Legal Industry Archive » September, 2021

Legal Industry - September, 2021

192 articles

• The Term: Roe, Guns And Religion Headline Return To Court
• BIA Wants Public Input On Justices' Migrant Convict Ruling
• Justice Alito Slams 'Sinister' Criticism Of 'Shadow Docket'
• Anita Hill Sees More Work To Be Done On Gender Equality
• Co. Accused Of Firing Atty Who Rejected CEO's Advances
• Biden's DOJ Antitrust Pick Kanter Headed For Senate Hearing
• County Settles Negligence Case Over Judge Accused Of Rape
• Civil Rights Lawyers Among 10 New Picks For Federal Courts
• ENRC Has Lost Privilege Over Graft Reports, SFO Says
• Justices To Review Law Firm's Day-Late Tax Challenge
• Senators Spar Over Supreme Court's Use Of 'Shadow Docket'
• Use Of GRE In Law Admissions Needs More Study, ABA Told
• Discipline Referral Not Ripe For Appeal, Amicus Tells DC Circ.
• What 9th Circ. Privilege Test Means For Dual-Purpose Advice
• ACC Report Shows Jump In Counsel Pay In 2021 Vs. 2020
• Sidley Austin Snags 3 Former FDA Attys From Hogan Lovells
• With Sentencing, Donziger Legal Saga To Enter New Phase
• Willkie Opens London Arbitration Practice With BigLaw Hires
• Hispanic Attys Say Opportunities Key To Boosting Diversity
• Mishcon Debuts Hong Kong Office As It Mulls IPO
• SFO Denies Using ENRC's Privileged Info During Graft Probe
• Judiciary Says Oklahoma Needs More Judges After McGirt
• 3 Judges Sent Home As NY Court Vax Mandate Kicks In
• Attorney Founder Of Litigation Finance Outfit Cops To Fraud
• Wolf Haldenstein, Landlord Denied Early Wins In Rent Dispute
• Lifting The Veil On The Supreme Court's Shadow Docket
• LeClairRyan Founder Slams Trustee's Conspiracy Claims
• Ex-Treasury Dept. GC Tapped As Citi's Top Atty
• Clifford Chance Delays America Offices Reopening To January
• Slaughter And May Picks M&A Guru As Future Top Partner
• 2 BigLaw Partners Among Biden's Latest US Atty Picks
• Gerrard Put Whistleblower Above Client, Atty Admits
• Biden OCC Pick Could Boost Enforcement, Fintech Scrutiny
• NJ Bar Aims To Limit Disbarment Rule For Misusing Funds
• Brown Rudnick Seeks $8M For Work On Industrial Plant Fight
• Baker McKenzie Appoints New Leaders For AI Team
• How Female Criminal Law Attys Face Obstacles To Growth
• BASF, Cahill Gordon To Pay $22.5M Atty Fees In Asbestos Suit
• Embracing ESG: United Natural Foods GC Talks Bottom Line
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Loeb & Loeb, Norton Rose Latest Firms To Delay Reopening
• Law360's Pro Say: Discovery Debacle At Arnold & Porter
• 3 Attorney Ethics Considerations For Litigation Funding
• Davis Polk Can't Sink Associate's Bias, Retaliation Claims
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Atty Gets 9-Month Suspension For Abusing Nonprofit Gig
• Ex-Dechert Atty Defends His 'Professional' Probe For ENRC
• Metal Cos. Can't Duck Ex-Counsel's COVID-19 FMLA Claims
• Wilson Sonsini To Reopen Offices In February 2022
• Slaughter And May Picks Woman To Be 1st Managing Partner
• Senate Panel Advances Slate For Federal Bench, US Attys
• 1st Asian American Woman Confirmed To DC District Bench
• ENRC Judge Casts Doubt On Gerrard, SFO Conspiracy
• Treasury GC Nominee Takes Heat From Warren Over Recusals
• How ABA Opinion Shifts Alternative Biz Structure Landscape
• NY Entertainment Dealmaker Launches Boutique Firm
• Judge Says He'd Entertain Recusal Motion In Sussmann Case
• Litigation Finance Co. Closes 3rd Fund At $682M
• UK Legal Firms Say New AML Law Costs Them Nearly $1.3M
• Ex-USPTO Director To Help Cisco Rival Defend $2.7B Award
• 3rd Circ. Judge Smith Stepping Down From Court's Chief Role
• Dechert Admits To 'Significant Omission' Over ENRC Texts
• Can US Courts Police Themselves On Workplace Misconduct?
• Gerrard Lied At Trial About ENRC Whistleblower, Atty Says
• Former Public Defender Confirmed To NM District Court
• Wiggin And Dana Elect Managing Partner, New Exec Members
• Blizzard's Top Atty Departs Amid Legal Tumult At Parent Co.
• Simpson Thacher Eases In-Office Targets Ahead Of Reopening
• Squire Patton Announces New Global Head, DEI Office
• Supreme Court To Debut Mixed Argument Format This Term
• Simpson Thacher Opens Brussels Office With Antitrust Focus
• DC Circ. Wary Of Court Agency's Political Activity Rules
• Girardi's Ex-Partners Suffer Setback In Suing Nano Banc
• Uber Calls $91M Arbitration Association Fee A 'Ransom'
• Public Defender Wins Senate Nod For 10th Circ. Seat
• Embracing ESG: HPE Counsel Talk Effective Board Oversight
• Attorneys Accused Of NYC Molotov Attack Take Plea Deal
• Ex-Senior DOJ Official, High Court Clerk Rejoins Jones Day
• Fired XFL Commissioner Can't Depose K&L Gates Atty
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Evidence Ex-Perkins Coie Atty Lied 'Pretty Weak,' Experts Say
• Endo's Attys In 'Career-Wrecking' Peril As Opioid Woes Grow
• Ex-Perkins Coie Partner Pleads Not Guilty To Lying To FBI
• LG Counsel Sues ITC For Safeguard Review Access
• Pro Say: The Tricky Questions Around The Vaccine Mandate
• Justice Gap Demands Look At New Legal Service Models
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Hyundai Elevates Assistant GC To Chief Legal Officer
• Leaving BigLaw For Cannabis: 5 Attys Discuss The Switch
• Cybercrime Spree Raises Risks Of Insurance Coverage Battles
• Quinn Emanuel Gets $185M Fee From $3.7B Win In ACA Suits
• The Perkins Coie Cyber Expert Accused Of Misleading The FBI
• IP Forecast: Trial Lawyer School TM Fight Lands At 10th Circ.
• Perkins Coie Attorney Charged With Lying To FBI
• Reed Smith Nabs Ex-FDIC, Jones Day Atty As Banking Partner
• Hogan Lovells Piloting Commission Pay In Europe
• Perkins Coie Atty Defended After Report Of Indictment Threat
• David Boies Threatened Theranos Whistleblower, Jury Told
• Remington's Student Records Bid Irks Sandy Hook Judge
• Ex-Quinn Emanuel Worker Says Racism Suit Isn't Time-Barred
• Fragomen Embracing Hybrid Work In Return-To-Office Debate
• GOP Grills DC City Court Picks On COVID Rules, Crime
• Willkie Farr Exec Says Attys Have Shown They Can Be Remote
• Remembering Ginsburg's Legacy Through Her Work
• Microsoft CLO Brad Smith Appointed Vice Chair
• Young Attys Stressed Over Struggle To Pay Law School Debt
• Attorney Tells 1st Circ. His Sex Bias Suit Belongs In Court
• Biden Picks For Wash., Mass. Trial Court Seats Clear Senate
• Pro Say Movie Club: 'Philadelphia'
• Perkins Coie Delays Office Reopening To January
• GC Pay Rising As Women Surpass Men For 1st Time
• Cooley Moving New Chicago Office To 55-Story Tower
• SG Nominee Questioned Over Office's 'Flip Flops'
• O'Melveny Teams Up With Peloton For Staff Wellness Offering
• Frankfurt Kurnit Adds Real Estate Practice Chair
• These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships
• St. Mary's ABA-Approved Online JD Program Starts Next Fall
• Boies Schiller Snags Ex-DOJ Deputy In LA
• Manatt Grows Boston Office With 'Varsity Blues' Prosecutor
• Some Assistant DAs Make As Little As $40K Per Year
• 9th Circ. Nominee Apologizes For Signing Kavanaugh Letter
• Prince Andrew Tees Up Fight In Epstein-Tied Sex Abuse Suit
• Newest ITC Judge Arrives With Deep Experience In IP
• Embracing ESG: Leidos GC Talks Social Responsibility
• Justices Deny Partisanship Claims As Blockbuster Term Nears
• Pop Warner Wins 9th Circ. Concussion Case With Girardi Ties
• 118 Large Law Firms Earn Mansfield Rule 4.0 Certification
• Law360's Glass Ceiling Report: What You Need To Know
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• 20 Years Later, Terror Of 9/11 Stays With Wall St. Attys
• Legal Services NYC Attys Protest Court Demands Amid COVID
• Pro Say: Bankruptcy's 'Eerie Silence' Amid Pandemic
• Seyfarth Strengthens Vaccine Mandate, Delays Office Return
• Bank Of America Promotes Compliance Chief To Global GC
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Jenner & Block, Landlord Settle Chicago Rent Dispute
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Victims' Rights Firm Accused Of Firing Atty For Taking Leave
• Pro Bono Attys Still Helping 9/11 Survivors 20 Years Later
• Pandemic, Cyberattacks Fuel Demand For Insurance Attys
• Ex-Cooley Atty Sentenced To 7½ Years For UK Fraud
• Objector Attys Get $1.5M After 9th Circ. Hagens Berman Fight
• DC Circ. Mulls 'Calculating' Behavior In Ohio Judge Censure
• Endo Strikes $50M Opioid Deal In NY Amid Trial Tumult
• Former Senior CFPB Official Joins Buckley In DC
• Cognizant Fights To Keep Law Firm Overbilling Suit Alive
• Reed Smith Joins Firms Delaying Reopening US Offices
• NJ Nursing Home GC Charged In NY With Child Porn
• What To Watch For As 'Varsity Blues' Gets Jury Trial Debut
• Lessons In Crisis Lawyering 20 Years After 9/11
• Mich. Officials Seek $22K In Legal Fees From Sanctioned Attys
• Meet Biden's Pick For The 9th Circ.: Judge Lucy Koh
• Federal Judge's Ties To Buffalo Mayor Raised In Ballot Appeal
• COVID-19 Litigation Winter Is Coming, Attys Forecast
• Ex-NFL Team GC Accused Wilkinson Of 'Trickery'
• Jones Day Loses Bid To Force Orrick Top Brass To Testify
• Coin Metrics Snags Refinitiv Top Attorney For GC Role
• ABA OKs Some Atty Investing In Firms Owned By Nonlawyers
• Receiver In $7B Stanford Ponzi Row Seeks $2.2M In Fees
• Girardi Saga Shows Why Calif. Attys Don't 'Snitch'
• Biden's Latest Judicial Noms Include Trio For 9th Circ.
• Supreme Court Returning To Courtroom, But Without Public
• Covington Nabs Ex-Senate Judiciary GC For Policy Team
• From Boies To Mattis, Theranos Trial Promises VIP Witnesses
• Pro Say Movie Club: 'A Time To Kill'
• Chicago's Discovery Bid A Defective 'Attack,' Endo Says
• Transfix Appoints Advance Atty As General Counsel
• Marsh McLennan Names New Global Compliance Chief
• Ex-GC Returns To National CineMedia, Adding Exec. VP Title
• Brooklyn Public Defender Staff Votes To Unionize
• LGBTQ Rights Group Ousts Chief Who Gave Cuomo Advice
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Past Wins Help Attys Prep For Return Of 'Remain In Mexico'
• Lyft, Uber To Pay Their Drivers' Texas Abortion Ban Legal Fees
• Pro Say: Blood Feud — The U.S. v. Elizabeth Holmes
• Kirkland, White & Case To Rep Facebook In Trump Suit
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Another BigLaw Firm Announces Employee Vax Mandate
• Senate To Probe Supreme Court's 'Abuse' Of 'Shadow Docket'
• Legal Sector Adds 4,300 Jobs As Overall Growth Slows
• 'Shadow Docket' Fight Comes To A Head In Abortion Case
• John Pierce's Capitol Riot Cases In Peril As He Fights COVID
• McDonald's Corp. Appoints US General Counsel
• Fla. Weighs Rule Changes For Admitting Foreign-Trained Attys
• Why Structured Data Is Increasingly Important To Your Case
• Sanford Heisler Delays Office Reopening To January
• Embracing ESG: AIG Counsel Talks SEC Risk Alert
• Schumer Backs Civil Rights, Reform Advocates For NY Bench
• Latham Opens Austin Office With Focus On Emerging Cos.
• Longtime Skadden Partner Shaped Generations Of Litigators
• Attys Attempt To Shut Down Texas Bar Membership Fees
• The Top In-House Hires Of August