Watchdog Sues White House For Records On Law Firm Deals

By Emily Sawicki

A Washington-based nonprofit watchdog has sued the Trump administration, seeking records related to deals BigLaw firms struck to provide an estimated nearly $1 billion worth of pro bono legal services to further the administration's priorities, following the president's executive orders to withhold security clearances and investigate the firms.

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Trust In State Courts Holds, But Justice Is Seen As Unequal

By Jack Karp

Public confidence in state courts held steady this year, even as more Americans seem to have lost faith that those courts provide equal justice to everyone, according to new research.

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Supreme Court Spotlight

The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers

By Jack Karp

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in four cases this week, including a high-profile one involving 90-year-old precedent that could soon be overturned and another that could remake campaign finance rules. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the high court.

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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

By Anna Sanders

The legal industry had another action-packed week as law firms announced year-end bonuses and continued to expand their bench of talent. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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2nd Circ. Probes ConEd's Sudden Firing Of Atty Alleging Bias

By Anne Cullen

The Second Circuit raised questions during a hearing Friday about Con Edison's decision to terminate a longtime company lawyer shortly after she complained her boss was targeting her because she's an older woman, hinting some support for the attorney's fight to have her discrimination suit reinstated.

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Int'l Rescue Committee Seeks Sanctions For AI-Doctored Brief

By Daniela Porat

The International Rescue Committee Inc. asked a Texas federal court to sanction a former worker and counsel for "poison[ing] the evidentiary well" by using ChatGPT to tamper with documents produced for discovery, according to a brief and motion for sanctions.

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2nd Circ. Remands $100K Award To Fired Atty In Bias Case

By Andrea Keckley

A Second Circuit panel vacated a $100,000 charging lien awarded to an attorney who represented a man who sued Marriott International Inc. for race-based harassment, agreeing that the lawyer was fired without cause but finding that the lower court appeared not to address several arguments in favor of a lower amount.

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Pierson Ferdinand Litigator Tapped To Be Atlanta's City Atty

By Emily Johnson

The mayor of Atlanta has named a Pierson Ferdinand LLP litigation partner to succeed the current city attorney, who is retiring from the practice of law, tapping an attorney who brings more than two decades of legal experience in the private and public sectors.

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Mississippi Litigator Joins Butler Snow From Adams & Reese

By Adrian Cruz

Butler Snow LLP announced that an experienced litigation and appellate attorney has joined the firm's healthcare practice in Ridgeland, Mississippi, after a stint with Adams & Reese LLP.

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Goldberg Segalla Adds Hospitality Pro In Orlando

By Madison Arnold

Goldberg Segalla LLP picked up a new special counsel for its retail and hospitality group in Orlando from Pozo-Diaz & Pozo PA.

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JAMS Hires Longtime IP Trial Attorney As Mediator In DC

By Jack Rodgers

JAMS, the alternative dispute resolution and mediation group, has hired a trial and appellate attorney who has practiced since 1984 and has helped resolve patent matters involving video game technology, LCD manufacturing processes and other technology.

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Higgs Fletcher Forms White Collar, Regs Enforcement Team

By Andrea Keckley

San Diego-based law firm Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP has launched a white collar crime and regulatory enforcement defense practice group, citing heightened regulatory scrutiny in the financial and healthcare sectors and rising enforcement risks for licensed professionals and institutions.

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MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Nicolas Bourtin

By Phillip Bantz

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Nicolas Bourtin played a key role in the dismissal of all criminal charges in a foreign bribery case against the ex-general counsel for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., and helped TD Bank reach a historic resolution in a criminal probe of its anti-money laundering program, securing him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 White Collar MVPs.

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MVP: Susman Godfrey's Geoffrey Harrison

By Zak Kostro

Susman Godfrey LLP partner Geoffrey Harrison guided energy company Apache Corp. to its recovery of nearly $500 million in a dispute related to decommissioning offshore oil rigs and helped Equistar Chemicals beat a construction contractor's $175 million claim in a weekslong trial, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Energy MVPs.

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MVP: Winston & Strawn's Jeffrey Kessler

By Matthew Perlman

Winston & Strawn LLP's Jeffrey Kessler helped student athletes reach a landmark multibillion-dollar settlement with the NCAA in long-running litigation over the use of name, image and likeness, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Competition MVPs.

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MVP: Paul Weiss' Kannon K. Shanmugam

By Ryan Boysen

Last year, Paul Weiss' Kannon Shanmugam scored a win in the Fifth Circuit that sent shockwaves through the bankruptcy world, removed a crypto company from a government blacklist and torpedoed a $440 million judgment against a cruise company over Cuba sanctions, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Appellate MVPs.

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