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FordHarrison Makes Associate Hires Across 5 Offices
FordHarrison LLP announced that it made associate hires across five of the employment law firm's office locations including Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
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Cooley Adds Comp Partners From Cadwalader, Wilson Sonsini
Cooley LLP announced the addition of two partners from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC on Monday, touting their combined five decades of experience in compensation and benefits.
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Senate Judiciary Panel Urged To Investigate High Court Ethics
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights sent a letter on Monday urging the "full power" of the Senate Judiciary Committee be used to investigate the latest "ethics crisis" at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Perkins Coie Adds Arnold & Porter Patent Atty In DC
Perkins Coie has hired a longtime patent attorney in Washington, D.C., who joins the firm's intellectual property and patent litigation practices from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, the firm announced Monday.
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Justices To Hear Meta Investor Suit Over Risk Disclosures
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Meta Platforms' petition regarding the Ninth Circuit's decision to partially revive investors' claims over the Cambridge Analytica data abuse scandal, after the tech giant argued the appellate panel adopted "extreme outlier positions."
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High Court To Review HHS Hospital Pay Formula
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a D.C. Circuit decision siding with the Department of Health and Human Services over how the agency applies a formula for calculating disproportionate share hospital payments for Supplemental Security Income benefits.
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Justices Report Old Trips, Beyoncé Tickets And Royalties
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas disclosed Friday two trips he took in 2019 paid for by a Republican billionaire donor that were the subject of bombshell reporting last year, while his colleagues divulged more than $1.5 million in book-related income and several gifts, including Beyoncé tickets, in their annual financial reports.
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Sheppard Mullin Atty Proud Of Its LGBTQ+ Community Work
For Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, getting involved in the LGBTQ community isn't limited to Pride month each year — the firm has an active affinity group that conducts recruiting and pro bono work throughout the year. One of its leaders, partner Jay Ramsey, joined Law360 Pulse for a conversation about the group's initiatives.
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The justices issued three opinions this week, including a split one over the government's responsibility for Native American healthcare costs, and unanimous rulings about who has standing to challenge a bankruptcy plan and whether stock redemptions should be treated as liabilities when calculating estate tax. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Legal Job Market Keeps Momentum With May Gains
Following April's increases, the U.S. legal sector saw marginal job growth in May, with an increase of 400 jobs compared to the previous month, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Beveridge & Diamond PC's successful pursuit of a writ of certiorari at the U.S. Supreme Court in a Clean Water Act case and Farella Braun & Martel LLP's work on a cannabis company business loan lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from May 24 to June 7.
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Crowell & Moring Partner Named DC Bar President-Elect
D.C. Bar members have selected a Crowell & Moring LLP employment law partner as their president-elect, the association announced Friday.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Sonosky Chambers Sachse Endreson & Perry LLP, Jenner & Block LLP, Sidley Austin LLP and Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court held that the federal government is required to reimburse two Native American tribes millions of dollars in administrative healthcare costs.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry began June with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded their offerings and made new hires. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Alston & Bird Hires Longtime Jones Day Cybersecurity Atty
Alston & Bird LLP has hired a Jones Day partner who has spent the majority of her career working on matters related to emerging technologies, data privacy and cybersecurity.
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Meet The Leader Of Sequor Law's New DC Office
Last month, Sequor Law opened its office in Washington, D.C. — only the second one for the firm — and its leader, Tara Plochocki, says she's looking forward to helping raise the national profile of the Miami-based financial fraud and asset recovery boutique.
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Lewis Brisbois Adds Corporate Pro In DC From Womble Bond
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP announced Thursday that it has hired a partner for its corporate practice group who previously worked at Womble Bond Dickinson and also has prior in-house experience.
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How GCs Are Supporting GenAI At Their Companies
When it comes to generative artificial intelligence, general counsel Virginia Chavez Romano tries to stay away from saying, "No," outright to her business partners, and instead works with them to find a solution moving forward, she said during a panel discussion in New York City on Wednesday evening.
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Bannon Ordered To Start Prison Term By July 1
Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon was ordered Thursday in D.C. federal court to surrender and begin his four-month prison sentence for defying a congressional subpoena by July 1, after losing his appeal in the D.C. Circuit.
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Kurzban Law Firm Launches DC Office In Farragut Square
Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt PA has launched an office in Washington, D.C., and named a Mayer Brown LLP attorney who was assistant secretary of state for consular affairs as its managing partner, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Troutman Pepper Partner Pulled Into Ex-Associate's Bias Suit
A Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP partner has been added as a defendant in a racial discrimination lawsuit a former Black associate filed, who now claims the partner, a formerly supportive mentor, made the decision to fire her after she complained about an email the associate described as racist.
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Brownstein Shareholder Tapped To Co-Lead Litigation Team
A 15-year Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP litigator has been named co-chair of the firm's litigation department, where he plans to focus on growth and fostering attorney development from within.
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Fisher Phillips' Management Trio Now Has Majority Of Women
With Fisher Phillips' selection of a San Diego-based partner with experience spearheading women's advancement efforts to serve on its three-member management committee, the employer-side labor and employment firm is now led by a majority of women.
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Shook Hardy Creates 23-Member Gov't Investigations Practice
Civil and criminal investigations by regulatory agencies into alleged corporate misconduct are on the rise, and Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP has a new government investigations and litigation practice to help with such issues.
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McCarter & English Names New Practice And Office Leaders
McCarter & English LLP announced several leadership changes this week, with experienced partners stepping up to lead its environment and energy and tax and private clients groups and to help lead its Wilmington, Delaware, and Miami offices.