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Law Firm Mergers Level Off As Risks Tick Up
Despite two large law firm combinations closing this week, deal announcements flatlined to a near-decade-low in the first half of the year as law firms face a patchwork of risks including geopolitical volatility, private equity interest and uncertainty around artificial intelligence in law. However, activity is expected to pick up by year-end.
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Justices Skip Pork Case Over Alito, Kavanaugh Objections
The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday it will not review a challenge to a Massachusetts law restricting the sale of pork produced in tightly confined spaces, though Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Samuel Alito were in favor of hearing the case.
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Hinshaw Taps Womble Bond Director To Lead Talent Efforts
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced Tuesday that the former senior director of legal development, integration and technology training at Womble Bond Dickinson has joined the firm as its first chief talent officer.
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High Court Declines To Review Under-21 Gun Sale Bans
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review the constitutionality of laws banning the sale of firearms to people under 21, once again rejecting calls to consider a question that has sharply divided the lower courts.
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Venable Adds Former Cooley Employee Benefits Atty In DC
Venable LLP has hired a former Cooley LLP special counsel who focuses her practice on employee benefits matters including retirement, health and welfare plans, the firm announced Monday.
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Bracewell Adds Ex-FBI, DOJ Leader, Akin Investigations Atty
The former chief of the FBI's congressional oversight and investigations unit, who has previous experience working in the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legislative Affairs and in Big Law with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, has joined Bracewell LLP, the firm announced this week.
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High Court Scraps Caps On Coordinated Campaign Spending
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down federal limits on political party spending in coordination with individual candidates, agreeing with a Republican-led challenge that the caps violate the First Amendment.
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Kirkland Adds Axinn Founding Partner, DOJ Antitrust Alum
Two Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP attorneys — including one of the New York-headquartered boutique's founding partners — have moved to Kirkland & Ellis LLP to help lead the BigLaw firm's antitrust practice.
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Justices Strike Down Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday thwarted President Donald Trump's attempt to limit birthright citizenship to babies born to parents with permanent ties to the United States, finding the 14th Amendment cannot be read that narrowly — a decision dissenting justices fear will jeopardize the country's future.
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Justices Allow States To Bar Trans Athletes From Girls' Sports
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for states to ban transgender athletes from competing in women's and girls' sports, ruling that the restrictions do not amount to discrimination on the basis of sex.
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Squire Patton Names 2 New Global Managing Partners
Squire Patton Boggs LLP announced Tuesday the managing partners of the firm's Columbus, Ohio, and Denver offices have been named global managing partners of the firm in the U.S.
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Eyes Future As Elite Powerhouse
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader launches on Wednesday, betting that regulatory expertise now matters as much as Wall Street finance work to global financial institutions, as chief executive Miguel Zaldivar said that the merger has created a firm that belongs among the global legal elite.
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High Court Gives Fed Independence A 'Fragile' Reprieve
The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown its weight behind Federal Reserve independence by rejecting President Donald Trump's bid to immediately oust Fed Gov. Lisa Cook, but experts say the fight over central bank control may not be finished — just moving to a new phase.
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The End Of An 'Independent' FTC
Federal Trade Commission members, responsible for merger review, antitrust enforcement, consumer protection safeguards and rulemaking, and industry analysis, no longer serve at a remove from presidential authority, thanks to Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could dramatically remake the FTC and other independent agencies.
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Justice Jackson Tops High Court Book Earnings In 2025
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made nearly $1.2 million in book royalties last year, bringing her total to $4.14 million and making her the most highly compensated author on the high court, according to financial disclosure forms released Monday.
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32 DC Firms Recognized For Access To Justice Donations
More than 30 law firms in Washington, D.C., have been recognized as part of an annual campaign that encourages financial contributions to local civil legal services organizations, the D.C. Access to Justice Commission announced.
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Greenberg Traurig Hires Nuclear Commission Veteran In DC
Greenberg Traurig LLP has hired a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission leader, who spent 18 years there, most recently as deputy assistant general counsel for materials, fuel cycle and waste programs, the firm announced Monday.
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Honigman Adds Eversheds Sutherland Exec As New COO
Honigman LLP announced Monday that a legal executive with over 25 years of experience has joined the firm from Eversheds Sutherland as its new chief operating officer.
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DC Ethics Counsel Conflicted In Ethics Case, DOJ Atty Says
A former interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., is urging the D.C. federal court to disqualify the District of Columbia ethics counsel from pursuing an ethics case against him, arguing that the attorney and another lawyer from his office are conflicted and that their impartiality is in question.
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Goodwin Suffers 3rd Data Breach In 5 Years
Goodwin Procter LLP faced a data security breach in the spring, the law firm confirmed to Law360 Pulse, marking its third cybersecurity incident since the start of 2021.
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Justices Clarify Geofence Warrant Standards
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that geofence warrants, which compel technology companies to turn over users' location data to law enforcement, are "searches" under the Fourth Amendment.
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High Court OKs Late-Arriving Ballot Counts
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld Mississippi's law allowing state election officials to count mail-in ballots that arrive up to five days after Election Day, paving the way for the Magnolia State and 14 others, along with the District of Columbia, to count late-arriving ballots in this year's midterm elections.
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Justices Strike Down Humphrey's Presidential Firing Limits
The president has unlimited authority to fire members of independent agencies, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in a major win for President Donald Trump's campaign against officials at the Federal Trade Commission and beyond.
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High Court Lets Fed's Lisa Cook Keep Job For Now
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook cannot be immediately removed from her post, a setback for President Donald Trump as he seeks to further remake the central bank's leadership.
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Justices Will Resolve Circuit Split Over Pipeline Payouts
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to resolve a circuit court split over how to determine what gas infrastructure project developers should pay landowners in eminent domain proceedings, a move encouraged by the Trump administration.