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White House Special Counsel Joins Kramer Levin As Partner
When the White House announced in April that Richard Sauber would leave his role as special counsel, the legal matters he had been tasked by President Joe Biden to lead had all but wrapped up and helped him make the decision to join Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP as its newest partner in Washington, D.C., he told Law360 Pulse Monday.
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Ex-Google Attorney Joins Freshfields' DC Office
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP announced Monday that it has hired for its antitrust practice a new partner who worked as an in-house attorney at Google for 15 years.
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Ballard Spahr, Lane Powell Strike Deal To Combine
Philadelphia-founded Ballard Spahr LLP and Seattle-based Lane Powell PC announced on Monday their plans to merge and form a combined firm with more than 750 lawyers under the Ballard Spahr name.
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Justice Barrett Describes Life With Constant Security Detail
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett said Friday her around-the-clock protection has been the largest adjustment since joining the high court, recalling an evening when she had to explain the bulletproof vest she was issued to her 13-year-old.
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DC Circ. Considers Age Of Ex-Trump Aide's Surveillance Claims
Even after more than an hour of argument, the D.C. Circuit didn't seem convinced Friday that ex-Trump 2016 campaign adviser Carter Page timely accused the Justice Department, the FBI and several individuals of various violations tied to their surveillance of him as they probed Russian election interference.
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Troutman Pepper, Locke Lord Deal Signals Combos To Come
The upcoming merger of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and Locke Lord LLP, set for January 2025 and expected to create a firm with over 1,600 attorneys across 33 offices, is indicative of a broader, accelerating trend of consolidation in the legal industry, according to consultants and experts.
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Justice Alito Reports Concert Tickets From Catholic Activist
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accepted $900 concert tickets from a German princess and Catholic activist in 2023, but otherwise received no free trips or other gifts, according to his annual financial disclosure, which was made public Friday.
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Procopio's Managing Partner Dies At 55 From Cancer
Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP's managing partner, John D. Alessio, has died after a five-year battle with cancer, at age 55.
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SEC Accuses Fla. Men Of Mass Tort Litigation Financing Fraud
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday accused a father and son from Florida of running a fraudulent litigation funding scheme by promising investors returns from financing mass tort litigation they were not actually funding.
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Steptoe Adds Co-Leader To Restructuring & Insolvency Group
Steptoe LLP has expanded its transactions and tax practice by hiring a New York-based partner as a co-leader of the firm's insolvency and restructuring team.
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Beltway Moves: Mayer Brown, Weil, Nelson Mullins
A leader of the U.S. Department of Justice's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit has left the government for Mayer Brown LLP, while a veteran of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has joined Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, in two of the latest major moves in Washington, D.C.'s legal industry.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP and Selendy Gay PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Delaware vice chancellor ruled that Johnson & Johnson owes over $1 billion to a medical robotics developer and entrepreneur over a post-acquisition dispute.
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Nixon Peabody Adds Public Finance, Energy Pro From BCLP
Nixon Peabody has hired a former energy regulator, who was most recently at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, as new counsel focusing on energy-related regulatory, transactional and enforcement matters.
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Legal Job Market Continued Downward Trend In August
The legal industry lost 2,300 jobs in August, the fourth month in a row of declines, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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The Road Map For Restoring Public Trust In State Courts
At a time when misconduct accusations continue to hover over the U.S. Supreme Court, state court leaders have put forth a strategy to boost trust in local judicial officials that largely calls for them to take on more public-facing roles.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off September with another action-packed week as law firms shifted offices and made new hires. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Judge Newman's Suspension Extended For Another Year
Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman was barred Friday from hearing cases for at least another year due to her refusal to participate in an investigation into her health, with the appeals court's other judges deciding unanimously to extend a suspension that began last year.
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Vialto Partners Member Joins Baker McKenzie As Partner
Baker McKenzie has hired a tax partner in Washington, D.C., from Vialto Partners, a business consulting firm, the firm announced Thursday.
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Seasoned Atty Returns To Sterne Kessler As General Counsel
After a self-described nine-month sabbatical, an attorney who previously worked at Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox for more than two decades has returned to the Washington, D.C.-based firm to serve as general counsel.
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A&O Shearman To Cut Partner Numbers By 10%
A&O Shearman said Friday that it is cutting its global partnership by approximately 10% as the newly merged firm plows ahead with cost-cutting measures and seeks benefits from its transatlantic tie-up.
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US, Germany Back Hungary In Holocaust Seizure Fight
The United States and Germany are both backing Hungary as it urges the U.S. Supreme Court to nix a D.C. Circuit decision greenlighting expropriation claims by Czechoslovakian plaintiffs over the Hungarian government's confiscation of property owned by Jews during the Holocaust.
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Troutman Pepper, Locke Lord Announce Megamerger
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and Locke Lord LLP will merge in January 2025 to create a combined firm with more than 1,600 attorneys across 33 offices in the United States and two in Europe, the law firms announced Thursday.
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Culhane Meadows Rebrands With An Eye Toward Expansion
Culhane Meadows Haughian & Walsh PLLC unveiled a new name and branding this week, beginning its second decade as CM Law PLLC with an eye toward expansion.
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White House Education Adviser Joins Nelson Mullins In DC
Nelson Mullins has welcomed a White House policy adviser, who helped shape President Joe Biden's early childhood agenda and served in the Obama administration, as a new partner in the law firm's education consulting arm.
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Buchanan Ingersoll COO Jumps To Faegre Drinker
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has hired a chief operating officer who previously held that role at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, the firm said Thursday.
Expert Analysis
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Opinion
We Need More Professional Diversity In The Federal Judiciary
With the current overrepresentation of former corporate lawyers on the federal bench, the Biden administration must prioritize professional diversity in judicial nominations and consider lawyers who have represented workers, consumers and patients, says Navan Ward, president of the American Association for Justice.