Three sitting members of Florida's state House of Representatives — all Democrats and all Black women — are joining together to create a new law firm, and they're starting with the endorsement of a Florida attorney who has built a national profile for his representation of Black families: Ben Crump.
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Florida State Reps Launch Firm With Ben Crump As Mentor

By Daniel Connolly

Three sitting members of Florida's state House of Representatives — all Democrats and all Black women — are joining together to create a new law firm, and they're starting with the endorsement of a Florida attorney who has built a national profile for his representation of Black families: Ben Crump.

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Lewis Brisbois Lands Former Federal Prosecutor In Florida

By Madison Arnold

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has brought on a former federal prosecutor and New York assistant district attorney for the firm's Fort Lauderdale, Florida, office.

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Legal Sector Jobs Continue To Climb, Nearing All-Time High

By Aebra Coe

The U.S. legal industry added 2,800 jobs in June, marking four months in a row of job growth in the sector, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Disclosing Political Spend Wins Surprising Investor Support

By Sue Reisinger

While most shareholder activists are hitting a brick wall with environmental, social and governance measures at 2025 annual meetings, a proposal asking for increased transparency around corporate political spending has passed at five companies, surprising some experts.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Maryland school district burdened parents' religious rights when it declined to provide opt-outs from a policy that introduced LGBTQ-themed storybooks into its K-12 English curriculum.

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SUPREME COURT

Analysis

The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court

By Jack Karp

The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term.

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Analysis

Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review

By Jack Karp

The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks — and even hours — to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Agnifilo Intrater

Arnold & Porter

Baker Botts

Bartlit Beck

Bunsow De Mory

Clement & Murphy

Dechert LLP

Farnan LLP

Gantt Legacy Law

Gibson Dunn

Gupta Wessler

Haun Mena

Hausfeld LLP

Hogan Lovells

Jones Day

Korein Tillery

Latham & Watkins

Lewis Brisbois

McManis Faulkner

Milbank LLP

Morrison Foerster

Shapiro Arato

Sheppard Mullin

Sidley Austin

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Wright Close & Barger

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Apple Inc.

Cboe Global Markets Inc.

Crown Holdings Inc.

Drummond

Florida Coastal School of Law

Google LLC

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

Meritage Homes Corp.

NVIDIA Corp.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Planned Parenthood Federation

Smith & Wesson Brands Inc.

Southeastern University

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc.

Teradyne Inc.

The Boeing Co.

The Conference Board Inc.

TikTok Inc.

Univ. of South Florida

Werner Enterprises Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Federal Communications Commission

Food and Drug Administration

Government of Mexico

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Tax Court