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Legal Industry - December, 2020

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• The Most-Read Legal Industry Guests Of 2020
• The Most-Read Employment Law360 Guests Of 2020
• The Most-Read Insurance Law360 Guests Of 2020
• The Most-Read Securities Law360 Guests Of 2020
• Hottest Trials Law360 Guest Topics Of 2020
• The Most-Read IP Law360 Guests Of 2020
• Dominion Voting Exec Lobs Defamation Suit At Trump, Attys
• NY Court Says Older Judges Must Quit Bench Pending Suit
• ABA Poll Finds Judges Stressed By Workload Pre-Pandemic
• Crowell & Moring Pledges $1.75M For Racial Equity Causes
• Jones Day, Ex-Attys Set Table For Next Phase Of Sex Bias Suit
• Ex-Harley-Davidson Legal Chief Joins Marquette U. As GC
• Quinn Emanuel Beats BigLaw Scale For End-Of-Year Bonuses
• 4 BigLaw Partners Joining White House Counsel's Office
• Potbelly Taps Senior In-House Counsel As Chief Legal Officer
• Harrity & Harrity Launches Academy To Diversify Patent Law
• Law Firm Leaders: Norton Rose Fulbright's Gerry Pecht
• Ga. Suspends Jury Trials Until At Least February
• A Law Firm's Guide To Producing A Podcast
• Lawyering While Parenting
• Legal Tech Co. Ironclad Secures $100M In Series D Round
• Ex-Skadden Atty, Duncan Hunter Among 15 Trump Pardons
• Calif. Clears Path For Retired Judges To Ease Case Backlog
• Shipman & Goodwin Taps 3 For 'Unique' Take On Leadership
• Ga. County Limits In-Person Proceedings Amid Virus Spike
• Samsung IP Atty Returns To Faegre Drinker After 7 Years
• Va. Judge Orders 'Sea Of Portraits Of White Judges' Removed
• Girardi Accused Of Improprieties By Fifth Plane Crash Client
• NYC Bar's Diversity And Inclusion Leader To Leave Post
• Pa. Judge Partly Blocks Medical Malpractice Insurer Law
• 3 Things For Lawyers To Know About New COVID-19 Aid Deal
• Dentons Furthers US Expansion By Combining With Ala. Firm
• Bankruptcy Judgeship Extension Bill Headed To Trump's Desk
• Boies Schiller Atty Tapped As GC For Ruth's Chris
• NJ Bar Exam's Move To Online Hasn't Depressed Pass Rate
• SDNY Extends Strauss' Term In Rare Stopgap Measure
• How GCs Can Prepare For The COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
• Former NY Top Judges Back Courts In Retiring Older Judges
• Settling On Zoom: The Rise Of Pro Se MDL Objectors
• Boston Legal Diversity Group Aims To 'Turn A Corner' In 2021
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• IHeartMedia Promotes In-House Atty To GC Spot
• Chase Ducks Firm's PPP Fee Suit Thanks To Unfiled Form
• Calif. To Hold First Virtual Judge Appointment Hearing
• 5 Important E-Discovery Trends And Developments In 2020
• Atty Lin Wood Under Fire From Del. Judge For Election Suits
• Leaders Appeal Order Keeping Older NY Judges On Bench
• Fox Rothschild Fights Publisher's Sanctions Bid
• Nokia Trims But Can't Beat Bias Suit By Former In-House Atty
• Pa. Atty Says Former Firm Hid Revenue To Withhold Pay
• 4th Circ. Affirms Fraud Conviction Of Former W.Va. Justice
• 6th Circ. Won't Reconsider Refusal To DQ Judge In GM Case
• Norton Rose To Give 55% Back Pay — And May Offer More
• ICE Contractor Opposes Zoom Trial In Wash. Wage Suit
• 5 More Law Firms Wrap 2020 With Significant Bonuses
• New Attitude, Not New Tools: 4 Ways 2020 Altered Legal Tech
• 'Life Is Too Short,' Alsup Says Of Bid To Sanction Samsung
• 15 Minutes With TriNet's Chief Legal Officer
• How 7 IP Firms Weathered The COVID-19 Pandemic
• Judges On Race: The Path To A More Diverse Bench
• Sens. Confirm White & Case Alum To Calif. Court
• Senate Dems Stall Trump Picks For Watchdogs At FCC, DOT
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Girardi's Wife's Clothes Sale Flouts Asset Freeze, Judge Told
• Judge Blasts 'Scorched Earth' Tactics In Legal Recruiter Fight
• Law360's Pro Say: 2020 RECAP — The Year In Legal News
• LA Attys' Labor Suit Against Ex-Firm Goes To Arbitration
• Baltimore Attys Charged With Conspiracy In Trafficking Case
• Law School Enrollment Remained Stable In 2020
• Mich. Top Court Floats Plan To Improve Access To Justice
• Departing Dallas US Atty Nealy Cox's 4 Biggest Cases
• Lack Of Trial Income Fuels Castor's Move To New Pa. Firm
• Firms, Courts Face Worker Vaccine Bind Despite EEOC Guide
• Bill Would Restore DOJ Office Supporting Poor Communities
• Hogan Lovells Shakes Up Global Group Leaders
• Laws Are Killing Jury Trials, Hurting Due Process, Study Says
• Calif. Opioid Judge Wary Of Atty Burnout Amid Pandemic
• Some Norton Rose Offices Adopt 'Hybrid Working' Policy
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Fired Atty's FMLA Suit Blasts Firm's 'Sweatshop Culture'
• Washington Post Wants A Say In Wilkinson Suit Redactions
• Senate Confirms Trump Picks For Tenn., Claims Court
• 3 More Firms Join End-of-Year Bonus Season
• Stronger Protections For Federal Judges Held Up In Senate
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• EpiPen Trial Not Feasible Nor Prudent Amid Virus, Judge Says
• NY Courts Say Tech Improvements, Fluidity Key To Better Ops
• Ex-Clients: Girardi Firm Took Boeing Deals Without Consent
• Utah Amends Legal Biz Program Over Atty Referral Fee Worry
• Willkie Farr Makes Ex-White House Adviser Co-Chair
• MoFo Elevates Director To New Chief Diversity Officer Role
• Law360's The Term: The End Of The Trump Era
• Trump Reshaped The Supreme Court, But Couldn't Control It
• Outside Legal Spending Losing To In-House, Survey Finds
• Big 4, Alternative Providers Continue Their March On BigLaw
• Legal Tech Co. Disco Raised $100M In Q4, Plans To Expand
• High Court's Carney V. Adams Analysis On Standing Is Flawed
• Arnold & Porter Commits $1M To New Diversity Initiatives
• American Tire Distributors Taps Fox VP To Head Legal Office
• Ex-Mintz White Collar Chair's Boutique To Be All Women
• Orrick Latest BigLaw Firm To Announce Year-End Bonuses
• Weil Says Hagens Berman Faked Witness Claims In Stock Suit
• Why Legal Ops Have Been Largely Unscathed By COVID-19
• NY Bar Calls State's New Power Of Attorney Law A 'Big Win'
• Girardi Keese Receiver Delayed As Bankruptcy Threat Looms
• Southern District Of Ind. Halts In-Person Trials Until March
• Silicon Valley Bank Beats CARES Act Referral Fees Suit
• Perkins Coie Nabs 17 Attys From NY Firm, Forcing Rename
• Two Tannenbaum Helpern Partners Tapped As NYSA Top Attys
• Jones Day Promotes 50 To Partner For New Year
• Bill Barr's On The Job Market. Will Any Law Firm Hire Him?
• Trump's 1st Circ. Pick In Limbo As Sens. OK District Judges
• Oxford Researchers Approved For AI Review Of 400K Cases
• Girardi's Ex-Partners Say He Cheated Them Out Of $2.3M
• Mass. Top Court Justice Retires After Sprint To The Finish
• ABA Open To Attys Working Remote Outside Home States
• US Attorney In Ohio To Step Down In January
• How Firms Powered Through On Summer Associate Hires
• Atlanta Transit Board Selects Ex-Georgia Chief Justice As GC
• Tips For Identifying A Culturally Competent Mediator
• 6 Ways Firms Can Protect Lawyers' Wellness In Chaotic Times
• Cooley Grows New York Office With Ex-Facebook, EDNY Atty
• New York Blocks ICE From Entering State's Courthouses
• 2 More BigLaw Firms Announce Year-End Bonuses
• Senators Tell Iancu Patent Bar Needs More Women
• Former Judge Orenstein On His Legacy And Joining ZwillGen
• Davis Wright Restores Pay And Makes Attys, Staff Whole
• Trump Org Must Turn Over Documents, NY Judge Orders
• Trump Pick Replaces Barrett On 7th Circ. Over Dem Protests
• Segal McCambridge Continues Growth With Shareholder Trio
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• A Look At Spoliation Risk In The 11th Circ., By The Numbers
• 13 Federal Courts To Livestream Cases In Transparency Effort
• US Anti-Doping Agency Parts Ways With Top Lawyer
• 9th Circuit Affirms No Anti-SLAPP For Atty Libel
• Haynes And Boone Relocates North Dallas Office To Plano
• SEC's Green Light On E-Signatures Will Improve Public Filings
• Ex-Jones Day Attys Drop Class Claims After Seeing Pay Data
• After Contempt Order, Prosecutors Probe Girardi Case
• Average BigLaw Partner Compensation Soars Past $1M
• Fla. Gov. Urges Sanctions For Atty Over COVID-19 Beach Suit
• AGs Urge Congress To OK Stronger Protection For Judges
• 6 More Law Firms Reward Attorneys With End-Of-Year Cash
• NC Reinstates In-Person Court Freeze Due To COVID-19 Surge
• Judge To Refer Girardi To Prosecutors Over Missing $2M
• Surveys, Awards And More: Law360's 2021 Editorial Calendar
• Sanford Heisler's Bias Probe Stirs Neutrality Concerns
• NJ US Atty To Step Down In January After 3 Years
• Baker McKenzie Global COO To Leave Firm For BCLP
• Facebook, BigLaw Attys Discuss Increasing Diversity In IP
• Attorney General Barr To Step Down
• Ohio Judge Who Bypassed COVID Rules Removed From Trials
• 15 Minutes With The Minnesota Vikings' Chief Legal Officer
• Davis Polk Pans Black Atty's 'Opportunistic' Race Bias Claims
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Law Firm Hit With Wrongful Firing Suit From Gay Ex-Assistant
• Cadwalader Hires DOJ Vet To Head Crisis Management Team
• Boies Schiller Names 5 New Leaders In Latest Shake-Up
• Girardi Taps Criminal Defense Pro As Contempt Hearing Nears
• NY Court Chiefs Can't Escape Judges' Age Bias Suit
• Judges Stoll, Albright Dish On Litigating During COVID-19
• Facebook Taps DC Firm Kellogg Hansen For Antitrust Suits
• Gibson Dunn Accused Of Hiring Atty Behind Recruiter's Back
• Lawyers' Data Targeted In String Of Bar Association Hacks
• Biden Granddaughter Joining Arnold & Porter's DC Office
• The Biggest Legal Ethics Moments Of 2020
• 5 Things That Rocked The Legal Industry In 2020
• Pro Say: Did Internet Providers Keep Their COVID-19 Pledge?
• Mintz Nabs Sidley And Nixon Peabody Vets In DC, Boston
• Giuliani's Atty To Rep Bannon After Quinn Emanuel Bails
• Ex-USPTO GC Joins McKool Smith In Washington
• Legal Research Co. Ceasing Operations, Blames Reuters Suit
• La-Z-Boy General Counsel Retiring In Summer 2021
• 5 More Law Firms To Pay Year-End Bonuses
• Kelley Drye Restores Full Salaries After COVID-19 Pay Cuts
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Tractor Supply Hires Ex-Carestream Dental Atty As GC
• Ex-Arnold & Porter Worker Wins Disability Benefits Trial
• Trump Taps Ex-WH Atty For Nonpartisan Regulatory Agency
• Cyberattack Slowed Texas Probes Into Judicial Conduct
• Baker McKenzie Fights 'Zoom Fatigue' In UK Offices
• Law360's The Term: The Push To Overturn The Election
• Lawyers Like Working From Home — Up To A Point
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• How Energy Attys Can Do More To Ward Off Corruption
• Sens. Advance Trump Picks For 7th Circ., Trial Courts
• Virtual Hearings May Serve Justice Better Than A Courtroom
• Norton Rose Fulbright's Next Chair On Being 'The First'
• Incoming Second Gentleman Emhoff Joins Georgetown Law
• SEC Enforcement Chief Avakian To Step Down At Year's End
• ACC Launches Data Security Program For Law Firms
• Norton Rose Fulbright's Clark To Be 1st Black Female Chair
• Supreme Court Restores Delaware's Bench Balance Rule
• In-House Units Say Legal Needs Rise As Budgets Tighten
• Calif. Fed. Courts Limit In-Person Hearings As Virus Rages
• How GCs And BigLaw Can Improve Diversity And Inclusion
• DC NFL Team Brings In Dechert In Wilkinson Suit
• GCs Bracing For Wave Of COVID-19-Based Employment Suits
• Lewis Roca Accused Of Spiking Abuse Case Against School
• Trump Taps Senate Indian Affairs Atty For Fed. Claims Court
• Philly Bar Decries Judge's Blocking Of Lawyer Anti-Bias Rule
• Union Pacific Promotes Former Pipeline Co. CLO To Top Atty
• Clifford Chance Drops 'Dear Sirs,' 'Chairman' In Inclusion Bid
• Startup Artio Medical Nabs New GC From Pet Pharma Co.
• COVID-19 Spurs Associates To Think Bigger — Like Partners
• Law Firm Leaders: Kramer Levin's Schoeman And Spilko
• Intermex Taps Kaplan VP As New General Counsel
• Houston Law Firm Launches Diversity Initiative
• Ex-CFTC Enforcement Head To Join Sullivan & Cromwell
• Legal Spend Tracking Platform Raises $28M
• Chicago Insurance Boutique Opens Dallas Location
• Senate Confirms 8th Trump Nominee To Federal Claims Court
• Bill To Make PACER Free Sails Through House
• Ex-ViacomCBS Atty Tapped For Mattel General Counsel
• Calif. Judge Stumps For More Video Hearings After Pandemic
• 3 Calif. Law Schools With Low Pass Rates Face Bar Inspection
• Girardi Keese: Rising Debt, Fleeing Attys And Theft Claims
• Is Paint Giant's In-House Purge Worth The Risk?
• How Fox Rothschild Closed Its New Tie-Up During A Pandemic
• Sen. Graham Doubts Confirmation For 1st Circ. Nominee
• Munck Wilson Among Firms Offering Restoration Payments
• BigLaw Racial Justice Efforts Continue To Build Momentum
• Dentons To Combine With Iowa Law Firm In Bid For Expansion
• Bailey Glasser Opens Boise Outpost With New Partner
• Incoming Philly Bar Head Vows To Aid In Pandemic Recovery
• 2 BigLaw Firms Announce New Diversity Initiatives
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Trump Org Opposes New Subpoena Args In NY AG's Probe
• Fintech Startup Remitly Taps New GC From Fifth Third Bank
• Hershey's General Counsel To Resign Next Month
• GCs Are Uniquely Qualified To Lead Diversity Initiatives
• Texas Files Last-Ditch Election Challenge In Supreme Court
• Former Sen. Paul Sarbanes, Co-Writer Of SOX, Dies At 87
• LA County's New DA To Nix Cash Bail, Rein In Sentencing
• Hundreds Of Attys Tell Bars To Condemn Trump Election Attys
• Barrett Inspires New Religious Challenges To COVID-19 Rules
• Ex-FERC Commissioner McNamee Rejoins McGuireWoods
• 'Varsity Blues' Trial Puts Older Lawyers At Risk, Court Told
• 4 More BigLaw Firms To Fork Over Year-End Bonuses
• NY Courts Cut In-Person Operations To Fight 'Horrific' Virus
• Calif. AG Becerra Selected To Head HHS In Biden Era
• Fox Rothschild Bolsters Calif. Footprint With Boutique Merger
• Indicted Court Clerk Decries Job Suspension As 'Gilded Cage'
• BCLP To Reimburse Employees For COVID-19 Pay Cuts
• DC NFL Team Wants To Review Redactions In Wilkinson Suit
• 15 Minutes With Vendavo's Chief Legal Officer
• Cox Taps Joiava Philpott As New General Counsel
• Biden To Pick Calif. AG Xavier Becerra To Head HHS
• Judges On Race: Reducing Implicit Bias In Courtrooms
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Loretta Lynch To In-House Attys: Look Beyond Boundaries
• Law360's Pro Say: COVID-19 Vaccine Patents, Explained
• Up Next At High Court: Nazi Art Theft, Facebook Class Action
• Ky. Bar Admissions Office Sent Out Botched Exam Results
• Texas Judicial Selection Reform Sees New Push From Attys
• NY Law Firm's Suit Over Virus Closure Orders Tossed
• Wilkinson Stekloff Offering Bonus Packages Of Up To $160K
• Ohio Justices Strike Down Judge's Order Blocking Pay Raises
• 2 BigLaw Firms Dish Out Back Pay After Undoing Salary Cuts
• HaystackID Snags John Deere's E-Discovery Leader
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• 4 Ways Firms Are Trying To 'Move The Needle' On Diversity
• Feds Want To 'Send A Message' With Ex-FBI Atty Prison Time
• Legal Industry Ducks Economic Slump, Adds 5K Jobs
• Biden Presidency Won't Save The Future Of BigLaw In China
• $1.3B Nuix IPO One Of The Biggest For Legal Tech
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Girardi Keese Faces Contempt Over Edelson's Theft Claims
• Artist Sues Law School To Save Underground Railroad Murals
• Law360's The Term: Suing Candy Makers For Child Slavery
• Legal Battle May Show Risk Of GC Wearing Too Many Hats
• Exterro Absorbs Forensic Tech Co. For 9-Figure Sum
• Calif. Judge To Keep Video Status Hearings After COVID-19
• DOJ Floats E-Filing Rule In Immigration Courts
• The Road To GC Dotted With Executive Coaches
• 2 More BigLaw Firms Sweeten The Pot With Bonuses
• Marathon Oil General Counsel Resigns From Post
• Procopio Taps Managing Partner For New Term
• No-Look Fees May Limit Ch. 13 Resources In COVID-19 Era
• Venable Launches Chicago Office With Construction Group
• Intel Asks Federal Circ. To Nix WDTX Judge's IP Trial Transfer
• Wells Fargo Can't Duck Black Atty's Suit Over N-Word Incident
• Navigating Atty Relationship Conflicts That May Imperil Cases
• Kirkland Alum Confirmed To Military Appeals Court
• Federal Court Cases Dip Amid COVID-19
• Legal Staff Productivity Up But Mental Health Declines In 2020
• Edelson Sues 'Housewives' Couple, Claims Girardi Debt Spiral
• 2 More BigLaw Firms Match Rivals' Year-End Bonus Scale
• Boies Schiller Plans Leadership Shakeup As Co-Head Leaves
• Barr's Special Counsel Pick Known For Not Caving To Politics
• Wilkinson Stekloff Nabs Atty Who Clerked For Justice Roberts
• Man Likely To Change Plea Over Threats To Kill Flynn Judge
• MasterCard Taps Former US Ambassador To Head Litigation
• Balch Launches Program To Support Minority Businesses
• Senate Confirms Veteran DOJ Litigator To Claims Court
• DWF To Pilot New Legal Tech Training Seat
• Bechtel Taps Alternative Legal Service Co. For Pilot Program
• Boston Judge Hailed As 'Home Run' Pick For Mass. Top Court
• 9 Of Industry's Largest Law Firms Secured $10M PPP Loans
• Law Firm Leaders: Atheria Law's Christina Terplan
• Comey To Teach At Columbia Law School In 2021
• How Mediators Can Help Parties Overcome Emotional Barriers
• Barr Names Special Counsel To Keep Probing Russia Probe
• NYC Bar Condemns Sanctions Against ICC Prosecutors
• 3 More BigLaw Firms Shell Out For Year-End Bonuses
• Intel Asks WDTX Judge For IP Trial Delay Due To Virus Spread
• Ill. Bar Says Attys Without State License Can Practice
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Porter Wright Alum Among New Judges For Ohio, Miss.
• Cooley Contract Tool Aims To Help Bring Diversity To VC
• 5th Circ. Judge Thomas Reavley Dies At 99
• Ex-BCLP Insurance Head Joins Stephenson Harwood As GC
• Judging A Book: Wardlaw Reviews 'Hamilton And The Law'
• Ex-Manhattan US Attorney Ousted By Trump Joins Fried Frank
• The Top In-House Hires Of November
• Law Firms Have Been Staying Above Water During Pandemic