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Trump Admin To Appeal Susman Godfrey Exec Order Ruling
The Trump administration announced Friday its intention to appeal a June ruling that struck down as unconstitutional an executive order targeting Susman Godfrey LLP, after the court said the order was issued in retaliation for its representation of clients and causes the president opposes.
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Probation Granted In Chandra Levy Prosecutor's Ethics Case
A D.C. Court of Appeals panel has sanctioned the lead prosecutor in the Chandra Levy murder case for failing to disclose evidence, but said she should not be suspended because "her misconduct was the result of a seemingly honest mistake."
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Wiley Rein LLP's work on a $3.65 billion telecommunications merger and Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman PLLC's pursuit of privacy claims against a health and wellness app lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Aug. 8 to 22.聽
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and Jackson Lewis PC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fifth Circuit upheld injunctions barring the National Labor Relations Board from prosecuting unfair labor practice cases against SpaceX and two other companies.
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Edison Electric Institute Hires Ex-Bracewell Partner As CLO
National trade association Edison Electric Institute has tapped a former counsel for power company Calpine Corp. and onetime Bracewell LLP聽partner to be the organization's new top in-house attorney.
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Beltway Moves: Foley Hoag, Kostelanetz, Holland & Knight
The former head of the Office of Special Counsel joined Foley Hoag LLP, and the leader of the U.S. Department of Justice's Tax Division headed to Kostelanetz LLP in some of the latest significant moves in the Washington, D.C., legal world.
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BBK Taps Gov't Affairs Director From Interior Leadership
Best Best & Krieger LLP has hired a U.S. Department of the Interior leader who helped advance drought resilience plans and advise the agency's secretary on water and science policy as the new director of its government affairs group, the firm announced.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as U.S. firms expanded their practice offerings with new talent across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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DC Circ. Leaves Judge Newman's Suspension Intact
The D.C. Circuit on Friday affirmed the dismissal of 98-year-old Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's lawsuit against her colleagues for barring her from hearing cases, holding that she failed to show that the statute that was used to suspend her is unconstitutional.
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Continued Education Access Is The Goal Of New DC Boutique
Faced with the prospect of mass layoffs amid what she called the growing politicization of the U.S. Department of Education after 10-plus years at the agency, Josie Eskow Skinner said that she and two of her colleagues recently decided it was time to launch their own education-focused legal boutique.
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Treasury Gets New Acting International Tax Counsel
A deputy international tax counsel for the U.S. Department of the Treasury has been elevated to serve as acting counsel, he said in a post on LinkedIn.
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Ex-Trump Counterterror Lead Joins Holland & Knight In DC
Holland & Knight LLP has hired the State Department's former acting undersecretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, who also served as an ambassador-at-large and counterterrorism coordinator during Trump's first administration, the firm announced Thursday.
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Most Lawyers Feel Prepared To Meet Clients' AI Expectations
The majority of surveyed attorneys feel ready to meet client demands regarding artificial intelligence, according to survey results released Thursday by legal professionals network Best Lawyers.
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SEC Taps Military Judge To Head Enforcement Efforts
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday announced the appointment of a senior judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces to lead its enforcement division.
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Alston & Bird Hires Former FTC M&A Overseer In DC
The former leader of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition unit dedicated to reviewing mergers and acquisitions is joining the antitrust team at Alston & Bird LLP's Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Watchdog Chief Fired By Trump Joins Foley Hoag In DC
The head of the Office of Special Counsel, who was fired by President Donald Trump in February and who raised questions about the legality of the president's dismissal of a range of federal workers, has joined Foley Hoag LLP, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Unlawful Law Practice Reforms Needed To Account For AI
State bar associations and state supreme courts have to reimagine the rules governing the unauthorized practice of law if artificial intelligence is going to help close the justice gap, according to a new paper out Wednesday.
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Tegna Offers CLO $2.5M To Remain Through Sale to Nexstar
Amid broadcast digital media company Tegna Inc.'s sale to broadcast television giant Nexstar Media Group Inc., Tegna has entered into retention agreements with its executives, including a $2.5 million deal with its chief legal officer.
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Ex-Freddie Mac Lawyer Is New Farmer Mac Chief Legal Officer
A lawyer who spent more than 15 years as a top attorney with the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or Freddie Mac, is joining another loan servicer and government-sponsored enterprise, one geared toward the agricultural industry, as the top legal corporate officer.
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Trump-Linked Continental PLLC Aims To Meet Rising Demand
A small Sunshine State firm launched in 2022 by attorneys with ties to the Trump administration and state Republican leaders has grown to become a fierce advocate of the president's agenda with plans to expand its reach in Florida, Washington, D.C., and beyond.
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Law Firm Leasing On Pace To Surpass High-Performing 2024
U.S. law firms leased 5.9 million square feet in the first six months of 2025, the most active first half since 2018, according to a report released Tuesday by real estate services company Savills.
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One Year Later, White & Case IP Atty Jumps Back To Latham
A year after moving his intellectual property practice to White & Case LLP, a former Latham & Watkins LLP partner is returning to his old firm, where he had spent over 14 years.
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DOJ Environmental Atty Joins McGuireWoods In DC
A former U.S. Department of Justice lawyer who helped the Biden administration fight for the removal of a 1,000-foot buoy barrier in the Rio Grande and defended EPA guidance on forever chemicals has joined McGuireWoods' office in Washington, D.C.
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Squire Patton Rehires Orrick's White Collar Co-Head
Squire Patton Boggs announced the return of its former government investigations and white collar practice head on Tuesday after the Department of Justice alum spent the last four years co-leading the white collar and corporate investigations practice at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
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King & Spalding Brings On Goodwin Litigators In SF, DC
King & Spalding LLP announced Monday that it has added two intellectual property attorneys from Goodwin Procter LLP to strengthen its business litigation practice group and its capacity to handle patent and trade secrets disputes.
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,聽president of the American Association for Justice.