Legal Industry Archive » February, 2025

Legal Industry - February, 2025

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• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Group Blasts Judge's Call For Women In Contraception MDL
• Up Next At High Court: Gun Violence Liability & Nuclear Waste
• Presidents v. Courts: Lincoln, Trump & Judicial Power Limits
• Roc Nation Aims To Get Out Of Buzbee Conspiracy Suit
• Dems Claim DOJ Atty's 'Quid Pro Quo' Violated Ethics Rules
• NYC Bar Slams Trump's Order On Covington Attys
• Ex-Commerce Official To Chair Gibson Dunn Sanctions Group
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• Ex-White House Cyber Pro Joins Sidley As DC Privacy Partner
• GOP Rep. Reintroduces The JUDGES Act
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Why Pro Bono Work Is Essential To Any Attorney's Practice
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Sierra Leone Accuses Jenner & Block Of Fraudulent Overbilling
• Conn. Atty Set To Go To Trial In Self-Defense Shooting Case
• Cognizant Execs' Trial Could Test Force Of FCPA Pause
• Goldstein Urges Judge To Lift Device Monitoring Requirement
• Polsinelli Blocked From Repping BCBS Settlement Opt-Outs
• How Adams' Latest Move Might Checkmate The DOJ
• Deputy AG And Antitrust Nominations Head To Full Senate
• Carolinas Law Firm Hit With Suit Over 2024 Data Breach
• Former Seyfarth Partner To Chair DOL's Review Board
• Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Law Firm Marketing Budgets Have Fallen Behind Firm Growth
• Legal Groups Call Out Trump's 'Outrageous' Covington Attack
• Calif. Judge Murdered His Wife, DA Tells Jury As Trial Wraps
• Trump Orders Fed Agencies To Plan For Large Layoffs
• GOP Reps. Criticize Judges At 'Impeachathon'
• Texas Chief Justice Blasts ABA, Urges 'Politically Neutral' Bar
• Solicitor General Pick Says Trump Won't Skirt Court Orders
• Justices Open To Nixing Higher Hurdle For Heterosexual Bias
• Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
• DA Willis Loses 'Absurd' Bid To Nix Trump Probe Subpoenas
• Mass. High Court Reaffirms No Private Right To Atty Discipline
• Adams Says SDNY Memo Leaks Doom His Bribery Case
• Supreme Court Backs Broad View Of Lawsuit Revival Rule
• Apple Litigation Director Threatened With Sanctions At Hearing
• Trump Targets Covington Attys For Repping Special Counsel
• Judge Who Shot Wife Admits Hundreds Of Gun Law Violations
• Drinks Co. Ex-CEO Files $732M Sanctions Motion Against Firm
• Jay-Z's Claims Against Buzbee May Get Trimmed, Judge Says
• How To Track Trump's Legal Battles
• 3 Attys Reprimanded, 2 DQ'd In Ala. Judge Shopping Probe
• Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
• Justices Limit 'Prevailing Party' Status For Atty Fees
• Federal Judiciary Repeats Request For More Judges
• Former Banner Witcoff Name Partner Dies At 99
• Calif. Bar Touts Reduction In Racial Disparity In Atty Discipline
• Law Firm Leasing Reaches Highest Level Since Before COVID
• King & Spalding Beats Bias Suit Over Summer Program
• Jones Day, Married Ex-Associates End Suit Over Family Leave
• 'It Was An Accident': Judge Denies Shooting Wife On Purpose
• 'We Need Go No Further': 10 Notable Judge Bruce Selya Lines
• Injury Attys Sanctioned Over AI-Hallucinated Case Citations
• Judge Who Ordered Pages Restored Put On Impeachment List
• Lloyd's Says Cadwalader's Suit Claims Nonexistent Tort
• DC Circ. To Hear Judge Newman's Appeal In April
• Trump Media Co. Wants TRO Against Brazilian Justice
• Feds Fight Reinstatement Of Ousted Inspectors General
• Moves To Change Del. Corporate Law Spark Pushback
• Gunnercooke Opens In Chicago With Ex-FisherBroyles Team
• DA Willis Says 'Makes No Sense' To DQ Her From Trump Case
• ABA Suspends Law School DEI Standards Until Summer
• McDermott Expands To Nashville With 4 Hires From K&L Gates
• Reed Smith Adds 16 Laterals To Launch Denver Office
• How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
• Texas Atty Dinged For AI-Generated Fake Citations In Briefs
• Freshfields Launches In Boston, Led By Ex-Latham Partner
• 1st Circ. Judge Selya, Admired For 'Selyaisms,' Dies At 90
• NY Judge Extends Block On DOGE's Treasury Access
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• DOJ Hits Judge Weighing Trans Troops Ban With Complaint
• Quinn Emanuel-Backed Clients Join Eaton Fire Litigation Fray
• 'I Shot Her To Death:' Video Shown Of Judge After Killing Wife
• Up Next At High Court: Straight Discrimination & Trial Rights
• Justices Leave Fired Special Counsel In Office For Now
• Paul Hastings Seeks To End GenapSys Malpractice Action
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Law Firms Chart New Leadership Paths In Changing Times
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• Adams Judge Won't Toss Case, Taps Paul Clement For Review
• DOJ Says Job Protections For ALJs Are Unconstitutional
• Judge's Son Concedes Misstatement To Police After Shooting
• US Atty Pick In DC Probes Dem Lawmakers Over 'Threats'
• 9th Circ. Won't Roll Back Birthright Citizenship Injunction
• Snapshot: Delaware Lawmakers Target Hefty Atty Fee Awards
• McConnell Stresses Courts' Role In Retirement Announcement
• Weil Says Executive Partner To Retire, Adds Global Committee
• Ga. Panel Rips Willis' 'Delay Tactic' Over Trump Case Probe
• Senate Confirms Kash Patel As FBI Director 51-49
• New Jersey Courts To Explore Adoption Of NextGen Bar Exam
• Texas Bar Forbids Revenue Sharing With Non-Atty Companies
• Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 'Convict My Ass': Judge Admits Killing Wife In Police Video
• Del.'s High-Speed Corporate Law Rework May Blunt Plaintiffs
• GOP Reps Move To Impeach SDNY Judge, Threaten More
• Ex-Jones Day Partner Named For Key DOJ Civil Division Post
• Adams, DOJ Quizzed On Dismissal Bid By Wary Judge
• Jay-Z's Roc Nation Aims To Exit Buzbee Conspiracy Suits
• Fired Watchdogs 'Must Be Reinstated,' Senate Democrats Say
• Knobbe Martens To Give Special Spring Bonuses Up To $25K
• Judge Won't Narrow Injunction In Birthright Citizenship Case
• Trump Media Co. Sues Brazilian Supreme Court Justice
• Law Schools, Attys Defend Judiciary Amid Gov't Attacks
• Trump Fires Remaining Biden-Nominated US Attorneys
• Judiciary Dems Denounce Ethics Watchdog Changes At DOJ
• NY High Court Upholds Ethics Commission In Cuomo Case
• Goldstein's Overseas Ties Make It 'Easier To Flee,' Judge Says
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Who Killed Wife Joins Fray Over Deal Funds
• Ex-Goldman Atty Squires Expected To Be Named USPTO Head
• Denver Landlord Says Defunct Moye White Owes Nearly $4M
• Cleary To Merge Beijing Office Into Hong Kong This Summer
• Trump Names US Attorneys For DC And Florida
• Adams, Feds Ordered To Explain Dismissal Bid At Hearing
• Pa. US Attorney Among Monday Departures
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Almost Everyone Hates The Judiciary's Amicus Rule Revamp
• FTC Political Appointees Told To Break Up With 'Leftist' ABA
• Trump Aims To End Limits On President's Power To Fire
• Diddy, Jay-Z Rape Lawsuit Dropped Amid Legal Ethics Battle
• House Dems Amplify ABA Decision On High Court Ethics
• Munger Tolles Gets $10M Retainer To Rep LA In Fire Litigation
• Buchalter, Parker Milliken Get Stay In $19M Theft Suit
• House Judiciary Courts Chair Previews 'Rogue' Judges Bill
• Adams Case Careens Toward 'Messy' Hearing, Experts Say
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• Inconsistent Injury-In-Fact Rules Hinder Federal Practice
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Rewarding Ex-Atty For Killing Wife Is Unjust, Ga. Court Told
• DOJ Files Motion To Drop Adams Case After Prosecutors Exit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Melgren Takes Senior Status, Opening Kansas Seat For Trump
• NY Leads Lateral Associate Pay Growth, Up $100K In 5 Years
• 4 Takeaways From 1st Opinion On AI Training And Fair Use
• Lawsuit Trimmed Over Holland & Knight Atty's File Access
• Trump Ally Seeks To Limit Judges' Sway Over White House
• SoCal Judge Admonished For 'Demeaning' Female Lawyers
• In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege
• Willkie Expands Litigation Bench With Mayer Brown Trio
• DOJ Fraud Atty Rejoins Akin As Agency Exits Mount
• SDNY US Atty Resigns, Alleging Trump-Adams 'Quid Pro Quo'
• Small But Mighty Busy: 1st Circ. A Hub For Anti-Trump Suits
• Goldstein Freed As Judge Doubts Feds' Crypto Claims
• Kash Patel's FBI Director Nomination Goes To Full Senate
• More US Attorneys Out In Three States
• Elon Musk Wants Judges Removed For DOGE Court Losses
• Estate Of Wife Killed By Ex-BigLaw Atty Opposes Consolidation
• Foley Hoag Must Face Bulk Of Worker's Bias, Wage Suit
• Trump's Deputy AG Nominee Also Pledges No Politics
• Ex-Client Slams Buzbee's Sanctions Bid In Fraud Suit
• A&O Shearman Ups IVF, Adoption Benefits For US Employees
• Morgan Lewis, Patent Specialist End Age, Race Bias Suit
• Sidley Litigator Tapped For Treasury GC Post
• White & Case To Halt Affiliation With Indonesian Law Firm
• Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Katyal Leaves Hogan Lovells To Lead Milbank Appellate Team
• ABA Calls Trump Admin Out For Questioning Judicial Review
• Ex-Seton Hall Law Worker Gets 8 Months For Embezzlement
• Rodney King's Former Atty Gets Prison For $7M Tax Evasion
• What Judges Want You To Know: Litigate Smarter
• No Prison For Firm Manager Who Aided Feds' No-Fault Bust
• Ex-Major Lindsey Employee Must Face Firm's $4.8M Claim
• ABA, Aid Orgs. Sue White House Over Foreign Funding Freeze
• Founder Of NY Boutique Law Firm Dies On Ski Slope
• NYC Mayor Says Bribery Case Is Over, Despite Silent Docket
• Approach The Bench: Judge Frederic Block On Resentencing
• Judge Backs Thomson Reuters In 1st AI Ruling On Fair Use
• Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay
• Injury Attys Admit 'Embarrassment' Of AI-Hallucinated Cites
• What Judges Want You To Know: You Can't Fool The Court
• GenapSys Can't Claw Back Some Docs From Paul Hastings
• DOJ Brass Want Bribery Charges Against NYC Mayor Dropped
• Morgan Lewis Adds 5 Knobbe Martens IP Attys On West Coast
• Experts Sound Alarm After Musk, Vance Float Ignoring Judges
• House Dems Form Rapid Response Litigation Working Group
• Fragomen Opens Pittsburgh Shop With 6 Dentons Attys
• Goldstein Rearrested After Feds Say He Hid Millions In Crypto
• Orrick Lands 13-Atty VC Team From Gunderson Dettmer In LA
• Ex-FTC Commissioner's Accusers Call Damages Bid 'Fiction'
• Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example
• CFPB Suspends Activity, Closes HQ As New Chief Arrives
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Injury Attys In Hot Water Over Possible AI-Hallucinated Cites
• 2nd Circ. Orders In-House Counsel Docs In Grand Jury Case
• DC Prosecutor Axed Jan. 6 Case Against Client, Group Says
• Del.'s Quiet Ambition To Tweak Chancery, Stem Feared DExit
• Legal Sector Gains 900 Jobs In January Amid Data Revisions
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Plaintiffs Lawyers Swarm Los Angeles Post-Fires
• Dentons US Names Capital Markets Leader Managing Partner
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• BigLaw Firms Saw Double-Digit Profit Growth In 2024
• 4th Circ. Says LeClairRyan Founder May Duck Tax Liability
• Goldstein's Pro Se Filing Irks Feds Amid Murky Atty Situation
• Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• BCLP Expands To Saudi Arabia With 2 New Offices
• Judge Questions Firm's Candor In Apple, Amazon Docs Row
• DOJ To Weigh Criminal Action Against Cos. With DEI Policies
• Girardi's Mental Evaluation At NC Prison Extended By 15 Days
• Jay-Z Gets Nod To Withdraw Sanctions Bid Against Buzbee
• Carr Names Project 2025 Co-Author As FCC General Counsel
• AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex
• Jenner & Block Atty Leaves To Advise House Judiciary Dems
• PTAB Judges Ordered Back To The Office, Sparking Outcry
• How To Get On A Judge's Good Side? Calif. Jurists Offer Tips
• GOP Sens.' Bill Ups Penalty For Protesting Justices' Homes
• Nixon Peabody Taps Ex-Faegre Drinker Environmental Atty
• When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law
• Texas Bar Says Lawyers Can't Partner With Non-Attorneys
• Girardi Keese Trustee Sues NY Atty Who Funded Girardi
• Goldstein, Saying He's Mired In Debt, Asks To Redo Bail Terms
• As Adams Case Teeters, A DOJ 'Ideal' Hangs In The Balance
• Ex-Ambassador To Hungary Returns To Jenner's NY Team
• HSF Posts $6.3M US Loss As Kramer Levin Merger Looms
• Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action
• Trump Picks AG Paxton Atty For Homeland Security Dept.
• Trump Selects McKinsey CLO For Commerce Department GC
• Senate Confirms Pam Bondi To Be AG
• DOJ Criminal Division Leader Joins White & Case's DC Shop
• Haynes Boone Adds 7-Atty Seward & Kissel Team In NY
• Former Conn. US Attorney Returns To McCarter & English
• 'Is This A Joke?' Judge Denies Atty Fees For Grocery Patrons
• Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Lawyering
• Gilstrap Tells Patent Atty To 'Relearn The Fundamentals'
• DOJ Poised To Prosecute Threat-Makers Against DOGE
• DC Circ. Rejects Newman's Bid To Unseal Suspension Docs
• Jackson Walker Ethics Case Shelved Over Lack Of Authority
• The Top In-House Hires Of January
• ABA House Of Delegates Votes For Stricter High Court Ethics
• Cozen Adds Ex-Carlton Fields Construction Pro In Boston
• DOJ Vets Start Group To Protect Ex-Colleagues From Trump
• Attys For Blake Lively, Baldoni Warned Over Media Statements
• Documentary Filmmaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Paul Hastings Taps Ex-Fried Frank AI Expert For New Practice