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  • IP Law Daily Columnist Starts New Copyright Litigation Firm

    A D.C. attorney with BigLaw chops who has spent more than four years writing a daily column on U.S. copyright law for Intellectual Property Law Daily has hung out his own shingle.

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    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2025 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing significant achievements in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • Trump, Ill. Debate 'Regular Forces' In National Guard Case

    President Donald Trump invoked the founders' distrust of standing armies in a bid to convince the U.S. Supreme Court he can deploy National Guard troops to Chicago for immigration enforcement, but Illinois and the city contend the use of guardsmen is intended as a backup plan. 

  • Senate Committee To Investigate Impeachment Of Judges

    The Senate Judiciary Committee will have a hearing next week to consider impeachment of "rogue" federal judges, according to an announcement on Monday.

  • Justices Doubt GEO's Immunity Claim In Forced Labor Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared reluctant to adopt GEO Group's interpretation of an 85-year-old ruling as extending immunity to contractors facing lawsuits, as the private prison operator stands accused of forcing immigrant detainees to clean a detention facility. 

  • 'Legal Fiction' May Doom Rastafarian's Haircut Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court appeared to doubt Monday that a Rastafarian could hold Louisiana prison guards personally responsible for allegedly violating his religious rights when they forcibly shaved off his dreadlocks, with the justices splitting ideologically over whether a federal law gave the guards enough warning about their potential liability. 

  • Judge To Review Grand Jury Materials In Comey Indictment

    A Virginia federal judge said he would review grand jury materials in camera to see if any privileged information was used to secure the indictment of ex-FBI Director James Comey on charges of lying to Congress.

  • Ex-Judges, US Attys Urge Axing 'Political' Indictment Of NY AG

    A bipartisan group of former federal judges and U.S. attorneys on Monday threw their weight behind New York Attorney General Letitia James' bid to dismiss the indictment accusing her of mortgage fraud, rebuking the appointment of interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan and slamming the prosecution's apparent political motivations.

  • FTC Dem Tells Justices Case Law Supports Her Reinstatement

    Fired Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter has argued that in taking up her appeal over President Donald Trump's decision to remove her before her term was up, the U.S. Supreme Court is really mulling whether it has "gotten it wrong for the last 90 years."

  • Gov't Can Support Anti-Abortion Group In NJ Subpoena Fight

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted Solicitor General D. John Sauer's request to file an amicus brief and participate in oral argument in an anti-abortion pregnancy center's bid to revive its challenge to a subpoena from the New Jersey attorney general demanding information about its donors.

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    Squire Patton Launches Veterans Business Resource Group

    Squire Patton Boggs LLP announced Monday a new business resource group aimed at connecting employees with military service backgrounds, with a kickoff event planned for Veterans Day.

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    Shutdown Deal Funds Justices' Security, Public Defender Pay

    The government funding agreement reached in the Senate on Sunday includes funding for public defenders, some of whom haven't been paid since July, and security for U.S. Supreme Court justices.

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    Cole Schotz Moves DC Office To K Street

    Months after planting a flag in the nation's capital, Cole Schotz PC has relocated to 1875 K Street NW, a move it says solidifies its presence in the D.C. market, according to a Monday announcement.

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    DOJ Civil Veteran Joins Clyde & Co. In DC

    Clyde & Co. LLP announced Monday that it is growing its North American trial and defense team with a partner in Washington, D.C., who brings over a decade of experience handling civil matters for the U.S. Department of Justice.

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    Law Firm Revenue, Demand Are Up, But So Are Expenses

    U.S. law firms saw an average of double-digit growth in both revenue and inventory during the first nine months of 2025, signifying they're on pace to end the year on a positive note, according to the results of a survey released Monday by Citi Global Wealth at Work.

  • Trump Pardons Giuliani, Others Accused Of Election Crimes

    President Donald Trump has reportedly pardoned scores of lawyers accused of attempting to interfere in the 2020 election, including Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman and Sidney Powell, according to a social media post created by the president's pardon attorney, Ed Martin.

  • Justices Won't Review Iraq's Immunity In $120M Contract Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review an overturned $120 million judgment that a Pennsylvania defense contractor secured against Iraq for the country's failure to pay for salvaging military equipment after the fall of Saddam Hussein's government.

  • Justices Refuse To Review FERC Revocation Of Grid Perk

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review a Sixth Circuit ruling that backed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's revocation of an incentive for power companies that are required to be members of a regional transmission organization.

  • High Court To Review Mississippi Law On Ballot Counting

    The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a Mississippi law that allows state election officials to count ballots that arrive up to five days late as long as they're postmarked on or before Election Day, in a case that could impact voting practices nationwide.

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    Former Prosecutors Come Full Circle To Lead Munger Tolles

    For former federal prosecutors and close friends Martin Estrada and Daniel Levin, being tapped to lead Munger Tolles & Olson LLP as co-managing partners marks a full-circle moment.

  • Up Next At High Court: Religious Rights & Gov't Contracts

    The U.S. Supreme Court will return Monday for a short week of arguments, in which the justices will consider whether state and local government officials can be held personally liable for alleged religious rights violations, and whether government contractors are entitled to immediately appeal denials of derivative sovereign immunity.

  • Letitia James Rips 'Unconstitutional Vindictive' Indictment

    New York Attorney General Letitia James has asked a Virginia federal court to dismiss the indictment accusing her of mortgage fraud, slamming the federal charges as "unconstitutional vindictive and selective prosecution" ordered by Donald Trump in response to her successful civil litigation against the president and her outspoken criticism of him.

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    'It's A War, Man': Trump's Deputy AG Unloads On Judges, Bars

    The U.S. Department of Justice is in "a war" with federal judges who are "not following the law," and it is separately formulating plans to block "activist, obnoxious" bar associations from assessing ethics complaints against government lawyers, a top DOJ official said Friday.

  • Ex-Polsinelli Atty Agrees To Dismiss Sexual Harassment Case

    A former Polsinelli PC equity shareholder agreed to drop her suit alleging two former partners sexually harassed her, and she was fired after reporting it, according to a notice filed Friday in Washington, D.C., federal court.

  • Shutdown, Funding Crisis Leave Federal Defenders Unpaid

    The record-long government shutdown has hindered an already dire funding situation for the federal defense community, but now the judiciary is working on requests to Congress to alleviate that.

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Expert Analysis

  • 4 Ways To Break Down Barriers For Women Of Color In Law Author Photo

    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.

  • Opinion

    We Need More Professional Diversity In The Federal Judiciary Author Photo

    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.

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