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Legal Industry - March, 2021

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• Ex-Polsinelli Bankruptcy Atty Hits Firm With LGBT Bias Suit
• DC Malpractice Firm Reps Police Suing Trump Over Riot
• Ex-Jones Day Associate's Bias Suit Dealt Another Blow
• 5th Circ. Chides Lawyers Behind $50M Clean Water Deal
• Santa Clara U. Beats Law Students' Tuition Refund Suit
• Boies Schiller Partner Back After Domestic Violence Arrest
• Chief Justice Thomas? 'There's No Opening,' Roberts Quips
• Ga. Probate Judge Charged With Threatening To Shoot Worker
• Texas Senate To Consider Major Appellate Court Shake-Up
• Firms Are Likely Being Fired By Clients And Don't Know It
• 3 Cybersecurity Questions To Ask Before A Remote Mediation
• Insurer Escapes Defending Law Firm From Bogus-Claims Suit
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Edelson's Jay Edelson
• 9 More BigLaw Firms Plan Special Associate Bonuses
• Hub Hires: Jones Day, Greenberg Traurig, Moderna
• Calif. State Bar Files Disciplinary Action Against Tom Girardi
• 5-Atty Wilson Sonsini Patent Team Joins Greenberg Traurig
• Insurers Say Firm Lacks National Class Standing In Virus Suit
• DOL Whistleblower Atty Rehired Under Biden Is Leaving Again
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Flint Water Victims Slam Attys' $202M Fee Bid
• Minn. Judge Calls For More Zoom Trials – Pandemic Or Not
• Top Court's NCAA Matchup: WilmerHale Vs. Winston & Strawn
• Why S Corporation Payments Are Almost Always Wages
• Murky World Of Mass Torts Left Clients At Girardi's Mercy
• Texas AG Says Twitter Too Quick To Draw In Retaliation Suit
• 6 More BigLaw Firms Hand Out Special Bonuses
• Ex-Wells Fargo In-House Attorney Joins Cadwalader
• MAGA Attorney Lin Wood Wants Judge Off Psych Exam Case
• A Uniform Mediation Act Primer As States Continue Adoption
• Judge Jackson Tapped For DC Circ. In 1st Biden Nominations
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Cohen Milstein's Julie G. Reiser
• ROSS Can't Toss Suit That Claims It Stole Westlaw Content
• McDonald's Taps Boston Scientific Atty As New GC
• IMF Beats Suit Filed By Own Legal Team Thanks To Immunity
• Atty Recruiter Says Ex-Firm's Suit Targets Biz He Built Alone
• 4 More BigLaw Firms Pay Another COVID-19 Bonus
• Man Accused Of Threatening Flynn Judge Reaches Plea Deal
• EDNY To Increase Resources Amid Asian Hate Crime Spike
• NY Judge Scolded For Facebook Photos In Cop Uniform
• Toyota Probed Possible Bribes To Top Thai Judges
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Caldwell Cassady's Brad Caldwell
• Suspended Atty Wants Court Review Of Calif. Bar Speech Rule
• Safeguarding Privileged Communications In A Remote World
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• DC Circ. Suspends Klayman, Refers Him To Discipline Panel
• Perkins Coie Attys Ask 5th Circ. To Reconsider Sanctions
• Cohen Says His Prison Classes Merit Early Release
• Up Next At High Court: Acting SG Makes Debut In NCAA Case
• Law360's 2021 Diversity & Inclusion Editorial Advisory Board
• Pro Say: BigLaw Fights To Change Juvenile Life Sentences
• Ex-OSHRC Chair Heads Back To Cozen O'Connor
• MAGA Atty Wood Sues Ga. Bar Over Psych Exam Demand
• Celsius Hires Paul Weiss Atty As General Counsel
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• More BigLaw Firms Join 2021 Special Bonuses Action
• 4 Areas Of Cyberattack Vulnerability For Law Firms
• Lisa Bloom Can't Duck Wynn's Defamation Suit At 9th Circ.
• NY Judge Dismisses Case Because Atty Wouldn't Wear Mask
• Biden Taps Ex-DOL Chief Of Staff For Labor Solicitor Post
• Westlaw Seeks To Cut Monopoly Claims From ROSS IP Fight
• Rep. Norton Recommends Civil Rights Atty For DC Fed. Court
• The Term: Roberts, Gorsuch Spar Over 4th Amendment
• NCAA Hires Kaplan Hecker For Gender Equity Review
• Dems Decry Lack Of Race, Gender Diversity In Federal Courts
• Justices Face Faster Online Disclosure Rules Under GOP Bill
• Duane Morris Atty Banned 2 Years For Overbilling At Ex-Firm
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Florida A Warning For Biden As He Picks Red-State Judges
• K&L Gates Ex-Partner's Bias Suit Stayed For Arbitration
• NY Judicial Discipline Reached Decade High In 2020
• DOJ Nominee Gupta To Advance After Tied Senate Panel Vote
• 4 BigLaw Firms Ante Up For Spring-Fall Bonuses
• How To Help Your Witnesses Overcome Hindsight Bias
• Dechert Elevates Diversity Director To C-Suite Role
• State Legislator Rob Bonta Tapped As New Calif. AG
• Intel-VLSI Hearing Held In Secret, Inflaming IP Profs' Concerns
• Former NY Insurance Chief Joins DLA Piper As Partner
• Ohio Judge Can't Sink Ex-Worker's Sex Bias Suit
• Calif. Adds New Atty Professional Rule On Tech Competence
• Carter's Legal Affairs Manager Claims Age, Sex Bias
• In-House Leaders Rank Top Firms In Client Service In 2020
• Quinn Emanuel Exec Terrorized Hispanic Worker, Suit Says
• Litigation Funder Burford Posts Record Returns In 2020
• Former 8th Circ. Judge Kermit Bye Dies At 84
• NJ 'Reply All' Ethics Opinion Brings New Pitfalls For Attorneys
• Facebook Can't Shield All App Data From Mass. AG Probe
• Process Servers Win Collective Certification In OT Suit
• SDNY Could See 1st Black US Atty With Schumer's Pick
• Texas Justices Wary Of Extending Atty Immunity To Deal Work
• Fenwick Enters 'Special' Spring-Fall Bonus Push
• Atty Repping Cuomo Departs Seward & Kissel
• BlackRock Hires Paul Weiss To Probe Discrimination Claims
• Amazon Union Supporters March To Morgan Lewis' LA Office
• PetroSaudi Gets Access To $330M Pot Caught In 1MDB Probe
• Elaborate Steps: Juries Returning To Changed Courts
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Sidney Powell Attacks Dominion's 'Incoherent' $1.3B Suit
• Law Firm Can't Make Insurer Pay For Sex Harassment Defense
• How A Female Partner Increased Diversity At Her Texas Firm
• NY Agency Must Face Atty's 'Most Unusual' Retaliation Case
• Desmarais Nabs Ex-Troutman Patent Trio To Grow ITC Group
• Head Of DOL's Benefits Unit Under Trump Rejoins Groom Law
• Judging A Book: Bibas Reviews Rakoff's 'Why The Innocent Plead Guilty'
• Jenner & Block Launches SF Office, Hires Ex-Newsom Aide
• Familiar Face Returns To Helm DOJ Office For US Attys
• Chief District Judge Jarvey Of Iowa To Retire Next Year
• Davis Polk Sets Associate Bonuses To A New High
• 1st Black Chief Judge To Lead Southern District Of Indiana
• Novartis Names Longtime AbbVie Atty As CLO
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Up Next At High Court: Paying Farms For Union Access
• Pro Say: The Hidden Evidence Scandal That Rocked SDNY
• DC Circ. Judge Rants Against Landmark Free Press Ruling
• Breaking IP Barriers: Q&A With White & Case's Anita Varma
• 'Phantom Quote' Hangs Over Fox Rothschild Cleanup Suit
• Justices Tap Atty Suing Harvard As Amicus In Criminal Case
• For Law Firm Digital Marketing, Less Is Sometimes More
• Willkie Pays Special Bonuses After 2020 Boom
• NY Judge Resigns After Alleged Threats Against Ex-Girlfriend
• Cox Enterprises Shifts Atty To VP Of Corporate Law
• Justices Told Single Use Of N-Word Must Count As Race Bias
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Davis Polk's Late Discovery Backs Bias Claims, Atty Says
• The Term: The Breyer Retirement Debate Heats Up
• 'Fair Shake' Law Firm Accuses Tech Co. Of Stealing Its Name
• Pa. Bar Leaders Aren't Giving Up On Drafting Anti-Bias Rule
• Trump-Era DOJ Atty Rejoins Jones Day As Gov't Reg Partner
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• No Jail Release For Man Accused Of Threatening Flynn Judge
• Crowell & Moring Joining Up With Kibbe & Orbe
• IHOP, Applebee's Parent Co. Promotes Atty To GC
• Paralegal Says Firm Canned Him For COVID-19 Quarantine
• Calif. AG Wins Senate Confirmation To Lead HHS
• How Firms Can Address Violence Against Asians
• 'Reply All' To Opposing Counsel Not An Ethics Violation In NJ
• Pa. Disciplinary Board Drops Appeal Of Anti-Bias Rule Block
• Georgia's New Dem Sens. Signal Shift In Judicial Picks
• Speed Separating Top Firms From Pack During COVID-19
• Jenner & Block Gears Up For Financial Litigation Blitz
• Davis Polk To Lead Cuomo Impeachment Investigation
• Biden Appointments, BigLaw Hires Signal Hot Antitrust Scene
• FBI Threw Kavanaugh Tips Down 'Garbage Chute,' Sen. Says
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Strategies For Fighting Back Against A Rambo Litigator
• Cannabis Co. Trulieve Hires Akerman Partner As New GC
• LinkSquares Appoints DraftKings GC As Chief Legal Officer
• Fed. Courts Faced Bigger Issues In 2020 Than Filing Spike
• Obama Foundation Adds GC From Philanthropic Group
• Federal Judiciary Seeks 79 New Judgeships Nationwide
• Fed. Circ. Seat To Open As Wallach Takes Senior Status
• Sidley, Ex-Reed Smith Partners Among Biden's Top Atty Picks
• RBG's 88th Birthday Prompts Memories Of A Feminist Icon
• Fake Dementia Claims Fail To Move Girardi Probate Judge
• FTC Atty Says 'Ozark' Co-Creator Stole Screenplay Credit
• Bartlit Beck Gets $54M Award Against Billionaire Confirmed
• NJ High Court Leans Toward Keeping Virtual Grand Juries
• 'Bury It': Inside A Hidden Evidence Scandal That Rocked SDNY
• Ex-Reed Smith Atty Drops Concussion Termination Suit
• Big Ten Scores Ex-University Of Mississippi Atty As 1st CLO
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• MoFo Trims But Can't Beat Female Attys' Sex Bias Suit
• Calif. Bar Questions Girardi's Dementia, Seeks Disbarment
• Girardi Victim Can Recover $11M From Personal Bankruptcy
• Who's Who In The Field Vying To Replace Manhattan DA Vance
• Microsoft Server Hack Sparks Debate On Victim Expectations
• Law360's Pro Say: The Trial Of Derek Chauvin
• 2nd Circ. Judge, 72, Dies A Week After Retirement
• NY AG Says State Assembly Inquiry Won't Sway Cuomo Probe
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• 1 Year Into COVID, Courts Face Uncertain Path To Reopening
• Manhattan DA Vance Says He Won't Seek Reelection
• 1 Year Into Pandemic, It's Time To Rethink Law Firm Billing
• These Firms Landed The Most Patent Litigation Work In 2020
• Women IP Pros Call On USPTO To Loosen Bar Requirements
• COVID Inflamed Damaging Year For Data Breach Victims
• The Term: Outnumbered 8 To 1, Roberts Sticks To Guns
• Ill. Courts Stare Down Backlog As Jury Trials Start To Resume
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Justice Barrett Finds 'Pressure Points' In Attys' Arguments
• Pandemic Driving More Atlanta Lateral Movement
• Georgetown Law Prof Fired For Remark About Black Students
• Appellate Judges Tell Trade Bar: Get Back To Basics
• Rogue High Court Citation May Spark Legal Writing Changes
• 6 Visions Of Firm Ownership If Law Got A Do-Over
• Ex-Jones Day Attys Drop Bulk Of Pay Discrimination Lawsuit
• Texas Judges See Lasting Benefits From Pandemic Practices
• DOJ's Former Top Civil Atty Accused Of Politicizing Hiring
• US Can't Seize $330M Allegedly Tied To 1MDB Fraud Scheme
• Sens. Clash Over Dark Money's Influence On Supreme Court
• Mass. Federal Judge Is Latest To Take Senior Status
• NY Panel Says Elderly Judges' Forced Retirement OK
• Atty Says Boies Schiller Spinoff Ousted Him To Seize Crypto
• ABA Issues Ethics Guidelines For Remote Working
• Debevoise To Open 1st West Coast Office In San Francisco
• The Case For Diversity In Internal Investigation Teams
• Merrick Garland Confirmed As Attorney General
• Herbert Smith Names M&A Atty Global Chair
• Providence Health & Services CLO Dies At 53
• How COVID Strengthened Texas As A Bankruptcy Hub
• Girardi Keese Founder Has Alzheimer's Disease, Court Told
• Attys Seek $202M Fees In $641M Flint Tainted-Water Deal
• Facebook Slams $12M Atty Fees Request In Data Breach Row
• Top Amazon Critic Poised For Nomination To FTC
• Q&A With Obama's Counsel: 'Go Fast' On Confirming Judges
• DOJ Civil Pick Faces GOP Backlash Over Past Views, Tweets
• NY Law Firm Sued For Breaching Lease, Owing Nearly $1M
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• COVID-19 Drugmaker Eli Lilly Appoints New Compliance Chief
• Goldman Senior Counsel Joins Jones Day In New York
• Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Creates IP Practice, Adds 2 Attys
• Biden Names King & Spalding, Obama DOJ Vet As Sr. Counsel
• Twitter Says Texas AG Retaliating For Decision To Boot Trump
• Here's Why Law Firms Are Making New Inroads In California
• Ga. Probate Judges Want Relief After Year Of COVID Havoc
• 6th Circ. Judges Snipe At Each Other Over 'Dicta About Dicta'
• European Banking Authority Hit By Microsoft Server Breach
• Texas Judge Slams 'Downward Spiral' Of Legal Recruiter Fight
• Ferring Urges Sanctions For Jones Day Over 'Forced' IP Trial
• Calif. Atty Disbarred After Deportation Threats
• Federal Judiciary Mulling Amicus Disclosure Amid Dem Push
• Telecom Waited Too Long To Cite Foreign Law, 8th Circ. Holds
• A Tale Of Two Zoom Trials
• Roberts Lone Dissenter As High Court Makes It Easier To Sue
• EDNY US Attorney Seth DuCharme To Step Down
• 5 Ways Outside Counsel Can Impress Their Clients
• NY AG Taps Ex-Prosecutor, Bias Atty For Cuomo Investigation
• NJ High Court Justice Jaynee LaVecchia To Retire
• Ex-US Atty In Atlanta Says 2020 Was A Lesson In Crisis Mgmt.
• Despite Flaws, Virtual Litigation Training Here To Stay
• East Texas Legal Pioneer Clyde Siebman Dies At 62
• Philip Martinez, Texas Fed. Judge, Is Buried After Dying At 63
• 4 Ways The Pandemic Altered Sports Law, For Better Or Worse
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• DC Dist. To Begin Jury Trials In March Amid Pretrial Backlog
• Law360's Pro Say: Virus Cases Drop, But Court Cases Surge
• Jones Day's Hacked Vendor Taps Latham For Breach Suits
• After Deadline, Giuliani Wants Time To Answer Dominion Suit
• All Supreme Court Justices Have Received COVID-19 Vaccine
• Kaplan Saunders' Website Replaced With Viagra Spam
• Legal Industry Continues Steady Job Growth In February
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• 2nd Circ. Retirement Will Let Biden 'Flip' The Court
• Hanes Hires Neiman Marcus CLO As New General Counsel
• NJ High Court OKs Return Of In-Person Jury Trials In May
• Texas Attys Approve Trade Name Shift
• How They Won It: Freshfields Breaks FTC's Winning Streak
• SFO, Dechert Can't Force ENRC To Post £34M In Leaks Row
• Firms Leveraging Climate Change Know-How To Win Clients
• Wells Fargo Fights Bid To Reveal Atty Docs In Stock-Drop Row
• Law360's The Term: Patent Owner Turns Tables On PTAB
• 2nd Circ. Vacates Sanctions For Donziger In Chevron Case
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Barrett's 1st Opinion Draws Dissent In Break With Tradition
• Intel Verdict Gives IP Attys 2 Billion Reasons To Sue In WDTX
• Ethics Tips For Attorneys Telecommuting Across State Lines
• Gibson Dunn's M&A Leader Is 1st Woman Elected As Chair
• Ark. Court Staff, Some Attys Now COVID-19 Vaccine-Eligible
• Atty In GOP Election Suit Appeals Disciplinary Panel Referral
• Chancery Seems Skeptical Of UpCounsel Investor Claims
• 'The Consumer Protection Firm' Is Generic, TTAB Finds
• 5 Questions For GC Looking To Upend Home Broker Fees
• Business Suits Over Virus Rules Likely To Fail, But Not Slow
• Calif. Lemon Law Suits: A Problem Of Auto Cos.' Own Making
• Juror In SDNY Pot Biz Trial Tests Positive For Coronavirus
• Reps. OK Voting Bill With High Court Ethics, Donor Disclosure
• SDNY Judge's Exit To Open Up Coveted Spot On Bench
• 6 Ways Legal Employers Can Help Pandemic-Weary Parents
• Boies Taps Ex-Prosecutor For Domestic Violence Probe
• Ex-Goldman Sachs GC Rejoins Sullivan & Cromwell
• WebBank Hires Former Paul Hastings, Petal Card Atty As GC
• It's Time To Fix The Patent System's Gender Problem
• Edwin Coe Atty Resigns As Law Society Head Over Fee Row
• Goldman Sachs' General Counsel Is Exiting The Bank
• NYC Bar Supports Giuliani Probe Over Work For Trump
• Attys' Rates Disclosure Doesn't Help Client Win Fee Bid
• Texas Reopening Won't Curb Courts' COVID-19 Restrictions
• Jones Day Creates Practice Focusing On State AG Probes
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• NHL's Vegas Golden Knights Score Ex-Qdoba Atty For CLO
• Remote Working Tips For Lawyer Trainees And Their Firms
• DOJ Official Who Led Google Antitrust Probe Joins Shearman
• Simpson Thacher Hiring Spree Continues With Blackstone GC
• Climate May Dominate Cross-Border Work Under Biden
• Pittsburgh Judge Sued For Lack Of Virtual Court Access
• Weil Must Turn Over Walgreens-Rite Aid Merger Documents
• Georgia Federal Judge To Take Senior Status In April
• FTC Competition Bureau Chief Joins Latham & Watkins
• Ex-Boies Schiller Attys' New Firm Sues 'Bullying' Co-Founder
• FTC Alums Join Gibson Dunn's Antitrust Group As Partners
• Former Top Gov't Trade Atty Returns To Skadden
• 5 Hiring Strategies For Diversifying The Patent Bar
• Fired King & Spalding Atty Gets Tentative June Trial Date
• NY Attorney General Granted Power To Investigate Cuomo
• Judge Keenan's Exit Gives Biden 1st Opening On 4th Circ.
• The Top In-House Hires Of February
• Ex-NY Court Worker Pleads Not Guilty To AOC, Pelosi Threats
• Garland AG Nomination Advances To Full Senate Vote
• Quinn Emanuel Lands Boies Schiller Disputes Pro In London
• Law Student Activism Heats Up: Is BigLaw Listening?
• Allen & Overy Adds Akin Gump Team, Expands In LA
• Squire Patton Boggs Nabs BakerHostetler Data Privacy Pro