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Trump To Get 5th North Carolina Federal Court Vacancy
President Donald Trump will get another judicial vacancy to fill in North Carolina with U.S. District Judge William L. Osteen Jr. of the Middle District of North Carolina recently announcing he will take senior status.
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How Nonprofit Service Serves Law Leaders
Law firm leaders say nonprofit board work teaches attorneys about executive governance, provides networking opportunities and makes them better legal practitioners — so long as they have the time and can avoid conflicts of interest.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP and Clement & Murphy PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Federal Circuit vacated an over $600 million judgment involving the maker of Norton antivirus software for infringing Columbia University patents.
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Nixon Peabody Adds RE Attys To SF, DC Offices
Nixon Peabody LLP has hired two veteran real estate attorneys for counsel roles in its San Francisco and Washington, D.C., locations, the firm announced.
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Life Sciences Partner Hiring Up Amid Regulatory Scrutiny
Large law firms' partner additions in life sciences rose slightly across five geographic markets between 2024 and 2025, with several factors including increased regulatory scrutiny driving new additions, according to an analysis by intelligence platform Macrae+.
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Lowenstein Sandler Chiefs Talk Firm's Leadership Shake-Up
Jonathan Wishnia, Lowenstein Sandler LLP’s new managing partner as of February, and Gary Wingens, the firm’s former managing partner and current chair, joined Law360 Pulse to discuss the firm’s history under 18 years of Wingens' leadership, and Wishnia’s vision for the future.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
BigLaw firms expanded their practice bench and services during another action-packed week for the legal industry. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Sinema Says Tryst With Ex-Guard Not In NC Court's Reach
Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, now a Hogan Lovells attorney, told a North Carolina federal court Thursday that a lawsuit alleging her cross-country affair with a former member of her security detail ended a 14-year marriage must be dismissed because the trysts occurred outside state borders.
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Judge Newman Takes Suspension Battle To Supreme Court
Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman brought her fight against a suspension imposed on her by her colleagues to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, arguing that a lower court wrongly held that her challenges to the order are not subject to judicial review.
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Ex-Government Attys Launch Anti-Corruption Law Firm
In response to recent actions by the Trump administration that have seen a number of convicted fraudsters pardoned for their crimes, a group of attorneys with federal government experience have launched a firm focused on combating public corruption using civil litigation.
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Democrats Seek Review Of Bondi's Role In Brother's Cases
Two Democratic lawmakers have asked the U.S. Department of Justice's inspector general to review whether Attorney General Pam Bondi "adequately recused herself" from cases involving clients represented by her brother Brad Bondi, who is a partner at Paul Hastings LLP.
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Nelson Mullins Adds Two Corporate Attys In New York, DC
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP expanded its transactional resources in New York and Washington, D.C., with the addition of two corporate attorneys with deep experience with U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory matters and executive compensation, the firm said Thursday.
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How AI Has Upended Traditional Legal Tech Procurement
The strategies law firms and legal departments use to evaluate vendors and adopt technology have taken on more importance in the age of artificial intelligence, a panel of experts said Wednesday during a session on the third day of ALM's Legalweek conference in New York City.
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Bar Exam Pass Rates Increased In 2025, ABA Says
The pass rate for first-time takers who sat for the bar exam rose by more than a percentage point last year over 2024, according to statistics released by the American Bar Association.
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Holyoak's US Attorney Nomination Advances
The nomination of Melissa Holyoak, former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, to be U.S. attorney for the District of Utah was sent to the full Senate on Thursday.
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Judges, Lawmakers Urge 4th Circ. To Affirm Halligan Ruling
Members of Congress and former federal judges have urged the Fourth Circuit to affirm that Lindsey Halligan was not properly appointed as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, saying the episode exemplifies why there are guardrails against installing political loyalists as federal prosecutors.
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Judges Call Out Violent 'Never-Before' Rhetoric Against Them
Federal judges who experienced firsthand harassment and violence called out the rise of "dehumanizing" rhetoric on Wednesday and warned that it could erode judicial independence.
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Ex-Senior Atty For Int'l Finance Corp. Joins Hunton
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has hired a former senior counsel from International Finance Corp., who spent 12 years there and who worked as the global legal lead for the institution's asset management company.
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Spencer Fane Hires Transactions, Banking Partners In D.C.
Spencer Fane LLP has hired two attorneys in Washington, D.C., who focus their practices on consumer financial matters, financial services and compliance-related issues, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Patent Firm Rebrands, Names New Managing Partner
Fabricant LLP has a new name and a new managing partner, the patent litigation boutique announced Wednesday.
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Military Attys In DOJ 'Erodes Democratic Norms,' Ex-JAGs Say
Nearly a dozen former military lawyers raised the alarm about the Trump administration appointing judge advocate officers to U.S. attorneys' offices, urging a Minnesota federal judge Tuesday to bar an Army lawyer from prosecuting a case that accuses a civilian of assaulting federal immigration enforcement agents.
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Judiciary Approves Supreme Court Public Defender Office
The federal judiciary approved a new office Tuesday aimed at improving the quality of representation for indigent defendants with cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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DOJ Official Faces Ethics Case Over Georgetown DEI Letters
U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin has been hit with disciplinary charges in the nation's capital over threatening letters he sent to Georgetown University Law Center last year while he was interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C.
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AI Disruptions Raise Questions On Legal Judgment's Value
Artificial intelligence could disrupt business as usual for law firms and legal departments, but a panel of experts on Monday showed there are varying differences of opinion on the importance of human judgment in legal matters.
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Wisconsin Judges Decline To Extend Interim US Atty's Term
A majority of judges in the Eastern District of Wisconsin have declined to extend the tenure of interim U.S. Attorney Brad Schimel, according to an announcement Tuesday.
Expert Analysis
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4 Ways To Break Down Barriers For Women Of Color In Law
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Female lawyers belonging to minority groups continue to be paid less and promoted less than their male counterparts, so law firms and corporate legal departments must stop treating women as a monolithic group and create initiatives that address the unique barriers women of color face, say Daphne Turpin Forbes at Microsoft and Linda Chanow at the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession.
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Opinion
We Need More Professional Diversity In The Federal Judiciary
With the current overrepresentation of former corporate lawyers on the federal bench, the Biden administration must prioritize professional diversity in judicial nominations and consider lawyers who have represented workers, consumers and patients, says Navan Ward, president of the American Association for Justice.