Legal Industry Archive » January, 2023

Legal Industry - January, 2023

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• NY AG Wants Trump And Attys Sanctioned In $250M Suit
• Atty Fired For Akin Gump Call Asks 3rd Circ. To Revive Suit
• Haynes Boone Opens Va. Office With 19 Attys From Local Firm
• Texas Court Officials Say Scammer Is Posing As Chief Justice
• Law Firms Failed In 2022 To Match Previous Year's Profits
• McConnell Roasts Judicial Pick Over Hearing Performance
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Quinn Emanuel's $185M Fee In ACA Cases
• American Bar Foundation Names New Executive Director
• Ex-Jones Day Attys Say Firm's Sanctions Bid Merits Sanctions
• Man Convicted In Fentanyl Deaths Of Akin Gump Atty, 2 Others
• US Soccer Pledges To Follow Yates' Safety Recs After Probe
• Del. Drops Major-Party-Only Mandate For State's Top Benches
• SEC's Uyeda Decries DOL's 'Forked Tongue' On ESG Rules
• Starbucks Paid $11.7M To Ex-GC Who Left Amid Union Efforts
• New Wash. District Chief On His Plans For A Revitalized Bench
• Greenberg Traurig Opens San Diego Office, Firm's 6th In Calif.
• Mass. Launches Abortion Hotline Staffed By BigLaw, ACLU
• 4 NY State Judges Appointed To Family, Criminal Courts
• 3rd Circ. Throws Out J&J Talc Unit's 'Texas Two-Step' Ch. 11
• Marcia Cooke, 1st Black Female Fla. Federal Judge, Dies
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Sullivan & Cromwell Wants 'Harassing' Subpoena Blocked
• Actual Malice Tests Required In Fox-Dominion Defamation Suit
• Texas High Court Will Hear Law Firm Shareholder Dispute
• Mich. Panel Says COVID Tolling Orders Were Constitutional
• Pro Say: Courtside To Courtoom: Inside MSG's Attorney Ban
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• NY AG May Fund Cuomo Harassment Defense After Ruling
• Regulatory Terrain For Remote Lawyering Continues To Shift
• 5 Ways Attorneys Can Use Emotion In Client Pitches
• Appellate Practices Need Workhorses And Show Ponies
• Kavanaugh Praises High Court Colleagues At Notre Dame Talk
• Immigration Attys Say No Deal In Remote Hearing Row
• The Term: Why Did Justices Duck Attorney-Client Privilege?
• Deputy SG To Fight For Narrow BigTech Immunity In Top Court
• Old Biz, New Court, Big Breakup: Inside The New Google Suit
• Top Counsel Depart Senate Judiciary Committee
• Ex-Pryor Cashman Atty Gets 1 Year For Molotov Incident
• Redstone Gives Detail On Cleary Email Amid Chancery Fight
• Eastman Hit With Ethics Charges In Calif. Over 2020 Election
• Ex-NY State Judge To Lead Federal Sex Offender Office
• Girardi Victims' $6.3M Suit Against NY Firm Tossed, For Now
• Ex-GC Can't Duck Trade Secrets Suit By Energy Co.
• 5 Keys To A Productive Mediation
• NYSBA Seeks Immediate Pay Raise For Assigned Counsel
• Illinois Federal Judge And Court History Buff Dies At 93
• Ex-Alston & Bird Staffer Must Arbitrate OT, Retaliation Claims
• NYT, NPR Challenge Sealed Filings In Dominion-Fox Del. Suit
• 4th Circ. Considers Atty Fees For Preliminary Injunctions
• Atty Unlawfully Suspended By DeSantis Asks For Job Back
• Lawmakers Hear From Rare Biden Red State Trial Court Pick
• Legal Services Co. Ends Trade Secrets Suit Against Ex-Partner
• NJ Atty's Gun In Court Draws Censure But Splits Board
• Harris County Prosecutor Resigns After Racist Tweets Surface
• 4th Circ. Juggles Fla. Firm's Fee Bid With Atty Misconduct
• SEC Senior Enforcement Counsel Joins WilmerHale
• Trump Drops 2nd Suit Against NY AG Following Sanctions
• Kraken Hires Former SEC Enforcer To Head Compliance
• ABA To Consider Atty-Client Disclosure Resolution
• Ga. DA Says 'Decisions Are Imminent' In Trump Election Probe
• Kirkland Doubles Down On Axing Ex-Atty's Harassment Suit
• Jerry Jones' Atty In Paternity Suit, A State Senator, Gets Stay
• FINRA Enforcement Chief To Step Down
• Law Firm, Building Seek Termite Coverage From Nationwide
• Freeborn & Peters To Combine With Smith Gambrell In March
• Proskauer Gets Key Win In Trade Secret Beef With Ex-Partner
• Reed Smith Opens Orange County Office, Firm's 5th In Calif.
• Ex-Jones Day Staffer Out Of Benefits, Unum Says In Bias Suit
• Biden Sends 20 District Court Picks To Senate
• Media Cos. Urge Publication Of Trump Election Probe Report
• Evaluating The Legal Ethics Of A ChatGPT-Authored Motion
• Lobbying Shops Report Another Record Year In DC
• Albany Law School Prof Nominated To NY Ethics Committee
• High Court Won't Hear Wis. Mandatory Bar Membership Suit
• NY Law School Names Main Bldg. After 'Historic' $10M Gift
• Former Troutman Pepper Attys Launch Goodwin Philly Office
• High Court Drops Tax Law Firm's Privilege Case
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Court Beat Circus For Pa.'s 1st Female Chief Justice
• GAO Finds Data Holes In Litigation Funding Study
• Pro Say: SEC Cyber Enforcement Vs. BigLaw's Client Privacy
• Trump Election Probe Report May Show Case For Charges
• Two Texas Firms Cleared To Rep Alex Jones In Ch. 11 Case
• California Bar Eyes Ethics Rule To Report On Other Lawyers
• Judge Orrick From ND California Taking Senior Status
• DeSantis Beats Atty's Suspension Suit Despite Breaking Law
• Justices To Issue 1st Opinion ... Months Later Than Usual
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Proskauer Blasts Ex-COO For 'Absurd' Data Download Story
• 7 Tips To Increase Your Law Firm's DEI Efforts In 2023
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Keys To A 9-0 High Court Win: Get Back To Home Base
• Fla. Judge Hits Trump, Atty With Nearly $1M In Sanctions
• Reed Smith Asks To Drop Mosby After Judge's Contempt Threat
• The Term: Leaker Unknown After 8 Months, 126 Interviews
• Meet The Ex-AG And Trial Atty Tapped For 1st Circ. Bench
• CFTC Commissioner Says Crypto Attys Failed Customers
• Orrick, Buckley Merge With Eye On Financial Services Work
• Eversheds Opens New Office In San Francisco
• Justices Seek Feds' Input In Ex-Shkreli Atty's 401(k) Fight
• Supreme Court Says It Hasn't Identified Dobbs Leaker
• BigLaw Cracking Down On Return-To-Office
• Former Jones Day M&A Practice Leader Joins Davis Polk
• Pa. Federal Courthouse Attack Suspect Wanted To 'Bleed Out'
• VP Harris' Top Legal Counsel Joins Jenner & Block
• Squire Patton Adds Ex-Senior DOJ Fraud Atty In DC
• Labor, Employment Issues Top Of Mind For GCs, Survey Says
• 1st Circ. Pick Among Biden's First Judge Nominations Of 2023
• Watchdog Sues DOJ Over Justices' Missing Security Reports
• DOJ Names New Director For US Trustee Program
• North Carolina AG Stein Announces Run For Governor
• SD District Judge Karen E. Schreier Moves To Senior Status
• Atty-Client Privilege Arguments Give Justices A Moving Target
• Justices Reject 2nd Bid To Block New NY Gun Control Laws
• 5 Gen X Characteristics That Can Boost Legal Leadership
• Constangy Adds 32-Atty Team From Lewis Brisbois
• Norton Rose's Frankfurt Office Raided Amid Cum-Ex Probes
• Conn. Judge Declines To Sanction Alex Jones' Texas Attorney
• AILA, US Agree On Enforceability Of Remote Hearing Rules
• How To Avoid Atty Fee Disputes In Firm Spinoffs And Splits
• Pillsbury Atty Confirmed As California Appeals Court Judge
• Former SDNY Judge Joins Paul Weiss From Cravath
• Danske Bank's Chief Compliance Officer To Step Down In 2024
• Quinn Emanuel Antitrust Head Stephen Neuwirth Dies At 60
• DC Circ. Won't Revisit Judicial Staff Political Speech Rules
• Ex-DC Attorney General Karl Racine Returns To Hogan Lovells
• Justices Decline To Take Court Reporter's Race Bias Suit
• Armed Man Shot Near Philly Federal Courthouse
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Pro Say: The Looming Battle Over Noncompete Deals
• Servitas Worker Says Fighting Atty Harassment Led To Firing
• Up Next At High Court: Turkish Bank Fights Criminal Charges
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• 6 Questions For Boutique Firms Considering Mergers
• Justices Take Up Former Postal Worker's Religious Bias Suit
• Supreme Court Interrupters Receive 5 Mos. Probation
• Supreme Court Will Scrutinize FCA's Scienter Standard
• Meet The Special Counsel Probing Biden's Classified Docs
• Texas Justices Won't Hear Atty Dispute With Selena's Brother
• IBA Elects First Woman President In 20 Years
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Dorsey & Whitney Opens Idaho Office With 2 Stoel Rives Attys
• Trump Org. Fined $1.6M After Criminal Tax Fraud Conviction
• SEC's Covington Demand Casts Cloud On Atty-Client Privilege
• 5 Things To Know About The SEC's Covington Breach Probe
• Apple's Top Lawyer Earned $27.1M In 2022
• Covington Case To Test SEC's 'Hubris' As Cyber Enforcer
• SEC Commissioner Uneasy Over Suit Against Covington
• Law360's The Term: Where Have All The Opinions Gone?
• Chicago's US Attorney To Step Down Early This Year
• Partner Diversity Lags Behind Legal Industry's Overall Gains
• Redgrave Names New Chairs Of Exec, Mgmt. Committees
• Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe Joins Kaplan Hecker
• DOJ Names Special Counsel To Review Biden Classified Docs
• 'Big Lie' Attys Continue To Fight $187K Sanctions At 10th Circ.
• Pound Law Sues USPTO Over Rejection Of '#Law' Trademark
• Senators' Sullivan & Cromwell Qualms Won't Sway FTX Judge
• Orrick Takes Up High Court Fight Over Naming AI On Patents
• Ex-NY Chief Judge's Guard Cost Millions Without Approval
• SEC Sues Covington To Reveal Clients Affected By 2020 Hack
• Littler Starts New Paris Operation After Split With French Firm
• Cybersecurity Tops GCs' List Of Dispute Worries For 2023
• Atty Urged Clients To 'Infect' Trustee Counsel, Judge Says
• Ex-Gordon & Silber Atty Eyes Plea Deal In $1.2M Fraud Case
• Supreme Court Lets New York's New Gun Law Stand, For Now
• Girardi Keese Trustee Blames Bank For Enabling Firm's Fraud
• Sullivan & Cromwell Faces Congressional Heat Over FTX Work
• NAACP Can Pursue Challenge To SC Court Doc 'Scraping' Ban
• State Constitutions Take Spotlight Post-Dobbs
• Ohio Atty Out Of Job Over Nasty Text To Female Colleague
• Alex Jones' Suspended Attorney Taken Off Capitol Riot Case
• Prominent Conservative Atty William Consovoy Dies At 48
• Judge Denies Atty Immunity Claim In Lewis Brisbois TM Suit
• Ex-Kirkland Atty Urges Judge Not To Ax Harassment Case
• Girardi Keese Trustee Sues Firm's Former Attys For $9.4M
• Ex-Trump Org CFO Who Implicated Company Gets 5 Mos. Jail
• Mich. Justice Apologizes After Attack Pushes Out Clerk
• 5 Tips For Adding Value To Legal Clients' Experience In 2023
• Biden Attys Say They Found Classified Docs In Former Office
• Ex-Girardi Keese CFO Stays Jailed As Judge Cites Flight Risk
• Roberts Warns Narrow Privilege Test Could Strain Courts
• NJ Judge Skeptical Of Virtual Immigration Hearing Denials
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Girardi Keese Suit Halted As Criminal Investigation Looms
• 9th Circ. Judge Watford To Step Down In May
• Paul Hastings Says Ex-Proskauer COO Not Joining Firm
• NWSL Expels 4 Former Coaches After BigLaw Abuse Probes
• Justices Interested In Charter School Dress Code Dispute
• Ex-Boston Prosecutor Can't Duck Rape Indictment
• Hueston Hennigan Rings In 2023 With New Leader, Office
• Stroock Lays Off 9 Attorneys, 18 Staffers
• Deloitte Starts Real Estate Legal Biz With Shoosmiths Attys
• Ga. Grand Jury Completes Trump Election Probe
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Ahead Of Privilege Arguments, 4 Kavanaugh Rulings To Know
• Del. Federal Judge To Take Senior Status By End Of 2023
• ROSS Argues Its Use Of Westlaw Is Covered By Fair Use
• How Alito Became The Lightning Rod Of The High Court
• Legal Industry Jobs Dipped Slightly In December
• Akin Gump Adds Schumer's Former Chief Counsel
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Alex Jones Atty Suspended Over 'Stunning' Discovery Leak
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Longtime Holland & Hart Litigators Take Leadership Roles
• Suit Blames Trump 'Campaign Of Lies' For Police Officer Death
• Twitter Taps Perkins Coie To Replace Jenner Despite Musk Dig
• Justice Jackson To Publish Memoir
• Meet The Attorneys Leading The US Soccer Investigation
• Holland & Knight Lands Former Colorado Congressman
• Mich. Supreme Court Clerk Resigns After Justice's Outcry
• Ex-BakerHostetler Atty Hurt In Accident Can't Alter $1M Deal
• Goodwin Lays Off Attorneys, Staff Amid Drop In Demand
• Ex-LeClairRyan Partners Stuck With Ownership Shares
• Attorney Killings Have Small Firms Rethinking Security Steps
• Girardi Keese Trustee Goes After $48M In Suspect Payments
• Lewis Brisbois Wants Pacer Access Revoked For TM Suit Foe
• Maynard Cooper To Merge With Nexsen Pruet
• Tesla Atty Wary Of Judge's Proposal To Bar Unvaxxed Jurors
• Law Firm Presses Justices To Endorse Broad Privilege Test
• Ex-GC Can't Get $3.9M Bonus, Dairy Co. Tells TX High Court
• US Soccer Knee-Deep In Scandal As BigLaw Steps In
• Ohio Federal Courthouse Evacuated Over Bomb Scare
• Feds Say Ex-Girardi Keese CFO Hid Stolen Money Overseas
• K&L Gates Launches Dublin Office With Lateral Finance Trio
• Holland & Knight To Merge With Health Pros Waller Lansden
• Paxus Founder On Junction Of Human Rights, Corporate Law
• Apple Atty Says She Was Fired For Reporting Death Threats
• Biden Renominates Sohn For 5th FCC Commissioner
• Kasowitz Sues Spinoff Firm Over Settlement Atty Fees
• Biden Renominates More Than 2 Dozen Judicial Picks
• Ex-SG Attorney To Help Lead Quinn Emanuel Appellate Team
• Mintz To Open Miami Office Led By Ex-Milbank Atty
• US News Adjusts Rankings Design Amid Law School Boycotts
• Polsinelli Launches ITC Practice With Group From AMS Trade
• 6 Ways To Avoid Compounding Errors When Practicing Law
• MoFo And Durie Tangri Ring In 2023 By Combining
• Legal Ethics Cases To Watch In 2023
• Hub Hires: McDermott, Nutter, Libby Hoopes, Orrick
• Democrats Push To Keep Building Biden's Judicial Record
• 5 Compliance Trends To Watch In 2023
• 4 Worries For Managing Partners Heading Into 2023
• Patent Litigation Trends To Watch In 2023
• Election Litigation Set To Continue Record Pace In 2023
• California Cases To Watch In 2023
• Discrimination Cases Against Law Firms To Watch In 2023
• What Will Keep Legal Talent Professionals Up At Night In 2023
• Texas Legislation To Watch In Early 2023
• 7 Supreme Court Cases To Watch In 2023