Zeshan S. Ghumman

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After a DC federal judge rejected a DOJ motion for delay on Saturday, a hearing is scheduled for noon today in one of the shutdown suits. Federal employees say the shutdown is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. https://t.co/WtNdlOqRfQ

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Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Practitioners and former clerks of Patricia Wald remember the life and legacy of the retired D.C. Circuit chief judge and longtime advocate for human rights. https://t.co/JbpKKRWEHv #RBG

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Thomas Krause, a former attorney for Covington & Burling, has been tapped to serve as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s deputy general counsel for intellectual property law and solicitor. https://t.co/SojxjCIoi6

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Notre Dame Law School has tapped longtime Stanford law professor G. Marcus Cole as its next dean. He will be @NDLaw's first non-white dean. https://t.co/gBvEMZYyu6

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#LegalAI may not be as prevalent as you think: Only 10% of lawyers used artificial intelligence-based tech tools for their legal work in 2018. 45% said they weren’t interested in purchasing #AI tools. https://t.co/NlDdCxJMqR

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The Fifth Circuit today hit pause on an appeal looking to keep the Affordable Care Act the law of the land, despite opposition from a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general who want to push forward amid the shutdown. https://t.co/W4acSIk98W

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Speculation about her health has been rampant on social media, with some asserting that her absence from arguments is cause for her immediate retirement. Ginsburg was not likely to follow those suggestions, in the view of those who know her. https://t.co/AP6EcJFZNN

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A straight woman who was fired over a Facebook post that disparaged a transgender individual faced a Fifth Circuit panel that seemed skeptical of her sexual orientation discrimination claim: "I don’t think Title VII protects you from being a jerk" https://t.co/vCPlpsOsTu

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The city of Los Angeles has filed a complaint against the makers of the Weather Channel app, alleging it doesn't sufficiently disclose to users that it sells their geolocation data to advertisers. https://t.co/ol8pzOUmeI

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Legal departments may be flying blind without a legal plan, especially smaller departments. https://t.co/mwJrmIfMpS

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Only two U.S. firms ranked in the top 10 legal advisers for mergers and acquisitions in 2018 in the Asia Pacific, excluding Japan. https://t.co/aITI8LkBYo

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“I call myself an accidental librettist.” - Attorney Lesley Rosenthal, co-writer of "Dear Erich," a jazz opera that premiered this week at @nycityopera https://t.co/bmi9SXBjcp

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Legalizing pot is all fun and games until somebody gets behind the wheel. With the possibility of recreational marijuana use becoming closer to reality in New York, lawmakers are finding themselves facing problems on detecting drivers' use https://t.co/DT32cRYtuB

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A Houston personal injury lawyer accidentally bought "Hamilton" tickets for the wrong date. He immediately tried to correct the mistake, but says Ticketmaster refused to make a change or refund the money. https://t.co/N28twgKB3L

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At least 19 minority women are currently serving as law school dean or interim dean, or soon will assume deanships. That figure constitutes 10% of all ABA-accredited law schools. https://t.co/1KGdMQUqwZ

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“I don’t think Title VII protects you from being a jerk.” - Judge Catharina Haynes, during a Fifth Circuit hearing in a case brought by a Louisiana woman who says her supervisor, who is gay, unlawfully retaliated against her because she is heterosexual. https://t.co/uN26JT2p52

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The appointment of two African-American women to law school deanships in the span of two weeks would have generated substantial attention 10 years ago. Today, it has become less of an anomaly. https://t.co/E2BG3DSq4y

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BigLaw managing partners have joined a chorus of financial prognosticators who have expressed growing anxiety over 2019’s economic outlook. https://t.co/dfTTc6OGQD

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“Very little is unconscionable in Georgia” in matters of contract law, a skeptical judge told a legal malpractice plaintiff arguing that a binding arbitration clause in an engagement contract with the lawyer is an “unconscionable” breach of public policy https://t.co/Xzp372qMNg