Legal Industry Archive » February, 2024

Legal Industry - February, 2024

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• DOJ Says Court Rehab Means Ga. Bid Rig Case Must Move
• Houston Judge Again Declines Recusal In Back Wages Fight
• Baldwin Played Part In 'Unsafe' Film Set, 'Rust' Jury Hears
• Black Ex-Davis Polk Atty To Appeal Loss In Retaliation Suit
• Law Firm Recruited Objectors To Tank Vax Deal, Class Says
• Ex-McElroy Deutsch Exec Seeks Docs In NJ Retaliation Suit
• Senate Confirms First Woman To Top IRS Attorney Post
• Inside BigLaw's 'Tremendous' Hunger For Restructuring Attys
• Judiciary Panel Sends 5 Red State Judges To Full Senate
• DLA Piper Names New Global Managing Partner
• 7 Common Myths About Lateral Partner Moves
• Kasowitz Sues Ex-BigLaw Atty Client For Unpaid $470K Tab
• SEC Taps Agency Vet To Lead Adviser, Fund Rulemaking Unit
• 'Lawyer Cat' Judge, Texas Attys Seek Seats On New Courts
• High-Profile Mining Case Shines Spotlight On Cybersecurity
• Spencer Fane Hires Trio Of Ex-McKool Smith IP Pros In DC
• Sen. McConnell Exiting GOP Post After Reshaping Judiciary
• Objectors Want $1M Atty Fees In $5.6B Swipe Fees Settlement
• Ousted Roche Freedman Atty Wants Ex-Partners Sanctioned
• Senate Brings This Week's Fla. Judge Confirmations To Four
• No Direct Evidence Ties 'Rust' Armorer To Live Ammo, Jury Told
• Supreme Court Will Decide Trump's Criminal Immunity Claim
• Gov't Attys Must Mind Confidential Info Or Be DQ'd, ABA Says
• Coats Rose Atty Fired Over Threatening Letter To Judge
• Google Attys' 'Fake Privilege' Comments Cited In Search Suit
• Ex-DOJ Official Can't Block Witnesses In DC Ethics Case
• Judge's Ethics Case Over Aide's Remote Work Raises Doubts
• Cheering In The NFL Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Classified Docs Out Of Defense's Reach In Mar-A-Lago Case
• Erika Girardi Can't Shed Costume Merchant's Suit
• US Trustee Taps Ex-Prosecutor To Be FTX Examiner
• Trump Can't Freeze $465M Penalty But Can Seek Loans
• Mass. High Court Nominee Who Dated Gov. Confirmed 6-1
• Novant In-House Attys Want Access To Confidential FTC Info
• NY Judge In Trump Case Receives Suspicious White Powder
• Ex-Girardi Keese Atty Settles With Actress Over Missing Cash
• 'Rust' Armorer Regretted Not Checking Gun 'More,' Jury Hears
• Employers Must Battle AI Bias, Fisher Phillips' AI Chief Says
• Atty Isn't Liable As Husband's Firm Partner, NJ Panel Says
• Hogan Lovells Says It Was Barred From Labor Dispute Interviews
• New Lead Confirmed For Watchdog Office For Fed. Employees
• Jackson Walker, Kirkland Again Sued Over Judge's Romance
• HP Inc.'s General Counsel Earned $6.2M Pay Package In 2023
• Calif. Law Firm Can't Shake Arbitration Award In Fees Dispute
• 7th Circ. Chief Defends Discrimination Rules In GOP Letter Reply
• Law Firm Leasing Activity Reaches Pre-Pandemic Level
• NJ Panel Rebuffs Patent Atty In Breakup Feud With Ex-Firm
• Sheriff, Clerk Tacked On To NC Court Software Class Action
• Atty's Suit Says Thompson Hine Allowed 'Toxic Boys Club'
• Ex-DOJ Atty Won't Have To Show Docs Tied To Election Letter
• Confirmation Of 2 Fla. Judges Eases Judicial Emergencies
• Fox Rothschild Taps Sarasota-Area Firm Attys For New Office
• Cleary And Vladeck Raskin Must Face Cuomo's Subpoena Bid
• Blank Rome Adds White Collar Team From Akerman
• Approach The Bench: Judge Michael Baylson
• Clement, Prelogar Odd Bedfellows In Social Media Showdown
• NC Legal Advice Law Fight Targets Wrong Party, AG Says
• Chancery Says 'Game Over' On Fee Windfalls For Easy Cases
• Kirkland Nabs $14.6M Payout For Cyxtera's Ch. 11
• Paul Hastings To Add 8 Vinson & Elkins Partners In Texas
• Manhattan DA Seeks Trump Gag Order For Hush Money Trial
• Burford, Sysco Object To Nixed Swap In Price-Fixing Suits
• Marshall & Melhorn Seeks Pause To Settle Data Breach Row
• King & Spalding Launches In Dallas With Gibson Dunn Leader
• Bar-Takers See Accommodation Gap For Periods, Lactation
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Yes, Justices Mainly Use Arguments To Talk To Each Other
• Md. Judge Won't Toss Ex-Baltimore State's Atty's Conviction
• Gov.'s Romantic Ties To Top Court Pick May Spark Recusals
• DC Appeals Panel Receptive To Ex-DOJ Atty's Subpoena Fight
• NRA, LaPierre Found Liable For Misconduct In $6M Verdict
• 4 Trends Executive Compensation Attorneys Are Watching
• Rutgers Law Students Rip Classmate's Bias Suit Subpoenas
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• With Interest, Trump Now Owes $454M For NY Valuation Fraud
• 6 Pointers For Attys To Build Trust, Credibility On Social Media
• Trump Says He Has Immunity In Classified Docs Case
• DLA Piper International Names New Leader For 2025
• Ex-Major Lindsey Worker Fights Arbitration In Sex Assault Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Stressful Atty Work Can Warrant Disability Pay, Judge Says
• IP Forecast: Samsung Eyes Ex-Attys' Litigation Funder Chats
• Was Armorer 'Sloppy' Or 'Scapegoat'? 'Rust' Trial Opens
• 3rd Circ. Won't Protect AbbVie's Atty-Client Communications
• 'Baffled' Judge Tells Attys Flo Health Case Isn't 'World War III'
• Kwok Owed Records About CCP Targeting, Judge Says
• Law Grad With Disabilities Wins Extra Time On Bar Exam
• NJ Public Defender Gets Partial Win In Atty's Bias Case
• Law Firm Scolded For 'Misbegotten' ChatGPT Use In Fees Bid
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Refiles Defamation Case Against Influencer
• Ex-DOJ Atty Has No Right To Block Testimony, Panel Told
• Former Kamala Harris Tech Adviser Joins DOJ As 1st AI Chief
• Roberts, Thomas Don't Use Marshals For Travel Security
• Taft Stettinius Adds 6 Dinsmore Attys In Detroit, Chicago
• Columbia, Barnard Don't Protect Jewish Students, Suit Says
• Morgan Stanley Bias Award Fight Belongs In NC, Judge Says
• 2 Lewis Brisbois Executives Leave Amid Back-Office Shakeup
• Mass. High Court Pick Challenged Over Past With Governor
• A Post-Mortem Analysis Of Stroock's Demise
• Cheer Supply Antitrust Claims Axed Again For 'Court's Sanity'
• Tully Rinckey's Employment Terms Violated Rules, Panel Says
• Sen. Whitehouse Slams Supreme Court Fact-Finding
• Mark Geragos Owes LA Times $218K In Fees Over Libel Suit
• Rutgers Seeks Trim Of Suit Alleging Antisemitic Discrimination
• Cochran Firm Rachets Up Fee Fight With Ex-Associate
• How Trump's Hush Money Trial Helps Or Hurts Jack Smith
• Law Firms Rip Cuomo Subpoenas As 'Abusive' And 'Wasteful'
• House Leaders Create Bipartisan AI Task Force
• Thompson Hine Taps Former OSU Basketball Star As Next MP
• Miner Barnhill Vet Among Biden's Latest Judicial Picks
• Giuliani Can Contest $148M Fine But Not With His Own Money
• Epstein's Attorney, Accountant Accused Of Aiding Trafficking
• Crypto-Friendly Atty Challenges Warren For Senate Seat
• How Future Litigators Are Training In A 'Flight Simulator'
• Kirkland Can't Get 'Invasive' Atty Info From 2 BigLaw Firms
• Ill. Judge Scolds Defense Attys On Discovery: 'This Is Insanity'
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Avoids Prison For Ch. 11 Lies
• Chancery Trounces New Jersey Attys' Bid To Bar Doc Reviews
• Fox Rothschild AI Chief Talks 'Terrifying' Deepfakes, Biased AI
• Epic Calls Apple's $73M Fees Bid An Overreach
• Girardi Keese Trustee Recovers $1.8M In Fees For Exide Case
• Los Angeles FBI Head, Recused From Girardi Case, Retires
• Simpson Thacher Adds 5 Skadden Financial Institutions Attys
• Alito 'Concerned' Jurors Can Be Axed For Religious Beliefs
• FBI Looks Within In Naming Its Next GC
• Paul Hastings, Others Seek $9.9M In Kwok Ch. 11 Case Fees
• Justices Pass On Discrimination Suit Over Calif. Bar Exam
• FCC Panel To Focus On AI's Consumer Impact
• High Court Declines To Review Trump Attorney Sanctions
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Giuliani's Retrial Bid Stuck In Fight Over Representation
• Meet The Attys Arguing Copyright Damages Row At Top Court
• Workday Deputy GC Wants Atty's Bias Suit Tossed
• Colo. Must Guard Against Unfair Bar Exam Asks, Official Says
• Quinn Emanuel Can't Collect On LA County's $280K Legal Bill
• Indiana Justices OK Bar Exam For Nonaccredited Schools
• Ex-DOJ Antitrust Director Named CFTC Whistleblower Head
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• NY AG Tells Firm To Stop Misleading Uber, Lyft Drivers
• White House Slams 'Cruel, Islamophobic Attacks' On Judicial Nom
• Students Sue To Keep Golden Gate U. Offering Law Degrees
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Law Firms Call For Federal Courts To Favor Virtual Testimony
• Pa. Man Who Beheaded Father Charged With Targeting Judge
• Trump Owes $355M For Fraud That 'Shocks The Conscience'
• Taxation With Representation: Paul Weiss, Kirkland
• Ex-DOJ Official Wants Witnesses Barred From DC Ethics Case
• Ex-SFO Prosecutor, Disputes Chief Join Paul Hastings
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Kirkland Fights Uphill To Get Atty's Info From 2 BigLaw Firms
• Trump Asks Justices To Give Time For DC Immunity Appeal
• 3rd Circ. Says Rutgers Can Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines
• Ex-ArentFox Client Tentatively Denied Conflict Case Discovery
• State Dept. Offers $5M For Info On 'BlackCat' Ransomware Group
• Fla. High Court Gives Law School Grads More Time To Practice
• 4E Agent Floats Plan To Hand Disputed Atty Fees To Creditors
• Stanford Prof Must Pay Atty Fees In Dropped Defamation Suit
• Chancery Caseload Concerns Persist, Del. Chief Justice Says
• Perkins Coie Matches Cravath On Associate Salaries
• Ex-McElroy Deutsch CFO Charged With $1.5M Theft From Firm
• 1st Circ. Says Atty's Absence No Reason To Toss RICO Case
• Quinnipiac Law Names Willamette Law's Dean As New Leader
• Trump Gets March 25 Trial Date In NY Hush Money Case
• What's Left Of Judge Newman's DC Suit Likely Won't Go Far
• NJ Town Looks To Stay 'Historic' $393M PFAS Settlement
• Tech Overhaul Tops Mich. Courts' Budget Priorities
• Trump Prosecutor Asks Justices To Pass On Immunity Issue
• Chicago Eatery Biz Exec's Bid For Atty Privilege Challenged
• Deputy AG Warns Of Harsher Penalties For Crimes Aided By AI
• Atty For Ex-Trump Official Accused Of Leaking Deposition
• AI Use Among 'New Criteria' Differentiating Outside Counsel
• Orrick Hit By Exodus To Hogan Lovells, BonelliErede In Italy
• Coaching High School Wrestling Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• US Marshals Service Director Warns Of Threats To Judges
• ABA Asks Agency To End Use Of 'Master,' Citing Slavery Tones
• Judge Says Latham Deserves Default Win Over Scam Domains
• Boeing Hit With Bias Suit By Ex-Defense Division Attorney
• Trans Inmate Wins Move To Women's Prison After 6-Year Saga
• AI-Generated Fake Case Law Leads To Sanctions In Wage Suit
• Conn. Judge Nom Blames Order Gaffe On 'Very Bad Moment'
• NJ Judge Fights Ethics Charges Over Aide's Remote Work
• Milbank, Perlmutter Center Pair Up To Fight Injustices In Court
• Troutman Pepper Faces One Of Kwok Trustee's Clawbacks
• Fired McElroy Deutsch Exec Pursues Firm Leaders' Amex Info
• SG's Office Is Case Study To Help Close Legal Gender Gap
• Ex-Wilson Elser Atty Can't Get Benefits For Chronic Fatigue
• Ex-FERC Chair Returns To Skadden As Energy Group Head
• DHS Trade Official Joins Squire Patton In DC
• BigLaw Slams Hochul Plan To Divert Client Trust Interest Cash
• Fani Willis' DQ From Trump Case 'Possible,' Ga. Judge Says
• US Chamber Asks 2nd Circ. To Back Deloitte's ERISA Win
• Colo. Public Defender's Office Hit By Computer Hack
• Trump Turns To Supreme Court In DC Criminal Case
• Cordell & Cordell Seeks Early Win In Suit By Fired Paralegal
• Court Reporters Deemed Exempt Contractors In Benefits Case
• Law Firms Prioritized Nonequity Partner Growth In 2023
• Ventura County Office Extends GRSM50's Golden State Reach
• Illinois Supreme Court Forms Generative AI Task Force
• Ex-Melick & Porter Partner Says Colleague Forced Him Out
• USPTO Says AI-Assisted Invention Patents Hinge On Humans
• Newman Cleared To Fight Law In DC, But Not Suspension
• Paul Hastings Adds Corporate Trio From Akin Gump In Texas
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• No More Shady Trading For Ex-FBI Trainee After BigLaw Theft
• NJ Won't Restrict Ch. 11 Cases To Certain Judges, Group Told
• Labaton, Rolnick Clash Over Legal Fees In Materials Co. Deal
• FCRA Immunity Waiver Ruling Tees Up Compliance Frenzy
• Thompson Coe Atty Is Starting His Own Plaintiffs Firm
• NC Committee Open To More Transparent Discipline Process
• Buchalter, Parker Milliken Accused In $19M Theft From Trusts
• Pa. Atty Aims To Escape Litigation Funding Scheme Suit
• 'Not Walmart': Ex-McElroy Deutsch CFO Must Face Theft Suit
• Conn. Justices Asked To Rule On McCarter Damages Dispute
• Burford Can't Sub For Sysco In Pork, Beef Price-Fixing Suits
• NY Panel Rejects NYCLU Demand For Memos To State Judges
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Willkie Opens Munich Office, 20 Frankfurt Attys To Join
• Workday Bias Case Should Stay In Calif., Md.-Based Atty Says
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Dechert Pushes To Deep-Six Hacking Cover-Up Suit
• DOJ Won't Prosecute Biden For Keeping Classified Docs
• Ex-Trump Aide Peter Navarro Can't Stay Free During Appeal
• 5 Key Takeaways From Justices' Trump DQ Arguments
• Baltimore Judge To Face Hearing Over Claims He Groped Atty
• Judge Newman Says She's Been Cut From Judicial Listserv
• Trustee Balks At Retroactive Atty Hire In Infowars Ch. 11 Case
• Biden Nominates Ex-Hogan Lovells Associate For GC Post At DOT
• Kidde-Fenwal's Ch. 11 Fee Examiner OKs $20.4M For 15 Firms
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Must Revamp Social Media Defamation Suit
• These Firms Are Leading In Patent Litigation Work
• Pierson Ferdinand Added 104 FisherBroyles Attys In January
• Judicial Nominee Assures GOP Sens. She's Not A Marxist
• Ex-Schnader Harrison Atty Alleges Firm Mishandled Funds
• OpenAI Asks 11th Circ. To Uphold Fee Ruling
• NY Judge Scolds Trump Attys For Response To Perjury Query
• Justices Doubtful Of States' Power To DQ Trump
• Justices Rule Gov't Agencies Not Immune From FCRA Suits
• Giuliani Says Unpaid Bills Mounted As Legal Career Sputtered
• Judge Newman's Options Dwindle After Suspension Is Upheld
• Dish's Bid For More Fees Called 'Nightmare' By Fed. Circ. Judge
• Fluoride Judge To Attys: 'I Don't Need Perry Mason Moments'
• Trump Trial Judge Gets Little Info On Exec's Alleged Perjury
• Haynes Boone Partner Faces Suit Over Fund Transfer In Ch. 7
• GOP Sens. Probe 3rd Circ. Pick's Ties To Rutgers Program
• Jackson Walker Steps Down From 4E Ch. 11 Amid Fees Probe
• 10 Lessons From A Deep Dive Into IP Damages
• Meet The Attys Facing Off At High Court In Trump DQ Case
• Fla. Courts' Fines And Fees Trap Poor In Debt, ABA Finds
• UC Beats Suit Over SF Law School Name Change
• Third-Party Litigation Funding Rule Gets Cold Shoulder In NJ
• GOP Sens. Blast Ill. Judges' Moves For Diversity In Oral Args
• Fox Rothschild Begins Italy Group With Raines Feldman Atty
• Georgia's Top Judge Asks Legislators To Keep Judges Safe
• Judge Newman's Suspension Upheld By US Panel
• Ex-Wilmer Partner Among Biden's Latest District Court Picks
• Reimagining Law Firm Culture To Break The Cycle Of Burnout
• Mass. Attys Shrug Off 'Brilliant' Top Court Pick's Ties To Gov.
• NY Court System Can't Duck Ex-Judicial Aide's Sex Abuse Suit
• LA Times Nears Fee Win After Beating Mark Geragos Libel Suit
• USPTO Promises Guidance On Atty Use Of AI Tools
• Berkeley Law Says Antisemitism Suit Should Be Tossed
• Compensation, Work-Life Balance Keep Associates At Firms
• Senate Confirms Ex-Public Defender As Ore. Federal Judge
• DC Circ. Ruling Puts Trump In Hot Seat — And On The Clock
• Mosby Guilty On One Count Of Lying For Fla. Mortgage
• Ex-Seton Hall Prez Says School Stood By As Chair Retaliated
• Polsinelli Adds 9 Cybersecurity Attys From Maynard Nexsen
• Ex-Bankruptcy Judge Taps McKool Smith Amid Ethics Scandal
• Thomas' Yacht Trips May Be Tax Scam, Senate Probe Finds
• Giuliani's Chapter 11 Choice Will Help Him Keep Control
• Judge Denies Recusal From Ex-Trump Aide's Retaliation Case
• NY Judge Wants Info On Perjury Probe Of Trump Lieutenant
• Competing In Dressage Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 'Citizen Trump' Not Beyond Accountability, Says DC Circuit
• ABA Prez Nominee Wants Organization To Lead On Diversity
• Md. Jury Set To Decide If Ex-State's Atty Lied On Loan Apps
• Trump's Fans & Foes Warn Justices Against Narrow DQ Ruling
• Senate Confirms Schagrin Partner To International Trade Court
• $4.5M Perkins Coie Crypto Settlement Gets Initial OK
• ABA Passes Historic Law School Free Speech Proposal
• Ex-CFTC Official, Crowell & Moring Atty Dies After Carjacking
• Judicial Watchdog Flags $10K Gift To Menendez's Defense
• Hack Disrupts Pa. Courts A Week After Ga. Cyberattack
• Article III Project Founder Launches DC 'Lawfare' Boutique
• Rape Questions Could Be Next Focus Of Bar App Reforms
• 9th Circ. Affirms Ax Of Atty's Age Bias Claims Against Bar
• Ex-White House Counsel Rejoins Gibson Dunn In DC
• Longtime EDNY Judge Steps Into Private Practice At Bracewell
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Ex-Trump Aide Peter Navarro Seeks To Stay Free Amid Appeal
• Counsel To LeClairRyan Trustee Seeks $13M In Final Fees
• Up Next At High Court: Donald Trump's Disqualification
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• DC Judge Scraps Trump's March Trial Date
• Atlanta DA Admits To Romance With Trump Prosecutor
• ABA Honors 3 Who Made Law A Safer Place To Be LGBTQ
• The Top In-House Hires Of January
• US Legal Sector Drops 4,400 Jobs In January
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Major Lindsey Says Ex-Worker Wants 'Media Splash' In Suit
• Law360 Legal Lions Of The Week
• Mass. Justices Affirm Time Limits In Trials, For Some Cases
• Dechert Settles Mogul's UK Hacking Claim For Millions
• Bipartisan Bill Would Add Judgeships In Colorado And Idaho
• Proskauer Strikes Deal Ending Secrets Suit With Ex-Exec
• Federal Courts See Uptick In Sexual Harassment Complaints
• Ellenoff Opens LA Office With Ex-Krieger Employment Team
• Goodwin Cuts Associates After Reviews Amid Bleak Market
• 5 Mass. Rulings You Might Have Missed In January
• Ex-Trump Org. CFO Faces Possible Perjury Charge, Mulls Plea
• Atty Obligations And Standing Orders: Judges Deliberate AI
• Atty Reprises Entrapment Claim As Pot Bribe Sentence Looms
• Girardi Son-In-Law Is Tom's Honest 'Antithesis,' Family Says
• Former Gov. Of Puerto Rico Joins Reed Smith From Steptoe
• Kirkland Adds 5 Goodwin Investment Fund Attys In DC
• Senate Confirms Commerce Dept. Alumna To Trade Court
• NC Judge In John Edwards Case To Take Senior Status
• Workday Says Md.-Based Atty Can't Allege Calif. Bias Claims
• How Attys Can Be Ethical When Using Gen AI In Litigation
• Gibbons' Exec Chair Departs After Over 3 Decades With Firm
• Ex-McElroy Deutsch Exec Wants Amex Info In NJ Firing Suit
• The Legal Industry Needs A Cybersecurity Paradigm Shift