about an increase in 1L summer associate opportunities.
Conflict of Laws
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
As part of Hart’s Studies in Private International Law Asia , Min Kyung Kim, Judge at the Incheon District Court in Korea, just published her new book on Overriding Mandatory Rules in International Commercial Disputes: Korean and Comparative Law. The impressive monograph, just shy of 200 pages, takes a comprehensive look at the role of overriding mandatory rules in international commercial litigation and arbitration, using Korea as a vantage point.
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Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Ed. Note: We lcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to the 2025 Law360 Pulse In-House Counsel Satisfaction Survey, what percentage of respondents are satisfied with their job’s schedule flexibility? Hint: Flexibility is key since the 40-hour-a-week in-house schedule may be on the way out 40% of respondents said they exceed 50 hours a week.
Patently O
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Companies with the most published U.S. Patent Applications for January 2025: Samsung (KR) LG (KR) Hyundai / KIA (KR) CANON (JP) HUAWEI (CN) IBM (US) QUALCOMM (US) TOYOTA (JP) Intel (US) Apple (US) Dell (US) BOE (CN) Google (US) Panasonic (JP) FUJIFILM (JP) Micron (US) NEC (JP) GM (US) Bosch (DE) Ericsson (SE) TSMC (TW) This 20 represent about 16% of the applications published during the month.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
In the least surprising news of the day, Litera has acquired a company. Litera’s strategic vision — sometimes more like a mythic quest — involves building the ultimate end-to-end law firm software empire and the company is always on the lookout for providers offering unique technologies that fit into the overall mosaic. Over the years, theyve steadily added to their growing suite of legal technology solutions, from bringing AI-powered contract analysis into the fold with Kira S
Parasec
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
FinCEN has released an important update on its website regarding the ongoing legal proceedings related to the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The latest update, details the actions taken by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in response to a recent court ruling. According to the update, the DOJacting on behalf of the Department of the Treasuryofficially filed a notice of appeal against the district courts order in Smith, et al. v.
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Above The Law
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Chronicling the Adelson trial has had its fair share of clever legal arguments and delays, but this development happened out of court. Being incarcerated comes with its stressors. Being in a cell and having your day dictated to you take their toll, but sometimes it’s the good rapport (or lack thereof) with your fellow inmates that really gets you.
ABA Journal
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
A lawyer in Boca Raton, Florida, has been suspended for 10 days after he unintentionally shot his brother in the biceps during horseplay.
EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
In every state except for New Mexico, polygraph results are generally inadmissible absent a stipulation by the parties that they should be admitted. But, according to a concurring justice of the Supreme Court of Wyoming, there is a decades-old opinion.
ABA Journal
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
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Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?
Law 360
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
A Nevada federal judge granted final approval Thursday to a $375 million settlement in a more than a decade-long class action lawsuit in which fighters accused UFC of suppressing their wages, according to a lead attorney on the case.
ABA Journal
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
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Law 360
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Meta Platforms allegedly downloaded tens of millions of pirated copyrighted works from peer-to-peer networks to train its Llama artificial intelligence product, and its employees repeatedly discussed this "illegal" strategy with lawyers, with one engineer writing, doing so "from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right," according to internal communications unsealed in copyright infringement litigation Wednesday.
ABA Journal
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
A records management company is asking a court to declare that it has no obligation to clients of a defunct Pittsburgh law firm that allegedly left more than 7,500 boxes in its warehouse that likely contain numerous client files.
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