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September 04, 2025
Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
The Justice Department settled a challenge to UnitedHealth's $3.3 billion home hospice acquisition while Democrats called for a judge to reject a different government settlement and the Federal Trade Commission moved against medical technologies transactions for heart valves and device coatings.
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September 04, 2025
Axinn Veltrop Raises Salaries, Offers Bonuses Up To $25K
Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP is bumping up its pay scale for its associates by $25,000 along with paying them special bonuses of up to $25,000, the firm announced Thursday.
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September 04, 2025
Which GCs Sold Stock In August? Carlyle Group And More
General counsel Jeffrey W. Ferguson, who has been with the Carlyle Group for 26 years, cashed in some $19 million worth of stock in August.
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September 04, 2025
OnlyFans' Parent Says AI-Tainted Briefs Are Unsalvageable
The online platform OnlyFans' parent company said that a bid to correct legal briefs in a proposed class action against the company should be denied, arguing that the decision to use artificial intelligence to create mistake-riddled documents is severe misconduct and the briefs should be struck instead.
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September 04, 2025
Ex-Judicial Nominee To Challenge Senator Who Blocked Him
A district attorney in Mississippi who was nominated for a federal judgeship, but blocked by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., has launched a Senate bid against her.
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September 04, 2025
EEOC Hit With LGBTQ+ Bias Charge From Ex-Official
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's walkback on enforcing sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination protections has fostered a hostile environment for LGBTQ+ people within the agency, a former commission senior official said in a discrimination charge announced Thursday.
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September 03, 2025
How Morgan & Morgan Got Ousted As Top Federal Tort Filer
Heavyweight injury firm Morgan & Morgan PA was ousted from the top spot for most federal court filings in the past three years thanks to more than 2,000 individual cases filed in Mississippi over drinking water there, according to a new analysis by Lex Machina, whose rich trend data also shows how other firms fared over the same period.
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September 03, 2025
Solicitor General Defends Supreme Court's NLRB Firing Order
The federal government's top U.S. Supreme Court lawyer, speaking at a conference Wednesday, defended an emergency-docket ruling allowing the president to fire a member of the National Labor Relations Board.
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September 03, 2025
Atty Says Ex-Client Was Suicidal After Trial In Fla. Prof's Death
A criminal defense attorney who previously represented Donna Adelson testified in Florida state court Wednesday that her former client was suicidal following her son's 2023 conviction in the murder of a Florida State University law professor, saying there was a discussion that vacationing would benefit her mental health.
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September 03, 2025
Dem Sens. Demand DOJ Fire Ex-FBI Agent Tied To Capitol Riot
A man who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and previously worked at the FBI was hired to work in the "weaponization" group at the U.S. Department of Justice, and now Democrats are calling for his removal.
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September 03, 2025
CFTC Member Expresses 'Discontent' As She Exits Agency
Departing Commodity Futures Trading Commission member Kristin Johnson used her final speech Wednesday to express disfavor with some recent agency actions, saying she was running out of ways to "politely describe" her "discontent" with the recent loosening of licensing standards.
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September 03, 2025
Bondi Raises Bar For Private-Violence, Family Asylum Claims
Attorney General Pam Bondi has issued two new decisions reversing Biden-era attorney general precedents, raising the bar for asylum claims based on nonstate violence and tightening requirements for families to count as eligible social groups.
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September 03, 2025
Authority For Emergency Tariffs Poses Puzzle For Justices
The U.S. Supreme Court faces a provocative puzzle over President Donald Trump's worldwide tariff regime that the Federal Circuit has found illegal, as the judges' positions didn't follow the usual political lines, leaving wide open how the high court may rule on the president's tariff powers.
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September 03, 2025
Judge Backs Harvard In Suit Over Trump's $2B Fund Freeze
The Trump administration illegally froze more than $2 billion in grants earmarked for Harvard University when it failed to offer an explanation as to how cutting the funds addressed the government's stated goal of ending antisemitism on campus, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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September 03, 2025
Pick For Del.'s 3rd Circ. Seat Questioned On Ties To The State
Jennifer L. Mascott, nominee for a Delaware seat on the Third Circuit who is currently serving in the White House Counsel's Office, came under questioning from Democrats on Wednesday regarding her lack of connections to the state and her qualifications for the judgeship.
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September 03, 2025
Chatbot Or Not, Ind. Judge Urges Sanction For Bad Citation
An Indiana federal judge has recommended sanctioning an attorney representing a woman in an employment discrimination suit against a county court's juvenile detention center after the lawyer included faulty citations in a discovery brief, regardless of how the citations got there.
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September 03, 2025
Stoel Rives Gets Pot Co. Fraud Case Sent To Arbitration
A California federal judge has sent a nonalcoholic cannabis beer company's claims alleging it was duped by Stoel Rives LLP and its clients into spending $2.2 million on an illicit business to arbitration, saying it can't escape a valid arbitration clause by refusing to participate.
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September 03, 2025
5th Circ. Deems Trump's Use Of Wartime Removal Law Illegal
A split Fifth Circuit panel ruled that President Donald Trump's March proclamation invoking the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members likely ran afoul of the wartime law and blocked removals in the Northern District of Texas.
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September 02, 2025
Fed Gov. Cook Doubles Down On Removal TRO Bid
Federal Reserve Board Gov. Lisa Cook on Tuesday doubled down in her bid to have a D.C. federal court block President Donald Trump's attempt to strip her of her position, saying the federal government was trying to expand the limits of a "for cause" removal.
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September 02, 2025
DC Circ. Refuses To Block Fired FTC Dem's Reinstatement
A split D.C. Circuit panel Tuesday refused to stay a lower court's order reinstating a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, finding that the government has "no likelihood of success" fighting her reinstatement because President Donald Trump broke the law when he fired her without cause.
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September 02, 2025
Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action
For appellate attorneys feeling sad summer's over, September's circuit calendars are here to help with argument topics — including the former Meghan Markle, an ex-Jones Day lawyer's religious liberty suit and $17 million in fees after "a vigorous litigation battle" between BigLaw firms — offering enough intrigue to vanquish any autumn ennui.
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September 02, 2025
DC Circ. Says EPA Can Freeze Climate Grant Funds
A D.C. Circuit panel vacated an injunction on Tuesday ordering Citibank to relinquish grant funding frozen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, finding green groups are not likely to succeed on the merits of their "essentially contractual" claims.
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September 02, 2025
Lowenstein Sandler Fights To Keep Fee Battle With Firm Alive
Lowenstein Sandler LLP urged a New Jersey state court to reject a bid seeking to trim its lawsuit against Trif & Modugno LLC in a legal battle over allegedly unpaid legal services rendered to a cannabis dispensary, saying its claims against the firm are over dishonest business practices and not legal malpractice.
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September 02, 2025
Defamation Litigation Roundup: Patel's GF, Dershowitz, Nunes
In this month's review of defamation fights, Law360 reports on a new suit by the girlfriend of the current FBI director over a podcaster's claims that she was an Israeli intelligence agent, as well as the latest settlement between a voting machine company and a conservative news organization over 2020 election claims.Â
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September 02, 2025
Military Lawyers To Work As Temporary Immigration Judges
The U.S. Department of Defense is working to identify military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges at the U.S. Department of Justice, according to an agency spokesperson.
Expert Analysis
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The Most-Read Law360 UK Guest Articles Of 2024
The start of a generational shift in U.K. employment law under Labour, a ruling on artificial intelligence-driven credit scores and strategic law firm expansion were among the hot topics U.K. Expert Analysis articles explored this year.
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Reviewing 2024's Crucial Patent Law Developments
As 2024 draws to a close, significant rulings and policies aimed at modernizing long-standing legal practices or addressing emerging challenges have reached patent law, says Michael Ellenberger at Rothwell Figg.
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Series
Fixing Up Cars Makes Me A Better Lawyer
From problem-solving to patience and adaptability to organization, the skills developed working under the hood of a car directly translate to being a more effective lawyer, says Christopher Mdeway at Kaufman Dolowich.
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2024's Most Notable FTC Actions Against Dark Patterns And AI
In 2024 the Federal Trade Commission ramped up enforcement actions related to dark patterns, loudly signaling its concern that advertisers will use AI to manipulate consumer habits and its intention to curb businesses' use and marketing of AI to prevent alleged consumer deception, say attorneys at Goodwin.
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Making The Pitch To Grow Your Company's Legal Team
In a compressed economy, convincing the C-suite to invest in additional legal talent can be a herculean task, but a convincing pitch — supported by metrics and cost analyses — may help in-house counsel justify the growth of their team, say Elizabeth Smith and Roger Garceau at Major Lindsey.
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When US Privilege Law Applies To Docs Made Outside The US
As globalization manifests itself in disputes over foreign-created documents, a California federal court’s recent trademark decision illustrates nuances of both U.S. privilege frameworks and foreign evidentiary protections that attorneys must increasingly bear in mind, say attorneys at Hunton.
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What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025
The state of hiring in legal industry marketing, business development and communications over the past 12 months was marked by a number of trends — from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges — providing clues for what’s to come in the year ahead, says Ben Curle at Ambition.
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Series
Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen at Greenwald Doherty.
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Opinion
6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School
Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.
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Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware
Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer’s market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business — but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out
In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a “sliding scale” approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity
Cases can appear complex for several reasons — due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources — but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Series
Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.
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Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review
For attorneys — new ones especially — there is much fulfillment to find in document review by reflecting on how important, interesting and pleasant it can be, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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Series
Flying Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Achieving my childhood dream of flying airplanes made me a better lawyer — and a better person — because it taught me I can conquer difficult goals when I leave my comfort zone, focus on the demands of the moment and commit to honing my skills, says Ivy Cadle at Baker Donelson.