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Legal Industry - April, 2026

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• Google $700M Deal Nears Approval As Judge Questions Fees
• Jones Day Beats Sanctions Bid In $2M Fee Dispute
• 'Christian Witch' Says Jenner & Block Must Face Vax Bias Suit
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• How Sullivan & Cromwell Won An $18B 'Bet The Country' Case
• Ex-Husch Blackwell Partner Urges Discovery In ERISA Dispute
• Playing Magic: The Gathering Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• J&J Says Ill. Ruling Backs Beasley Allen's DQ From Talc Suits
• LSC Decries House Subcommittee's Proposed Budget Cut
• Judge Denies Push To Stop Closed Immigration Hearings
• Senate Advances Mont. Judge Pick Rated Unqualified By ABA
• McGuireWoods Adds Hunton Capital Markets Pros
• Hub Hires: Weil Gotshal, Reed Smith, Morgan Lewis
• Sheppard Adds 15 Perkins Trial Attys As It Targets IP Growth
• Judiciary Advisers Back Looser Limits On Defense Subpoenas
• Comey Indictment Built On Bad Legal Foundation, Experts Say
• Fla. Judge Pick Denies Conflict In Trump Defamation Case
• Improving Well-Being In Law, 10 Years After Landmark Study
• Nadine Menendez Denied Bail During Bribery Conviction Appeal
• GrayRobinson Faces More Suits Over 2025 Data Breach
• Fenwick Adds 5-Atty IP Team From Winston & Strawn
• Former AG Bondi To Appear Before House Committee May 29
• Justices Limit Voting Rights Act Suits While Voiding La. Map
• ADT Blasts 'Speculative' Bid To DQ Ogletree From Bias Case
• Teleflex Settles Catheter Patent Case Against Medtronic
• Comey Indicted Again As Feds Call Seashell Message 'Threat'
• Nadine Menendez Says Feds Need To 'Look Into The Mirror'
• Judge Publicly Scolds 'Disgraced' Ex-Prosecutor For AI Errors
• Dentons Opens In Charleston With 8 K&L Gates Attys
• GrayRobinson Sued Over 'Reckless' Data Security Measures
• Jenner & Block Hires 10-Year WilmerHale Litigator In DC
• Sidley Adds Another Finance Atty, This Time In DC
• Maurene Comey Can Sue DOJ Over Firing, Judge Rules
• Alabama Justices Toss Case Over Atty's AI-Hallucinated Briefs
• Sullivan & Cromwell Alum Returns After 5 Years With DOJ
• Reed Smith Targeted In Eletson Gas Ownership Fracas
• How A Rush To Trial Paid Off With A Rare FCPA Acquittal
• 2nd Trump Judicial Nominee Questioned Over Fla. State Case
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Toss Of Atty's LVMH Claim 'Problematic,' 2nd Circ. Judge Says
• ABA Settles Scholarship Suit After Disavowing Racial Criteria
• Justices Deny Ramey Appeal Of Sanctions In Google IP Case
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Up Last At High Court: TPS, Geofence, Skinny Labels
• Judge Albright Reflects On 8 Years Shaping Patent Law
• Akin Can't 'Recast' Appeal As Good-Faith Effort, 9th Circ. Told
• One Certainty As Tariff Refunds Start: 'There Will Be Litigation'
• Wigdor Sanctioned For Lying In Leon Black Rape Case
• Oregon Lawyer Ordered To Pay Attorney Fees For Use Of AI
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• DLA Piper Clears Vote To End Verein, Unify Leadership
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Judge Albright Changed The Landscape Of Patent Litigation
• Ex-EEOC Official Accuses Agency Of 'Ironic' LGBTQ+ Bias
• Paul Clement, Abbe Lowell To Argue In EO Appeals
• Ex-DA's Defamation Claims Tied To Menendez Work Risk Toss
• Womble Bond Hires Privacy And AI Governance Atty In D.C.
• 'Cheap' Judge OKs $19.5M Snap Deal Fees But 'No Bentleys'
• Bar Complaint Calls Out EEOC Chair's Law Firm DEI Letters
• Kirkland To Add Tenn. SG Behind Skrmetti Supreme Court Win
• Another 'Inventing Anna' Attorney Gets Disbarred
• ICE Courthouse Arrest Policy Faces New Stay Bid After Error
• DOJ Watchdog To Review Handling Of Epstein Files
• Orrick Hires Former Head Of Meta Youth Safety Policy
• Officiating Football Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Immigration Board Says Judge Glossed Over Inconsistencies
• House GOP Again Pushes Data Privacy Bill To Override States
• Messner Reeves Accused Of $8.3M Trust Account Fraud
• Alston & Bird Says Goliath Investors Can't Claim Malpractice
• Lockheed Birth Defect Trial Judge 'Disappointed' By Attys
• 330+ Groups Urge DOJ To Restore Immigration Aid Staff
• Hunter Biden Blasts Winston & Strawn Tactics In Fee Row
• Acting DOJ Inspector General Tapped For Permanent Post
• Womble Bond Hires Ex-White & Case RE Atty For Partner Role
• Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Draft Pleadings
• Norton Rose Faces $100M Suit Over Withdrawn Patent App
• SPLC Taps Bradley Arant Atty, Ex-Prosecutor For Defense
• Paint Co. Says Injury Firm Used Stolen Data To Solicit Clients
• Bondi's Proposed Rule Change May Shield Her In Ethics Case
• Trump's Sullivan & Cromwell Attys Head To Gibson Dunn
• Breyer Says 'Shadow Docket' Not A Top Court Power Grab
• Pillsbury Unlawfully Fired Pregnant Recruiter, Bias Suit Says
• Copyright Head Touts 6,000 Registrations Of Human-AI Works
• WDTX Judge Albright Stepping Down At End Of Summer
• Some Firms Break Lobbying Revenue Records Again
• E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On ESI Control
• Ex-Wis. Judge Argues ICE Case Reversal Backs Her Acquittal
• Fox Rothschild Hires Holland & Knight Sports Partner In DC
• Sullivan & Cromwell Alerts SDNY To AI Errors In Ch. 15 Case
• Warsh Rejects Claim He'd Be Trump's 'Sock Puppet' At Fed
• 10-Year Covington Vet Joins Holland & Knight In DC
• Quinn Emanuel May Face More Sanctions In Guardant Fight
• Fox Lawyer In Dominion Case Confirmed To Texas Bench
• Black McDermott Atty Says White Men Favored For Partner
• Ex-Newman Clerks, Judges Back High Court Suspension Fight
• Insurer Intentionally Avoiding $200M Loan Claim, Court Told
• She Has A Point: Fish & Richardson's Nitika Gupta Fiorella
• Akin Taps Kirkland Atty To Lead Music Team
• Judge Says Ill. Justices Can't Fire Him Over MAGA Op-Ed
• DC Ethics Office Says Ex-Interim US Atty Can't Remove Case
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Justices Won't Consider IP Theft Allegations Against Akin
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• NY High Court Suspends Judge Over Racist Remarks
• California Is Latest Battleground In Defining Access To Justice
• Balancing The Scales: Juror Bias, First For Revenge Porn Law
• Up Next At High Court: SEC And FCC Enforcement Authority
• Polsinelli Sent Bogus Infringement Letters, Suits Say
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Adams & Reese Sued For Malpractice Over $411M Injury Loss
• Alaska-Hawaiian Merger Judge Mulls DQ Over O'Melveny Ties
• 2 Discovery Rulings Break With Heppner On AI Privilege Issue
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Another Record-Breaking Year For NY Lobbying: Watchdog
• Nussbaum-Linked Law Firms Hit Ch. 11 Facing Scheme Suits
• Citizens Group Says 25 States Are Eyeing AI Chatbot Laws
• Judiciary Panel Loves Paralegal's Idea To Modernize Briefs
• Sentencing Commission Votes To Enact Modest Reform Agenda
• Meta, Uber Verdicts Top Product Liability Trials
• Ramey Says Sanctions Violation Was 'Misunderstanding'
• AGs' Win Over Live Nation Leaves DOJ Watching From The Side
• Judge Doubts Broad Shift In Immigration Hearing Access
• Optimum Defends Antitrust Suit Against Apollo, BlackRock
• Bondi's Contempt Defenses Are Strong, But Not Without Risk
• NJ US Atty's Office Turmoil Doesn't Nix Conviction, Judge Rules
• Isshin-Ryu Karate Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Foley Hoag Adds Experienced Diplomat As Partner
• Calif. Lawyer Sues Over State Bar Investigations
• Katten Partner Rejoins Epstein Becker In DC For 3rd Time
• Justice Jackson Slams Court's 'Oblivious' Emergency Orders
• John Eastman Disbarred Over Bid To Overturn 2020 Election
• Trump Defends DOJ Investigation Of 'Incompetent' Fed Chair
• Consumer Cases Drive Class Action Spike, Report Says
• Winston & Strawn Must Face $1.7B GloriFi Malpractice Suit
• Jones Day DQ'd From Vanderbilt Case Over Pre-Ch. 11 Work
• Historical Groups Fight To Save White House Records
• Sotomayor Apologizes For 'Hurtful' Comments About Kavanaugh
• Former Judge To Head New NJ Attorney Readmission Board
• DOJ Atty Slapped With $250 Sanction For Missed Deadlines
• Trump's 8th Circ. Pick Pressed On Leonard Leo Ties
• Willkie Adds O'Melveny Litigator To Los Angeles Office
• White & Case Hires Reed Smith M&A Partner In DC
• ICE Arrest Memo Switch Looks 'Specious,' Judge Says
• Hogan, Cadwalader Partners Vote To Forge Ahead With Merger
• Judiciary Panel Backs Legal Finance Project, Subpoena Rules
• Calif. Federal Judges Weigh Audio Access For Civil Jury Trials
• IBM's FCA Deal Creates Unease Over DEI Enforcement Scope
• Grassley Says Cruz And Lee Top His List If Alito Retires
• DC Circ. Halts Boasberg's 'Unnecessary' Alien Enemies Probe
• IOLTA Group Owed Notice Of Settlements, Mass. Justices Say
• Mintz Can't Halt Texas Malpractice Suit For Fee Fight In Mass.
• Investors Want Sanctions For Fake Citations In LGBCoin Suit
• Ginsburg Hack Conviction Upheld For Man Who Blamed Cat
• Grassley Hits 100 Judge Confirmations As 2 Clear Senate
• House Dem Threatens Bondi Contempt Over Epstein Files
• Holland & Knight Hires ERISA, Compensation Pro From Katten
• White & Case Leadership Trio Join Dechert In DC
• Squire Patton Kicks Off Sovereign Advisory Group
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• EEOC To Produce Law Firm DEI Letter Records By May 15
• NJ Man Who Sought To DQ US Atty Leadership To Plead Guilty
• Former Pardon Atty Says Trump's Clemency Grants Hurt DOJ
• DLA Piper Defeats Fired Associate's Claims Of Pregnancy Bias
• Cooley Adds Ex-Silver Lake Leader To Private Equity Team
• DOJ Urges DC Circ. To Revive Trump EOs Targeting Firms
• Morgan & Morgan Sued Over Firing Amid Nevada Expansion
• The Justices Had Their Say On Immunity. Is A DC Jury Next?
• Meta Pulls Some Attys' Social Media Addiction Ads
• Akin Hires Navy Strategic Systems Counsel In DC
• Holland & Knight Adds Healthcare Pro In Dallas From Dykema
• Atty Says Ogletree Can't Litigate Against Her In 2 Similar Cases
• State Bars Need To Get Specific About AI Confidentiality
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Trump Taps Personal Atty For 2nd Circ.
• Conn. Justices Block Agency's Bias Probe Into Atty Licensing
• NJ Justices Won't Review Beasley Allen's DQ From Talc Cases
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Calif. Atty Avoids Sanctions For Filing Bogus Citations With AI
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 6th Circ. Won't Revisit EFAA Ruling Against Adams & Reese
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• DLA Piper Partner Rejects Pregnant Atty's Account Of Firing
• Judicial Restraint Anchors Constitutional Order
• 'Mark Of Autocracy': Court Says Pentagon Defied Press Order
• Fed. Circ. Chief Feels 'Bright-Line Rule Coming' For IP Marking
• Trump Picks Ohio Ex-Solicitor General For 6th Circ.
• Calif. AI Guardrails Split From Feds, Other States May Follow
• Trade Secrets Suit Is A 'Far-Flung Conspiracy,' Law Firm Says
• Lewis Brisbois Accused Of Ignoring Racism, Unethical Billing
• MMA Law Accuses Lawyer, Insurance Co. Of RICO Scheme
• Alpine Skiing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• DOJ Calls Immigrant Legal Aid Wasteful In Budget Push
• The 2026 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey: Make Your Voice Heard
• Baker Botts Hires Int'l Development Finance Corp. Leader
• AEG, BigLaw Atty In Hot Seat As Live Nation Trial Nears End
• DOJ's Lead Google Attys Both Leave Agency Same Day
• Trump Asks NY's Top Court To Toss AG's 'Flawed' Fraud Case
• Mich. Federal Judge Pleads No Contest In Drunk-Driving Case
• NY Panel Backs DLA Piper's $482K Fee Win In Malpractice Suit
• ABA Rates Montana Judicial Pick 'Not Qualified'
• Morgan Lewis Adds Pillsbury Atty To Employee Benefits Team
• Reed Smith Expands With 6-Atty K&L Gates Litigation Team
• Ropes & Gray Adds Cybersecurity Atty From Justice Dept.
• Faegre Drinker Hires 2 Venable FDA Partners In DC
• ABA, State Bars Blast DOJ Proposal To Block Bar Probes
• SEC Taps Gibson Dunn Partner For Enforcement Director
• DLA Piper Offered Pregnant Atty 'Dignified' Exit, Jury Told
• Bondi To Skip Epstein Deposition After DOJ Cites AG Exit
• Spencer Fane Adds 75 Attys Through Tie-Up With Okla. Firm
• Fee And Atty Row Splinters Mass Medical Pot Licensing Suit
• Winston & Strawn Adds White Collar Duo From McDermott
• Habeas Orders Sharpen As Due Process Concerns Mount
• States, DC Back NY AG James In DOJ Probe Appeal
• DOJ Pushes To End Former Immigration Judge's Bias Suit
• Top DOJ Immigration Atty Faces Ethics Complaint
• Blanche Says Only Trump Knows Why Bondi's Leaving DOJ
• Calif. Atty Apologizes, Blames OpenCase For False Citations
• Goodwin Grows Restructuring Team In New York And Boston
• 2 Rulings Poke Holes In Mandatory Restitution Framework
• Calif. Lawmakers Advance Bill To Curtail PE Role In Litigation
• Kirkland Adds DLA Piper Gov't Contracts Attys In Texas, DC
• Approach The Bench: Judge Robinson On Community Court
• Pregnant DLA Piper Atty Recounts Firing: 'This Feels Wrong'
• Ex-Wis. Judge Loses Bid To Shake ICE Obstruction Conviction
• Trump Orders Could Chill US Arbitration, Group Warns
• Jackson Walker, Sorrento CEO Hit With RICO Suit Over Ch. 11
• LSC Seeks $2.14B As White House Pushes To Slash Funding
• What A Court Doc Audit Reveals About Erroneous Filings
• Atty Convicted Of Staging Truck Crashes Seeks New Trial
• Files Of 10 Jones Day Clients Breached In Cyberattack
• Ex-EEOC Leaders Back BigLaw Firms In Trump EO Appeal
• Ill. Justices Want MAGA Op-Ed Author Judge's Claims Axed
• Troutman, Ex-Associate Reach Deal In Discrimination Suit
• Pregnant DLA Piper Atty Fired For 'Sloppy' Work, Jury Told
• Chamberlain Hrdlicka Business Atty Joins Buchalter In Atlanta
• WilmerHale Adds Regulatory Atty From Mayer Brown In DC
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Can State Courts Tame The 'Wild West' Of Judicial Security?
• Justices Clear Path For DOJ To Dismiss Bannon's Conviction
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• ABA, Ex-Judges And Many More Back BigLaw In EO Appeal
• 6th Circ. Axes Atty For 'Inexcusable' AI 'Transgressions'
• Schneider Wallace Loses Bid For Bigger Piece Of $75M Fee
• 'Political' Deals Pit DOJ Against State AGs, And Not Just Dems
• Trump Seeks 13% Boost In DOJ Funding
• Judge Stands By Block Of DOJ Subpoenas In Powell Probe
• Florida Gov., AG Face Criticism For Judge Impeachment Push
• DOJ's New Corporate Enforcement Policy May Eclipse SDNY's
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• Legal Sector Lost 700 Jobs In March, Ending Hiring Streak
• Law360 Announces The Members Of Its 2026 Editorial Boards
• Progressive Org. Rolls Out $3M Anti-Trump High Court Push
• Winston & Strawn Adds McDermott Patent Litigator In DC
• Justice Alito Treated For Dehydration After Federalist Event
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Ex-DOJ Official Wants Epstein-Talk Suit Kept In District Court
• Process Server ABC Legal Inks $2.5M Deal Over Cyber Breach
• Feds Say Habeas Ruling Could Spur More 'Illegal Orders'
• Schneider Wallace Fights Uphill For Bigger Cut Of $75M Fees
• DLA Piper, Vax Refuser Reach Deal To End Religious Bias Suit
• Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Stymies Paul Weiss, ACLU Fee Bids
• Raskin Blasts DOJ Bid To Shield Attys From State Bar Probes
• Goldstein Allowed To Move Out After Marriage Falls Apart
• Ultramarathons Make Me A Better Lawyer
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Corporate And Banking Atty Joins Barnes & Thornburg In DC
• Bondi Out As Attorney General After Contentious Time At DOJ
• Khalil Seeks Bove's 3rd Circ. Recusal Over Ex-DOJ Roles
• Trump Must Face Trial Over Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Civil Claims
• Wheeling & Appealing: April's Most Notable Oral Arguments
• Trump Announces Texas, Ohio, Florida Judicial Picks
• Arbitration Association Must Face Suit Over Consumer Monopoly
• Sidley Beats Malpractice Suit Over Ex-Atty's Tax Scheme
• Why Trump's Pursuit Of NY AG Is More Than Just 'Awkward'
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Hub Hires: Reed Smith, Manatt, MoFo, Foley Hoag
• Judiciary Seeks More Security Funding Amid Threat Surge
• The Top In-House Hires Of March
• Foley Hoag Launches First Amendment Practice With New Trio
• McGuireWoods Hires 2 SPAC Specialists From Loeb & Loeb
• ABA Suit Over Trump's Crackdown On Firms Moves Forward