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SDNY US Atty Jay Clayton Picked For DNI After Pulte Pushback
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday he's nominating Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be director of national intelligence.
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Ex-Trump Atty Chesebro Gets Fla. Law License Back
The Florida Supreme Court has reinstated the law license of former Trump campaign attorney Kenneth Chesebro after his conviction in Georgia's election interference racketeering case was eventually cleared by a court order invalidating the charge.
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Mass. Attys Ding Watchdog's 'Myopic' Public Defense Report
The leader of a group of Massachusetts attorneys who stopped taking court-appointed cases last year over what they say are inadequate hourly rates on Thursday slammed a state inspector general's highly critical report on the state's indigent defense system as "myopic."
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NJ Prosecutor's Suit Called A Bid To 'Weaponize' Court
Atlantic County, New Jersey, and its chief official called a suit by its county prosecutor over alleged prosecutorial interference a "bizarre attempt to weaponize" the court to smear the official, urging the court to toss the suit because it lacks subject matter jurisdiction.
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Morris Nichols Atty Confirmed For Delaware Superior Court
A longtime Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP attorney with expertise handling corporate and commercial matters was confirmed Thursday to serve a 12-year term on the Delaware Superior Court bench.
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Trial Lawyers For Justice Starts Supreme Court Group In DC
Trial Lawyers for Justice, a national law firm that represents families and victims of catastrophic injuries, medical malpractice clients and others, has hired two lawyers in Washington, D.C., to launch a practice focused on U.S. Supreme Court and appellate work, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Largest US Law Firms Saw Biggest Headcount Gains In 2025
Growth in domestic attorney headcount accelerated among the nation's largest law firms in 2025, with the strongest gains concentrated at the top of the market, according to data collected as part of the Law360 400 ranking.
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The Law360 400: Tracking The Largest US Law Firms
Many of the largest U.S. law firms grew their domestic attorney ranks again in 2025, continuing to invest in hiring and talent pipelines while client demand stayed strong.
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Justices Reject Feds' Venue Theory In Twitter Spying Case
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a former Twitter employee convicted of spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia must be prosecuted in Washington state, where he sent false documents to federal agents, and not in California, where the agents who investigated him are based.
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Justices Reject 5th Circ. Estoppel Ruling In Ch. 13 Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday vacated and remanded a Fifth Circuit ruling that let judicial estoppel bar a Chapter 13 debtor from pursuing tort litigation after he failed to disclose the claim to a bankruptcy court, deciding that the circuit court did not consider the totality of the facts and circumstances of the case.
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Justices Curb Private Lawsuits Against Investment Funds
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday said that private parties do not have the right to void contracts that allegedly violate the Investment Company Act absent some other legal dispute, issuing a ruling that limits the types of lawsuits that can be brought under the ICA.
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'Anti-ICE Vigilantes': DOJ Says Law Clerks Aided Noncitzens
Two state court clerks in Utah are facing criminal charges after federal prosecutors say they acted as "self-appointed anti-ICE vigilantes" by helping noncitizens leave the courthouse by a back door to evade arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the newly unsealed case.
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Judge Tells DOJ Not To 'Play Possum' On Trump Fund
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday declined to block the Trump administration's proposed $1.8 billion "lawfare" fund, crediting statements from Attorney General Todd Blanche and other U.S. Department of Justice lawyers last week that the fund was dead.
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Trump Loses Bid To DQ Judge In BBC Defamation Suit
A Florida federal magistrate judge on Wednesday denied President Donald Trump's request that she recuse herself from overseeing discovery in his $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC, ruling he waived his right to ask for recusal by waiting over five months to do so.
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Transcripts Show Missteps, Tension In ICE Protest Grand Jury
Newly unsealed grand jury transcripts reveal jurors repeatedly challenged Illinois federal prosecutors' push for the indictment of protesters accused of impeding a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent's vehicle, with one juror calling the case "a crock of shit" and others questioning if a felony conspiracy charge was a stretch.
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Judicial Noms Say Biden Won, But Critics Fault Their Caveats
Three district court nominees on Wednesday said President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, a departure from other judicial nominees in the second Trump administration, but court watchers on the left took issue with how they couched those statements.
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Ga. Federal Judge Faces 2nd Set Of Impeachment Articles
A Georgia congressman has filed articles of impeachment against a federal judge who was reprimanded for having sex with a police officer in her Atlanta chambers within earshot of staff, the second lawmaker this week to do so.
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Lawmakers Press Goldman CEO On Epstein-Linked CLO
Two U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday said that Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon's reported decision to keep his outgoing chief legal officer on as an adviser despite her connections to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein "calls into question" his "fitness" to continue leading one of the country's largest banks.
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Unions Rally As 5 Shops Approach Contract Deadline
Legal service providers across New York City gathered in City Hall Park on Wednesday afternoon as five unions represented by the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys approach their deadlines for a new contract at the end of the month.
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National Grid Attorney Among Picks For Mass. State Bench
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced three new judicial nominees for the state's intermediate and lower courts on Wednesday, including a senior litigation attorney at National Grid.
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Pa. Atty Suspended For Trust Account Use As 'Clearinghouse'
A Pittsburgh-area attorney's law license was suspended Wednesday for a year and a day after he allegedly used his IOLTA account as a "clearinghouse" to move money for nonclient third parties, according to the Pennsylvania disciplinary board.
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2nd Circuit Rejects Nadine Menendez's Bail Bid During Appeal
A Second Circuit panel rejected Nadine Menendez's request for bail pending an appeal of her conviction in a bribery scheme involving her husband, former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, concluding the legal questions raised were not substantial enough to delay the start of her four-and-a-half-year prison term.
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5 Firms Barred From Handling NFL Parkinson's Claims
Five law firms have been disqualified from representing claimants seeking NFL concussion settlement funds for running a scheme that "laundered" questionable Parkinson's disease claims through the system to obtain $95 million, including $20 million in fees, a special masters' report issued Monday says.
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Fired Aide Tells Justices DA Invoked Bias Carveout Too Late
The Eleventh Circuit ignored civil procedure standards when it said the district attorney's office in Fulton County, Georgia, could argue that a former top aide's position was exempt from anti-bias law, the fired worker told the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing the office needed to raise that defense earlier.
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DOJ Pushes For Dismissal Of NJ Mayor's False Arrest Suit
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday told a New Jersey federal court that government officials are protected by various immunity doctrines from a suit from Newark Mayor Ras Baraka over his alleged unjust arrest while visiting an ICE facility.
Expert Analysis
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.