4 Judges Who Battled Criminal Charges In 2025

By Jake Maher

A number of high-profile cases in 2025 found judges taking on the role of criminal defendants over a wide range of allegations, from murder and sexual assault to corruption and interfering with an ICE arrest.

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Ex-CIA Director's Lawyers Accuse DOJ Of Judge Shopping

By Carolina Bolado

Former CIA Director John Brennan's attorneys asked the chief judge for the Southern District of Florida on Monday to block prosecutors from trying to steer any potential charges against him for investigating Russia's 2016 election interference to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon's courtroom.

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How 2025 Became The Year Of The Boutique

By Daniel Connolly

When news broke this month that former special counsel Jack Smith planned to open a new boutique law firm, it underscored a bigger trend: All year long, elite small firms have proliferated as many federal lawyers left government service and some disaffected attorneys left BigLaw jobs.

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Justices Deny Trump's Bid To Send Nat'l Guard To Chicago

By Rae Ann Varona & Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration cannot deploy National Guard troops into Chicago to aid federal immigration enforcement, saying President Donald Trump didn't show he was permitted to federalize the National Guard under a statute he had relied on.

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Blue Cross Seeks McDonald Hopkins' Fraud Warning Docs

By Jack Karp

Advice that McDonald Hopkins LLC gave a Florida hospital manager about potential exposure to criminal prosecution for healthcare fraud is neither privileged nor work product, and so should be handed over to a Blue Cross health insurer being sued for malicious prosecution in Georgia federal court, the insurer said.

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Colo. High Court To Begin Search For Next Justice

By Rachel Konieczny

The Colorado Supreme Court is set to begin next month the process of selecting a new justice to replace Justice Melissa Hart following her retirement announcement earlier this month, the Colorado Judicial Branch said in a press release Tuesday.

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Feature

Top New Jersey Cases Of 2025

By George Woolston

New Jersey courts saw some history-making litigation come to a close over the course of 2025, including the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state and the first clergy abuse trial verdict since the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse claims was extended. Another notable development was the state's federal bench exercising a rarely used authority to reject President Donald Trump's pick for interim U.S. attorney.

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Roundup

Biz Development Tip Of The Month

This year, experts shared 12 actionable strategies on building business in today's competitive legal market, from prioritizing human connections to maximizing the impact of thought leadership.

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Roundup

Nonprofit Launch Tips From Founders In The Legal Industry

In this season of giving, take a look back at this Law360 series featuring legal professionals who have founded industry-related nonprofits. They discussed the biggest challenges to getting started, and how to balance the launch and management of an organization along with the demands of their primary work.

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