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Ala. Redistricting Fight Tests Justices' Voting Rights Ruling
Alabama officials and Black voters have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if an order requiring the state to hold this year's elections under a court-drawn map that gives Black voters a chance to elect two preferred congressional candidates constitutes a "roadmap for evading" or a faithful application of the high court's recent Voting Rights Act ruling.
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Jan. 6 Participants Sue Feds For 'Vindictive' Prosecutions
Nine Jan. 6 participants sued the federal government, former Attorney General Merrick Garland, and several prosecutors and FBI agents Friday, claiming they were subject to malicious prosecutions and unconstitutional retaliation for their roles in the attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
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Ex-Top DOJ Atty In Law Firm EO Appeal Joins Holtzman Vogel
Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC has brought on a former U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor who recently argued the Trump administration's appeal to revive executive orders targeting four law firms, the firm announced Monday.
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Justices To Probe Habeas Route In Latest First Step Act Case
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to resolve a circuit split over whether prisoners may seek early release under the First Step Act through habeas petitions, taking up the appeal of a former Texas lawyer who was convicted in a Mafia takeover scheme of a mortgage loan company.
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Hueston Hennigan To Pay Summer Bonuses Up To $35K
Trial firm Hueston Hennigan is the second boutique to announce it will dole out midyear bonuses to associates.
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As Judicial AI Use Gains Steam, Training Lags
Court systems around the country are emerging bullish on the use of generative artificial intelligence by judicial officers, but implementation, training, resources and overall regulations remain scattershot, giving rise to concerns that a learning gap could lead to missteps.
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Winston Taylor Deal 'Natural Outcome' Of Global Ambitions
When Steve D'Amore was elected chairman of Winston & Strawn in 2023, he expressed a commitment to leading the firm's global expansion, a goal that took shape on Monday with the completion of its combination with U.K.-based Taylor Wessing.
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Epstein Becker Adds 6 Manatt Phelps Litigators
Epstein Becker Green has added six litigators experienced in commercial and healthcare matters who previously worked for Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP in its Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C., offices, the firm announced Monday.
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Freshfields Names M&A Pro As US Managing Partner
Freshfields LLP announced Monday that a New York-based mergers and acquisitions partner has been named U.S. managing partner.
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Justices Won't Eye Burden Of Notice For Immigration Hearings
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it won't review a Ninth Circuit decision requiring the federal government to take additional steps to notify noncitizens of immigration hearing dates when their original notices initiating removal proceedings return unread in the mail.
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Former DOJ National Security Official Joins Cravath In DC
A former counsel to the assistant attorney general for national security at the U.S. Department of Justice has joined Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP as a corporate partner, the firm announced Monday.
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Winston Taylor Goes Live As New Transatlantic Giant
Winston Taylor officially launched on Monday, bringing together Winston & Strawn LLP and the U.K. arm of Taylor Wessing to form a unified transatlantic law firm.
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Baker McKenzie Asks Judge Not To Toss Suit Against Ex-Atty
A lawyer for Baker McKenzie on Friday urged a Washington, D.C., judge not to dismiss the BigLaw firm's defamation suit against a former tax associate who accused a firm office leader of sexual assault, telling the court the accusations were false and made with "malice."
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Winston & Strawn Adds Trade Pro From K&L Gates
Winston & Strawn LLP announced Friday that it has added an attorney from K&L Gates LLP to bolster its capacity to advise clients about international trade regulation, compliance and enforcement matters.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Phillips Black Inc., Hogan Lovells and Watkins & Eager PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Black Mississippi death row prisoner who argued racial discrimination tainted his jury selection is entitled to habeas corpus relief.
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Beltway Moves: Sher Tremonte, Paul Hastings, Bellementis
The former litigation director of the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division joined Sher Tremonte, while a Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP litigator and practice leader headed to Paul Hastings LLP, in some of the latest legal hiring developments in the nation's capital.
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Dems Say DOJ Blocked Bondi On Trump Questions
Democrats were incensed on Friday that the U.S. Department of Justice attorneys who accompanied former Attorney General Pam Bondi to her committee interview stopped her from answering questions about President Donald Trump.
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US Law Firm Leasing Hits 2-Year Low In 1st Quarter
U.S. law firms signed new lease deals for 1.9 million square feet of space in the first quarter, the lowest quarterly mark in two years, according to a recent report from brokerage firm Savills Inc.
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White House Says It's Following Presidential Records Law
The Trump administration told a D.C. federal judge that it is complying with his injunction last week requiring White House staff to follow record-keeping rules set out in the Presidential Records Act, but signalled that it may appeal the ruling in the future.
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Selendy Gay Doles Out Spring Associate Bonuses
New York litigation boutique Selendy Gay PLLC paid its associates spring bonuses of as much as $25,000 this week, according to the firm.
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Weil Hit By Cyberattack Impacting Client Files
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP was recently hacked and had a "limited number" of client documents uploaded to an external cloud storage site, Law360 Pulse confirmed Friday.
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Fox Rothschild Gains Ex-Gordon Rees, DOJ Litigator In DC
Fox Rothschild LLP has hired a Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP partner, who started his legal career litigating tax matters in federal and state courts for the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
Attorneys took on new roles and law firms expanded their operations as the legal industry closed out May this week. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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How Mentors Can Be Pivotal For Midcareer Attorneys
After associates kick off their training wheels and become established attorneys, some may be tempted to allow their mentor relationships to languish. But the need for trusted feedback doesn't lessen, executive coaches and recruiters tell Law360 Pulse.
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Goldstein Says Bad Jury Instructions Warrant New Trial
SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein said that the prosecutors who convicted him on 12 tax and mortgage fraud charges in February are now contradicting arguments they made at the end of his trial in their attempt to deny him a bench acquittal or new trial.