Legal Industry Archive » April, 2025

Legal Industry - April, 2025

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• Susman Godfrey Urges Court To Reject Trump's Dismissal Bid
• Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action
• Calif. Bar Seeks Credits, Lower Pass Score After Exam Fiasco
• Exec Says MyPillow Attys Can't Use AI Mistakes To Delay Trial
• FTC Transfer Stripped From House Judiciary Reconciliation
• Akin Atty Returns To FCC To Lead Wireline Bureau
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Marshals Service Pick Vows To Protect Judges Amid Tensions
• Philly Judge Under Fire For Promoting Wife's Cheesesteak Biz
• Wis. Justices Suspend Judge Charged With Blocking ICE
• Dem Reps. Urge Court To Block IRS-ICE Info-Sharing Pact
• Why Attys Should Get Familiar With Quantum Computing
• Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Enviro To Mid-Law
• California Judge Loses Pay After Conviction For Murdering Wife
• GOP Plan To Shutter Audit Watchdog Could Strain SEC
• Feds Have Strong Hand On Judge Charged With Blocking ICE
• 'The Court Is Not A Cartoon': Judge Rips Dragon Watermark
• Justices Scoff At Feds' Defenses In Mistaken FBI Raid Case
• Alex Jones Wants High Court Look At $1.3B Sandy Hook Case
• Sullivan M&A Chief Sees Opportunities Amid Tariff Turmoil
• Breyer To Talk Pragmatism At NJ Bar Association Convention
• $10M Brown Rudnick Deal With Guo Trustee Gets Judge's OK
• Federal Defenders Of NY Staff Announce Union Drive
• NJ Judge Apologizes Through Waylon Jennings Lyrics
• The 2025 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey
• Ed Martin Turns In 100-Plus Pages Of Responses To Sens.
• 'Withdraw Your Accusation': Attys, Justices Clash In ADA Case
• Baker Donelson Picks Up Longtime HHS OIG Atty In Maryland
• MyPillow Attys Blame Filing Error After Judge Suspects AI Use
• 'Give Me A Break': Judge Questions DOJ On Jenner Order
• Tech Exec Says Littler's 'Unlawful' Advice Led To Suspension
• Speaker Johnson's Former Top Lawyer Joining Jenner In DC
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Up Next At High Court: Class Cert., Religious Charter Schools
• DOJ Says Journalists Must Answer Subpoenas
• Seattle Part-Time Judge Censured For Forged Parking Doc
• Is The 'Prevailing Party' Over For Civil Rights Attys?
• Legal Ethics Considerations For Law Firm Pro Bono Deals
• BigLaw Partners, Judges Back Susman Godfrey In EO Suit
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• Calif. High Court Wants Answers On Bar Exam AI Use
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Playing Football Made Me A Better Lawyer
• Skadden Meddled With Internal Trump Deal Talk, NLRB Told
• DC Circ. Fears Newman Atty Would Impeach Disabled Judges
• 21 Democratic AGs Back Susman Godfrey In Trump EO Fight
• Houston Law Firm Settles Firefighter Photo Copyright Dispute
• Lawmakers Seek Answers From Law Firms Over Trump Deals
• Pardon Me? Why Offers To Secure Clemency Might Be A Scam
• Mob-Trial Judge Remembered As 'True Public Servant' In Conn.
• Sidley Brings On 14-Atty Cadwalader Real Estate Team
• Ex-BigLaw Atty's Plea Deal At Center Of Death Proceeds Suit
• Tenn. Middle District Proposes Rule Change Amid Speech Suit
• 10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks
• Longest-Serving Federal Judge To Take Senior Status
• Mich. Justices Deny Proposal For Reporting Suicide Threats
• Philly Firm's Real Estate Chair Brings Expansion To Nashville
• Appeal Fast-Tracked In Feud Over Use Of Ex-Atty's Name
• Fox Rothschild Welcomes 29 New Partners
• Susman Godfrey Seeks Permanent Shut Down Of Trump Order
• California Bar Says It Used AI To Craft Some Exam Questions
• DC Judges Doubt Feds' Rationale For Orders Against Firms
• Judge Orders MyPillow Attys To Explain AI Use, Fake Citations
• Conservative Legal Group Sues For Federal Judiciary Records
• SCOTUSblog Sold Amid Goldstein's Criminal Case
• Ex-CEO Fires Back At Jackson Walker's Standing Argument
• Boeing Annual Meeting Faces Safety, Dueling DEI Issues
• More New Law School Grads Found Jobs Last Year
• Mass. Governor Nominates 2 To Superior Court
• Governor Taps Appellate Judge For Michigan Supreme Court
• Ex-Chief Of SDNY Fraud Unit Joins Fenwick White Collar Team
• Power To The Paralegals: The Value Of Unified State Licensing
• Bernstein Litowitz Looks To Hire SEC's Ex-Top Crypto Cop
• Law School's Missed Lessons
• Calif. Judge Who Shot Wife Convicted Of 2nd Degree Murder
• Jay Clayton Sworn In As Interim US Atty For SDNY
• Brownstein Leads As BigLaw Sees Rise In Lobbying Revenue
• ​​​​​​​Litigation Firm Says Ex-Client's Subpoena Warrants Sanction
• Wilson Sonsini Adds Ex-Pinterest GC To Residence Program
• Meet The DC Circ. Panel Deciding Judge Newman's Future
• Dems Not Satisfied With BigLaw Answers On Trump Deals
• Mayer Brown Taps Commerce Dept. Leader For Co-Chair Role
• Judge Purposely Shot Wife Dead, Orange County DA Sums Up
• Calif. Judges Who Lost Homes Sue LA Over Palisades Fire
• DOJ Pushes Chrome Sale To Solve Google Monopoly
• 10 Soft Skills Every GC Should Master
• Billionaire Attorney Sues Miami Herald, Claiming Defamation
• GenapSys Fights Paul Hastings Bid To Ax Malpractice Suit
• Litigation Funder Accused Of Not Protecting User Data
• Democrats Seek More Funds To Protect Judges From Threats
• Florida Federal Judge To Take Senior Status In August
• Baker Donelson Launches In NJ With 26 Epstein Becker Attys
• High Court's Pause Of Removals Was 'Premature,' Alito Says
• Up Next At High Court: Preventive Healthcare, LGBTQ Books
• Justices Temporarily Block Removals Under Wartime Law
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Ex-Katten Partner Hits Firm With $67M Age Bias Suit
• Venezuelans Ask High Court And 5th Circ. To Pause Removals
• Sunoco Accused Of Age Bias By Ex-Chief Counsel
• PTAB Judge Heads To Boutique, Citing Return-To-Office Order
• Ex-DOJ Atty Convicted In 1MDB Case Ordered Disbarred In NY
• Wis. Sens. Renew Bipartisan Judicial Nomination Commission
• How Manatt Beat A Crypto Trader's 'Code As Law' Defense
• WilmerHale, Feds Dispute Reach Of Trump Order Against Firm
• Joel Katz, Music Law's Longtime Power Broker, Dies At 80
• Judge Nixes Feds' DQ Bid In Migrant Kids Legal Funding Case
• Judiciary Faces Security Risks Amid Spending Freeze
• An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Solicitor General's Office Now Features Two Top Lieutenants
• 4th Circ. Refuses To Halt Abrego Garcia Probe In Sharp Order
• K&L Gates Bungled Crypto Co.'s Bankruptcy Claim, Suit Says
• Top Democrats Urge DOJ To Defend GAO's Legislative Status
• Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance
• Judge Accused Of Sexting, Misusing Bench For Ex-Client
• Jenner & Block Fights DOJ Bid To Toss Exec Order Suit
• Debt Firm's Successor, Ch. 11 Trustee End Latest Pay Dispute
• Calif. Judge To Resign Over Misconduct Amid Office Romance
• 'Latter-Day Machiavelli' Defamed Calif. Law Firm, Court Told
• Akerman Sues To Block Malpractice Claim, Secure $750K Fees
• High Court Sets Arguments Over Birthright Pause
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• LegalZoom Scores Arbitration In Unlawful Practice Suit
• Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Ed Martin Discloses Russia TV Spots, Coloring Books, Jan. 6
• DC Judge Considers Bid To Block IRS Info Sharing With ICE
• Jackson Walker Hits Back At Bankruptcy Court Standing Brief
• Firms Mum As EEOC Deadline For Diversity Data Passes
• Former McCarter & English Atty Fights Bid To Toss Firing Suit
• DOJ Resists Perkins Coie Summary Judgment Bid In EO Case
• Schumer Looks To Block Trump NY US Attorney Nominations
• DC Judge Mulls Contempt For Gov't Over 'Rushed' Removals
• California Challenges Trump's Economic Emergency Tariffs
• Fired NLRB, MSPB Members Tell Justices Not To Rush Ruling
• Judge Orders Discovery On Actions In Abrego Garcia Case
• How An Apple Exec's Attys Turned A Bribe Charge Into 'Vapor'
• Retiring Calif. Ethics Committee Atty Says Judicial Trust Vital
• NJ Judicial Privacy Law Is Unconstitutional, 3rd Circ. Told
• McGuireWoods Immune From Defamation Case, NC Panel Told
• DC Judge Blocks Trump Order Against Susman Godfrey
• Moye White Says It Was Evicted To Make Way For Tech Co.
• E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols
• Susman Godfrey Asks To Block 'Unconstitutional' Order
• Earthquake Briefly Interrupts Judge's Retrial In Wife's Killing
• Linking Friends No Longer Meta's Focus, Zuckerberg Says
• Senate Dems Seek Briefing On Threats To Federal Judges
• Quinn Emanuel, King & Spalding Rep Harvard In Trump Letter
• Conservative Lawyers Seek Ethics Probe Of DC US Attorney
• FTC Joins DOJ In Targeting Anticompetitive Regulations
• Ex-GC's Retaliation Claim Survives Early Exit Bid In ADA Case
• NY Judge Chided For Tossing Kid's Friend's Traffic Ticket
• McElroy Deutsch Settles Theft Suit Against Former Execs
• CFPB's Vought Looks To Roll Back 'Weaponized' Guidance
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Susman Godfrey Calls Trump Order 'Threat' To Rule Of Law
• 21 AGs Back WilmerHale, Jenner & Block Over Trump Order
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• Hagens Berman Sanctioned Over Disappearing Client
• Fla. Federal Judge To Lead Judiciary Research Center
• Did DOJ Bless A Crypto Free-For-All? Think Again, Attys Say
• Alex Jones' Sandy Hook Atty Lands 7-Day Suspension Credit
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Ex-Girardi CFO Gets 10 Years For 'Devastating' Fraud
• Weber Gallagher Opens In Long Island With 7 Pillinger Attys
• Mississippi Federal Judge To Take Senior Status April 15
• Keller Postman Denies Breaching Arbitration Deal With Tubi
• 5 BigLaw Firms Strike Deals With Trump Administration
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Trump Floats Using Firms That Cut Deals For Trade Dealings
• Prosecutor's Sexting With Ex-Judge Was Misconduct, DOJ Says
• Dems Will Get More Answers From Pick For DC US Atty
• Jury To Hear Judge Had 48 Guns In Retrial Over Shooting Wife
• Judge DQs Atty Suing FIFA Over Antitrust Allegations
• Mass. Officials, Feds On A 'Low Boil' After Midtrial ICE Arrest
• Justices Uphold Order To Return Man Deported To El Salvador
• Carlton Fields Beats DQ Bid In Fla. $500M Miss America Suit
• A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process
• Sidley Snaps Up Cadwalader Real Estate Finance Team
• Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• House Approves Bill To Restrict Nationwide Injunctions
• Ill. Senator Sought Bribe In 'Politics For Profit,' Feds Say
• Susman Godfrey Latest BigLaw Firm Targeted In Trump Order
• LA DA Demoted Prosecutors Over Menendez Work, Suits Say
• How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms
• Florida Won't Hire Law Firms With DEI Initiatives, AG Says
• ChatGPT Output Can't Be Defamation, OpenAI Tells Ga. Court
• Roberts Pauses Rehiring Of Fired NLRB, MSPB Members
• Trade Court Judge Beats Ethics Charges Over Clerk Boycott
• NY Judge's Fundraising Conflicts Spur Censure And Retirement
• Pillsbury Expands Houston Office With 3 Corporate Attys
• Freshfields Litigation Co-Leader Joins Baker Botts In NY
• Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital
• Conn. Justices Won't Review $1.4B Verdict Against Alex Jones
• Willkie Atty Says NY Post Leak Cost Him Chance At Millions
• Jenner & Block, WilmerHale Seek Shutdown Of Trump Orders
• Jay-Z 'Trying To Punish' Buzbee For Advocacy, Judge Told
• Trump Wants To Use Firms That Cut Deals For Coal Leases
• How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition
• In Trump Order Against Perkins Coie, GCs See Harm For Cos.
• Ballard Spahr Fired Atty For Taking Medical Leave, Suit Says
• DOJ Shuts Crypto Unit, Shifts Focus From Intermediaries
• Cravath Private Equity Co-Leader Joins Sidley In New York
• Clifford Chance Lands Gibson Dunn Restructuring Co-Chair
• Atty Says Debevoise Fired Him Over Medical Leave
• Judge Who Shot Wife Warned Against Retrial 'Press Tour'
• Justices Remove Bar On Venezuelan Removals
• Congressional Dems Probe Trump's Actions Against BigLaw
• Litigation Firms Back Perkins Coie In Suit Over Trump Order
• Holland & Knight Lands 8-Atty Seward & Kissel Maritime Team
• Littler Wants Out Of Fired Tech Exec's Bias Suit
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate
• Brown Rudnick Inks $8M Deal With Guo Ch. 11 Trustee
• Justice Roberts Pauses Return Order In Deportation Case
• Full DC Circ. Lifts Pause On NLRB, MSPB Reinstatements
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Justices Told To Keep 'Century-Old Status Quo' On Birthright
• Defamation Litigation Roundup: Jay-Z, Blake Lively, Drake
• Musk Atty Objects To 'Outrageous' Deposition Request
• Boston Bomber Asks 1st Circ. To Oust Judge Amid Bias Probe
• Death Row Case May Test Limits Of Federal Habeas Review
• Retired Calif. Judge Admonished For Use Of Racial Slur
• Trump Gets Supreme Court Win In Teacher Grants Case
• Texas Justices Eye Nixing ABA Approval In Bar Admissions
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• More Than 500 Law Firms Sign Onto Perkins Coie Amicus
• Trump Extends TikTok Sale Deadline Another 75 Days
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• Legal Jobs Rebound In March Despite Economic Concerns
• Westlaw Rival Gets Early Appeal Of 1st Fair Use AI Ruling
• Birding Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• HSF, Kramer Levin Partners Vote In Favor Of Merger
• CFTC Taps New Acting Head Of Market Oversight Division
• Senate Confirms Trump Nominee For Solicitor General
• US Trustee Wants Jackson Walker Cases In District Court
• DC Circ. Steps In To Pause CFPB Order As Judge Denies Stay
• Echoing EEOC, Red State AGs Target Law Firms Over DEI
• 11th Circ. Urged To End For-Cause Firing Of Tax Court Judges
• 'No Serious Question' Federal Firings Broke Law, Justices Told
• Pick For DC's US Atty Exits Roles To Prepare For Confirmation
• Ex-Weil Atty To Co-Lead Sidley's Employee Benefits Team
• Judge OKs Toss Of FCPA Case Against Ex-Cognizant Execs
• Adams Case Threatens NY Southern District's 'Supremacy'
• Perkins Coie Urges Court To End Trump's 'Assault' On Firm
• 'Zero Support In The Bar': Judiciary Downsizes Amicus Project
• Milbank Latest To Ink Trump Deal To Avoid Executive Order
• Ex-Kirkland Atty To Drop Bias Suit, Appeal Atty Firing Ruling
• When Can Attys Decide To Drop Clients? ABA Says It Depends
• Kramer Levin DC Leaders Head To Hogan Lovells With Team
• Holland & Knight Opens In Seattle With 16 Karr Tuttle Attys
• Ogletree Opens Kentucky Office With Boutique Attys
• Forum Shopping Debated At Nationwide Injunctions Hearing
• Feds Drop FCPA Case Against Ex-Cognizant Execs
• American Airlines Taps Latham Atty As New Legal Chief
• Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Leadership To BigLaw
• Man To Plead Guilty To Justice Kavanaugh Murder Attempt
• Justices Broaden RICO Reach To Personal Injuries
• Eric Adams Case Dismissed As Judge Rebukes DOJ 'Bargain'
• Schiff Says He'll Hold On Trump's Pick For DC US Attorney
• Willkie Becomes 3rd Firm To Reach Deal With Trump
• Fight Over AI Training Pushes Copying Question To Forefront
• Ex-Speaker Gingrich Lends Support To Limited Injunctions Bill
• Hub Hires: Ropes, Sherin, Nixon Peabody
• Law Firm Executive Orders Create A Legal Ethics Minefield
• Venezuelans Ask Justices To Keep Block On Removals
• The Top In-House Hires Of March
• Ex-DHS Intel Head To Lead Mayer Brown Investigations Team
• Approach The Bench: Judge Tymkovich On New Judgeships
• Wilson Sonsini Adds Antitrust Attys From MoFo, K&L Gates