Legal Industry Archive » February, 2021

Legal Industry - February, 2021

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• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• 9th Circ. Revives Claims In Ore. Bar Membership Fee Row
• WDTX Judge Albright Touts Revamped Courtroom Tech
• $650M Facebook Privacy Deal OK'd, $110M Atty Fees Trimmed
• Clients Likely To Grill Law Firms After Vendor Data Breaches
• Up Next At High Court: PTAB's Legality, Voting Rights Act
• Judge Salas Returns With Mission To Protect The Bench
• Revolving Door Roundup: Jones Day, Sullivan & Cromwell
• Law360's Pro Say: Hard Seltzer Heads To Court
• Cook County Chief Judge Defeats Discrimination Suit
• California's July Bar Exam Goes Remote Again
• Texas Justices To Decide If Atty Immunity Covers Deal Work
• What Biden's Ethics Pledge Means For Gov't Revolving Door
• Schiff Hardin Taps Longtime Torts Atty As Managing Partner
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Meet The Supreme Court Heavyweights Arguing Arthrex
• PetroSaudi Can't Tap 1MDB-Linked Funds Held By UK Law Firm
• Legal Services Co. Must Hand Over Docs In Contract Dispute
• Hub Hires: Nixon, Foley, Goulston, Prince Lobel
• Fox Rothschild, DLA Piper To Face Ponzi Claims In State Court
• Law360's The Term: Will Court's Latest Cases Be Moot?
• 4th Circ. To Rehear Convicted W.Va. Justice's New Trial Bid
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Dems Seek Political Donor Disclosure, Including Judicial Ads
• Punishing Bar Exam Policies On Menstrual Products Must Go
• Apollo Stole Litigation Funder's Valuation Secrets, Suit Says
• Foley & Lardner Beefs Up In Bay Area With Lehot, Others
• COVID-19 Hasn't Forced An Exodus Of Women From BigLaw
• Texas Trade Name Shift Will Benefit Small, Specialized Firms
• Cook County Chief Judge Eyes Criminal Trials' Spring Return
• Toyota Stamps Out Bid To Unseal Ex-WilmerHale Temp's Case
• Calif. Bar Officially Begins Expanded Temporary Licensing
• Reps. Want To Add Lower Court Judges, But Divided On How
• Judiciary Wants More Money For Security, Videoconferencing
• It's Time For Law Firms To Start Loving And Leveraging Data
• The Leadership Dilemma Law Firms Face Amid COVID-19
• Should An Atty Lead HHS? Lawmakers Debate Pros And Cons
• Garland Aced His AG Audition. Next Comes The Hard Part.
• Employer Must Pay Atty $204K For Secret Wage Settlement
• New Judgeships A Tall Order Despite Lawmakers' Interest
• Keys To Protecting Clients During Law Firm Dissolution
• PBGC Hires Ex-AIG Atty For General Counsel Seat
• Frost Brown To Open Lobbying-Focused DC Office
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Pandemic Worsens Career Barriers For Marginalized Attorneys
• 9 Names To Watch As Biden Picks EDNY's Next Top Cop
• Kroger Latest Victim In Software Vendor Data Breach
• Atty Referred To Discipline Panel For Pro-Trump Election Suit
• Garland's AG Vow: 'Turn Down The Volume' At DOJ
• Attys Accused Of NYC Molotov Attack Get Plea Offers
• Retiring Calif. Federal Judge To Give Biden Another Opening
• Groups Want Top BigLaw Attys Kept Out Of DOJ Leader Roles
• How Case Management Orders Can Support New Attorneys
• Breaking IP Barriers: Q&A With Tyz Law's Jennifer Kelly
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Biden Stacking Health Team With Vets Of BigLaw, AG Offices
• Law360's Pro Say: Citibank's $900 Million Mistake
• Biden Taps Robbins Russell Partner For VA GC
• Up Next At High Court: Florida Oysters, Believing Asylees
• Law360's The Term: Lurking In The Shadow (Docket)
• lll. Federal Court To Use COVID-19 Tests In Path Back To Trials
• Jones Day Adds Ex-Chief Of Staff For DOJ's Civil Rights Unit
• Judge Says Atty Who Killed Son Also Eyed Justice Sotomayor
• 'We All Lost A Year': Boston Attys Return To Changed Hub
• An In-House Counsel's Guide To Better Work Management
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Ex-Willkie Farr Atty Avoids Disbarment For 'Varsity Blues' Plea
• White House Wins McGahn Suit Delay, Rifts With House Dems
• 'Outdated' Accellion Software To Blame For Hack, Victims Say
• House Panel Ponders Reforms To Justices' 'Shadow Docket'
• Sheppard Mullin Atty's Motion In Clif Bar Case Irks Judge
• Ex-WilmerHale Temp Says White House Atty Lied For Toyota
• Girardi Co-Attys Say 'Diabolical' Scheme Cost Them Millions
• Ex-SEC Chairman Jay Clayton Returns To Sullivan & Cromwell
• Avoiding Materially Adverse Conflicts After New ABA Opinion
• These Firms Steered The Most Cases In The Last 3 Years
• Texas Students May Defer Feb. Bar Exam Amid Power Outages
• 7th Circ. Says Atty's Workplace Bias Suit Lacks Evidence
• 'Let Me Stop This': Judge Chafes At Klayman In Sanction Fight
• Key Bipartisan Sens. Demand Ethics Rules For Justices
• Beyond 'Cat Lawyer': Judges On Virtual Hearings
• Coinbase Appoints New CCO As It Prepares To Go Public
• Orrick's Supreme Court Head Jumps To Civil Rights Institute
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Man Accused Of Threatening Judge Says Indictment Too Late
• Atty Says DOJ Fired Her For Objecting To Pregnancy Bias
• Top Export Control Official Joins Wiley's Trade Team
• Crowell Snags Former Intelligence IG Fired By Trump
• Lin Wood Fights Bar Grievance As Money Woes Mount
• Former EPA Acting Legal Leader Returns To Gibson Dunn
• Cohen Milstein Reps Lawmaker Suing Trump For Capitol Riot
• Wary Lawmakers Put Justices' 'Shadow Docket' In Spotlight
• US Legal System Can Benefit From Nonlawyer Ownership
• Jones Day Hit By Third-Party Data Breach
• As Boston Sees White Collar 'Boom,' Hinckley Allen Bulks Up
• Legal Industry Still Largely White And Male, ABA Survey Says
• Health Care Attys In High Demand As Market Booms
• Winter Storms Bring New Tangle For Texas Courts, Firms
• Ex-Facebook Deputy Counsel Comes 'Home' To Gibson Dunn
• Elliott Greenleaf Says Attys Filched Files While Jumping Ship
• Biden Gets 1st Opening On 9th Circ. Thanks To Judge Graber
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Supreme Court Staying Remote For Upcoming Arguments
• Law360's Pro Say: Cat Lawyer: It's Complicated
• Ex-Jones Day Attys Can Add Retaliation Claims To Case
• Boston US Attorney Lelling Heading To Jones Day
• Biden Gets 2nd Opening On DC Circ. Thanks To Judge Tatel
• Houston's Courts Keep Trials Rolling In True Texas Fashion
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Zoom Hearings Reveal Dogged Pursuit Of Justice. Cats Too.
• Law360's The Term: Treasure Hunting In The Petition Pile
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Bloom's Civil Rights Firm Accused Of Operating Unlawfully
• Calif. Pressed On Its Use Of Face Scans For Remote Bar Exam
• Building A Law Firm Knowledge Bank For Thought Leadership
• Calif. Judge Tells DLA Atty On Zoom: 'At Least Have A Tie On'
• NYC Mayor's Unpaid Kramer Levin Tab Raises Ethics Worries
• ABA Plans Vote On Measures Pushing For Student Debt Relief
• Ex-Ohio US Attorney Returns To Jones Day As Partner
• DC's July Bar Exam To Be Remote As Pandemic Wears On
• Garland's AG Nomination Finally Moving In Senate
• Atlanta's Chief Judge Plans To Take Senior Status In May
• 3 Names To Watch As Biden Mulls Next SDNY Top Prosecutor
• Let's Emerge From The Pandemic As Legal Innovators
• Legal Depts. Face Resource Pressure Amid COVID-19 Crunch
• Dominion Says Powell Was Dodging Being Served $1.3B Suit
• ABA Outlines 'Material' Adversity Standard In Client Conflicts
• Gibson Dunn Wants Investment Co. To Pay Nearly $1M In Fees
• Winston & Strawn Launches Energy & Infrastructure Group
• First Wave: The Attys Who Pioneered Law Firm Gender Suits
• Burger King Franchisee Taps Ex-Barington Capital Atty As GC
• DOL Reinstates Atty Who Claimed Trump Tie Axed Oracle Suit
• NY Legal Services Support Staff Strike For Higher Pay
• DOJ Asks Trump-Appointed US Attorneys To Step Down
• Clear Exhibits, Abrupt Goodbyes: Life As A Zoom Juror
• Legal Ops, Firm Staff Clash On Legal Innovation, Survey Finds
• LSC Asks Congress To Fund Free Legal Aid Amid Pandemic
• 'I'm Not A Cat,' Atty Assures Judge Amid Zoom Filter Mishap
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Anticipating Predictive Analytics' Potential Uses In Litigation
• Fujitec Beats Ex-Top Atty's Racial Bias Claims, For Now
• ​​​​​​​One Of Trump Admin.'s Top Health Attys Talks Enforcement
• This Black History Month, Law Firms Should Challenge Norms
• Trustee Sues Girardi Business Partner For Golf-Course Home
• Armstrong Teasdale Finishes Kerman Purchase In London
• NY Judge Quits After Admitting To Keying Local Official's Car
• Biden Taps Obergefell Atty Karlan For DOJ Post
• CEO Ken Frazier, Once GC, To Retire From Merck
• DLA Piper Lengthens Managing Partner Term, Citing COVID-19
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• ITC Cases Up 15% As Firms Expand Practices, Report Says
• WaPo Loses Bid To Intervene In Wilkinson NFL Suit
• Law360's Pro Say: How To Avoid Hiring A Sexual Harasser
• DC AG Racine Talks Taking On Trump, US Capitol Riot
• Rittenhouse Fires Former Lead Atty John Pierce
• Legal Industry Has Put $1.7M Into NYC Mayor's Race
• Miller Canfield Names Its First Female CEO
• Health Hires: GrayRobinson, MiraMed, AngioDynamics
• Akin Gump Partner Tapped As Bankruptcy Judge In SDNY
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Judges On Race
• Gibson Dunn Forms US-UK Enviro Social Governance Group
• Law Firm Penalties On Departing Partners Just Got Riskier
• 10th Circ. Slot To Test GOP Power Over Biden Judicial Picks
• Legal Industry Continues Recovery, Adding 4,800 Jobs
• Flynn Judge Takes Senior Status, Opening DC Seat For Biden
• McKinsey Deal Renews Friction Among AGs And Opioid Attys
• Fox News, Others Hit With Voting Co.'s $2.7B Defamation Suit
• Biden Pulls Trump Picks For 1st Circ., Other Courts, Agencies
• No Thanks, EpiPen Buyers Tell Judge After Trial Delay Invite
• Law360's The Term: The 5-4 Lineup You Weren't Expecting
• Assistant US Attorney To Join Manhattan Bankruptcy Bench
• MoFo, Ex-Attys To Try Settling Sex Bias Case Before Trial
• DOJ Official Who Quit After Capitol Riot Rejoins Jones Day
• How Vendors Are Data Security Soft Spots For Law Firms
• DC Appeals Court Backs Partner Over Equity Calculation
• Paris Partner Snags Role As Hogan Lovells Global Chair
• Law Firms Are Abusing Calif. Lemon Law Fee Provision
• NJ Case Has Lessons On Arbitration Clauses In Atty Retainers
• Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q4
• Cooley Adds To 2020 Special Bonuses With Extra Cash
• Trial Alternatives Getting Fresh Look With COVID-19 Backlog
• Ex-Trump HHS Official Sues Biden Over Resignation Request
• First Of Many? Roberts, Kavanaugh Join Liberals In 5-4 Split
• Biden Won't Wait For ABA To Vet Judicial Picks
• Girardi's Pasadena Mansion Burglarized, Police Say
• Ex-BigLaw Bankruptcy Atty Pleads Guilty In Extortion Rap
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2021 Editorial Boards
• Former Mueller Prosecutor Returns To Private Sector At MoFo
• Tips For Protecting Privilege When Working With Outside PR
• K&L Gates Nabs 18 Partners With Expansion In Nashville
• 3 Procurement Priorities For Law Firms In Uncertain Times
• Goodwin Procter Hit With Data Breach Via Vendor Hack
• Use Of 'Hackable' Devices By NY Courts Raises Alarms
• Ex-US Atty Joins Hemp Trade Group For Ethics Enforcement
• Boies Schiller Subleases NY, Calif. Offices To Kasowitz Spinoff
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Senate Confirms Mayorkas As First Latino To Lead DHS
• UK Is Proof Nonlawyer Ownership Threatens Legal Profession
• Holland & Knight Opens Office In Orange County, Calif.
• FHFA Promotes Atty To General Counsel
• Top Dem Demands Quick Action On Garland's AG Nomination
• 11th Circ. Revives Atty's Fee Bid After Judge Awarded Him $0
• Mich. Gov. Wants Sidney Powell, 3 Other Attys Disbarred
• Ex-Davis Polk Atty Narrowly Evades Sanctions Bid In Bias Suit
• 2nd Circ. Judge Chin Leaving Seat, Along With Pa. Trial Judge
• Paul Hastings Hires Ex-Honeywell Chief Antitrust Lawyer
• Senior 3rd Circ. Judge Morton Greenberg Dies At 87
• MoFo Cuts 4% Of US Staff Positions, Citing COVID-19
• Quinn Emanuel Taps Ex-Alston & Bird Partner For New Office
• Simpson Expands Into Brussels With Antitrust Partner Hire
• Top Xerox Lawyer Takes On Expanded Corporate Role
• Law Firms Logged 'Truly Remarkable' Profit Growth In 2020
• 11th Circ. Senior Judge Peter Fay Dead At 92
• Remote Bar Exams Pose New Learning Disability Challenges
• Nixon Peabody Taps New CEO
• Trump Shakes Up Impeachment Defense Team
• Retired DC Circ. Judge Joins Hunton Andrews Kurth