Legal Industry Archive » April, 2021

Legal Industry - April, 2021

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• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• SEC's Peirce Talks ESG And Agency's Future Under New Chair
• Supreme Court's Textualists Clash Over Meaning Of Word 'A'
• Pro Say: What Opioid Crisis? Drugmakers Test Bold New Tack
• Fox Rothschild Adds 4 Attys To Tax Group With Atlanta Merger
• The Top In-House Hires Of April
• Global Law Firms' Descent On Dublin Shakes Up Legal Market
• Health Hires: Istari Oncology, Dykema, Paul Hastings
• DC Circ. Pick Ketanji Jackson Worth $1.69M, Records Show
• How Jackson Walker Beat $228M IP Claim Against Roku
• Revolving Door Roundup: BigLaw Snaps Up Trump US Attys
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 6 Questions For Haynes And Boone's William Cecil
• Attys Get $14M After $5.4M Mortgage Lender Judgment
• Bankruptcy Watchdog Bares Teeth At BigLaw In Purdue Ch. 11
• Court Rejects Bid To Delay May In-Person Trial In Cox IP Fight
• The Term: Justices Stumped By Cheerleader's Angry Snapchat
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Judge OKs Subpoena Reach That IDs $8.9M Litigation Funder
• Squire Patton Partner On Being Nonbinary In BigLaw
• 11th Circ. Affirms Tossing Of Defamation Suit Against Fla. Bar
• Sens. Press NLRB GC Pick On Robb Firing, Key Labor Issues
• Biden Unveils Picks For General Counsel Posts At EPA, DOE
• 3 Firms Give Up $1M In Fees From Purdue Ch. 11
• Biden Looks Beyond BigLaw For Court Openings In NJ, Wash.
• Biden Speech Pitches Investments To 'Win 21st Century'
• CC'ing Apple Attys Doesn't Create Privilege, Calif. Judge Says
• 2nd Circ. Trims Harvard Grad's Disability Suit Over Bar Exam
• 'Angry Cheerleader' Case Brings Out 'Coach' Kavanaugh
• Judge With 'West Virginia Grit' Takes On 1st Opioid MDL Trial
• Biden's Appellate Picks Tackle GOP Queries On Race, Politics
• Attys' 'Unprofessional Language' In Death Suit Angers Judge
• Ethics Panel Cautions Calif. Judges On Social Media Use
• Ex-Girardi Keese Attys Fight Push For Contempt Order
• Boyden Gray Calls Coke's Diversity Plan 'Unlawful'
• Feds Raid Giuliani's Apartment In Escalation Of Ukraine Probe
• Mishcon De Reya To Explore IPO On London Stock Exchange
• Pa. Bar President Resigns After Prostitution-Related Charge
• Biden Nominates Harvard's Deputy GC For DOJ Role
• Ex-NY AG Gets 1-Year Law Suspension After Admitting Abuse
• Polsinelli Says Former Atty Must Arbitrate LGBT Bias Claims
• 1st Hearing Will Set Tone For Biden's Judicial Picks
• Dem Lawmakers Tell Justices: Decide The Law, Not The Facts
• IBM's New Tech Infrastructure Offshoot Appoints Its GC
• Ex-Mayer Brown Atty's Suit Should Hit Red Light, Car Co. Says
• Biden Picks Air Force Chief And 5 Other DOD Nominees
• IP Attys On TikTok Defy BigLaw's 'Stodgy' Social Media Norms
• Teva Calls DOJ Questions About Morgan Lewis Work Intrusive
• Girardi Firm Trustee Wants Atty To Chase Celeb Wife's Assets
• How Remote Options Will Help Firms Recruit After Pandemic
• Calif. Vacancies Mount For Biden As Judge Eyes Senior Status
• Owens Corning Taps Ex-Nordson Atty For GC Post
• Domestic Violence Case Against Boies Partner Dropped
• UBS Names Ex-Rio Tinto, Novartis Atty As Group GC
• Stanford Law Hires First Native American Faculty Member
• K&L Gates Offering Associate Bonuses For Big Billers
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• The Pandemic's Bright Spots For Lawyers Who Are Parents
• Optical Drive Objector Says Hagens Berman Used 'Bad Math'
• DOJ Wants More Info On Morgan Lewis' Glenmark, Teva Work
• Justices Cool To Idea They Must Hear State V. State Suits
• Calif. Panel Clarifies Interest In Apple's $2M Wage Loss
• 2 More Firms Match Prevailing BigLaw Special Bonus Scale
• 11th Circ. Revives Atty's Suit Over His Disbarment In Fla.
• Nonprofit With BigLaw Backing Targets Lawyer Well-Being
• Atty Who Drunkenly Shot Up Oregon Firm Dodges Disbarment
• Female, Minority Attys Face 'Brunt' Of COVID-19's Effects
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• JBS Taps Ex-FTC Official For Its New Chief Legal Officer Role
• Google's Top Attorney Took Home $50.9M In 2020
• Pro Say: How Derek Chauvin Was Convicted Of Murder
• Up Next At High Court: Donor Secrecy And Angry Snapchats
• Judge Jackson, 4 Other Judicial Picks Set For Senate Hearing
• Ex-Berg & Androphy Paralegal Slams Bid To Toss Bias Suit
• Former Pa., Del. Judge In Line To Head Bankruptcy Institute
• DC NFL Team Accuses Wilkinson's Atty Of Threatening Leaks
• Federal Judiciary Mulls Changes To Amicus Disclosures
• 1st-Time Bar Passage Rate Ticked Up In 2020
• 'Answer The Question!' Judge Upbraids Mass. AG In Auto Suit
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Revise Mansfield Diversity Mandates To Also Benefit Veterans
• Law Firms Are Headed To Hybrid Office, Remote Work Future
• Welcome To The Next Era Of The Federal Circuit
• Footnotes, Eye-Popping Fee Bids Among Judges' 'Pet Peeves'
• The Term: Justices Dismantle FTC's Billion-Dollar Weapon
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Calif. Legislator Rob Bonta Confirmed As New State AG
• Ex-Littler Client Wants Substitute From Judge's Old Firm
• Ex-MoFo Operations Manager Cops To Illicit Spending Spree
• Troutman Pepper Announces New Bonuses And Raises
• Judge Rips 'Gotcha Litigation Tactics' In US Steel Stock Row
• Judge Warns Social Justice Issues Will Impact Jury Selections
• DOJ's New No. 3 Faces Delicate Balancing Act
• Mass. Sens. Set Deadline For Federal Bench Applications
• Okla. Court Nixes $20M Atty Fees In Energy Royalties Row
• Alsup Scolds Bernstein Litowitz Over Symantec 'Spectacle'
• Justices Lean On Circuit Experience In Appellate Cost Fight
• Who's Liable When Self-Driving Cars Crash?
• Veteran Coca-Cola Atty Replaces General Counsel
• Holland & Knight Joins BigLaw's Special Bonus Action
• Former Baker Hughes CLO Joins Bracewell's Houston Office
• Senate Confirms Vanita Gupta As Associate AG
• Tesla GC Jumps To Luminar As Chief Legal Officer
• Associate Atty Hiring Down 'Dramatically' In 2020
• DOJ Insider Monaco Confirmed As Top Deputy
• Dems Urge Barrett To Recuse From Donor Privacy Law Case
• Virus Dims Job Prospects For Recent Law Grads, ABA Finds
• Chauvin Convicted Of All Charges In Floyd Slaying
• Meet The Tech Co. CLOs Set To Testify At App Store Hearing
• 4 New SEC Executive Staff Members Bring In-House Expertise
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Bankruptcy Litigation Could See More Third-Party Funding
• Court TV Sued By Rival Over Alleged False Advertising
• High Courts Are Still Much Whiter Than Their States
• Associate Bonus Announcements Continue To Trickle In
• Gen Z Law Students Say 'No Thanks' To 100% In-Person Work
• 9th Circ. OKs $52M Fee For Attys In Wells Fargo Suit
• 9th Circ. Bumps Ore. Atty's Hourly Fee Rate In Labor Case
• New Vice Chancellor Pick Gets Sterling Endorsements In Del.
• Two BigLaw Firms Join The COVID Bonus Trend
• Littler Nixes Atty Bio From Its Site After Subpoena Fiasco
• Sidley Adds Ex-Deputy GC At Treasury In DC Office
• Florida Virtual Courtroom Directory Unifies Remote Access
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Law360's Guide To Biden's Judicial Picks
• Up Next At High Court: Green Cards For TPS Holders
• Law360's Pro Say: Amazon Didn't Unionize. What's Next?
• Why The Future Law Firm Model Is Industry-Based Offerings
• Biden Tops 100 Vacancies As Pa. Judge Takes Senior Status
• Sanford Heisler Requiring COVID-19 Vax To Return To Office
• Sheppard Mullin, Paul Hastings Handing Out Staff Bonuses
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• EDF Taps Under Armour Vet For Chief Legal Officer Role
• Ex-NY Judge Claims Movers Demanded 'Ransom' For His Stuff
• Madoff's 'Seismic Shift' On SEC, Compliance Still Felt Today
• The Term: Will These Supreme Court 'Reforms' Go Anywhere?
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Mansfield Rule Firms Outdo Peers On Diversity Metrics
• BigLaw, GCs Lead New Effort To Fight Anti-Asian Violence
• Littler Punished Over Atty Lies In Wage-And-Hour Suit
• Katten Embraces Special Bonus Trend
• COVID Not A Virus? Judge Nixes Firm's Insurance Suit Pitch
• Dems Launch Long-Shot Effort To Expand Supreme Court
• Judge Suggests Lanham Plaintiff Should 'Shake It Off'
• New Law Needed To Hold Judges Accountable, Advocates Say
• Where Are They Now: Key Players In The Madoff Case
• Dems To Introduce Bill To Expand Supreme Court
• Attys Streamline Bids To Lead Google Antitrust Suits
• Biden Pick For DOJ Enviro Chief Quizzed On Climate, Wildlife
• Older Retired NY Judges May Come Back To Bench After All
• Attys Who Sifted Through Ashes Of Madoff Ponzi Look Back
• Long Fight In Madoff Recovery Efforts Continues
• Fox News Has High-Profile Team In $1.6B Defamation Defense
• DOJ Accountability Bill Is Flawed And Inadequate
• Trustee Enlists Firm To Hunt Down Erika Girardi's Valuables
• COVID Takes A Toll On Women's Legal Careers
• Perkins Coie, Foley & Lardner, Quinn Give Special Bonuses
• High Expectations For Easy Pivot To McCormick In Chancery
• Thought Leadership's Critical Role In Law Firm Diversity
• Sheppard Mullin Names New Chair For First Time In 20 Years
• Ill. Man Charged With Threatening To Kill Federal Judge
• Two More BigLaw Firms To Shell Out Special Bonuses
• Ex-Boies Schiller Partner Joins Other Firm Defectors
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Biden Taps Morgan Lewis Atty To Lead DOJ Criminal Division
• Boston Attys Open Wallets For Top Mayoral Candidates
• Utah Federal Judge's Shift Opens Red-State Seat For Biden
• Calif. Federal Court Officer's Murder Spawns More Indictments
• Justices Cast High-Profile 'Shadow' Rulings Despite Pushback
• Jenner & Block, MoFo Earn Top Spots In Gender Equity Report
• Florida's July Bar Exam Will Be Held Remotely
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Wigdor LLP's David E. Gottlieb
• Boies Schiller To Pay Out Special Bonuses
• NJ Delays Resumption Of In-Person Trials Till June 15
• The States Where Biden Can Name A Generation Of Judges
• Fox News Taps Ex-Google Atty For General Counsel Spot
• Ex-9th Circ. Judge Escapes Atty's Suit Over Porn Complaints
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• NY Fed. Judge Sandra Feuerstein Killed In Fla. Hit-And-Run
• Studio Can't Slip Gay Asst.'s Bias Suit Against Atty's Cos.
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Salvi Schostok's Patrick A. Salvi
• Pro Say: Google Wins 'Copyright Lawsuit Of The Decade'
• Law360's 2021 Legal Industry Editorial Board
• House Slams DOJ's 2nd Bid To Delay McGahn Subpoena Case
• Biden Floats $1.8B Boost In Justice Department Funding
• Gibson Dunn, Recruiter Agree To Arbitrate Hiring Fees Dispute
• What Associates Should Consider Before Switching Practices
• Morgan Lewis Sues Pierce Bainbridge For $436K Unpaid Rent
• LegalZoom Hires Former Google Exec As Chief People Officer
• Justices Won't Hear In-Person Args Until At Least Next Term
• Baker Botts And MoFo Join Special Bonuses Action
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Wolf Haldenstein Sues NY Landlord For Breach Of Contract
• McCormick Picked As Bouchard's Del. Chancery Successor
• Holland & Knight, Thompson & Knight In Talks To Combine
• Departing Attys Taking Files Can Break Law, Mass. Court Says
• Biden Forms Commission To Study Supreme Court 'Reform'
• The Term: How Google Beat Oracle After 10-Year Lawsuit
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Houston Judge Scolded For The 12th Time For Delays
• 4 Effective Ways To Prioritize Client Advocacy
• Hogan Lovells, Norton Rose Will Offer Special Bonuses
• O'Melveny Brings Back Ex-Pence Adviser And Labor Litigator
• Trump Org Hires Veteran New York Criminal Defense Atty
• Jones Day Picks Up 9 More Former Supreme Court Clerks
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Reid Collins' William T. Reid IV
• 6th Circ. Says Jurors' 'Cosby Show' Remarks Show Overt Bias
• 2 Attys Suspended For Hiring Suspended Atty As Paralegal
• Huge GC Survey Sees Legal 'Freight Train' Looming
• Giuliani Seeks To Toss Dominion's $1.3B Election Lie Claims
• Remote Law Firm Culture Should Prioritize Associate Training
• Barnes & Thornburg Hires Ex-Greenberg Media Leader
• Biden Gets 2nd Opening On 9th Circ. Thanks To Judge Berzon
• Fish & Richardson Joins Bonus Bandwagon
• Law Students Pressure Gibson Dunn Over Fossil Fuel Work
• Open Letter Encourages Lawyers To Protect Voting Rights
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Motley Rice's Fidelma Fitzpatrick
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Virtual Litigation May Unravel The Narcissistic Lawyer
• Law Firm Merger Numbers Rally In First Quarter Of 2021
• 2nd Circ. Won't Kickstart Hispanic Court Clerk's Bias Case
• 2 More Firms Announce 2021 Special Bonuses
• FDA Alum Heads To Cooley Amid Active Life Sciences Scene
• Most Law Schools Let Students Self-Identify, LGBT Bar Finds
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Lieff Cabraser's Brendan Glackin
• NY Courts Must Ensure New Tech Means Better Access
• Rep. Alcee Hastings, Fla.'s 1st Black Federal Judge, Dies At 84
• Justices Won't Let Solicitor General Argue Bond Costs Fight
• Shkreli Prosecutor Promoted To Top Deputy Leading EDNY
• Onni Can't Get Damages Over Ex-Counsel's Media Interview
• 5 More Firms Announce Spring And Fall Bonuses
• Davis Wright Elects New Managing Partner
• Calif. Court Revives Ex-Drinker Biddle Atty's Firing Suit
• Philadelphia Legal Pillar Richard Sprague Dies At 95
• Linklaters Taps New US Global Practice Head
• ABA Remote Work Guide Raises Bar For Atty Tech Know-How
• Ex-FCC General Counsel To Co-Chair Wiley Appellate Practice
• Justice Thomas Floats Social Media Regs To Fight Big Tech
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Kessler Topaz's Sharan Nirmul
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Klayman Says Judge's 'Hostility' Warrants Rehearing His Case
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Hausfeld LLP's Megan Jones
• Law360's Pro Say: NCAA Finds Few Fans At The High Court
• Lateral Hire Conflict Screening Lessons From DLA Piper Case
• Is A Never-Ending Bonus Season The New Norm For BigLaw?
• 'LegalEagle' Brings Big YouTube Audience Into World Of Law
• Legal Industry Registers Slight Decline In Jobs In March
• Ex-EPA Atty Joins Keller Heckman In DC
• Corporate Legal Depts. Shed Client Relationships Last Year
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• The Term: NCAA Struggles To Make Case Against Athlete Pay
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Ex-CFTC Chair Tarbert Joins Citadel Securities As Top Lawyer
• Roy Moore Rebuked, But Some Libel Claims Move Forward
• Google Publisher Suits Have 'Too Many Lawyers,' Judge Says
• Texas Appellate Court Overhaul Plan Sent To Full Senate
• Associates At 6 More Firms To Get Special Bonuses
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Grant's Elizabeth Graham
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• The Top In-House Hires Of March
• SDNY Gets New Chief As Judge McMahon Takes Senior Status
• Husch Blackwell Nabs 21 Dentons Attys In Calif. Expansion