Legal Industry Archive » August, 2026

Legal Industry - August, 2026

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• Jones Day Vet Returns After 'Intense' Run In High DOJ Post
• How Did Litigants Fare In Judge Albright's 55 Patent Trials?
• Defamation Litigation Roundup: NYT, J&J, Azerbaijan
• House Passes Bill To Curb Secret Prosecutor Orders
• Quinn Emanuel Scoops Up Antitrust Pro From Kirkland In DC
• House Passes Bill Adding Texas, California Court Sites
• Hub Hires: MassBar, Kirkland, Troutman
• Ex-Blanche, Bondi Aide To Join Boies Schiller In DC
• Ex-Clifford Chance Attys Fight Bid To Toss Clawback Suit
• Washington Litigation Group Makes Another High-Profile Hire
• New Report Rings Alarm On Threats To Judicial Independence
• Ex-Kirkland Private Funds Lawyer Joins Greenberg Traurig
• K&L Gates Adds Northrop Grumman Atty To Trade Team In DC
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• 'Exemplary Performance' Earns Google Users' Attys $146.8M
• Calif. County Judges Recuse From Bias Suit Against DA's Office
• Buchalter Adds Litigator In Atlanta From Chamberlain Hrdlicka
• McDermott Closing Health Policy Shop In DC
• Rachael Rollins Pitches Scandal As Asset In Comeback Bid
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Trump Denied New Bid To Federalize Hush Money Prosecution
• House Eyes Vote To Lock Supreme Court At 9 Justices
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Google Users' Atty Fee To Be In 'Realm' Of $147M, Judge Says
• Inside The $150M Immigration Contract That Wasn't
• ABA Faces Uphill Battle To Remain As Law School Accreditor
• Womble Bond Asks To Drop Dutch Software Client Over Rift
• Dems Say DOJ Opinion Aims To Foil Oversight Of White House
• Taekwondo Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani Adds 2 Litigators In Hartford
• House Committee Wants DOL IG To Widen Info-Sharing Probe
• Calif. Bill Curbing PE Role In Litigation Heads To Newsom
• DOJ Flags Breach Of Internal Policies In Apple Suit
• Prosecutors Say Goldstein Must Stay Behind Bars
• Arizona Atty Reprimanded For Series Of AI Errors
• Pillsbury Settles Ex-Recruiting Director's Pregnancy Bias Suit
• 'News To Me': Instagram CEO Unaware Its Attys Deleted Data
• Legal Watchdog Lodges Bar Complaint Against Jeanine Pirro
• Colo. Judge Ships $8.3M Messner Reeves Fraud Suit To Utah
• Tort Report: Mass. Jury Delivers Record Amazon Crash Verdict
• Firm Revenue Climbs 12.4% In First Half Of 2026
• Cooley Life Sciences Atty Joins Foley & Lardner In San Diego
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Morgan Lewis Employment Attorney
• Florida AG Slams Bar Complaint Against DHS Counsel
• Anthropic Appoints New General Counsel
• NY Times Says EEOC Dragging Feet On Anti-White Bias Info
• Watchdog Wants NY Judge Ousted Over Retaliatory Suit
• Choate Brings On Former Willkie CFO In Boston
• Ex-DOJ Fraud Attys Switch To Civil Focus At Boutique Firm
• 6th Circ. Says Judge Can't Escape Teen Mock Arrest Suit
• What To Know As Legal Duty To Consider AI Takes Shape
• AGs Want Meta's Privilege Claims Reviewed In Bellwether Trial
• Attys Ask Court To Toss Suit Alleging They Stole 1,000 Cases
• Galindo Law Files For Ch. 11 After Camp Lejeune Fee Fight
• White & Case Adds Ex-Kirkland Real Estate, M&A Pro In Miami
• A&O Shearman Adds M&A Pro As Partner In Texas From MoFo
• Legal Center Says DOJ Is Stonewalling Fund Records Request
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Paul Weiss Hires Goodwin Atty To Lead Supreme Court Team
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Divided 2nd Circ. Backs DQ Of Acting NDNY US Attorney
• Balancing The Scales: Diminished Capacity, Sentencing Rules
• The Race Is On To Confirm Trump's Judges By Year-End
• Fla. Attorney Fined, Referred To Bar For Unapologetic AI Use
• Law Schools Flooded With Applicants For 3rd Straight Year
• Wiley Data Breach Class Action Dropped As 2 Sides Confer
• Trump Admin Moves Toward Nixing ABA's Accreditor Status
• Trump Says Pardon Atty Ed Martin Leaving For Midterms
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• Gov't To Take 9th Circ.'s Bar Of Nev. US Atty To High Court
• Judge's Job Bid Sinks Conn. Atty's Homicide Conviction
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Uber Gets Greenlight On Most Fraud Claims Against LA Firms
• Jay-Z Appeals Buzbee Win In Rapper's Defamation Suit
• Meta Atty 'Absolutely Wrong' On Client Privilege, Judge Warns
• TikTok's Ex-Legal Head Made Racist Comments, Suit Says
• Harris Beach Adds Environmental Atty From Nixon Peabody
• CREXi Drops 9th Circ. Challenge To Quinn Emanuel DQ
• Eastman Among 16 Calif. Attys Disbarred In Q2 2026
• Being In A Band Made Me A Better Lawyer
• McGuireWoods Hires Womble Bond Commercial Attys In DC
• Trump Taps DOJ Official, ND Solicitor General For Judgeships
• Firms Cut From $101M Anthropic Atty Fees Appeal To 9th Circ.
• Davis Wright Vets Scolded: Don't Tell Foes 'How To Run Firm'
• Polsinelli Can't Rep Doctor In 'Bad Faith' IP Suits, Cos. Say
• USPTO Says Patent Atty's Suit Shouldn't Stop Discipline Case
• Sinema Says Brief Signal Chat Can't Anchor NC Affair Suit
• Ex-US Attys Protest Trump's Swift Firing Of Rogoff In Seattle
• Jackson Walker Says US Trustee Can't Claw Back Legal Fees
• DOJ Urges Court Not To Dismiss Suit Against DC Bar
• Atty, Son Charged In Probe Of Alleged Penn State Drug Ring
• Over 120 Ex-Judges Demand Probe Of DHS GC's 'Worst' Posts
• Texas Judge Flags 'Alarming' Number Of Bogus Citations
• Nutter Leader Eyes Fla. Growth, AI-Driven Billing Shift
• SCOTUSblog Founder Goldstein Seeks Release During Appeal
• Ex-Loeb & Loeb RE Pro Joins Greenberg Traurig In NYC
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Surviving A Long Trial
• Ex-DOJ Atty Says Trump's University Probes Were Political
• Big Tech, PTAB Attys Urge Justices To Fix USPTO Power Grab
• Bot Errors Doom Expert's Credibility In Tainted-Supplement Suit
• Trump Names 9 Judicial Picks Across 6 States
• Troutman Sidelined Associate After Heart Attack, Suit Says
• Quill & Arrow Says Ford Can't Rehash Lemon Law Fee Fights
• White House Aims To Shield Advisers Behind Law Firm EOs
• ​​​​​​​Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 3 NY Injury Firms Get Uber's RICO Suit Tossed
• Nussbaum-Linked Firms' Ch. 11s Tossed For Bad Faith
• NYCBA Cautions Against Recording Nonclient Calls
• Chattah Can't Serve As Acting Nevada US Atty, 9th Circ. Says
• Morgan & Morgan Sues Fla. Bar Over Celebrity Ad Ban
• Littler Names Firm's First Pro Bono Counsel
• Law Firms See Revenue, Demand Grow In First Half Of 2026
• White & Case Adds Mayer Brown Global Investment Leader
• Clifford Chance Pushes To Send Clawback Suit To Arbitration
• O'Melveny Hires Career Pillsbury Environmental Atty In DC
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• Immigration Judge Says Anti-DEI Bias Led To Her Ousting
• Can Texas, Nevada Replicate Delaware's Corporate Edge?
• Law Student's Race Bias Claim Survives In Kirk Discipline Suit
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• Orrick Hires New Global Capital Markets Head From Kirkland
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• White House, BigLaw Atty Picked For Tenn. Federal Bench
• Holland & Knight Loses Bid To Escape GWG Fraud Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Goodwin Launches New Internal AI Platform
• Anti-DEI Group Asks FTC To Probe Law Fellowship Program
• Baker Botts Atty Cleared Of Defamation In Inventor's Suit
• State Farm Attys Admit Filing Motions Full Of AI Hallucinations
• DOJ Fraud Division To Reach 500 Staffers This Month
• JP Ward Attorney Exodus Delays Pa. Labor Trafficking Suit
• NYC Bar Committee Calls For Nationwide AI Rules Framework
• Going To Hardcore Shows Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Trump Picks Ex-Arkansas SG, Walmart Lawyer For 8th Circ.
• $190K Or $1.9M? Goldstein, DOJ 'At Impasse' Over Forfeiture
• She Has A Point: Shutts & Bowen's Jodi-Ann Tillman
• DOJ Settlements Perceived As Flouting Litigation Norms
• BakerHostetler Faces Possible RICO Claim From Ex-Client
• Aperture Expands Litigation Finance Platform To $1B
• Trial Firm Reid Collins To Award 3rd Set Of Associate Bonuses
• Greenberg Traurig Hires Venable Real Estate Chair In DC
• Trump, DOJ Say Firing Seattle US Atty Was Within Their Rights
• Trent McCotter Follows Blanche As DOJ's 2nd-In-Command
• Law Grad Says Hofstra Ignored Heart Attack Mid-Bar Exam
• Deal Reached In Class Action Over Botched Calif. Bar Exam
• Ogletree Says Equinox Owes $1.4M In Unpaid Legal Bills
• Texas Firm Withdraws From Consideration Of Grant To Rep Migrant Kids
• Goldstein Unveils Cooley Appeal Team
• 9th Circ. Would Lose 5 States In Latest Reorganization Bid
• Calif. Subclass Added To Fox Rothschild Data Breach Suit
• Jones Day Adds Kilpatrick Atty To Cybersecurity Team
• Are your summer associates prepared for a legal career?
• Missed Step Could Vex Ex-Duane Morris Client's Appeal
• DOJ Says Executive Privilege May Apply To Private Advisers
• Spa Fights 9th Circ.'s 'Swinging Dicks' Order At High Court
• HHS Denies Existence Of $150M Deal With Texas Firm To Rep Migrant Kids
• CREXi Can't Stay CoStar Case For Quinn Emanuel DQ Appeal
• NJ Public Defender Atty Says Demotion Was Due To Age, Race
• Ill. Gov. Signs Bill Restricting PE Role In Legal Industry
• Biz Owners Appeal Morgan Lewis Win In Tax Shelter Suit
• Baker Donelson Adds Immigration Atty To Atlanta Office
• Holland & Knight Opens New Ala. Office For Defense Push
• Trump Picks Ex-Personal Lawyer As New White House Counsel
• Senate Confirms Todd Blanche To Be AG
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360
• HSF Kramer, Taft Hit By Data Breaches
• GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
• CoStar Fights CREXi Bid To Stay Suit Over Quinn Emanuel DQ
• DC Courts Add 8 Judges, But Funding Crunch Persists
• Gordon Rees Expands In Southeast With 6 New Partners
• Nat'l Science Org. To Review Judiciary's Nixed Climate Chapter
• Legal Services Hiring Is 'Firing On All Cylinders,' Recruiter Says
• Financial Market Bolsters ABA Budget Amid Member Decline
• Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
• New AI Policy At Columbia Law Permits Use Within Guardrails
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Trump Picks FCC Lawyer As Agency's 3rd Republican
• Faegre Drinker Hires Ex-USDA Assistant General Counsel
• Summer's Last NYC Public Defender Strike Ends With Deal
• Key Senator Backs Blanche, Likely Securing AG Confirmation
• Ex-GC Hijacked Accounts And Posted Klan Imagery, Suit Says
• Dems Slam Skadden's 'Nothing To See Here' Trump Deal Reply
• Wash. Justices Offer Bar Waiver After July Exam Tech Failure
• Ex-Girardi Atty Gets Probation For Keeping Silent On Theft
• 2nd Circ. Says Pillsbury Must Surrender $3.6M Retainer
• The Dramatic Moments Set To Shape Tom Goldstein's Appeal
• Justices' FTC Ruling Weakens Qui Tam's Constitutional Base
• Richards Layton Under Fire Amid Bid To Avoid AI Sanctions
• New ABA Chief Seeks To 'Streamline' Org., Defend Democracy
• No Simpson Thacher Malpractice In PIPE Case, Jury Finds
• Simpson Thacher Lands In Chicago With 5-Atty Kirkland Team
• Being A Sommelier Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• New Mexico Says Blanche, DOJ Blocked Epstein Ranch Probe
• CREXi Wants 9th Circ. To Undo Quinn Emanuel CoStar Row DQ
• Sierra Leone Isn't Responding To Its Own Attys, Judge Told
• These Firms Are Picking Up The Most PTAB Work
• NY Legal Aid Union Averts Strike After 4 Months Of Talks
• Conn. Atty To Fork Over $3,500 For AI Errors In Taco TM Beef
• Texas Firm Lands $150M HHS Services Deal For Migrant Kids
• Murdaugh Loses Jury Tampering Suit Against Ex-Court Clerk
• Simpson Thacher Witness Takes Aim At PIPE Stocks Claim
• New Mexico Joins States With Alternative Atty License Paths
• Law Grad Employment Remains High As BigLaw Drives Hires
• King & Spalding Hires Crowell Healthcare Consulting Leader
• Brown Rudnick Adds 34 Attys, Will Open Silicon Valley Office
• Ashurst Perkins, Nail Co. Lose Doc Bids In Malpractice Suit
• New Patent Suits Surge As PTAB Challenges Get Tougher
• These Firms Are Landing The Most Patent Litigation Work
• Day Pitney Dropped From Suit Over Ex-Justice's Involvement
• Fla. AG Requests Impeachment Probe Into 11th Circ. Judge
• NC Judge Who Upheld Voter ID Law To Take Senior Status
• ABA Seeks Bar Exam Reform Following Tech Failures
• Simpson Thacher Highlights PIPE Client's Financial Troubles
• Ford Asks 9th Circ. To Revive Lemon Law Fake-Billing Suit
• Blanche Advances After GOP Sens. Win Written Assurances
• Tyson & Mendes In Talks For Possible PE-Backed MSO Deal
• Fried Frank Data Breach Class Action Voluntarily Dismissed
• Approach The Bench: Judge Rakoff Doesn't Hide His Views
• ABA Gives Symbolic Support For Law School DEI Standards
• Bronx Union Says Striking Atty Faced 'Impossible' Choice
• Neighborhood Defender Service Of Harlem Union Ends Strike
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• How State SG Offices Became A Judicial Pipeline
• The Top In-House Hires Of July
• Jackson Walker, Trustee Agree On $15M Romance Settlement
• ABA To Assess Aggressive BigLaw Campus Recruitment
• DOJ Renews Bid To Oust Susman From ABA Trump EO Case
• Disputes Continue, 1 Week Into NY Public Defender Strikes
• Judge Denies Bid To Oust Kirkland From Trade Secret Feud
• Simpson Thacher's PIPE Work Was 'Dogged,' Jury Told
• Baker Botts Hires Litigators In DC And London
• NJ Panel Revives Bank's Greenbaum Rowe Malpractice Suit
• Conn. Justices Order Education For Atty Who Missed AI Flubs
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Blanche's Nix Of Trump's $1.8B Fund Wins Over GOP Sens.
• Former Gates Foundation Deputy GC Joins Arnold & Porter
• Law360 Names 2026's Top Attorneys Under 40
• In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360