Legal Industry Archive » March, 2022

Legal Industry - March, 2022

271 articles

• The Term: Near 100, Federal Arbitration Act Timely As Ever
• Cybersecurity Pros On Edge As Biden Warns Of Russia Threat
• NAACP Sues To Break SC's Ban On Scraping Court Records
• Senate Confirms New Jersey, Georgia Trial Court Picks
• Linklaters Offers Moscow Attys Relocations Or Severance
• Withers Joins New Task Force On War Crimes In Ukraine
• Paul Hastings Adds 18-Partner Stroock Restructuring Team
• Jury Clears Warden Grier Over Data Breach Response
• Sussmann Attys Say It Is 'Nonsensical' Alleged Lie 'Lulled' FBI
• Graham Opposes Judge Jackson For Supreme Court
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Homampour's Arash Homampour
• 5 Mediation Mistakes That Create Obstacles To Settlement
• Clinton Campaign Fined Over Reporting Of Perkins Coie Fee
• Hack Drove Wedge Between Law Firm And Client, Jury Told
• MoFo To Give Pro Bono Counsel To Zelenskyy
• Judge OKs $83M Deal In Surfside Collapse Over Objections
• Supreme Court Seeks Input On Amicus Rule Changes
• The Problem With GOP Attack On Jackson Immigration Ruling
• High Court Urged To Review SEC Judges Alongside FTC Case
• Attorney Lateral Hiring Increased 111% In 2021
• Eversheds Sutherland Opens Office In San Francisco
• NY Law Office Loses Coronavirus Coverage Suit
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Robbins Geller's Daniel Drosman
• 'COVID Ate My Homework' Excuses Aren't Flying In Appeals
• Collins Will Vote For Jackson, Ensuring Some GOP Support
• Firm 'Didn't Need' Deep Probe Of Hack Data, Partner Testifies
• Atty Denied 'Lion's Share' Of $5M Fee In Paralyzed Vet Suit
• 7th Circ. Tosses Ex-Law School Student's ADA Suit
• Former Attys Of Bankrupt LeClairRyan Still On Hook For Taxes
• Democrats' Digital-Cash Bill Emphasizes Financial Privacy
• Ex-Elliott Greenleaf Attys Want Firm To Fund Their Defense
• Lowenstein Sandler Hikes Junior Associate Pay, Adds Bonus
• Harvard Drops From Top 3 In Latest Law School Rankings
• Firms Struggle With Ethics Of Repping Sanctioned Russians
• Horvitz & Levy Founder Remembered As Giant Of Appeals Bar
• Former 9th Circ. Chief Judge Taking Senior Status
• Dems Press Justice Thomas To Recuse From Jan. 6 Cases
• Burford Capital Loses Money Due To Continued Court Delays
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Simmons Hanly's Jayne Conroy
• Law Firm Defends Hack Response As Rare Breach Trial Opens
• Law Profs Tell Fed. Circ. Its Sealing Order Was 'Dangerous'
• How To Keep Data Breach Investigation Reports Confidential
• Trump Tried 'Coup In Search Of A Legal Theory,' Judge Says
• Russia-Ukraine War Spills Into WTO's Legal Wing
• Coca-Cola Won't Push Diversity Initiative On Outside Counsel
• Trump Org. Discovery In NY AG Probe Insufficient, Judge Says
• Baker McKenzie Restarts Legal Operations In Ukraine
• Wilkinson Raises Salaries; Jones Day Bumps Freshman Pay
• Clyde & Co., BLM Vote To Merge In July
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Hagens Berman's Steve W. Berman
• Justice Thomas Participating Remotely After Hospitalization
• Work Overload Isn't Going Away For Most BigLaw Attorneys
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• Ethics Principles Call For Justice Thomas Recusal On Election
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Rare Trial Over Law Firm Hack To Shed Light On Industry Risk
• Where Jackson's Senate Support Stands After Hearings
• Pro Say: What We Learned About Ketanji Brown Jackson
• Up Next At High Court: A Big Week For Employer Liability
• How To Balance 'Cause Lawyering' And Client Needs
• Wife's Election Texts Spur Recusal Calls For Justice Thomas
• 4 Firms Raise Associate Pay, But 1 Bucks The Bandwagon
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• 'Next Generation' Bar Exam To Focus On Lawyering Skills
• 5 Ways Law Firm Leaders Can Prioritize Strategic Thinking
• Justice Thomas Released From Hospital
• Who Are The Progressive Groups Backing Judge Jackson?
• The Term: Ketanji Brown Jackson Faces The Senate
• Senate Confirms Minnesota US Attorney
• $140M USAA Deal Shows How A Bank Got Too Big, Too Fast
• Legal Stakes Rise As Court Data Breach Grows
• Firms Urged To Prioritize Attys, Rule Of Law Over Profits
• Judges Can Write Recs For Attys, Md. Ethics Panel Says
• Law Firm Overbilling Suit Put On Hold For Del. Decision
• 3 More BigLaw Firms Match Cravath's Associate Pay Raises
• 45 Years Spent Sketching Justices Draws To A Close
• Retired Utah Justice Himonas To State Courts: 'Innovate'
• How Law Schools Can Navigate Toward Equity And Inclusion
• ​​​​​​​Senate Confirms Biden's 2nd Circ. Pick, 4 Other Jurists
• Ex-NY Prosecutor Says Trump Committed 'Numerous' Crimes
• Key Moments From Judge Jackson's Final Day Of Testifying
• Calif. Report Backs Upping Pay, Remote Options For Jurors
• Palin Wants Rakoff DQ'd Over 'Tainted' NYT Libel Verdict
• Quinn Emanuel Dinged Repeatedly In Antivirus Patent Case
• Rakoff Caution To Jury On Media Sparks Free-Speech Debate
• Where Judge Jackson Stands On Key Civil Procedure Issues
• Atty Caught In FBI Shootout Sued For $300M Ponzi Scheme
• Jackson Defends Trial Court Record From Harsh GOP Scrutiny
• Justices Side With Republicans To Nix Wis. Legislative Maps
• Justice Thomas Still Absent From Args After Hospitalization
• Ex-Latham Atty Confirmed As 1st Latina On Calif. High Court
• Key Moments From Day 2 Of Judge Jackson's Senate Hearing
• Senate Confirms Biden's Calif., Georgia Trial Court Picks
• You Haven't Heard The Last From Judge O'Malley
• Ex-Defender In Judiciary Harassment Case Unmasks Herself
• Jackson Emphasizes Judges' Impartiality, 'Limited Authority'
• Atty Can't Appeal Disciplinary Referral Over Election Claims
• Stroock, WilmerHale Latest To Raise Associate Salaries
• Conn. Atty Enriched Self With Sham Stock Sales, Jury Hears
• NY Courts To Fire Unvaccinated Workers In April
• Justices Mull Allowing NC Lawmakers To Defend Voter ID Law
• Trumps Ask Appellate Court To Nix Order Requiring Testimony
• Attys Get $34M In Fees For John Hancock Overcharging Suit
• Judge Jackson Touts 'Neutral Posture' In First Senate Hearing
• Ukraine Could Be A Turning Point For GCs And ESG
• Minn. Board Says Public Defenders Can't 'Abandon' Clients
• Ex-Paul Weiss Antitrust Leader, BigLaw Attys Form Boutique
• Treasury Dept. Nominee Reports $1M Crowell Partner Income
• How To Avoid Prematurely Publicizing A Case Outcome
• If I Were A Senator: What Lawyers Would Ask Judge Jackson
• Justice Clarence Thomas Hospitalized With Infection
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Ex-Clerk Wasn't Fired For Being Pregnant: 11th Circ. Council
• Judge Shortage A Threat To Justice, Calif. Federal Judges Say
• Robbins Geller Nabs $17M Fee In Stamps.com Securities Deal
• What To Watch During Jackson's Confirmation Hearings
• Pro Say: How The Judicial System Is Failing Law Clerks
• DC Judge Ends 'Dormant' LabMD Suit Against FTC Attys
• Law Schools Launch Effort To Track Firms' Russia Pledges
• Yale Students Fight Law School's Bid To Toss Retaliation Suit
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• SEC Taps Norton Rose Atty To Top Municipal Securities Post
• DC Court Suspends Bar Rule For Fla. Atty Derailed By COVID
• Fox News Slams Smartmatic's Defamation Claims As 'Fanciful'
• Robbins Geller Denied $4.5M Fee In Investor Deal Intervention
• Navient Investor Class Attys Get $9.9M Out Of $35M Deal
• The Term: The Push To Make The Court More Transparent
• What Legal Industry Evolution Means For Tribes
• Senate Confirms 2 Calif. Trial Court Judges
• Judge Questions Clerkships For Students Who Disrupt Events
• It's Time To Hold DC Judges Accountable For Misconduct
• Ex-Judiciary Staffers Press Congress For Workplace Reforms
• DOJ's Top Jan. 6 Felony Charge Faces Legal Test
• Last Year's Vetting Hints At What's Next For Judge Jackson
• Husch Blackwell Debuts Psychedelics Practice Team
• Pa. Court Quashes Escrow Appeals In Golomb & Honik Split
• Firms Fight Over 30-Day Delay Bid In Sberbank Suit
• Fed. Courts Claim Progress On Harassment Ahead Of Hearing
• 5 More Firms Match Cravath's Associate Salary Scale
• Balwani Trial Openings Delayed Due To COVID-19 Exposure
• Latest Compliance Hires Reflect Surging ESG Pressures
• Garland Strengthens Public Access To Government Docs
• Jackson Meets With GOP Sens. For Support Before Hearings
• Calif. Bar Taps Cooley Over Data Breach, Ups Leak Estimate
• High Court May Be Closer To Tweaking Website Immunity Law
• States Fight Shkreli's Bid To Pause Monetary Penalty
• Federal Courts To 'Automate' Judges' Financial Disclosures
• 40 Supreme Court Lawyers Urge Roberts To Keep Live Audio
• Voters Attentive To High Court But Want More Openness
• Milbank Re-Raises Associate Salaries To Match Cravath
• 4 Ways To Preserve Confidentiality Of Litigation Funding Docs
• Top FinCEN Crypto Adviser Heads To Venture Capital Firm
• Baker McKenzie To Spin Off Russia Offices
• Jan. 6 Defendant Pleads Guilty After US Admits Botching Case
• Democrats Move To Set A Dozen Fed. Court Confirmations
• Nussbaum, Litigator Who Helped Build Wachtell, Dead at 84
• 8th Circ. Revives Gerber's Atty Fee Bid Against Ex-Counsel
• Saul Ewing Will Launch Formal Hybrid Work Model In May
• Ex-Law Firm Worker Claims Boss Surveilled, Harassed Her
• McGuireWoods Lures CFPB Deputy Enforcement Director
• New Judge Assigned In Foreign Gov't Bond-Rigging Case
• Remote Hearings Are Ill-Suited Default For Litigation Realities
• White & Case Latest Firm To Drop Russian Client
• Cooley, Willkie Match Cravath Pay Raises
• Davis Polk Says Ex-Atty Still Has No Evidence Of Race Bias
• DLA Piper, Dentons Join BigLaw Exodus From Russia
• Girardi Keese Finances May Take Years, And Luck, To Unravel
• How 2 Years In BigLaw Changed Judge Jackson's Career Path
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Women In Antitrust Talk Careers, COVID And Work From Home
• Odyssey Portal Security Gap Verified As Developer Tackles Fix
• Pro Say: US Legal System Responds To War In Ukraine
• Nonlawyers Fill Void At Overwhelmed Immigration Courts
• ABA's New Anti-Bias Curriculum Rule Is Insufficient
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Female Black Attys Look To Jackson's 'Fresh Perspective'
• Desmarais Rolls Out Associate Raises, Spring Bonuses
• Justices Keep COVID Protocols In Place For March Arguments
• 4 More BigLaw Firms Close Offices In Russia
• Texas Justices Say Boards Can't Be Sued Over Abortion Law
• Lawyers Fight For Their Careers While Fighting Long COVID
• McDermott Atty's Ukraine Reform Work Halted By War
• Kramer Levin Gains DC Presence With Robbins Russell Tie-Up
• The Term: Who Gets To Draw Congressional Maps?
• Ex-Latham Atty To Direct DOJ's COVID Fraud Enforcement
• Senate Panel Advances Nominees For NY, Calif. Trial Courts
• Pressure On Firms Still In Russia Grows As Exits Snowball
• Dechert, Sheppard Mullin Join Salary Bonanza Bandwagon
• SBSB Law And Eastham Merge, Create 110-Atty Firm
• A Look At DLA Piper's New Senior Partner
• Fed. Budget Boosts Court, Legal Services Corp. Funds
• Shook Hires Product Liability Partner From Walmart
• Feds Accused Of 'Reckless' Push To Get Bannon Atty Records
• Cadwalader Matches Cravath's Senior Associate Raises
• Lando & Anastasi Life Sciences Leads Join K&L Gates
• 6 BigLaw Firms Exit Russia As Ukraine War Rages On
• Remote Hearings Should Be The Default In Civil Litigation
• Kiklis & Clark, New Patent Law Firm, Launches In DC
• Biden To Tap Crowell & Moring Partner For Treasury Post
• Smartmatic Defeats Fox News, Giuliani Dismissal Bids In NY
• Jan. 6 Panel Says Eastman Push To Break Law Ends Privilege
• $112M Suit Between Russian Co., Ukraine Halted In NY, DC
• Ex-Foley Atty Faces Ethics Complaint Over 2020 Election Work
• Atty Sues Google Over Wiretap Scheme To Nix Fees
• Several Firms Bump Associate Pay Again To Match Cravath
• Attorneys Today Need To Depose Like There's No Tomorrow
• Pharma Co. Says NJ Law Firm Is Misusing Trade Secrets
• States Seek $2.2M In Atty Fees For Joining In Shkreli Case
• Cleary To Shut Moscow Office, Cut Ties To Russian Clients
• Veteran FTC Antitrust Attorney Joins Baker McKenzie
• Robbins Geller Led Securities Deals In 2021 With $1.9B Score
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Albright May Be Getting Fed. Circ.'s Message On Venue
• Kaplan Hecker Beats Cravath Pay Scale For Associates
• Norton Rose Fulbright To Shutter Moscow Office
• Cozen O'Connor Moves Vancouver Office, Adds 5 Lawyers
• Artist Says Law School Hiding Murals Will Hurt His Reputation
• Firm Says It Fired Gay Clerk Over Performance, Denies Bias
• Paul Hastings Adds Veteran DOJ Atty In Fintech Hiring Spree
• Thomas Targets Immunity Issue As Court Skips Facebook Row
• Freshfields Drops VTB Bank As Pressure Grows Over Invasion
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Ex-ACLU Atty's Claim Boss Did Racist 'Neck Roll' Tossed
• Law360's Pro Say: Ketanji Brown Jackson's Biggest Rulings
• DOJ Taps SDNY Art Sleuth In Hunt For Hidden Russian Assets
• Fraud Enforcement Director Leaving IRS For Law Firm
• Court Files Offline In Several States After Security Flaw Found
• Calif. Chief Justice Ends Certain COVID Emergency Measures
• The Term: Tsarnaev Had 'Fair Trial' Before Death Sentence
• Judge's Bank Stock Prompts Call To Revive Rigging Claims
• SEC's Lee Wants Regulators To Step Up Scrutiny Of Lawyers
• Citigroup Seeks New CCO Amid Fed-Mandated Risk Reorg
• 2 BigLaw Firms Join Latest Associate Raise Spree
• Linklaters To Wind Down Sizable Moscow Office
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Legal Industry Job Growth Dipped Slightly In February
• NY AG Agrees To Delay Trump Depositions In Business Probe
• Ketanji Brown Jackson No 'Rubber Stamp' For Gov't Agencies
• Veteran SDNY Prosecutor To Lead DOJ's Oligarch Task Force
• Ukraine's PrivatBank Gets Chancery Filing Delay Due To War
• Effort To Revamp 'Obsolete' NY Court System Gains Steam
• The Top In-House Hires Of February
• Ropes & Gray, Skadden, V&E Match Cravath Pay Scale
• Calif. Bar Seeks More Input On Ethics Of Remote Lawyering
• Ukraine Invasion Could Force BigLaw Firms Out Of Russia
• Jan. 6 Panel Says Trump May Have Committed Crimes
• Calif. Bar Trying To Determine Which Leaked Files Were Seen
• Panel Says Judiciary Went 'Off The Rails' In Harassment Case
• Biting Maxims, Careful Rigor Are Core To Jackson's Opinions
• Women Make Up Just 12% Of Attys In PTAB Cases
• Sens. Spar Over 3rd Circ. Hopeful's Public Defender Record
• Kirkland, Cleary Among BigLaw Firms Hiking Associate Pay
• Kirkland Holds Pro Bono Clinic For Afghan Refugees
• Ex-Shutts Partner Loses Fight Over Employment Arbitration
• How Law Firms Are Supporting Ukraine
• Confirmation Hearings For Judge Jackson To Begin March 21
• Biden Touts Jackson As 'Consensus Builder' In State Of Union
• The Term: Ketanji Brown Jackson In Her Own Words
• 1st Circ. Judge Lynch To Take Senior Status
• How Jackson Would Shake Up High Court As 1st Ex-Defender
• The Jackson Ruling That Reverberates In Drug Pricing Debate
• Law Student Recruiting Bolstered By Robust Associate Market
• Jones Day, Ex-Associates Can't Resolve Discovery Disputes
• Trump Attorney Eastman Faces Calif. Bar Ethics Probe
• Lowenstein Sandler Sets Office Return, Hybrid Work Plan
• Cravath Raises Associate Pay Scale, BigLaw Firms Follow
• How Attorneys Can Ethically Terminate A Client Relationship
• Alston & Bird Faces OT Suit By Diversity And Inclusion Staffer
• Law Society Defends Industry As Sanctions Backlash Mounts
• Calif. Bar Leak Reveals Wider Exposure Of Court Records