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Legal Industry - June, 2024

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• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Chevron's End Is Just The Start For Energized Agency Foes
• Quinn Slammed By Columbia For Its 'Continuing Audacity'
• Girardi Wins Bid To Offer Mental Condition Testimony At Trial
• LawFirms.com Can't Dodge LegalForce's Ad Trademark Suit
• FCPA, Shkreli Prosecutor To Lead EDNY's Criminal Division
• In Chevron Case, Justices Trade One Unknown For Another
• Parts Of Ga. Bond Law Blocked For Now Over 'Group' Meaning
• Report Shows PI Wiped Evidence Of Other Hacks, Mogul Says
• Calif. Panel Won't Toss Trial Win By AT&T's Cricket
• Girardi's Ch. 7 Evidence Fight May Raise Novel Issues
• DC Access To Justice Leader On Making Courts User-Friendly
• Jan. 6 Ruling May Help Accused Rioters, But Not Trump
• Philly Judge Calls $2.25B Roundup Verdict 'Excessive'
• Google Cloud Hires Ex-Federal CISO To Run Gov't Compliance
• Texas Judge Who Axed DACA To Retire In January 2025
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• Eric Trump Can Shield Most Docs In Ex-Aide's Retaliation Suit
• GOP Rep. Says 'Inherent Contempt' Vote Coming After Recess
• Indicted Brown & Connery Atty Removed From Rutgers Board
• Bannon Can't Dodge Prison In Contempt Appeal
• High Court Enters July With 3 Rulings To Go
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Skiing And Surfing Make Me A Better Lawyer
• Hub Hires: ArentFox, Ogletree, Duane Morris
• Justices Limit Fed. Use Of Obstruction Charge In Jan. 6 Cases
• Supreme Court Strikes Down Chevron Deference
• Biden, Trump Spar On Abortion Access In The Wake Of Dobbs
• Roche Freedman, Ousted Ex-Partner Settle Ahead Of July Trial
• Biden Takes Dig At 'Convicted Felon' Trump In 1st Debate
• High Court Liberals Warn Jarkesy's Reach Will Be Widespread
• Ex-Gibson Dunn Partner Wins Over $557K In Retirement Fight
• Titanic Purdue Ruling Shifts The Balance Of Power In Ch. 11
• North Carolina's Western District Issues AI Standing Order
• Colo. Judge 'Disenchanted' With Informal Dispute Process
• AG Says Trump Recusal Bid Relies On 'Distortion Of Facts'
• House Panel Votes To Hold Biden Ghostwriter In Contempt
• Unpacking The Circuit Split Over A Federal Atty Fee Rule
• Fla. Judge Denies Trump's Bid To Toss Mar-A-Lago Warrant
• MoFo Moving To 'Flexible' Miami Office Space Model In 2025
• High Court Allows Idaho Emergency Abortions, For Now
• Supreme Court Freezes EPA's 'Good Neighbor' Rule
• Justices Limit SEC's Use Of In-House Courts
• Justices Nix 3rd-Party Liability Releases In Purdue Ch. 11 Plan
• Roberta Kaplan Leaving Namesake Firm To Launch Boutique
• Justices Chide 5th Circ. In Biden Social Media Case
• Supreme Court Bribery Ruling Limits Government's 'Arsenal'
• LVMH Can't Yet Collect $490K Award From Former Legal Exec
• House GOP Gears Up For The End Of Chevron Deference
• Texas Planning To Use New Bar Exam In 2028, Justices Say
• 5 Indicted In 'Feeding Our Future' Jury Bribery Scheme
• Rep. Seeks Info On Sex Allegations Against Ex-GMU Law Prof
• As Law Firms Raise Fees, GCs Keep More Work In-House
• Candidate's Nickname 'Fighter' Won't Be On Fla. Ballot
• House GOP Mulls Little-Used Inherent Contempt For Garland
• High Court 'Inadvertently' Posts Order Punting Abortion Case
• Justices Say Bribery Law Doesn't Criminalize Gratuities
• High Court Axes Challenge To Biden Admin's Social Media Work
• GM Gears Up For Legal Dept. Changes With New Top Lawyer
• 3rd Circ. Says Smith & Wesson Can't Sidestep NJ Subpoena
• Trump Atty Argues Feds Lied To Get Mar-A-Lago Warrant
• Gov't Asks Ala. Fed. Court To Stay Gender Care Case
• House GOP Looks To Hold Biden Ghostwriter In Contempt
• Ga. Panel OKs COVID Aid To Atty Who Cared For 2 Young Kids
• Approach The Bench: Judge Nazarian Touts Mentorship
• Lewis Baach Says Chrysler Building Landlord Bilked The Firm
• Immigration Org.'s Attys Can Be In Union, NLRB Official Says
• DC Court Of Appeals Suspends Hunter Biden's Law License
• House Republicans Look To Cut Justice Department Funding
• After A Brief Hiccup, The 'Rocket Docket' Soars Back To No. 1
• NY Judge Partially Lifts Trump Gag Order Ahead Of Sentence
• Cooley Adds Ex-CPSC Chair To Product Safety Group
• Willis' Plan To Prejudice Defendants Requires DQ, Trump Says
• More Law Schools Boosting AI In Curricula
• Alleged Contract Killing Sparks Delaware Chancery Lawsuit
• Apple, Amazon Assail Hagens Berman's Class Rep 'Charade'
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• GOP Rep. Seeks To Revive 'Inherent Contempt' For Garland
• Trump Mar-A-Lago Case Is Unlawfully Funded, Fla. Judge Told
• Recruitment Trends In Emerging Law Firm Frontiers
• High Court To Review State Gender Care Bans
• New Head Of Winston & Strawn Chicago HQ Started As Intern
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Manhattan DA Seeks To Retain Trump Gag Order, Amid Threats
• Trump Says AG Can't Appoint Prosecutor In Mar-A-Lago Case
• Ex-Trump Aide Must Face Hunter Biden's Data Hack Suit
• Delaware's Corporate Law Debate Left 'Blood On The Floor'
• Girardi Wants To Block Evidence Of Ex-Clients' Injuries At Trial
• Attys Accused Of Judge Shopping Must Share Public Remarks
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Atty Convicted Of Pot Bribe Wins Bail At 1st Circ.
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• 'Clearly Relevant' Fraud Claims Stay In Lin Wood Slander Trial
• Ohio Atty Reinstated After Flinging Feces-Filled Pringles Can
• McKool Smith Handing Out Midyear Bonuses Of Up To $30K
• AAA, Worker End Sex Bias Suit After Missed Eclipse Day Depo
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Ex-CFO Ends Bias Suit Against Anderson Kill In New York
• Glassblowing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Justices Keep Domestic Abusers Disarmed, Clarify Bruen
• Justices Strengthen Jury Trial Rights For Stiffer Sentences
• MoFo Partner, Ex-Kilpatrick Partner Tapped For Calif. Bench
• Del. House Sends Controversial Corp. Law Changes To Gov.
• SEC Official Seeks To Ease Concerns Over Cybersecurity Rule
• Trump Calls For Engoron's Recusal In Civil Fraud Case
• Attys In Chiquita Case Say Victims Can't Proceed Together
• DLA Piper Accused Of Evading Order In Pregnancy Bias Case
• Conn. Firm Says Thomson Reuters Unit Bungled Web Overhaul
• Attys Accused Of Judge Shopping Rebut Fraud Allegations
• Ex-McElroy Deutsch CFO Asks To Pull 5th Amend. Assertions
• House Dems Ask Chief Justice To Say How He'll Review Ethics
• 19 Dem AGs Urge Law Group, Others To Ignore DEI Detractors
• GOP Sens. Get Tough On 6th Circ. Nominee's History
• How Associates Can Build A Professional Image
• Healthcare Tensions Equal Business For Litigation Funders
• The 2 Attys Ensnared In A NJ Mogul's Racketeering Rap
• Cuomo's Ex-Aide Details Sex Harassment Claims In New Suit
• 9 Firms Vie To Lead Suit Over Ad Tech Co.'s Microsoft Ties
• Dems Ask For Update On Justice Thomas Gifts Investigation
• Del. House Panel Splits On Senate-Passed Corp. Law Change
• Panel Laments 'Hunger Games' Tactics In Mich. Judicial Races
• DC Bar Counsel Moves To Suspend Hunter Biden's Law License
• Ariz. County Says New Kari Lake Vote Claims Merit Sanctions
• Dems' Absences Bring Canceled Vote On Ore. Federal Judge
• McElroy Deutsch Says Exec Embezzled Money For Home
• The 2024 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Vax Mandate Case Amid Judge DQ Bid
• Firms Must Rethink How They Train New Lawyers In AI Age
• NY High Court Denies Trump's Gag Order Appeal
• Akin Elects US, London Duo To Take Over From Veteran Chair
• Milbank Snags FTC Competition Trial Chief For DC Office
• NJ Firm Defends Lien On Ex-Client's Patents After Unpaid Bills
• Man In Murder-For-Hire Plot To Kill Atty Gets Extradited To NY
• McConnell Denounces Judicial Nominee For District Of Ore.
• NYC Bar Blasts Judges' Columbia Boycott Letter
• Attys Accused Of Judge Shopping Must Turn Over Q&A Doc
• Columbia Law Adds UChicago Vice Provost As 1st Black Dean
• Clients Say McGrath Kavinoky 'Bullied' Them Into Abuse Deal
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Texas Bar Proposes Limits On Services From In-House Attys
• Lambda Legal Calls For More LGBTQ+ Judges
• Biden: High Court 'Never Been As Out Of Kilter'
• NJ Power Broker, Firm CEO Brother Accused Of Racketeering
• Think Like A Lawyer: Always Be Closing
• High Court Will Mull Proof Needed For Wage-Hour Carveout
• Justices To Hear Nvidia Case On Securities Pleading Standard
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Blistering Dissents Belie Justices' Penchant For Consensus
• Mistrial Declared In Florida Student Debtor Lawsuit
• Hunter Biden Axes Data Privacy Suit Against Giuliani, For Now
• Burford Bound To Sysco And Pilgrim's Unsigned Chicken Deal
• DOJ Declines To Prosecute AG Garland For Contempt
• McDermott Says Financial Firm Owes $800K In Atty Fees
• Littler Aims To End Theft Suit After $1M Deal With Ex-Firm Atty
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Senate Passes Bill For State, Local Judge Security
• Update On Ex-George Mason Prof's Suits Over Sex Allegations
• Real Estate Broker Claims Lewis Brisbois Breached Deal
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Goetz Fitzpatrick To Merge With Platzer Swergold Next Year
• All The World's A Stage For Tony-Nominated Dechert Co-Chair
• IP Forecast: Cooley Atty Faces DQ Bid Over Past Patent Work
• Justices Hand Abortion Advocates An Incomplete Win
• Alston & Bird Wins Bid To Arbitrate COVID Vax Claims
• Thomas Targets Group Standing In Mifepristone Ruling
• Colo. Judge's Voir Dire Tip: Jurors Dislike Judgmental Attys
• Rakoff Says Criminal Justice Act Attys Should Work Weekends
• Southern Poverty Law Center Lays Off A Quarter Of Its Staff
• Rutgers Fights Law School Vice Dean Subpoena In Bias Suit
• Contentious Del. Corporate Law Changes Sail Through Senate
• Justice Thomas Failed To Disclose More Trips, Dems Say
• 'Solid' Ethics Master Gets Closer To New Jersey Bench
• Senate Panel OKs Fix For Federal Courts' 'Genuine Crisis'
• Confronting The Psychological Toll Of Personal Injury Law
• How 3 Firms Cleared 2 Ex-Autonomy Execs In HP Fraud Case
• Playing Chess Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Abortion Medication Case Ends 'With A Whimper' At High Court
• 'Repugnant To Civility': Judge Rips, Yet Won't DQ Taft Stettinius
• Senate Dems Admonish Roberts As Ethics Reform Stalls
• School Says Declaration Bares Quinn Emanuel Lies In IP Feud
• House IP Panel Eyes Transparency For Litigation Funders
• NY AG, Firms Beat Cuomo Subpoenas In Sex Harassment Suit
• House Votes To Hold AG Garland In Contempt
• Federal Jurist In Chicago Remembered As 'Favorite Judge'
• Associate Sues Kaufman Dolowich Alleging Disability Bias
• Norton Rose Adds 12 BCLP Attys In Denver, St. Louis
• Litigation Inspiration: Attys Can Be Heroic Like Olympians
• Law Grads Told To 'Ride The Waves Of Change'
• Nelson Mullins Partner's Widow Must Arbitrate Pay Dispute
• Biden Names Prosecutors, Judge For 3 District Courts
• UC Berkeley Slams 'Ripped-From-Headlines' Antisemitism Suit
• Senate Dems To Bring Supreme Court Ethics Bill Up For Vote
• Moelis-Inspired Del. Corporate Law Bill Clears Senate Panel
• Willkie Farr Hires 11 Ex-Latham Bankruptcy Attys In Germany
• Stanford Says Instructor's Firing Over Gaza Class Is Legit
• Foley & Lardner Accused Of Underpaying Recruiter
• Federal Judgeships To Open In Pennsylvania And New Mexico
• Former McElroy Deutsch Exec Fights Home Claim In Theft Suit
• Trump Claims Feds Staged Doc Discoveries At Mar-A-Lago
• ArentFox Adds 17-Person Team From Burns & Levinson
• Spat Over Texas Trial, Vacation Plans Ends With New Date
• SEC Asks For $1.1M Insider Trading Penalty For Ex-Apple Atty
• Uniswap Taps Coinbase Atty To Be CLO As SEC Fight Looms
• 10 Firms Seek $13M Fee For Effexor Antitrust Deal
• Ga. Justices OK Remote Work For Attys Not Licensed In State
• Lean Into The 'Great Restoration' To Retain Legal Talent
• 5th Circ. Won't Adopt Rule On AI-Drafted Docs
• The 2024 Summer Associates Survey
• Wilson Elser Attys Officially Exit Airline Suit After Filing Gaffe
• NY's Trump Prosecutors To Testify Before House July 12
• DC Firms Honored For Local Legal Services Donations
• Hunter Biden Found Guilty Of Federal Gun Charges
• Trump Can't Nix 9 Classified Doc Charges, But Wins Trim
• NYC Probation Officer Interviews Trump Ahead Of Sentence
• How Remote Work Is Reshaping The Conn. Legal Landscape
• Ghosting Ethics Watchdog Was No. 1 Gaffe In Conn. Last Year
• Student Debt Elimination Service Was A 'Lie,' Fla. Jurors Told
• Prosecutors Tell Jury To Ignore Hunter Biden's 'Stories'
• Rutgers GC, Former NJ AG Tapped For State Supreme Court
• YSL Atty Jailed For Contempt Ruling Over 'Sacrosanct' Convo
• Victims Of Chiquita-Funded Paramilitaries Win $38M Award
• UPDATED: Court Says Eastman Disbarment Order Filed In Error
• Live Urgent Care In-House Atty Axed For Pregnancy, Suit Says
• NY State May Allow People With Past Felonies To Sit On Juries
• Order Trims Cuomo Suit Over Harassment Probe Documents
• New 'Access DOJ' Aims To Nix Barriers, Boost Accessibility
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Senate Judiciary Panel Urged To Investigate High Court Ethics
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Motley Rice Allocated Biggest Share Of $2B Opioid Fees
• Ozempic MDL Gets New Judge After Judge Pratter's Death
• 'Why Are You Even Here?' Judge Prods Big Tobacco
• Tesla Rips 'Unprecedented' $5.6B Fee Bid In Musk Pay Fight
• Justices Report Old Trips, Beyoncé Tickets And Royalties
• Calif. Atty Faces Hacking Charge In Utility Billing Scandal
• Southwest Attys Get Pause On 'Punitive' Religious Training
• Legal Job Market Keeps Momentum With May Gains
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Crowell & Moring Partner Named DC Bar President-Elect
• Thompson Hine Launches Team To Be On Top Of AI
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• NY Prosecutor Says DOJ Self-Disclosure Policies Are Working
• 'Any Judge' Should Have DQ'd In Romance Case, Attys Told
• Hallie Biden Tells Jury She 'Panicked' Finding Hunter's Gun
• In 13-Year Trademark Fight, Chicago Judge Says No More
• Fla. Justices Won't Undo DeSantis' Suspension Of Prosecutor
• Judge Who Took Israel Trip Recuses Self From Gaza Case
• Former New Jersey AG Recalls 'Gross' Meeting With Menendez
• 3rd Circ. Nominee Reports Over $9M Net Worth
• Ex-CFO Says McElroy Deutsch's $7M Relief Bid Is A Reach
• 'Brussels Effect' Of EU's AI Act Is Uncertain, Legal Pros Say
• Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Atty Carried Gun, Rope During Attempted Break-In, Police Say
• PwC Asks Calif. Justices To Revive $2.5M Sanction Against LA
• Hunter Biden's Ex-Wife, Ex-Lover Testify About His Drug Use
• Google Legal Dept. Goes From Crisis Mode To Long Term
• Brown Rudnick Partner's 50% Fee Hike Nixed In Ch. 11 Case
• Ex-Sacks Weston Atty Blames 'Toxic' Firm For His Theft
• Trump Gag Order Still Needed Through Sentencing, DA Says
• Ga. Trump Election Case On Hold For DA DQ Appeal
• An Ex-BigLaw Atty Shot His Wife. Who Gets Her Settlement?
• After Judge Takes Trip To Israel, Attys Want Him Off Gaza Case
• Federal Judges Facing Scrutiny For Clerk-Hiring Boycotts
• Lippes Mathias Merges With Syracuse Health, Business Firm
• From Small Town To 11th Circ., Nominee Pledges 'Open Mind'
• Rutgers Law Students Must Provide Comms In Bias Suit
• AAA Says Fee Critique 'Flawed' For Missed Eclipse Day Depo
• A Healthier Legal Industry Starts With Emotional Intelligence
• DLA Piper Atty, Ex-UK Official On Practicing Across The Pond
• NY Gov. Denies Cop-Shoving Judge New Term
• Judiciary Panel Clears 1st MDL Rule, Eyes 'Mouthpiece' Amici
• Mitch McConnell Slams 7th Circ. Nom's 'Sheer Incompetence'
• Trump Wants Gag Orders Terminated In Wake Of Guilty Verdict
• Chief Justice's Leadership Is Falling Short, Schumer Says
• Garland Defends DOJ Integrity, Demurs On Justices' Ethics
• To Make Your Legal Writing Clear, Emulate A Master Chef
• SEC Shutters Salt Lake City Office, Shifts Cases To Denver
• SC Man Gets 7 Years For Threatening Fed. Judge, Courthouse
• Clinton Says Dismissal Of Trump's RICO Suit Was Warranted
• SDNY Shakes Up Its Leadership After 2 Departures
• Circuit Judge Writes An Opinion, AI Helps: What Now?
• Senate Confirms DC Judge As Court Calls For Attention
• Polsinelli Opens 2nd Utah Location, Names Managing Partner
• Paxton Asks Texas Justices To End Bar's Political 'Lawfare'
• Mondelez, BCLP Must Face Negligence Claims Over 2023 Breach
• Ogletree Opens 7th California Office In Fresno
• Archegos Jury Note Demands Info After Atty's COVID Absence
• Hinshaw's Chair Will Steer Firm's Strategy For Another Term
• Jones Day, Littler, Ogletree Attys Among Clients' 'All Stars'
• Mayer Brown Chair Reelected To A Second 3-Year Term
• Burford-Sysco Plaintiff Swap Stays Nixed In Price-Fixing Case
• Trump's NY Gag Orders Likely Lifted With Verdict
• 4 Mass. Rulings You Might Have Missed In May
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• TikTok Snags Ex-Warner Bros. GC To Lead Legal
• Standards Are Murky As Legal Employers Vet Protesters
• Tubi Accuses Keller Postman Of Filing Frivolous Arbitrations
• Jury Trials Dwindle In State Courts; Fall Started Before COVID
• Atty May Face Suspension In State Street Billing Row
• Justice Gorsuch Calls Colleagues 'Best Writers' In History
• DC White Collar Atty Leaves Baker Botts To Launch Solo Firm
• Paul Hastings Adds 11-Partner King & Spalding Finance Team
• Blockbuster Summer: 10 Big Issues Justices Still Must Decide