Legal Industry Archive » August, 2021

Legal Industry - August, 2021

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• Fenwick Expands To DC With Ex-Dechert, Freshfields Attys
• Anda's Opioid Sales Were In DEA's 'Bull's-Eye,' Jury Is Told
• Court Security Officers Union Can't Sue Over COVID Measures
• FCC Atty's Race Bias Suit Against Agency Ends In Mistrial
• Pro Say Movie Club: 'Liar Liar'
• How Firms Are Coping In The Wake Of Hurricane Ida
• Davis Polk Keeps NYC Reopening Date, Adds Mask Mandate
• Texas Bar Launches New Investigation Of Paxton Election Suit
• Supreme Court Lawyer Dan Geyser Joins Haynes And Boone
• Legal Groups Target Housing Crisis As DOJ Seeks Attys' Help
• Why Advocates Are Calling To Rethink Law School Rankings
• ABA Nod To St. Mary's U Online Law School A Turning Point
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To 182 Attys From 77 Firms
• How To Get The Most Out Of A Law Firm Network
• What The Judiciary's Font Recommendations Can Teach Us
• Hub Hires: Day Pitney, Holland & Knight, Womble Bond
• Meet The Lawyers On Deck At The Elizabeth Holmes Trial
• Law Schools At A Crossroads
• How Firms Can Help Law Schools Leap Into The Future
• Vaccines, Tuition, Race: The Litigation On Law Schools' Radar
• 4 Ideas For Updating Law Schools Post-Pandemic
• Inside The 'Battleground For The Internet's Soul': Section 230
• Holmes' Mental State Key To Fraud Defense, Legal Pros Say
• Holmes' Health Docs Allege Balwani Abused, Controlled Her
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• $2.5M Verdict Axed Over Atty's Use Of 'Inflammatory Cartoons'
• McGuireWoods Sues Men's Health Co. For Unpaid Atty Fees
• Switzerland To Extradite Lawyer Accused In Cum-Ex Scandal
• Calif. Atty Wants 9th Circ. To Revive Trump Tweets Suit
• Pro Say: Forget Insider Trading, Let's Talk 'Shadow Trading'
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• NYS Bar Urges Employers Statewide To Mandate Vaccinations
• Why Texas' Legal Market May Have Hit Revenue Speed Bump
• How New Collaboration Tools Are Complicating E-Discovery
• 49 Law Firms Push Back Against Litigation Targeting SPACs
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Amici Urge 4th Circ. To Give Ex-Defender A Chance In Court
• Judiciary Slams 'Intrusive' Workplace Misconduct Bill
• MoFo Rolls Out Vaccine Mandate Ahead Of Office Reopenings
• Texas County's Early Win In Ex-Clerk's Assault Case Set Aside
• Girardi's Daughter Received Firm Client's Lottery Winnings
• Ex-Girardi Attys' Contempt Hearing Delayed For Now
• Firm Must Dish On $40M Deal In Tax Fraud Suit, US Says
• Job Market For New Grads Stays Resilient Amid COVID-19
• Powell, Wood Among Attys Sanctioned Over Election Suit
• 'Sword Of Damocles' Over Endo In Opioid Trial, Judge Says
• Insurer Overpaid For Policyholder's Legal Bills, Judge Finds
• NJ Supreme Court Outlines New Action Plan For Equal Justice
• BigLaw Vaccine Mandates Come To 3 More Firms
• Reed Smith Cuts 66 Secretaries From US, UK
• Major Lindsey Recruiter Accused Of Threatening Rival
• Spencer Fane To Combine With Nashville's Bone McAllester
• MyPillow Seeks Midcase Appeal In Dominion Defamation Case
• Judge King Gives Biden Another 4th Circ. Vacancy
• Avenatti Gains Edge As Feds Show Hand In Mistrial
• Pro Say Movie Club: 'Loving'
• ERISA Can't Preclude Atty's Suit Against Law Firm Partners
• Law Firm Revenue And Profits Soar Amid Rising Demand
• Law Deans Felt Negative Impacts Of Pandemic, Survey Finds
• Ex-Greensill Risk Chief Lands At New Firm, Recounts Collapse
• 2 More BigLaw Firms Require Vaccination For Office Return
• 5th Circ. Vacates Injunction In Legal Tech Spat
• Navy GC Pick Earns $4 Million In Kramer Levin Partner Share
• Avenatti Wins Calif. Wire Fraud Mistrial Over Brady Violation
• How The 'Rocket Docket' Continues To Roar Through COVID
• SEC Chief Enforcement Counsel Steps Down After A Decade
• McDermott Settles Asthma-Afflicted Contract Atty's Firing Suit
• Fox Rothschild, DLA Piper Near Settling Ponzi Scheme Claims
• Fox Rothschild Delays Reopening, Mandates Vaccination
• Paul Hastings Nabs Former Top DOJ Antitrust Official
• Elections Vet Elias Launches Firm With 13 Perkins Coie Attys
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• LawCash Rival Agrees Not To Use 'Law' And 'Cash' Names
• Circuit Courts Meet Delta Variant With Grab Bag Of Responses
• Law360's Pro Say: Will Vaccine Mandates Skew Jury Pools?
• Departing USPTO Official On Where Firms Need To Catch Up
• Dentons Can Arbitrate Fight Over Ex-Partner's Firing
• Fox Rothschild Joins Firms Raising Associate Pay
• Taxation With Representation: Freshfields, Latham
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Ex-FCC Chief Of Staff Heads To Akin Gump Regulatory Group
• NY Decries 'Brazen Gaslighting' By Endo's Opioid Attys
• Biden Gets 4th Judicial Opening In Colorado
• Atty Renews Anti-Bias Rule Suit After Pa. High Court Edits
• NC 'Patent Troll' Law Survives Constitutional Challenge
• Ex-GitHub Atty Can't Revive Calif. Equal Pay Suit On Appeal
• How BigLaw Firms Stack Up On Climate Change Work
• Philly's Kline & Specter Wants Vax Booster For Attys, Staff
• Lawyers Act To Help Afghans Who Fear For Their Lives
• Why A Missed Email Could Cost You Your Case
• Supreme Court Evacuated Over Truck Bomb Threat
• Conn. Legal Services Co. Settles Trade Secrets Suit
• Atty-Client Fee Deals Relevant In Arb. Rows, Ariz. Justices Say
• Judge Rips 'Unfair' Jury Instruction Request In Bias Case
• Curtis Establishes New Office In Saudi Arabia
• 9th Circ. Judge Slams Colleagues Amid En Banc Denial
• K&L Gates, Stoel Rives Join Ranks Of Vax-Mandating Firms
• Walmart Snags Ex-DOJ Atty To Head Up Global Compliance
• UK, US Firms Lag On Regulatory Compliance, Report Finds
• Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q2
• 'No End In Sight' As Endo, Arnold & Porter Reveal Opioid Files
• DOJ Defends Glenmark, Teva Executive Interviews Abroad
• These Law Firms Have The Most Diverse Equity Partnerships
• Tech Industry GCs See Civil Rights As Key Responsibility
• DC Atty Nominee Reports $650K In DLA Piper Partner Share
• Ex-Jones Day Secretary Seeks Quick Win In Disability Dispute
• Witness's COVID-19 Diagnosis Delays CR Bard Implant Trial
• Breon Peace Brings Defense Prowess To Top Role At EDNY
• Ex-EBay Exec In Stalking Case Seeks Morgan Lewis Docs
• Goodwin Atty Sues Unum, Provident For Disability Benefits
• Ex-MoFo Office Manager Gets 41 Months For Mail Fraud
• Freshfields Names Silicon Valley Partner As US Head
• Insurer Sues Fla. Firm Despite 'Serious Doubts' Of Malpractice
• NY Labor Dept. Settles 'Most Unusual' Case With Former Atty
• Arnold & Porter Issues Vax Mandate, Delays Office Return
• Law360's Diversity Snapshot: What You Need To Know
• The 2021 Diversity Snapshot
• Judge Threatens Sanctions Against Attys In Diversity Visa Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Wachtell, Latham
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• DOJ Denies 'Rewriting' Price-Fix Indictment of Glenmark, Teva
• Cuomo Impeachment Inquiry Halted, Surprising Investigators
• Crypto Co. Fights To Keep Ellenoff Malpractice Suit In Play
• Biden's US Atty Picks Bring Sorely Needed Diversity
• Law360's Pro Say: Maybe COVID Isn't Over
• 5 Reasons Lawyers Often Fail To Secure Litigation Funding
• Greenberg Traurig Puts Vax Policies In Office Leaders' Hands
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• A Jury Of Your Vaccinated Peers: Attys Wary Of Mandates
• Meet Biden's Solicitor General Nominee Elizabeth Prelogar
• Despite Giuliani's Assertion, Lawyers Cannot 'Throw A Fake'
• DC Panel Recommends 1-Year Suspension For Ex-FBI Atty
• 11th Circ. Says Rooker-Feldman Doctrine's 'Expansion Is Over'
• Calif. Bar Lays Out Ethics Blueprint For Remote Work
• It's Time To Upgrade Our Attorney Licensure Rules
• DLA Piper, Perkins Coie Update Office Return Plans
• Ex-Dewey, Cum-Ex Scandal Lawyer To Stay In Swiss Custody
• Clients Say They Trust These 32 Firms Most For M&A
• Giuliani, Powell And MyPillow Can't Slip $1.3B Dominion Suits
• The Law Firms At The Center Of Consumer Protection Suits
• Endo 'Head Shot' Penalty Mulled In Opioid Discovery Fight
• Biden Bets On An Insider To Steady A Roiled SDNY
• M&A Atty Team Leads Are Rarely Women, Study Finds
• More BigLaw Firms Mandate Vax, Delay Reopenings
• 4 Things To Know About 2nd Circ. Nominee Beth Robinson
• Endo Cases Highlight Rare Default Risk In Discovery Failures
• Drive To Confirm Biden Nominees Slows As Senate Adjourns
• Biden To Tap Kramer Levin Atty For Navy GC Post
• Data-Based Predictions On Case Timelines After Pandemic
• Biden Chooses Elizabeth Prelogar For Solicitor General
• 'This Cannot Go On': Opioid Trial Turmoil Intensifies In NY
• DOJ Wrong To Bring Tweets Into Visa Suit, Attys Say
• Cuomo's Atty Previews Defense In Shot Across The Bow
• Biden Names US Atty Picks For SDNY, EDNY, 6 Other Offices
• Dem Sens. Include Likely Historic Pick For Va. Trial Court
• Netflix Must Face Ex-Prosecutor's Defamation Claims
• Pro Say Movie Club: 'Michael Clayton'
• The Big Picture: Andrew Cuomo's Fall From Grace
• Fla. Law School Can't Restore Aid Eligibility While It Sues DOE
• Embracing ESG
• Clark Hill Litigator Takes Over As ABA President
• LA Atty Accuses Fired Firm Of Exposing Confidential Files
• Dorsey & Whitney's Associate Pay To Vary On Market, Billing
• Boies Schiller, Sheppard Mullin Detail New Vaccine Policies
• Dominion Sues Newsmax, OAN Over 2020 Election Claims
• ABA Backs Proposal To Lobby Congress On Student Debt
• Cuomo Resigns As Harassment Inquiries Ratchet Up
• Katten Inks Deal Over $950M Malpractice Suit Ahead Of Trial
• Glenmark, Teva Say DOJ 'Rewriting' Price-Fixing Indictment
• Faegre Drinker Mandates Vaccination, Delays Office Return
• ABA To Amend Model In-House Counsel Registration Rule
• Retention Is Key To Meaningful Diversity At Law Firms
• Allen & Overy Nabs 8-Partner Tech Team From White & Case
• New NJ Fed. Rule On Litigation Funding Should Be Welcomed
• Report Shows How Attys Enabled Cuomo's Behavior
• Atty Fees Capped At 15% In $26B Opioid MDL Settlement
• Time's Up Chair Resigns Amid Cuomo Harassment Scandal
• NY Public Defender Eunice Lee Confirmed To 2nd Circ. Seat
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• 5 Highlights As Endo, Arnold & Porter Face Opioid Oblivion
• 9th Circ. Won't Resurrect Malpractice Suit Against O'Melveny
• Troutman Pepper, Taft Law Offer Associates Raises
• Stinson Adds Director Of Well-Being From Morgan Lewis
• 3 More Firms Delay Office Returns, Mandate COVID Vaccines
• House Subpoena Power Wins In McGahn Case, With Caveats
• Legal Sector Added 3,300 Jobs In July
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• The 6 Biggest Moments From ENRC's Fraud Trial
• NY, Iowa Bars Honored By ABA For Pandemic Pro Bono Work
• LA Courts Will Require Workers To Be Vaxxed After FDA's OK
• 4 Things To Know About 2nd Circ. Nominee Eunice Lee
• Orrick Urges Judge To Not Let Jones Day 'Steamroll' Dispute
• Venable, Boutique Firm Give Associates Raises
• Biden Gets First 3rd Circ. Seat As McKee Takes Senior Status
• James Nance, Atty Known For Big Tobacco Case, Dies At 90
• Paul Weiss Joins Firms Delaying Return Plans, Mandating Vax
• Fennemore Expands In Denver With 7 Atty Hires
• Women ABA Presidents Say Industry Has 'More Work To Do'
• As GOP Fumes, Biden Pick For 2nd Circ. Gets Judiciary Nod
• Courts Restart COVID Measures, But Very Differently
• Teva Piles Onto Strong-Arm Tactic Accusations Against DOJ
• Biden Nominates 1st Openly LGBT Woman To 2nd Circ.
• Arnold & Porter Fights 'Extreme Sanctions' In NY Opioid Trial
• WilmerHale Attys Helped Lose Theranos Data, Judge Says
• Cannabis Software Co.'s New GC To Focus On Product Rollout
• Jones Day Blasts Ex-Associates' 'Intrusive' Bid For Pay Data
• Womble Bond Dickinson Launches Boston Lobbying Group
• Americans' Approval Of Supreme Court Declines, Says Poll
• Avoiding Unauthorized Practice Of Law In Remote Work
• Pirates, Phillies Promote Women To General Counsel
• Dentons Says Ex-Partner Hurling 'Outrageous' Statements
• Glenmark Accuses DOJ Of 'Strong-Arm Tactics'
• Senate Bill Would Expand Student Loan Bankruptcy Discharge
• Pro Say Movie Club: 'The Devil's Advocate'
• More BigLaw Firms Requiring Vaccination For In-Office Work
• Ex-Texas Justice Joins Chamberlain Hrdlicka Amid AG Bid
• Judge Slams Atty For 'Shameful' Waste In Deepwater MDL
• Stradley Snags 9 Attys From White And Williams For NY Office
• Jones Day Says Orrick Top Brass Are Ducking Subpoenas
• DOJ Says It Told Glenmark About Compulsory Exec Interviews
• NY Regulator Hires Norton Rose Atty As Banking Deputy
• DOJ Says SolarWinds Hackers Targeted 27 US Atty Offices
• Tech Co. Fights AT&T Bid To Disqualify Its Ex-BigLaw Attys
• More Law Firms Require COVID-19 Vaccine For Office Return
• Holland & Knight, Thompson & Knight Make Tie-Up Complete
• Facebook Hires Voting Rights Manager For Civil Rights Team
• Pa. Powerhouses Rose To The Top In Competitive Market
• Texas Roots Keep Powerhouse Firms Ahead Of The Pack
• Mass. Powerhouses Piled Up Wins Amid Uncertainty
• The 2021 Regional Powerhouses
• Chicago History Lets Ill. Powerhouses Break New Ground
• NJ Powerhouses Guide Pandemic-Pummeled Clients
• Delaware Powerhouses Innovate, Grow, Push Past Challenges
• Fla. Powerhouses Ride Pandemic Boom To Record Years
• California Powerhouses Lead Hot Legal Market On The Climb