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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.
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Trump Considers Tech Entrepreneur For DOJ Grants Post
President Donald Trump appears poised to nominate a real estate attorney turned tech entrepreneur for a top U.S. Department of Justice post that oversees grants and criminal justice programs.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
Cozen O'Connor, Polsinelli PC and White & Case LLP are among the firms this month which announced relocation plans for offices around the country.
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Court Bets On Prediction Markets Stir Insider Trading Fears
Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi provide opportunities to make money on court-related wagers, raising concerns that judges, court employees or litigants could use nonpublic information to bet on the outcomes of cases or the judiciary's personnel moves.
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Parker Poe Hires Export-Import Bank IG In DC
The former inspector general of the Export-Import Bank of the U.S., who was fired by President Donald Trump in October, has joined Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP's Washington office.
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Commerce Department Senior Counsel Joins MoFo In DC
A senior counsel in a U.S. Commerce Department office focused on providing legal support to the Bureau of Industry and Security has moved to Morrison Foerster LLP's national security group in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Wednesday.
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Kirkland Investing $500M To Build Its Own AI Platform
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has earmarked $500 million of its revenues to develop its own artificial intelligence platform that will allow its attorneys to leverage the firm's collective knowledge, Law360 Pulse confirmed Thursday.
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Justices Revive Mississippi Death Row Inmate's Batson Claim
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Black Mississippi death row prisoner who argued racial discrimination tainted his jury selection is entitled to habeas corpus relief, finding that Mississippi's courts improperly rejected his challenge to the prosecutor's juror strikes.
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Justices Say First Step Act Not 'Vehicle' For Innocence Claim
The U.S. Supreme Court held Thursday that judges lack wide discretion to pare down sentences for criminal defendants under the First Step Act based on questions about the validity of a conviction, shutting the door on a potential wave of postconviction relief petitions, experts said.
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High Court Says First Step Act Can't Inform Early Releases
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that changes in mandatory minimum sentences cannot be considered retroactively when weighing if a federal prisoner should be granted early release.
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Justices Say 'Last-Mile' Drivers Can Skip Arbitration
An exemption to federal arbitration requirements for workers engaged in interstate commerce can extend to what are known as last-mile drivers who locally deliver goods that travel interstate, the U.S. Supreme Court held Thursday, resolving an issue that lingered after previous high court decisions.
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Meet Biden's Attys Fighting DOJ Release Of Memoir Materials
Former President Joe Biden has selected Hecker Fink LLP lawyers well acquainted with politically charged litigation for his extraordinary new lawsuit accusing the U.S. Department of Justice of orchestrating a congressional inquiry in order to divulge "highly personal" records to the Heritage Foundation.
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DOJ Urges Justices To Skip $400M Spain Award Cases
The Trump administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court not to disturb a D.C. Circuit decision laying a path to enforce more than $400 million in arbitral awards against Spain, arguing that the decision, while flawed, does not warrant further review because the asserted circuit conflict is "shallow."
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US Tells Justices To Hold 'Lightning Rod' Health Ministry Case
The U.S. Supreme Court should hold out on deciding whether a New Mexico insurance law violates the religious rights of nonprofit healthcare-sharing ministries that provide cheap, Christian-focused health insurance options while the justices decide a similar case, the U.S. solicitor general told the court.
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Ex-DC Prosecutor Brings Victim Focus To Plaintiffs Shop
Longtime D.C. federal prosecutor Nicholas Miranda is part of a wave of attorneys who have left the federal government over the past year, but his career path looks different from many others. He now represents plaintiffs at Levin Law PA, a Miami-based firm that targets financial fraud and privacy violations, work he says continues his yearslong focus on victims.
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Arnall Golden Adds 3 Real Estate Attys In Atlanta, DC
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has hired three attorneys in two of its offices who focus on real estate matters, bringing to the firm perspectives from having represented owner-operator and retail clients, as well as developers and financing clients.
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Trump Taps Ohio Appeals Judge For Federal Bench
President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he's nominating state Judge Matthew Byrne as a U.S. district judge for the Southern District of Ohio.