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  Ex-Cravath Staffer Charged With Insider Trading

  By Stewart Bishop

  A former employee at Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP on Thursday was arrested and charged with insider trading for al...(read more)

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  SEC Reports Continued Decline In Enforcement Actions

  By Sarah Jarvis

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission brought 22% fewer actions during its first full fiscal year under Ch...(read more)

• Posner Remembered For Wide Influence, Pragmatic Approach

  By Ryan Boysen

  The iconoclastic, shockingly prolific and hugely influential Judge Richard A. Posner is being remembered for a lifetime of relentless advocacy for a more pragmatic approach to the law and a legacy that will ripple through American jurisprudence for decades to come.

• Weil's 1,000 Staff Face 'Absorption' Issue in Hunt For Roles

  By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

  As the approximately 1,000 professional staff members at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP look for new roles, they're likely to encounter a more difficult job market than the firm's attorneys, recruiters told Law360 Pulse.

• Top Dems Launch Probe Into Trump Admin's Nvidia Dealings

  By Dylan Moroses

  The top Democratic lawmakers on the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees launched an investigation Thursday into the Trump administration's recent dealings with Nvidia following the resignation of its CEO, Jensen Huang.

• Harvard, Boston Hospitals Block Power Plant's Fee Hike

  By Chris Villani

  A Massachusetts judge ruled that Harvard University and a group of major Boston-area hospitals do not have to pay higher fees that a power plant imposed unilaterally, but he rejected their request for treble damages under the state's consumer protection laws.

• Gibson Dunn Gains 120 Funds Lawyers From Weil

  By Andrea Keckley

  A team of 120 private funds attorneys from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, including 23 partners, is joining Gibson Dunn & Crutcher in New York, London and Washington, D.C., as their predecessor firm prepares to close its doors, according to an announcement on Thursday.

• FedEx Hit With $3M Calif. Privacy Fine Over Ad Tracking

  By Allison Grande

  FedEx has agreed to pay nearly $3 million and overhaul certain data privacy controls to resolve the California Privacy Protection Agency's claims that the company shared website visitors' personal information with advertisers without telling the customers or giving them an opportunity to opt out of the disclosures, the agency announced Tuesday.

• Trump Swaps Out Blocked 8th Circ. Nominee With Ark. Justice

  By Courtney Bublé

  President Donald Trump on Tuesday withdrew his pick for the Eighth Circuit and replaced him with a different nominee amid apparent opposition from Arkansas' senators. 

• Squires Officially Returns Merits Institution To PTAB Judges

  By Dani Kass

  Starting Monday, Patent Trial and Appeal Board judges will again decide whether to institute patent challenges, according to a new memorandum from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires.

• LA Judge Ousted After 'Extreme' Remarks Upend $10M Verdict

  By Dorothy Atkins

  California's judicial ethics watchdog Tuesday ordered Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert S. Draper, who lost reelection in June, to be removed from office due to willful misconduct, including "extreme and bizarre" racial comments that led a state appeals court to reverse a $10 million sexual harassment verdict. 

• 9th Circ. Says SpaceX Firing Fight Can Stay Out Of Arbitration

  By Rae Ann Varona

  The Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that eight former SpaceX employees who claim they were fired for complaining about CEO Elon Musk's sexually charged social media posts may pursue their claims in court, saying the former employees did not have to "adequately allege" sexual harassment to avoid arbitration.

• Trump Asks High Court To Make Ballroom Decision Permanent

  By Katie Buehler

  President Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to make permanent its temporary order allowing construction to continue on the White House ballroom without further litigation, suggesting the justices could rely on an emergency docket ruling to quickly free the project from unnecessary "judicial superintendence." 

• Dems Vow More FCC Oversight, Want Their Seats Filled

  By Christopher Cole

  Democrats promised Tuesday to bring top Federal Communications Commission officials to Capitol Hill for aggressive oversight next year, as they took issue with President Donald Trump's nomination of a third Republican to the regulatory body while he left a Democratic seat open.