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Legal Industry - October, 2013

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• Calif. To Flex Policy Muscle With New Solicitor General
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Law Firms Brace For Final DOL Persuader Rules
• Fla.'s Shutts & Bowen Expands To Sarasota With Merger
• Fla. High Court Hits 'Combative' Atty With Lengthy Suspension
• Pa. Justices Want Judge Punished For Road Rage Incident
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Domain Name Sells For $210K
• Senate GOP Blocks Akin Gump Atty's DC Circ. Nomination
• 8th Circ. Allows Disciplinary Action Against Ark. Judge
• NJ Bar President Appoints 12 More To Judicial Task Force
• BigLaw Shores Up Leave Policies To Retain Talent
• Senate Committee Probes 9th Circ., Mich. Judge Picks
• GrayRobinson Brings On Fla. White Collar Firm
• Dentons, McKenna Boards OK Merger, Set Partner Vote
• Ex-Sidley Atty Suspended For 1 Year For Billing Rides
• Kaye Scholer Owes Benefits, Late Partner's Ex-Wife Says
• Archer & Greiner Launches Public Affairs, Lobbying Firm
• GOP Says DC Circ. Nominations Political, Not Practical
• Dewey, Proskauer Win Bid For $8.8M In MF Global Fees
• Patton Boggs Launches Finance Practice Amid Merger Rumors
• Herzfeld Rubin 1st Nonaffiliated US Law Firm in Myanmar
• More BigLaw Merger Talks Show An Industry In Survival Mode
• Ex-Thompson Hine Secretary Sues For Discrimination
• Reid Seeks Vote On Akin Gump Atty's DC Circ. Nomination
• New Bankruptcy Fee Guidelines Won't Hurt Attys' Paydays
• Dewey Liquidating Trust Hit With $50M Malpractice Suit
• Vladeck Waldman Partner Tapped To Lead NYC Bar Association
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• An Orrick-Pillsbury Tie-Up Could Spur Partnership Changes
• Quinn's Document Flub Shows Risks Of Rising Data Demands
• Patton Boggs, Akin Gump Top Lobbying Firms In 3rd Quarter
• UK Law Firm Osborne Clarke Opens NYC Branch
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• New Calif. Bar Head Sets Sights On Atty Discipline, Skills
• Latham Must Face Ex-Secretary's Pregnancy Bias Claim
• GCs To Firms: Keep Wooing Us
• Atty Urges All NY Judges To Back Retirement Age Hike Effort
• BigLaw Tells Judge Not To OK Dewey & LeBoeuf Probes
• Quinn Enacts New Doc Policy Amid Apple-Samsung Leak Row
• Law Grads Suing Over Job Statistics Denied Class Cert.
• Del. Court's Secretive Arbitrations Must Be Public: 3rd Circ.
• Texas Lawyer Who Stole From Clients Could Get Life Sentence
• Howrey Strikes Settlement With Ropes & Gray
• ACLU Objects To Attys' Fees Reduction In Free Speech Case
• To Curb Costs, Corporate Law Teams Bring Work In-House
• Sullivan & Cromwell Escapes Atty's Bias Suit
• Proskauer, Dewey Allegedly Highballed Fees In Ch. 11 Case
• RICO A Tempting Route For Companies Facing Tort Trickery
• Squire Sanders Forms Partnership With Ukrainian Law Firm
• Law Firms Seek More Efficient, Open, Inviting Workspace
• Covington, Shearman, Kirkland End Howrey Rows For $2M
• Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm: Susman Godfrey
• Midsize Firms Take Bigger Bite Of Litigation Dollars
• Reed Smith Atty Charges Into Social Media Minefield
• Atty For NYC Agency Launches Retaliation Suit
• Texas Judge Who Texted Prosecutors From Bench Resigns
• Obama Names New Chief For Federal Claims Bench
• Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm: Robbins Geller
• Calif. High Court To Weigh Who's Too Bad For A Bar Card
• Fla. Gov. Appoints Key West Attorney To Court Of Appeal
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Limit On Discovery Sanctions May Cost Plaintiffs Key Docs
• Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm: Quinn Emanuel
• Cuomo Deals Blow To Judicial Retirement Age Hike Effort
• Dewey's Internet Domain Name On The Auction Block
• Faruqi Seeks Mental Exam For Sex Harassment Plaintiff
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm: Motley Rice
• Federal Courts Get $51M Boost In Deal To End Shutdown
• NJ Senate Panel Clears Christie High Court Nominee
• Obama Picks Paul Weiss Atty To Lead Homeland Security
• Dewey Estate Reaped $11M In Recoveries Since July
• Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm: McKool Smith
• Pa. Senate OKs Bill Aimed At Upping Judicial Retirement Age
• Law Firms Losing Lease Leverage In More Markets: Report
• Fed. Courts To Close, Shrink 31 Facilities Amid Sequester Cuts
• Gide Loyrette Brings In 19-Atty Team From Morgan Lewis
• LeClairRyan Acquires Health Care Firm Adelman Sheff & Smith
• Becker & Poliakoff Merger Boosts Home Associations Practice
• Diversity Report Gives BigLaw In Dallas Failing Grade
• Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms: Lieff Cabraser
• Weil Gotshal Loosens Hold On Departing Texas Partners
• Cooley DC Merges With Dow Lohnes In 750-Atty Tie-Up
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm: Labaton Sucharow
• Detroit Bankruptcy Court Continues Operating Amid Shutdown
• 3rd Circ., Pa. Federal Courts To Stay Open During Shutdown
• Justice Served: The Week In Judicial Benchslaps
• Rainmaker Q&A: Buchalter Nemer's Farah Bhatti
• NY Eastern District Calls Workers Essential During Shutdown
• Calif. Gov. Snubs Bill Taking Aim At Bogus Attys
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm: Kirby McInerney
• Courts Buy Time But Brace For Impact As Shutdown Lingers
• Herrick Feinstein Expands With DC, Turkey Offices
• Wis. Lawmakers Approve Contingency Fee Atty Reform Bill
• Dentons Attys Join Reed Smith Amid McKenna Merger Talks
• Ex-Senator Rejoins Mintz Levin As Gov't Relations Exec
• Bar Presidents Urge Congress To Fund The Courts
• SEC Atty Of 'Fabulous Fab' Fame Joins WilmerHale
• NJ Judges Say Meals With Indicted Admin Isn't Misconduct
• Proskauer Confirms Picking Up Latest Weil Defector
• DA Says It's Apologies Or Jail For Convicted Pa. Justice
• Atty Can't Revive Subpoena In Faruqi Sex Harassment Fight
• Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm: Grant & Eisenhofer
• Venable Launches In SF With Commercial, IP Litigation Team
• Malpractice Jury Verdict Against DLA Piper Reversed
• Weil's Dallas Woes Exacerbated By Long-Term Lease
• Bingham Partner To Lead Boies Schiller's London Shop
• NJ Justice Says Goodbye To The Bench, Avoids Politicking
• Debevoise, Vedder Price Carry On BigLaw Staff Cuts
• Biased Wal-Mart Atty Fees Should be Axed, 9th Circ. Hears
• Hangley Aronchick Installs Pro Bono Whiz As New Firm Chair
• NJ Panel Looks To Boost Handling Of Business Litigation
• Most Feared Plaintiffs Firm: Cohen Milstein
• Ex-Faruqi Atty Rips Subpoena Ruling In Harassment Suit
• Pa. Judge Can Open Ex-Partners' Books In Fee Row
• Anapol Schwartz Says Atty In Gay Bias Row Threatened Suit
• Carlton Fields Merges With Jorden Burt In 370-Atty Tie-Up
• Calif. Sets New Model For Immigrants To Get Law Licenses
• Global Spending Boom Offers Hope For Midsize Firms
• California Gov. Vetoes Jury Service For Noncitizens
• High Court Weighs Law Firms' Liability In Stanford Ponzi
• Scruggs Loses High Court Bid To Nix Corruption Conviction
• Sidley Confirms More Weil Gotshal Additions In Dallas
• Mayer Brown Gets New Digs In Manhattan
• NY Lawyer Group Says Attys Can't Seek Whistleblower Awards
• NYC Bar Group Backs Retirement Age Bump For State Judges
• Trustee Slams K&L Gates As $500M Malpractice Tiff Reignites
• Vorys Sater Launches In Pittsburgh, Bolsters Energy Team
• Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q3
• Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms: Bernstein Litowitz
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Calif. Litigants Wary Of Using Cash-Strapped Court System
• Law360 Names The Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms
• Weil Gotshal Defections Grow In Dallas
• Justice Served: The Week In Judicial Benchslaps
• Epstein Becker Can Stay On In Greenberg Malpractice Suit
• Jones Day's Detroit Contract Capped At $18M
• White & Case Expands Kazakhstan Presence With New Office
• CORRECTED: Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Reed Smith MP Moves To In-House Position At PNC
• Morgan Lewis Becomes Latest Firm To Elect Female Chair
• Thelen Trustee Nets $1.2M In Ex-Partner Settlements
• NJ Bar Head Wants Attys To Fight For Judicial Independence
• Quarles & Brady Forms New Unfair Competition Practice
• Convicted Pa. Justice Looks To Stall Signed Apology Photos
• Andrews Kurth Sets Up Shop In Mideast With Dubai Office
• Weil Gotshal's Texas Troubles Hit Houston
• Paul Hastings Joins BigLaw Staff Cutting
• Judge's Ex-Co-Counsel Say She Cut Them Out Of $14.5M Deal
• Ex-Faruqi Atty Wants Subpoena Revived In Harassment Suit
• Law Firm Mergers Continue To Heat Up At Record Pace
• Eversheds To Launch 5 Offices, Law Institute In Africa
• Texas Chief Justice Resigns, Joins Alexander Dubose
• Legal Pricing Pros Gather For Inaugural Conference
• Dentons' Growth Ambitions Build With McKenna Long Talks
• Attys' Social Media Use Rife With Land Mines, Panel Says
• Bingham McCutchen Names New MP, Doubles Up At Top
• NY Southern District Stays Civil Cases Litigated By US Attys
• NJ Senate Sets Hearing For Christie High Court Nominee
• BigLaw Braces For Revenue Hit In Federal Shutdown