Legal Industry Archive » January, 2026

Legal Industry - January, 2026

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• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Litigation Funder Suit Against Janus Henderson Can Proceed
• Real Estate Attys 'Not Going In Blind' Amid Data Center Boom
• 9th Circ. Says DOJ Can Withhold VW Grand Jury Records
• Susman Faces Suit After Ex-Client's Arbitration Loss
• The Message From Delaware Courts: Change Is Coming
• Colo. Firm Hit With Proposed Class Action Over Data Breach
• Bill Regulating Attorney AI Use Passes California Senate
• House To Vote On Reform Of Court Nondisclosure Orders
• Attys Rip Judge-Shopping Sanctions As Bid To 'Rewrite' Rules
• FTC Warns 42 Law Firms Of DEI 'Anticompetitive Collusion'
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• 4 Quick Emotional Resets For Lawyers With Conflict Fatigue
• Sidley Welcomes Back International Trade Partner In DC
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Attacks Haven't Killed Judiciary's AI Rule, May Strengthen It
• CORRECTED: Ex-Worker Says Goldstein Offered Crypto, Gifts As IRS Probed
• DOJ Awards $1M In First For Antitrust Whistleblower Program
• Playing Tennis Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Bondi Elevates Pa. US Atty Amid Appointments Scrutiny
• Crowell & Moring Loses DC Appeal In $30M COVID Rent Dispute
• From TikTok To The Courtroom, The Rise Of Lawfluencers
• Clemency Favors White Collar Offenders, New Study Shows
• ICE Violated Nearly 100 Court Orders, Minn. Judge Says
• Trade Secret Filings Hit Record High In 2025, Report Finds
• USPTO Seeks 'Serious Sanctions' For Chinese Co.'s 19K Apps
• Tobey Maguire Says He Rerouted Fee To Goldstein
• Trump Announces Pick For New Assistant AG For Fraud Role
• Fla. Prosecutors' Detention Defense Met With Sanction Threat
• Judges On AI
• Prosecutors Form New Group To Fight Federal Overreach
• Judges On AI: How Judicial Use Informs Guardrails
• Tom Goldstein Saga Could Go From Courtroom To Big Screen
• False Claims Expert Moves Philly Practice To Holland & Knight
• Judiciary Panel Gets Earful On Legal Financing, Subpoenas
• SEC Blunts Some Shareholder Activists With Policy Reversal
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards
• Offit Kurman Beats Appeal In $40M Malpractice Suit
• BigLaw Firms Seek Partial Exec Order Appeal Consolidation
• Ill. Judge Removed For Column Stating Pro-Trump Opinions
• Minneapolis Law Firms Give Support To Staff And Community
• TikTok Cuts Deal As 1st Social Media Bellwether Trial Begins
• 2 Attys Sanctioned For AI Citations In Pa. Copyright Suit Filing
• DocuSign Beats Investor Suit Over Post-COVID Prospects
• Indiana Judge Was Shot Through Front Door, Cop Says
• Minn. Judge Probes Limits Of ICE Enforcement Actions
• Full 3rd Circ. Passes On Alina Habba DQ Challenge
• Foley & Lardner Can't Dodge Pro-Palestinian Atty's Bias Suit
• Texas Law Firm-Linked Plane Crashes In Maine With Fatalities
• Law Student Recruiting Moves Further Off Campus
• Fla. Bar Clears Gaetz Despite US House Ethics Report
• Adapting To Private Practice: 5 Tips From Ex-SEC Unit Chief
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Trio Leading US Atty Office Raises 'Red Flag' For Judge
• Supreme Court Caseload Hits 160-Year Low
• Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Start A Law Firm
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• DOJ Alumni Back Maurene Comey In Effort To Keep Suit Alive
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• Dems Push For Another Round Of Jack Smith Testimony
• 5 Arrests Made In Shooting Of Indiana Judge, Wife
• More Push In The 'Push-Pull' As DOJ Targets 'Gamesmanship'
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Goldstein Prosecutors Unveil Conflicting Cash Source Claims
• Proposed Subpoena Rule Change Raises Victim Privacy Fears
• Courthouse News Drops Access Suit Against DC Court Clerk
• Trump Calls For Prosecution Of Jack Smith Post-Hearing
• Ex-Baker McKenzie Atty Alleges Assault In New DC Lawsuit
• ABA Outlines Limited Atty Duty To Give Info To Former Clients
• Pa. Justices Say Judge's Partisan Posts Warrant Suspension
• Hosting Exchange Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Lawyer Testifies Goldstein Dodged $500K Poker Repayment
• 7th Circ. Cautions Pro Se Litigants To Avoid AI-Induced Errors
• Former SG Prelogar Joins Cooley Team On Trump EO Appeal
• Nonprofits, Not BigLaw, Lead Legal Challenges To Trump
• Ballard Partners Led In Lobbying Earnings As Trump Returned
• DOJ Outline Of New Fraud Role Doesn't Mention WH Oversight
• How A 1947 Tugboat Ruling May Shape Work Product In AI Era
• NYC Indigent Defense Program In 'Crisis,' Task Force Reports
• House Speaker Johnson Supports Impeachment Of Judges
• Justices Wary Of Greenlighting Trump Bid To Fire Fed's Cook
• Ex-DOJ Attys Describe Fallout From Trump Takeover
• Ex-Girardi Keese Atty To Take Plea Deal In Chicago Case
• John Roberts Welcomes John Roberts To Supreme Court
• Willkie Accused Of Aiding $735M Fraud In Buyout Deal
• Goldstein Poker Pals Got Money From Firm, Witness Says
• Law360 Names Firms Of The Year
• Justice Jackson Slams Fee Waiver Ban For Indigent Prisoners
• Lindsey Halligan Out As US Atty As Judge Criticizes 'Charade'
• McDonald Hopkins Forms Practice Group For Law Firm MSOs
• Navigating Privilege Law Patchwork In Dual-Purpose Comms
• NJ Justices Sharply Limit Attorney Liability To Nonclients
• Compliance Expert Moves Practice To Jenner & Block
• Shooting Of Indiana Judge, Wife Prompts Call For Vigilance
• Clifford Chance US Funds Leaders Leap To Sidley
• AI Firm Countersues Legal Publisher For Breach Of Contract
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds Steptoe White Collar Pro In DC
• Supreme Court Security Gets $30M Boost In DHS Bill
• Justices Set Time Limit To Ax Judgments, Ending 11-1 Split
• Supreme Court Rules Mandatory Restitution Is Punitive
• Justices Ax 6th Circ. Abortion Order Amid Loper Bright Outcry
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Up Next At High Court: Fed Firing & Gun 'Vampire Rules'
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Kirkland, Ex-Judge Hit With Class Action Over Texas Romance
• In First Year, Trump Lost Most Cases But Often Won Appeals
• Maurene Comey Fights DOJ Bid To Toss Firing Suit
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• Watchdog Urges Blanche To Exit Trump Records Role
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Supreme Court Hacker Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanor Charge
• Womble Bond Expands With 36-Person McGlinchey Team
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• As Goldstein Trial Begins, Gov't Points To 'Lavish' Lifestyle
• Judiciary AI Rule Draws Fire As Judges Get Deepfakes Survey
• 5th Circ. Revives Allstate's Fraud Suit Over Car Crash Billing
• Wash. Judges To Pick US Atty As Floyd's Term Set To Expire
• ICE Detention Facilities Nearly Doubled Last Year, Report Says
• Calif. Justices Order Prosecutors To Explain Alleged AI Errors
• Trump US Atty Pick In NM Bumped To First Assistant
• Fly-Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Fla. High Court Opens Door To Non-ABA Accrediting Entities
• Simpson Thacher Offers Stipend To Lure Summer Associates
• 4 Ways GCs Can Manage Growing Service Of Process Volume
• Sens. Advance Indiana Judge Nominee Grilled Over Sermons
• Sinema Sued Under Rare Law By Her Former Guard's Ex-Wife
• Tort Report: Los Angeles Tops Annual 'Judicial Hellhole' List
• Jury Seated In Goldstein Trial, Arguments To Start Thursday
• Graham Blocks Bill To Repeal DOJ Lawsuit Provision
• House Blocks GOP Bid To Cut Funds For DC Judges, Courts
• The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Forming Measurable Ties
• 'The Work Has Changed': How White Collar Attys Are Coping
• DOJ Calls On 3rd Circ. To Rethink Habba DQ Ruling
• Trump Renominates NY, Virginia US Attorneys
• Calif. Bill Would Ban AI From Replacing Arbitrators' Analysis
• Ex-Duane Morris Tax Partner Charged With Murdering Wife
• No Jury Yet In Goldstein Trial, But Celeb Witnesses Possible
• Sen. Whitehouse Presses AG On Boasberg Complaint Results
• DLA Piper Can't Counsel Hudson Hotel In Ch. 11, Judge Says
• Halligan Blasts Court's 'Inquisition' Over US Atty Status
• 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2026 And Beyond
• Ex-Atty, Others Charged In Staged New Orleans Crash Scheme
• Beasley Allen Talc Work Sends 'Bad Signal,' J&J Says
• 4th Circ. Combines DOJ Appeals Of Comey, James Dismissals
• Jack Smith To Testify Publicly Next Week
• Approach The Bench: Judge Bough On Ethics
• 4 Ways DOJ Probe Into Powell Could Be Risky For Trump
• The Issues That Could Decide The Tom Goldstein Tax Case
• House Passes Bill To Double Ch. 7 Trustee Fee
• SEC Draws From BigLaw To Appoint Enforcement Deputies
• Compromise Funding Bill Gives Judiciary $9.7B
• Haynes Boone Opens Boston Office Led By Ex-K&L Gates Atty
• NJ US Atty Office's 3-Person Leadership Unlawful, Court Told
• Judges On AI: How Courts Can Boost Access To Justice
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Bruce Fein Axed As Counsel In Maduro's NY Drug Case
• Sitting Judges Advocate For Bill To Allow Them To Carry Guns
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Up Next At High Court: Pollution Lawsuits & Trans Athletes
• Goldberg Segalla Fights Ex-IP Co-Chair's $4M Arbitration Bid
• Gov't Can't Use NYT Article As Evidence In Goldstein Trial
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• The Case For Emulating, Not Dividing, The Ninth Circuit
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• New Trade Group Joins Litigation Finance Lobbying Fight
• Comey, James Fight DOJ Push To Combine Dismissal Appeals
• NJ Justices Nix Atty Registration Fee Hike After Bar Pushback
• Calif. Wage Suit Settles Months After Atty Admits To AI Mishap
• NY Courts Open To Attys Using AI To Prep Filings
• Bruce Fein Unauthorized To Represent Maduro, Atty Says
• Law Firms Closed 2025 With Continued 'Appetite For Hiring'
• Jones Day To Help Restore David Bowie's Old London Home
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Calif. Judge Will Resign, Cop To Workers' Comp Fraud
• Alito Recuses From Chevron, Exxon Coastal Pollution Case
• House OKs $540M For Imperiled Legal Services Corp.
• New Assistant AG For Fraud Will Report To White House
• La. Judge Is Senate's 1st Judicial Confirmation Of 2026
• US Atty In NY Northern District Serving Unlawfully, Judge Says
• Muay Thai Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Bulk Of SDNY Attys Are Tasked With Reviewing Epstein Docs
• DOJ To Appeal Reinstatement Of Clearance For Mark Zaid
• Jurisdiction Questioned In NY Fried Frank Data Breach Suit
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Intentional Career-Building
• Law Firms Step Up To Navigate Biz Opportunities In Venezuela
• Cruz Tells House Speaker To Move On Judicial Impeachments
• Objector To PACER Overcharge Settlement Faces Uphill Battle
• Feds Want To Use Goldstein's Comments To NYT At Trial
• McGlinchey Stafford To Close After 51 Years
• DOJ Nominee Says He'll Work Within Blue-Slip 'Parameters'
• Halligan Ordered To Explain Why She's Still Listed As US Atty
• Judiciary Advisers Predict Clashes Over AI, Remote Testimony
• 'Get Over' Yourself, Ho Says To Judges' Independence Worry
• Trump Announces First Judicial Picks Of 2026
• Atty Apologizes For ChatGPT-Hallucinated Citations In Briefs
• Texas Justices Erase ABA Approval In Bar Admissions
• Girardi Keese CFO Must Use His Own Atty For Chicago Appeal
• WH Says Judge Can't Pursue Immigration Contempt Probe
• Judgeship Nomination Not Renewed Amid Fla. Charity Probe
• National Judicial College Names Idaho Law Dean As President
• Federal Court Wrong Place For Judges' Suit, Justices Told
• Quinn Emanuel Contempt In $600M Row Probed By Fed. Circ.
• McGuireWoods Atty Fined Over Citation Errors In BoA Suit
• Wis. Judge Resigns After Conviction In ICE Arrest Case
• Average Quinn Emanuel Partner Payouts Rise To $9.5M
• The Top In-House Hires Of December
• His Client Got A Pro Se Suit. Then The AI Filings Started.
• Newman Eyes High Court After Latest Loss On Suspension
• Calif. ABS Fee Sharing Ban Cleared To Kick Off In 2026
• Fla. Justices Reject Atty Vacancy Proposal Backed By AG
• Legal Ethics Cases To Watch In 2026
• Approach The Bench: What Judges Had To Say In 2025
• The Legal Fights Set To Define Access To Justice In 2026
• The Topics Appellate Attys Are Tracking Most Closely In 2026
• 4 Developments That Defined The 2025 Ethics Landscape
• Blue Slip Fight Looms Over Trump's 2026 Judicial Outlook
• 4 High Court Cases To Watch This Spring
• BigLaw Leaders Tackle Growth, AI, Remote Work In New Year