Legal Industry Archive » January, 2019

Legal Industry - January, 2019

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• Delaware Outstrips Texas As Top Patent Hotspot Of 2018
• These Firms Scored The Most Patent Work In 2018
• Ogletree Atty Still Facing Uphill Battle For Court Nomination
• Supreme Court Wards Off Controversial Cases — For Now
• Global Law Firm DWF Pushes Ahead With UK Public Offering
• Pittsburgh's New Top Judge Looks To Modernize Court Access
• What Lawyers Can Do To Prevent And Combat Burnout
• New York City Bar Association To Study Litigation Funding
• The Top In-House Hires Of January
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Big 4's Legal Inroads Seen As Wake-Up Call For Firms
• Attys Urged To Embrace A New Reality On Fees
• Locke Lord Re-Elects Firm Chair, Names New Board Co-Chair
• Trump Taps Kirkland Atty For 9th Circ., Renominees Draw Fire
• 'Age Of The CLO' Sees Counsel's Influence Expand: Report
• Houston Atty Sues Apple After FaceTime Records Deposition
• Law Firm Leaders: Tarter Krinsky & Drogin's Alan Tarter
• Amid Wave Of Defections, What's Going On With LeClairRyan?
• On Int'l Work, In-House Counsel Covet Experts, Not Firms
• Sen. Graham Agrees To Press AG Pick On Mueller Probe
• Milberg Says Ex-Partner's Money Bid Is Harassment
• Former Alston & Bird Attorney Named Humana GC
• Loretta Lynch To Next AG: Admit Mistakes, Be Transparent
• Cohen Shakes Up Legal Team, Agrees To Testify On Feb. 8
• ABA Backs Rules For Continuations Based On Parental Leave
• How The Shutdown Hurt Federal Courts
• Armstrong Teasdale Continues East Coast Expansion In NYC
• GCs' Open Letter To Firms Serves As Ultimatum On Diversity
• AG Pick Barr Promises Transparency With Mueller Report
• High Court Veteran Returns 'Home' To Williams & Connolly
• Antitrust Vet Joins Lewis Brisbois, Sets Up DC Office
• ABA Again Rejects Stricter Law School Accreditation Rule
• MoFo Accused Of Unfair Firings In Expanded Sex Bias Suit
• 15 Minutes With Bristol-Myers Squibb's General Counsel
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Savills Studley Exec Sees Law Firms Trim Real Estate Budget
• Buchanan Ingersoll Blasts 'Blitzkrieg Lawyering' In BMW Suit
• Latest Group Leaving LeClairRyan Heads To Pepper Hamilton
• Law360's Pro Say: Unpacking Skadden's Ukraine Scandal
• Fired Greenspoon Partner Accuses Firm Of Discrimination
• Hogan Lovells Partner Caught With Porn At Work Leaves Firm
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Avenatti Faces Uphill DQ Fight In $10M Row With Ex-Partner
• Barr, Slate Of Court Picks Set For Judiciary Panel Vote
• Cohen To Honor Senate Intel Committee Subpoena, Atty Says
• Male-Dominated Ogletree Underpays Female Attys, Suit Says
• LeClairRyan Office In Va. Latest To Defect From Firm
• GOP Sen. Aims To Revive Rule Change To Speed Judge Picks
• Law Schools Should Be More Like Medical Centers
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Vinson & Elkins Steers Legal Tech Co.'s $83M Funding Round
• Bear Stearns Hits Reed Smith With $500M Malpractice Suit
• Retired Judges Urge Fed. Circ. To Make PACER Free
• Cohen Nixes Congressional Hearing Over Trump 'Threats'
• Ogletree Looks To Gut Ex-Shareholder's Sex Bias Suit
• Ex-Snell & Wilmer Chair John Bouma Fatally Struck By Cars
• Arent Fox Sues Former IP Partner Over Move To Kasowitz
• GOP Mulling 'Nuclear Option' To Speed Judicial Nominations
• The Legal Threat Giving Compliance Officers Nightmares
• 10 Firms That Made The Most Money Lobbying In 2018
• Gilstrap 'Offended' By Gamesmanship Of Irell, Winston Attys
• UK Watchdog Drops GCs From Manager Accountability Plan
• Law Firm Leaders: Kennedys CMK's Meg Catalano
• Judiciary Says It Will Stay Funded Through January
• Girardi Keese, Thomas Girardi Owe $15M, Legal Lender Says
• Skadden Deal Unfair, Russian Co. Says In Troll Farm Case
• Courts Are Getting It Right On Litigation Funding Discovery
• Legal Field Has 'Enthusiasm Gap' For Gender Equity Initiatives
• Firms' Crawl To Gender Diversity Shows Long Road Ahead
• Education Department GC Named Fla. Supreme Court Justice
• Ex-Weil Partner Sues MetLife For Disability Benefits
• 15 Minutes With Planet Fitness' General Counsel
• How Skadden's Foreign Agent Scandal Unfolded
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Skadden's Deal With DOJ Comes With Woes For Greg Craig
• Skadden Began Ukraine Work With Caution, Ended It In Lies
• Skadden Deal Shows DOJ's FARA Focus Shifting To High Gear
• Behind The Scenes, #TimesUp Fund Gets To Work
• Law360's Pro Say LIVE: SDNY Chief Talks Women In The Law
• Judge Orders Blue Cross Attys To Shape Up In Antitrust MDL
• For Skadden's Brand, Ukraine Scandal A Shot Across The Bow
• Fed. Circ. To Remain Open During Shutdown
• Could A Tougher Standard For Law Schools Hurt Diversity?
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Settlement Counsel Key For Efficient Mass Tort Resolution
• Quinn Emanuel Co-Founder Emanuel Retires After 3 Decades
• Skadden First In BigLaw To Be Hit As DOJ Dusts Off FARA
• How Skadden's Ukrainian Job Went Up In Flames
• Ill. Atty Admits To Overbilling Clients At Kirkland, Boutique
• 'Dark Overlord' Hack Another Cautionary Tale For Law Firms
• Del. Court Says It Will Stay Open During Shutdown
• Weinstein, Lawyer Officially 'Part Ways' After Split Rumors
• StubHub GC Lands On Twitter's Legal Team
• Diversity's Next Step: Developing Minority Partners
• King & Spalding, Ex-Atty Spar Over Experts In Firing Suit
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• With Co-Founder Gone, Buckley Revamps Name, Leadership
• Skadden To Pay $4.6M Over Ukraine Lobbying
• Panasonic Avionics Hires New GC Following Corruption Probe
• Jenner & Block Taps Head Of Litigation As Firm Chair
• For-Profit Ariz. Law School Drops ABA Suit Over Accreditation
• Republicans Shower AG Pick With Praise After Hearing
• Law Firm Leaders: Lowenstein Sandler's Gary Wingens
• Trump Nominates Jackson Walker, Greenberg Vets To Bench
• Arbitrators And Mediators Should Reflect Society's Diversity
• Judiciary Says It Will Stay Fully Funded Through Next Week
• DC Circ. Can't Agree On DOJ Stay Requests, Judge Contends
• Barr Pledges Independence In Oversight Of Mueller Probe
• Quinn Emanuel Partner Dies After Lung Cancer Battle
• Why AFAs Are Key To The Future Of Legal Practice
• Boston Ripe With Opportunities For Firm Growth
• Florida's GrayRobinson Picks Up DC Lobbying Firm
• Blank Rome Can Arbitrate Ex-Dickstein Partners' $4M Suit
• Legal Tech Download: PE Investments, Acquisitions, AI
• Firms Turn To Creative Benefits To Attract Legal Talent
• Quinn Says High Court Arbitration Ruling Sinks Ex-Partners
• House Ousts Rep. King From Committees Over Race Remarks
• Kirkland Paid AG Nominee Barr $1.2M Over Two Years
• Former Sullivan & Cromwell Chair Dies In Apartment Fire
• DC Circ.'s First Female Judge Dies At 90
• Del. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin J. Carey To Retire In August
• High Court Won't Hear Felon's Challenge To Acting AG
• The Big Picture: How The Shutdown Is Impacting Your Practice
• Mueller Probe To Dominate Barr Confirmation Hearing
• Calif. Judge Accused Of 20-Year Pattern Of Sex Harassment
• Fla. Gov. Taps Miami Appellate Judge For 2nd High Court Seat
• 15 Minutes With Tyson Foods' General Counsel
• Judging A Book: Barron Reviews 'The Clamor Of Lawyers'
• The Firms That Dominated In 2018
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Appellate Judge Resigns After Emails To Lover Reveal Ruling
• Judge Sours In Yogurt Co. Fight, Calls Attys 'Children'
• Up Next At High Court: Booze, Property And Class Actions
• Most LegalForce Claims Against Rival UpCounsel OK'd
• Top Attys More Upbeat On Their Firms Than On The Economy
• Law360's Pro Say: Can Trump Get His Wall Without Congress?
• Boies Schiller Wins $650K In Fee Spat With Chinese Billionaire
• Ginsburg Cancer-Free, But Will Miss More Arguments
• Why Some Boutiques Doled Out Behemoth Year-End Bonuses
• The Case For Lawyer-Directed Litigation Funding In NY: Part 2
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Apple GC Earned $5M In 2018, Over $20M Stock On Horizon
• What All Attorneys Need To Know About The Shutdown
• Courts Planning How To Stay Open Without Money
• 'On The Basis Of Sex' Insightfully Tracks RBG's Early Years
• Revolving Door Leads Ex-Lawmakers To Leaner Job Market
• Cohen To Testify Before House Oversight Committee
• Ogletree Arbitration Pact Covers Bias Accuser, Judge Says
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• The Case For Lawyer-Directed Litigation Funding In NY: Part 1
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Ex-Hunton Atty's Insider Trading Conviction
• Attys Targeted In Dues Phishing Scheme, ABA Warns
• AG Pick Wouldn't Muddle Mueller Probe, Sen. Graham Says
• US Firms Make Scant Progress Growing Black Atty Ranks
• DC Circ. Judges Bump Heads Over Shutdown Hearings
• Fla. Gov. Names Miami Appellate Judge To High Court
• Fisher Phillips Scoops Up 6-Atty Employment Law Boutique
• For GCs, Tech Can Separate Courtroom Winners And Losers
• Norton Rose Taps Walied Soliman As New Global Chair
• Law Firm Leaders: Finnegan's Mark Sweet And James Monroe
• 7 Questions To Add To Your Lateral Partner Questionnaire
• Labaton Sucharow Chairman Steps Down After 20 Years
• Elevate Continues Growth With UK Legal Consulting Co. Buy
• Brownstein Hyatt Taps Biz Litigator For New Managing Partner
• Kavanaugh Is True To Form In His 1st Supreme Court Opinion
• Judge Recuses Self Over Son's Job At BakerHostetler
• Duane Morris Offers Hours Reduction Around Parental Leave
• Grassley Ends Memorable, Divisive Tenure As Judiciary Chair
• Senate Dems Seek Closer Look At Court Misconduct Report
• A Chat With Reed Smith Chief Marketing Officer Sadie Baron
• Ex-Atty For Mitsubishi Blasts Bid To Nix Gender Bias Suit
• Clyde & Co Launches Program To Level Gender Imbalance
• Judiciary Pushes Back Day It Will Go Broke Over Shutdown
• The 3 Hottest Regions For BigLaw Acquisitions In 2018
• High Court Would Get Ethics Code Under Dems' Proposed Bill
• Retirement Group Nabs Eversheds Sutherland Atty As GC
• 15 Minutes With Choice Hotels' General Counsel
• 'Flexible Work' Makes Freelancing More Viable In BigLaw
• Justice Ginsburg Misses High Court Arguments For First Time
• Munck Wilson Expands To West Coast With Hecker Tie-Up
• Judge Weinstein On Activism, Gobbledegook, Going Robeless
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Fla. High Court Vetoes Bar Proposal On Atty Felony Reporting
• Up Next At High Court: Drugs, Copyrights And State Immunity
• Ex-Milberg Partner Says Firm Used Reorg To Deny Him $15M
• Law360's Pro Say: Come See Us Live!
• Legal Sector Jobs Slump, But Firms Are Doing OK
• Data Science No Longer A Luxury For Modern Law Practices
• Nielsen Taps Former AT&T, NBC Atty As Chief Legal Officer
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Surveys, Series & More: Law360's 2019 Editorial Calendar
• Sidley, Orrick, Jones Day Pros Confirmed To US Atty Posts
• WADA Taps Covington To Investigate Bullying Allegations
• Arent Fox Nabs 7 Kay & Merkle Attys In San Francisco
• Senate Judiciary Gets New Members, Sets AG Hearing Date
• Bradley Arant Opens Dallas Office With Trial Boutique Founder
• Sanford Prepping New Gender Bias Suit Against Jones Day
• Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
• Litigation Funder Sues NY Firm Over 'Unwinnable' Resort Row
• Pierce Bainbridge Expansion Continues With Boston Launch
• NYU Rips Claims Of Law Journal Bias Against White Men
• What To Expect From Technology-Assisted Review In 2019
• Shutdown 'A Real Challenge' For Cash-Strapped Courts
• Cos. Face Rise In Need, Cost For Legal Work In Big US States
• Booted Texas Law Student's Cheating Probe Suit Revived
• The Top In-House Hires Of December
• Law Firm Leaders: Reed Smith's Alexander Y. Thomas
• Orrick Opens Boston Cyber Practice With Ex-Ropes Attys
• 2019 Will Bring More Good News For Litigation Finance
• Why More Law Firms Will Embrace Remote Work In 2019
• 'Leapfrogging' Trump Appeals Jolt Sleepy Supreme Court
• 3 Worries Keeping Managing Partners Up At Night In 2019
• The Factors Shaping General Counsel Pay In 2019
• How #MeToo Will Keep Shaping The Legal Industry
• Where Lateral Hiring Will Be Most Active In 2019
• Law Firms Likely To Keep Expanding Parental Benefits In 2019
• The 3 Hottest Practice Areas For 2019
• 4 Worries That Will Keep GCs Awake At Night In 2019