Legal Industry Archive » June, 2021

Legal Industry - June, 2021

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• Iowa Federal Judge Apologizes For Criticizing Trump Pardons
• 3 Attys Among Missing In Fla. Building Collapse
• 3rd Circ. Turns Away Ex-Fox Rothschild Aide's Assault Case
• Goldberg Segalla Says Fired Partner Never Signed Contract
• State Courts' Stark Lack Of Diversity Demands Action
• 5th Circ. Won't Nix Sanctions Against Perkins Coie's Elias
• Jones Day, Stroock & Stroock Jump On Pay Raise Trend
• Hub Hires: Choate, Mintz, Nutter, Barnes
• Sanford Heisler, Dentons Reveal Return-To-Office Plans
• Janus Nixes Ore. Bar Fee Mandate, Libertarians Tell Justices
• Lawyer 'Celebrated' With Champagne After ENRC Probe Leak
• Stinson's Allison Murdock Named Firm's Managing Partner
• Billing Rates Continue Upward Climb, Especially In BigLaw
• Biden's New Judicial Picks Include Noms For 4th, 9th Circuits
• 10th Circ. Mostly Upholds Okla. Mandatory Bar Dues
• Girardi Firm May Be Able To Pay Creditors, Erika Girardi Says
• NJ Juror Fined For Causing Mistrial With Outside Research
• Ex-Mayer Brown Atty Settles Employment Suit Against Car Co.
• Cisco Hires Former Microsoft GC Known For Diversity Efforts
• CORRECTED: Florida Special Committee Recommends Regulatory 'Sandbox'
• Atty's House Bid Ends With 1,492 Votes and 6 Criminal Counts
• 4 More Firms Boost Associate Pay
• Robbins Geller DQ Will Chill Investor Suits, 2nd Circ. Told
• Ex-Dechert Atty Denies 'Ridiculous' ENRC Leak Claims At Trial
• Ex-Jones Day Atty Drops Claims The Firm Underpaid Women
• Mansfield Rule Expands To UK, Adds Nearly 50 New Firms
• Ex-Dechert Atty Says SFO Talks Were To Help, Not Hurt, ENRC
• Giuliani Suspension Highlights Ethical Pitfalls For All Lawyers
• Akin Gump Eyes September Return, Promises Flexible Work
• 4 More Firms Join In Associate Pay Raises
• Holland & Knight And Thompson & Knight To Tie The Knot
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Judge Mulls Hagens Berman $48M Fee Bid In Disk Drive MDL
• Law360's Pro Say: High Court Strikes Blow Against NCAA
• Erika Girardi Accuses Trustee's Atty Of Harassment
• 4 More Firms Join Associate Raises Frenzy
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• NJ Attorneys Urged To Avoid Paying For Client Referrals
• Grammys, Ex-CEO Who Said Atty Harassed Her Reach Deal
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Dechert Settles With Worker In Post-Stroke Firing Suit
• Judge Wary Of Trump Allies' Bids To Toss Dominion Lawsuits
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• The Term: Inside The ACLU's Student Speech Victory
• Spector Gadon Loses Pa. Virus Coverage Suit
• Robbins Geller Taps Boies To Appeal DQ For 'Fraud' On Court
• BigLaw Trio Join Associate Pay Hike Bandwagon
• 5th Circ. Says Dallas Man Must Pay DA's Atty Fee In Site Fight
• We Need Reliable Data On Patent Agent, Atty Gender Diversity
• Facebook Agrees To Pay $6.5M Atty Fees In Data Breach Case
• 7th Circ. Pick OK'd As Senate Pushes Cameras In High Court
• Giuliani Suspended From Practicing Law In New York
• Crowell & Moring To Combine With IP Shop Brinks Gilson
• Girardi Claims Pile Up Ahead Of Bankruptcy Deadline
• These Firms Filed The Most Trade Secrets Cases In 2020
• Fired King & Spalding Atty Gets Trial Date Pushed Back
• Senators Grill Biden's 1st Circ. Pick Over PR Statehood
• Erika Girardi's Accountant, Atty Targeted In Hunt For $20M
• Women Arguing Far Fewer Patent Appeals For Cos. Than Men
• PTAB Judges' Bonus Structure Draws Scrutiny In New Report
• 29% Of In-House Counsel Track Diversity Metrics, Survey Says
• 3 More Law Firms Announce Associate Pay Raises
• Thompson Coburn Enters NY In Merger With 44-Lawyer Firm
• 3 Firms To Go Partly Remote In September
• Willkie Strikes $50M Litigation Funding Deal With Longford
• SFO Pulls Demand For Ex-Director To Testify At ENRC Trial
• In Arthrex, Justices Deal New Blow To Agency Independence
• Compliance Faced Rocky Start To 2021 As COVID Rolled On
• Goldman Ruling Unlikely To Move Needle On Class Actions
• GOP Halts Voting Bill That Takes On Court Ethics, Donor Rules
• Navigating Inadvertent Attorney-Client Privilege Waivers
• Conn. Atty Revives Claims McCarter & English Harmed Firm
• Senate Confirms Sidley Partner As Top Intelligence Counsel
• Shkreli Prosecutor Sworn In As Acting Chief Of EDNY
• 50 Firms Named 'Best Law Firms For Women'
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Ex-Reinhardt Clerk Blasts 'Inaction' Over Sexual Misconduct
• 10 More Law Firms Raise Associate Salaries
• IT Expert Admits Leaking ENRC Suspicious Activity Reports
• Sheppard Mullin Paying Special Bonus To Attorneys, Counsel
• BCLP Wants Attorneys In The Office Most Of The Time
• Aon Taps Latham For $30B Willis Merger Fight With DOJ
• Justices Send NCAA Message: Change Or Face More Suits
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Trump Staffer's Defamation Suit
• DOJ Shuffles Fraud Section Leaders As Top Deputy Departs
• 11 Firms Hike Associate Pay, Kellogg Hansen Raises The Bar
• Timber Scam Case Built On Falsities, Baker Donelson Says
• IT Expert Leaked 'Personal Archive' Of Confidential ENRC Info
• Attorneys Beware: Zoom Depositions Are Likely Inadmissible
• UK Legal Groups Rally For Legal Aid Walks This Summer
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Fla. High Court Adds Restrictions To IOTA Fund Distribution
• Law360's Pro Say: What's Driving The BigLaw Salary Wars?
• How Attorneys Can Reach Claimants In Today's Comms Era
• Biden Taps Boies Schiller Alum For Key DOJ Post
• 9 More BigLaw Firms Join Associate Raise Bonanza
• Puerto Rico Federal Judge Retiring After High Court Wins
• GSK Gets Top Court Assist In MDL Victory 'Roadmap'
• Girardi Keese Loaned $20M To Erika Girardi's Biz, Atty Says
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Cognizant Says Firm Overbilled It In Ex-CLO's Bribery Case
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Munger Tolles 3 Years Ago Quietly Set Stage For ACA Win
• Split 5th Circ. Annuls Atty's FOIA Helicopter Crash Docs Win
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Many Courts Close For Juneteenth After Federal Holiday Nod
• The Term: ACA Lives, Foster Agency Wins In Blockbuster Day
• Chancery Tosses Most Claims In UpCounsel Sale Challenge
• Sens. Advance BigLaw Picks For Fed. Circ., DOJ Criminal Div.
• GCs Struggle To Manage Web Of Corporate Legal Entities
• US Lawyer Reveals Rift With Dechert Over ENRC Graft Probe
• Seyfarth Plans Flexible Schedules For Sept. Office Reopening
• 16 More Firms Match Davis Polk's Associate Pay Scale
• NJ Fed. Court Should Ditch Litigation Funding Disclosure Plan
• Linklaters Pushes To Ax Paralegal's Sex Harassment Claim
• Marshals Need More Staff To Protect Judges, DOJ Report Says
• Khan Goes From Commissioner To Chair In Under 6 Hours
• Greenberg Traurig's NY Bill May Aid Russian Oligarch Client
• Girardi's Ex-Clients Go After His Wife In State Malpractice Suit
• Ex-Orrick Atty Now 'Supreme Court Director' At Georgetown
• Dechert Hit With Discrimination Suit By Ex-Billing Manager
• Robbins Geller Wants To Fight FIFA Suit DQ At 2nd Circ.
• 7 More Firms Raise Associate Salaries
• Federal Claims Judge Confirmed To Md. District Court
• Cravath Donating $6M Fee To Groups Supporting Civil Rights
• Law Firm Talent Must Reflect Shifting US Demographics
• NY DAs Urge Gov. Cuomo To Veto Conduct Commission Bill
• NYC Bar Wants Arrest Question On Bar Application Amended
• ENRC Adviser Regrets Lying In SFO Tipoff About Dechert Atty
• Client Data Stolen From UK Law Firm Gateley In Cyberattack
• Former DOJ Antitrust Chief Of Staff Joins Baker Botts
• Retired NY Bankruptcy Judge Cornelius Blackshear Dies At 81
• 'Scared' Ex-Cop Secretly Taped Dechert Atty On ENRC Probe
• 'Pure Insanity': DOJ Pressured To Back Trump Election Claims
• Former EDNY Judge Jack Weinstein Dies At 99
• 'The VIPERS Are Coming': Man Charged With Threatening Atty
• 4 More Law Firms To Usher In Associate Raises
• Clement Joins Fray Over Docs In NFL Sex Harassment Case
• Erika Girardi's Atty Wants Out, Citing 'Breakdown' Of Trust
• Judge Refuses To Seal Atty's Settled Spat With Ex-Fund GC
• Dentons Can't Shift Arbitration Row With Axed Atty In Calif.
• Reed Smith Reelects Managing Partner To 3rd Term
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Biden Names 2nd Circ. Nominee In Latest Judicial Picks
• High Court Contender Jackson Confirmed To DC Circ.
• Justices' Financial Disclosures Reveal Book Sales, Inheritance
• ENRC Leaker Testifies He Was Doing Dechert Atty's Bidding
• Several Firms Match Davis Polk Associate Salary Scale
• Attorney Hit With Criminal Contempt Over Calif. Courts 'Rant'
• State Bar Says NY Should Create Its Own Admission Test
• SDNY Judges May Drop Masks, Distancing For Nonjury Trials
• Judges Should Foster Diversity In MDL Leader Appointments
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Fed. Prisoners See Limited Success In Pandemic Release Bids
• Law360's Pro Say: Toyota Judicial Bribery Probe Intensifies
• Meet The Judge Overseeing The 1st Opioid Jury Trial
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Giuliani Ally Takes Search Warrant Challenge To 2nd Circ.
• Sanford Heisler Will Join 'Hybrid' Work Bandwagon In The Fall
• A Biz Strategy Model To Improve Lateral Atty Hiring Diversity
• More Firms Raise Associate Pay, Davis Polk Exceeds Milbank
• Baker Seeks Pause On Timber Scam Suit Amid Criminal Case
• Law360's The Term: No Green Cards After Unlawful Entry
• Calif. Bar Admits Errors In 40 Years Of Girardi Probes
• Minn. Attys Say Pro-Trump Views Were Behind Firm's Firings
• 'Legendary' Judge Katzmann Aimed To Open Courts To All
• Virtual Voir Dire Devolved Into Circus, Texas Justices Hear
• Senate Panel Advances 2 Maryland Trial Court Picks
• 3rd Circ. Bars Atty Fees For 'Limited Success' In NJ Wage Suit
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Boies Schiller Beats Ex-Assistant's Age, Disability Bias Claims
• How Legal Profession Can Help LGBTQ Patent Attys Thrive
• Biden To Nominate HUD Attorney For Agency General Counsel
• Fired Dentons Atty Wants Calif. Court To Pause Arbitration
• Senate Confirms 1st Muslim To Federal Trial Bench
• Firms Quickly Follow Milbank In $200K First-Year Salary Bump
• Graft Probe Spiraled Out Of Control, Ex-ENRC Auditor Says
• Former 2nd Circ. Chief Katzmann, Voice For Civics, Dies At 68
• Braziel Dixon's Missteps Spur Trimmed Fees In FLSA Win
• Mich. Is Latest To Seek Sanctions Over Election Fraud Claim
• McGahn Says Watergate Fears Spurred Him To Ignore Trump
• Tom Girardi's Conservatorship Made Permanent
• Biden Appellate Picks Probed On Civil Experience, Philosophy
• Elizabeth Holmes' Privilege Loss 'A Cautionary Tale,' Attys Say
• Dentons Fights Atty Who Claims He Was Wrongfully Fired
• NJ Law Firm Can't Revive Insurance Suit Over Stolen Funds
• US Federal Courts Seek $182.5M For Security Overhaul
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Harvard Law Grad's Disability Claim
• Cadwalader Says Office Will Be 'Primary Workspace' By 2022
• Texas Bar Investigating AG Paxton Over Election Lawsuits
• Smaller Firms Need Employee Wellness Programs, Too
• Dechert Atty Accused Of Using SFO Threat To Control ENRC
• House Committee Eyes Ways To Give Subpoena Power Teeth
• Glenmark Says Glitch Calls For Supplement To DQ Testimony
• Girardi Firm Trustee Can Hire Atty To Chase Wife's Assets
• Riot Suit Server Details Encounter Amid Rep. Trespass Claims
• How The Manhattan DA Hopefuls Stack Up On Financial Crime
• DOJ Carries On Trump's Appeal In Rape Defamation Case
• Leydig Taps Ex-Didi IP Director To Open China Office
• Arent Fox Attorneys Will Have Flexibility Returning To Offices
• Key Bipartisan Sens. Demand Info On Justices' Travel
• Senate Confirms Biden's 1st Judicial Picks For NJ, Colo.
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Ex-ENRC Legal Chief Accuses Dechert Atty Of Overreaching
• Ex-CBCA Chair Joins Jenner & Block Gov't Contracts Group
• Weil Overdid Merger Docs' Redactions, Rite Aid Investors Say
• VW Asks 9th Circ. For Say Over Jones Day Docs In FOIA Suit
• Schumer Suggests Voting Rights Attys For 2nd Circ., SDNY
• NYC Law Dept. System Offline After Apparent Hack
• Delaware Bankruptcy Court Restarts In-Court Hearings
• Former DOJ Criminal Antitrust Director Joins Arnold & Porter
• HSF Warned ENRC Of African Mining Risks, Dechert Says
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Barnes & Thornburg Says It Didn't OK Ex-Partner's Lindell Suit
• Legal Sector Gains More Jobs, Nears Pre-Pandemic Levels
• Revolving Door Roundup: Jones Day, WilmerHale, Dechert
• Law360's Pro Say: NFL Drops Race-Based Concussion Tests
• Health Hires: Nossaman, JCyte, Gravie, McCarter & English
• Nixon Peabody Sets New Pay Scales For US Associates
• Nixon Peabody, Loeb & Loeb Latest To Allow Work Flexibility
• Judge Gibney To Open Up 3rd Seat In Va.'s Eastern District
• Lack Of Jurisdiction Dooms Billing Suit Against K&L Gates
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Ex-Judge At Bracewell OK'd For Giuliani Privilege Review
• Stop Networking, Start Relationship Marketing
• Dem Advisory Panel Backs 9 For Fed. Judge, US Atty In Fla.
• F. Lee Bailey, Disbarred Former OJ Simpson Atty, Dies At 87
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• The Term: Computer Misuse Is Not A Federal Crime
• In-House Attys From Top Law Schools, Firms Have Higher Pay
• Dem Gets More Time To Serve GOP Legislator With Riot Suit
• Fragomen Bets On Biz Travel With Nomadic Acquisition
• Shook Hardy Expands To St. Louis With 10-Atty Enviro Team
• 2nd Circ. Boots Judge From Case Over Sentencing Orders
• UVA Class On Mueller Probe To Be Taught By ... Mueller
• What Attorneys Should Know About Fee Deferral
• New Copyright Cases Saw Big Dip In 2020
• NY Atty Says He Was Fired For Long-Haul COVID-19
• Predictions On Pandemic's Lasting Impact On Legal Education
• Dentons Forms Consultancy With Madeleine Albright's Firm
• Should States Narrow Atty Bias Rules To Avoid 'Quagmire'?
• Perkins Coie Starts Initiative To Add Black Board Members
• Boies Schiller Promises More Bonuses At Year-End
• Wyo. Federal Judge To Retire After Energy-Focused Career
• Armstrong Teasdale New Chair Plans To Sustain Rapid Growth
• Court Scolds Robbins Geller For 'Simply False' Venue Claim
• Lawyer Perfectionism Is A Disease We Can Control
• Fredrikson & Byron Atty Named LGBT Bar President
• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review
• Penn Law, Morgan Lewis Join Forces For Racial Justice Fund
• Bar Exams To Return To In-Person Only In February
• 3 BigLaw Firms Announce Hybrid Office Plans For Summer
• Firms Lose 'Serial' Bid To Delay Merger 'Earn Out' Trial In Del.
• DOJ Appellate Leader Returns To Jones Day As Partner
• Betterment Taps Bank Of America Atty As CCO
• WWE Hires Ex-Moda Operandi Atty As General Counsel
• The Top In-House Hires Of May