Legal Industry Archive » January, 2025

Legal Industry - January, 2025

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• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Trump Administration Fires Jan. 6 Prosecutors, Reports Say
• Supreme Court Eyes Its 'Next Frontier' In FCC Delegation Case
• Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2025 Editorial Boards
• Judges, Colleagues Remember Attys Lost In DC Plane Crash
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Can't Escape OneCoin Conviction At 2nd Circ.
• Goldstein Case Raises The Stakes For A DOJ Office In Tumult
• Proposed DC Anti-Harassment Rule Sparks Familiar Debate
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Ex-Holtzman Vogel Attys Join Musk Lawyer For New GOP Firm
• Dinsmore & Shohl Grows In Fla. With Tampa Boutique Pickup
• Jackson Lewis Reelects Chair Amid Leadership Changes
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Another Oklahoma Judge To Take Senior Status
• Civil Rights Atty, 2 Boutique Attys Among Plane Crash Victims
• Calif. Panel Counsels Female Attys Seeking The First Chair
• Jay-Z Blasts Buzbee For 'Reputation-Destroying Allegations'
• Reed Smith Debuts In Atlanta With 37 Attys From 2 Firms
• Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Greenberg Traurig Opens Second German Office In Munich
• Atty Should Lose License In Billing Scandal Case, Judge Says
• SCOTUSblog Publisher Can't Shield Home From Forfeiture
• Tom Goldstein Seeks To Shield DC Home In Tax Crimes Case
• SCOTUSBlog Publisher Faces Tough Odds In Tax Crimes Case
• Top LA Judge Sounds Alarm In 'State Of The Court' Address
• 5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates
• Jay-Z Says Buzbee Barratry Suits Cite Fake Texas Investigator
• KPMG's US Law Firm Plan Still Under Review By Ariz. Justices
• Calif. Panel OKs Ax Of HR Worker's Bias Suit Against Proskauer
• Largest Firms Saw Outsized Income Growth In 'Strong' 2024
• Trump Taps Sullivan & Cromwell For NY Hush Money Appeal
• Pam Bondi's Nomination To Be AG Goes To Full Senate
• Feds Drop Appeal In Trump Classified Info Case
• Trump Tells Federal Workers They're Welcome To Resign
• Erika Girardi Didn't Know About Fraud, Appeals Court Says
• Baker Botts Atty Says Inventor's Defamation Claims Are False
• Amid Big Bets, Tom Goldstein Argued 'Poker Is Not Gambling'
• 'Godfather' Of AG Defense Retiring From Cozen O'Connor
• Connecticut High Court Chief Justice Pick Gets Confirmed
• Faegre Drinker Adds Ex-Smithfield Foods Deputy GC In DC
• Berry Appleman, Ex-Tech Lead Resolve Disability Bias Suit
• Former FAA Chief Counsel Joins DLA Piper
• Legal Aid Attys Fight To Keep Suit Over Union Palestine Vote
• Influencing 101: Attorneys' Tips For Content Creators
• Buzbee Seeks Sanctions In Ex-Client's Fraud Suit
• Fish & Richardson To Launch Office In Tech-Heavy Chicago
• SCOTUSblog Publisher Pleads Not Guilty To Tax Crimes
• Judge Tosses Bias Suit Over Deadlines, AI-Generated Filings
• Baker Botts Partners Join Boutique Litigation Firm In DC
• Doug Emhoff Heads To Willkie Post-Presidential Campaign
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Companies Risk White House Wrath By Keeping DEI Programs
• Boston Firm Says IT Vendor Holding Computers 'Hostage'
• Mass Tort Atty Files Ch. 11 Owing $202M To Litigation Funders
• Law Students Scramble As Federal Gov't Yanks Job Offers
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Feud Heats Up Over Estate Of Wife Killed By Ex-BigLaw Atty
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year
• Buzbee Says Jay-Z Is Who Should Be Sanctioned In Diddy Suit
• AI Chatbot Co. CEO, Atty Spouse Indicted On $60M Fraud
• FisherBroyles, Pierson Ferdinand See Growth In Year Since Split
• GOP Rep. Revives Bill To Break Up 9th Circ.
• 4th Circ. OKs Limiting Online Docs Access To Attys, Staff
• 9th Circ. Nixes Attys' Challenge To Arizona Victim Contact Law
• Many Attorneys Not Meeting ABA's 50-Hour Pro Bono Goal
• Judge Puts 'Unconstitutional' Trump Citizenship Order On Ice
• Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Paul Hastings Adds Ex-Chair Of Willkie Farr Music Practice
• Chutkan Says Trump's Pardon Can't 'Whitewash' Jan. 6 Terror
• Ex-Solicitor General Prelogar Joins Harvard Law
• 5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025
• BigLaw Firms Report Record Lobbying Revenues For 2024
• Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds Slam Baldoni Atty's 'Media Blitz'
• Kentucky, New Mexico Federal Judges To Take Senior Status
• Kirkland Adds 5 Skadden Attys As Firm Plans Philly Launch
• Committee's Trump Probe Subpoenas Are Moot, Willis Says
• Case Removal Rules Aimed At Fairness, Ex-Atty Tells 5th Circ.
• The 2025 In-House Counsel Satisfaction Survey
• DOJ Aims To Prosecute Local Officials Who Impede Removals
• Key Justices Stay Quiet As High Court Weighs FCC Deference
• Trump Names Interim Top Prosecutors In Manhattan, Brooklyn
• Bondi Pledges To Consult DOJ Ethics Team On Trump Matters
• As Fire Victims Seek Legal Help, Experts Warn Of Red Flags
• Akin Beefs Up GOP Lobbying Roster In DC
• Dozen Morris Manning Attys Headed To Reed Smith, Firm Says
• Womble Bond Atty Appeals Contempt Ruling To 4th Circ.
• Union Calls For Block To Trump's Federal Workers Order
• Spencer West Launches In US With SF, NYC Offices
• Harvard Settles Antisemitism Complaints By Student Groups
• Trump Eyes Mass. Federal Prosecutor For US Atty In Boston
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Law360 Names Firms Of The Year
• Trump Names Immigration Official As Acting Attorney General
• Trump, Musk Sued By Nonprofits Over DOGE Transparency
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• No Conflict In Judge's Friendship, John Deere, Farmers Say
• Up Next At High Court: Forum Shopping & TCPA Definitions
• Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win
• Meet The Key Players In Tom Goldstein's Tax-Crimes Case
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• Insurer Tried To 'Embarrass' Cadwalader, NC Court Told
• Trump Opposes DA Willis' Bid To Return To Ga. Election Case
• Morgan Lewis Shrinks China Presence With Shenzhen Closure
• Ex-Pol's Atty Chided For Early Morning Sentencing Memo
• What To Expect From Trump's Judicial Nominations
• Attorney General Nominee Bondi Outlines Ethics Parameters
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Sale-Or-Ban Law
• Calif.'s Chief Justice On Preparing For Trump, AI
• Trump Taps Williams & Connolly's Sarah Harris As Acting SG
• SEC's General Counsel Barbero To Exit As Trump Takes Office
• Trump AG Nominee Pam Bondi's Net Worth Tops $12M
• ITC Commissioner Heading To WilmerHale In DC
• Law Prof Accuses Penn Of Race Bias Over Disciplinary Action
• Fulton DA Willis Fights Subpoenas In Trump Case Probe
• Cousins Of Wife Killed By Ex-BigLaw Atty Seek Deal Funds
• Women, Minority Lawyers Continue Incremental Growth
• Florida AG Moody Picked To Replace Marco Rubio In Senate
• DOL Says Workers Received Millions In Back Wages In FY24
• SCOTUSblog Publisher Tom Goldstein Indicted In Tax Case
• Biden's Imprint On The Judiciary In 6 Charts
• Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Colo. Panel Mulls If Atty Violations Can Nix Gov't Immunity
• Mich. US Atty Talks Rooting Out Public Corruption 'Poison'
• Davis Wright Atty Says Firm Is Trying To Push Him Out
• DOJ Reports $2.9B Haul Under FCA, Largest In 3 Years
• Former IRS Litigator Joins Jones Day In Boston
• Littler Adds Akin Sports Labor Trio To DC Shop
• Former FDA Official Joins King & Spalding Life Sciences Team
• No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.
• McElroy Deutsch Can Go After Ex-Exec's $1M Home
• Attys Name Evolving Legal Tech As Industry's Top Challenge
• Trump's AG Pick Tries To Assure Congress On Independence
• Holland & Knight Adds Ex-GOP Rep. To Policy Advisory Team
• Mass. Atty Charged In $2.5M Embezzlement Schemes
• Legal Pros Offer LA-Area Fire Victims Insurance Tips
• Latham Grabs Top Spot For 2024 IPOs By Large Margin
• DA Says Trump's Appeals To Intervene In NY Case Now 'Moot'
• RNC Preempts Dem Attacks Ahead Of AG Nominee's Hearing
• Meta Atty Quits IP Case Over Zuckerberg's 'Toxic Masculinity'
• 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond
• Both Michigan US Attys Resign Ahead Of Inauguration
• Ex-Department Of Commerce Trade Pro Joins King & Spalding
• Steptoe Hires A&O Shearman Political Law Leader In DC
• Trump Org. Taps Quinn Emanuel Atty For Ethics Adviser
• Fed. Court, Judges Beat Atty's Challenge To 'Gag Order' Rule
• Key Ethical Issues For Gov't Attys Moving To Private Practice
• Allred Seeks To Ax 'Absurd' Defamation Suit Over Diddy Case
• K&L Gates Inks 15-Year Lease For Smaller Pittsburgh Office
• Ex-NC Assistant AG To Co-Lead WilmerHale State AGs Group
• El Paso Firm Failed To Pay Overtime Wages, Paralegal Says
• Stanford AI Expert Reamed For Erroneous AI-Generated Brief
• Special Counsel Slams Biden's Critique Of Son's Prosecution
• US District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer Dies At 61
• Justices Won't Grab The State Climate Tort Reins, For Now
• Colo. Justices To Consider When Late Filings Are Excusable
• Keller Postman, Jenner & Block Call A Truce In Tubi Case
• Ex-US Attorney Chris Kavanaugh Joining Cleary In DC
• Sheppard Mullin Lands 6-Atty Bradley Arant White Collar Team
• Ex-Philly Solicitor Rejoins Dechert As Office Co-Leader
• NJ Firm Agrees To Settle Client's Suit Over Ransomware Attack
• Smith Gambrell Faces DQ Bid In Major Lindsey Suit
• Philadelphia Litigation Firm Born From 3-Firm Partnership
• Up Next At High Court: Porn ID Check & Retiree Discrimination
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Colorado Conduct Panel Dings Judges For Disclosure Lapses
• Sen. Durbin Questions Trump AG Nominee's Lobbying
• Feds Want 16 Mos. For Oath Keepers' Atty In Jan. 6 Case
• Ga. Law Firm Latest To Fight Corporate Transparency Act
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Smith Appeals Injunction On Release Of Trump Report
• As Lawyers Face Wildfire Losses In LA, Firms Step Up To Help
• Wright Must Detail $108M Damages Claim Against Accusers
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• New York To Administer NCBE's NextGen Bar Exam In 2028
• US Legal Sector Sheds 1,200 Jobs In December
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• Goodwin Procter Extends Bonus Season With Milbank Match
• 7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring
• Justices Seem Inclined To Uphold TikTok Sale-Or-Ban Law
• Litigation Funder Forms New Biz To Oversee Group Claims
• Former SDNY US Atty Williams Returns To Paul Weiss
• Trump Avoids Jail As Judge Points To Presidential Status
• Skadden Opens Abu Dhabi Office With Freshfields Hire
• Wash. Seeks To Ease Legal Practice Path For Military Spouses
• Supreme Court Declines To Halt Trump's NY Sentencing
• E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection
• Alito-Trump Phone Call Sparks Unanswered Calls For Recusal
• 5 Questions Attys Have About Supreme Court's TikTok Case
• Judge Nixes Bid To Depose SEC Counsel In $73M Fraud Case
• Trump's Attorney General Pick To Face Senators Next Week
• Faegre Drinker Worker Says Unum Blocked Disability Benefits
• MoFo Opens Fourth European Office In Amsterdam
• Consumers Get Class Cert. In Suit Over Law Firm's Robocalls
• 2nd Circ. Weighs FIFA Verdicts In Light Of High Court Rulings
• Khan Acknowledges 'Open Question' On Trump Antitrust Plan
• Feds Ask To Release Report On Trump's DC Case, But Not Fla.
• Raging Wildfires Roil Los Angeles Legal Community
• Jay-Z Wants Sanctions Against Buzbee In Diddy Rape Suit
• Departing Mass. US Atty Predicts Similar Goals For Successor
• Attys For Organizations May Need To Clarify Roles, ABA Says
• Becker Acquires Anderson & Ochs In NYC, Adding 3 Partners
• Colo. Criminal Atty Censured For Harassing Comments
• Arbitrator In Virus Coverage Case Wasn't Biased, Panel Says
• ExamSoft Wants Bar Taker's $2M Software Crash Suit Canned
• Chancery Awards $176M Atty Fee In Tesla Board Pay Suit
• Republican AGs Rebuke Proposed ABA Diversity Rule Change
• Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Trump Asks Supreme Court To Stop NY Sentencing
• What To Know About Joe Nocella, Trump's EDNY Top Cop Pick
• Hacked LA Law Firm Hill Farrer Beats Suit Over Cyberattack
• Navajo Nation Sues Feds Over Judicial Funding, Again
• Keller Postman Drops Suit Against Jenner & Block, For Now
• Texas Gov. Appoints District Judge To State Appellate Court
• Reviewing The High Court's Approach To Free Speech Online
• Harrison Acquires DC-Based Estate Planning Boutique
• Trump Names Classified Docs Case Atty For White House Role
• Quinn Emanuel Says NAFTA Case Irrelevant In DQ Bid
• Venable Hires Former Sen. Dean Heller Of Nevada In DC
• Clark Hill Adds Taylor English Corporate Atty Trio In Atlanta
• Approach The Bench: Justice Goodwin Liu On Oral Argument
• O'Melveny Beats DQ Bid In Hyundai Trademark Dispute
• Ga. Judge's Ethics Case Gets March Hearing Date
• Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Special Counsel Report
• Trump Can't Halt Sentencing In NY Case, Appeals Judge Says
• Trump Selects Long Island Judge For EDNY's Top Prosecutor
• Edelson Must Share Info In Tort Case, Colo. Judge Says
• Texas Justice Jimmy Blacklock Named High Court Chief
• Breyer's 1st Circ. Visit A 'Very Cool' Opportunity For Attys
• On Capitol Riot Anniversary, DOJ Update Says 1,500 Charged
• Talk Show Host Says OpenAI Can't Duck Ga. Defamation Suit
• New Joint Bar Task Force To Tackle Indigent Defense In NYC
• Ex-GMU Prof. Tells Judge To Ignore Accusers' 'False Reality'
• Sheppard Mullin Hires University Of Calif. Health Counsel
• Longtime Cravath Presiding Partner Sam Butler Dies At 94
• McDermott Adds Former DHS Deputy General Counsel In DC
• National Court Reporters Association Hit With Antitrust Suit
• Exploring Venue Strategy For Trump-Era Regulatory Litigation
• Withers Brings On 8-Atty Trusts And Estates Boutique In LA
• CUNY Law Dean To Run Law School Admission Council
• Girard Sharp Launches Into New Year With New Leadership
• Judge Denies Trump's Request To Delay Jan. 10 Sentencing
• States Debate High Court Solution To Election Map Catch-22
• Insurer Accuses Hinshaw Of Negligence Over $11M Trial Loss
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Giuliani Says Memory Faulty In Meandering NY Contempt Row
• Battling Berts: Judge Enjoins Ga. Law Firm In Trademark Row
• Taft Hired BCLP Comms Director Ahead Of Merger
• Akin Forms Capital Solutions Team Under Private Credit Head
• NY Judge To Sentence Trump Jan. 10 But Says Prison Unlikely
• AI Chatbots Will Transform Legal Scholarship, AI Chatbot Says
• Atty Wants Free Speech Suit Over Tenn. Court Rule Kept Alive
• Holland & Knight Matches BigLaw Bonuses In Major Markets
• Ex-GMU Prof.'s Accusers Say He Can't Prove $108M Damages
• Biden Honors Del. Jurist For Role In Brown V. Board Ruling
• Clyde & Co. Merges With Dallas Insurance Boutique
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Judicial Conference Closes Thomas Gift Probe With No Action
• Election Officials Push To Certify NC High Court Race Results
• Calif. Federal Judge Escapes House Party Brawl Suit, For Now
• Retired Justice Breyer To Sit On 1st Circ. As Visiting Judge
• Justices Urged To Review Copyright Attorney Fee Circuit Split
• DOJ Says Hur Tapes Are Protected From GOP Contempt Effort
• DC US Atty Matthew Graves Stepping Down Jan. 16
• Biden Lauds Bipartisanship In Confirming Record No. Of Judges
• Playing Esports Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Identifying Deepfakes During Evidence Collection, Discovery
• Ga. Judge Dies By Apparent Suicide In Courtroom
• The Top In-House Hires Of December
• Feds Ask High Court To Unpause Corporate Transparency Law
• DLA Piper, More Boutiques Meet, Exceed Milbank Bonus Scale
• After Busy 2024, Law Firms Eye More Mergers In Year Ahead
• How Jimmy Carter Transformed The Federal Bench
• An Associate's Guide To Career Development In 2025
• 5 Big Questions For White Collar Enforcement In 2025
• Trump Begins 2nd Term With At Least 45 Judge Seats To Fill
• The Top 5 High Court Cases To Watch This Spring
• Legal Ethics Matters To Watch In 2025
• The Hottest Topics Appellate Attys Are Tracking In 2025
• What's Keeping Law Firm Leaders Up At Night In 2025
• NJ Cases To Watch In 2025: Power Broker, Pollution Cleanup
• Connecticut Cases To Watch In 2025: Ethics, Mergers & Actors