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Women, Minority Lawyers Continue Incremental Growth
Women, people of color and women of color keep setting records for representation in the nation's legal industry, but a smaller percentage of Black summer associates may portend future challenges, according to a report released Thursday.
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'Nothing To Fear' For DOJ Attys With Bondi, Ex-Colleague Says
Prosecutors and law enforcement officials, including one Democrat, told lawmakers Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general will be a fair-minded official who will not succumb to possible outside pressure to abuse the office.
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Ogletree Hires Jackson Lewis Atty, Former NBA Counsel
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has hired a former Jackson Lewis PC attorney, who also has experience working in-house for the National Basketball Association as an associate counsel, the firm announced Tuesday.
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SCOTUSblog Publisher Tom Goldstein Indicted In Tax Case
Tom Goldstein, a publisher of SCOTUSblog and one of the most experienced U.S. Supreme Court lawyers in the country, was indicted Thursday in Maryland federal court on charges he schemed to evade paying taxes for years and used funds from his boutique law firm to cover gambling debts.
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Venable Hires Senior Cybersecurity Services Director In DC
Venable LLP has hired the former head of advanced cybersecurity solutions and partnerships at Mandiant, a cybersecurity company, as senior director for cybersecurity services in Washington, D.C..
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Biden's Imprint On The Judiciary In 6 Charts
President Joe Biden leaves office with 235 lifetime judges confirmed, just one more than President Donald Trump seated during his first term, and many firsts for diversity.
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Amazon Sr. Counsel Moves To Mintz's Tech, Telecom Practice
Mintz has tapped a former senior counsel at Amazon to join its Washington, D.C., office as a member and boost Mintz's decades-old technology, communications, and media practice, the global law firm announced Wednesday.
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GCs Express Fear Of Giant Verdicts, Expect More Litigation
General counsel in a new survey increasingly fear the rise of "nuclear verdicts" — unexpectedly high jury awards — and they are expressing growing support for the use of artificial intelligence to save resources and spot risk.
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Littler Adds Akin Sports Labor Trio To DC Shop
Littler Mendelson PC has hired the former co-chair of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's labor and sports law practices and two other Akin Gump attorneys. All three work on labor and employment matters related to sports, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Scalise's Deputy Chief Joins Brownstein Hyatt In DC
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP announced Wednesday that the former deputy chief of staff in the House of Representatives' Office of the Majority Leader will be added to the firm's Washington, D.C., location as a policy director.
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Sterlington Lands DC Int'l Arbitration Atty From A&O Shearman
Sterlington PLLC said Wednesday that it has hired an international arbitration attorney who has represented clients in some of the largest commercial disputes heard before tribunals over the last decade as its sixth major lateral hire in the past five months.
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Public Transportation Group Appoints DC-Savvy GC
The transit industry group American Public Transportation Association has found its new legal leader in an experienced attorney in the nation's capital who previously worked at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. and the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Former FDA Official Joins King & Spalding Life Sciences Team
King & Spalding on Wednesday announced that a former U.S. Food and Drug Administration official has joined the firm's government matters and regulation practice group after an eight-year stint at the agency.
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V&E Taps 3 Biz Leaders In London And Houston For C-Suite
Vinson & Elkins LLP announced a trio of promotions on Wednesday, appointing new leadership for the firm's non-U.S. operations and the team in charge of supporting practice group and legal department heads.
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Attys Name Evolving Legal Tech As Industry's Top Challenge
Adjusting to ever-evolving technology including artificial intelligence, automation and emerging legal tech is the biggest challenge facing the legal industry in 2025, according to a new survey by peer-review publication company Best Lawyers.
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Trump's AG Pick Tries To Assure Congress On Independence
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general attempted to assuage uneasiness from Democrats on Wednesday, saying the U.S. Department of Justice will be free of politics and will not go after perceived enemies.
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Holland & Knight Adds Ex-GOP Rep. To Policy Advisory Team
Holland & Knight LLP has hired seven-term Indiana Republican Congressman Larry Bucshon as a senior policy adviser.
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Justices Say Nixing Federal Claims Ends Federal Jurisdiction
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday said a proposed class action over alleged mislabeling of prescription dog food was appropriately sent back to state court, holding that once the plaintiff dropped her federal claims, the federal courts no longer had jurisdiction.
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High Court Says FLSA Doesn't Get Higher Evidence Standards
The Fair Labor Standards Act's exemptions do not call for heightened evidence standards, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a case that highlighted the make-or-break importance of burdens of proof.
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DA Says Trump's Appeals To Intervene In NY Case Now 'Moot'
Counsel for the Manhattan district attorney urged both a federal and a state appeals court to toss out Donald Trump's lingering invitations to intervene in his hush money case now that he's been sentenced, arguing there's no need for a "bizarre mechanism" when Trump can appeal normally.
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Ex-Department Of Commerce Trade Pro Joins King & Spalding
King & Spalding LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired an attorney who formerly served as a U.S. Department of Commerce official and assistant general counsel for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to bolster its international trade team.
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Orrick Elevates Partnership Class With 17 Attorneys
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has promoted 17 senior associates to partner, marking a 70% increase over the 10 promoted to partner a year ago, the firm announced Monday.
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Justices Suggest 7th Circ. Revisit False Statement Decision
Several U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed ready Tuesday to ask the Seventh Circuit to review a former Chicago alderman's conviction for lying about money he borrowed from a now-shuttered bank under a narrower standard, but the justices appeared skeptical that he would beat the case even with a fresh look.
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Steptoe Hires A&O Shearman Political Law Leader In DC
Steptoe LLP has hired the former head of A&O Shearman's political law group, who is joining the team in Washington, D.C., as a partner to continue her practice focused on a range of white collar investigations and political law issues, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Trump Org. Taps Quinn Emanuel Atty For Ethics Adviser
A co-managing partner of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has been selected to step into the role of outside ethics adviser for the Trump Organization, President-elect Donald Trump's real estate conglomerate, according to an announcement by its executive vice president.