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Ex-Trump Adviser Joins Bill Barr's Firm
An attorney and lobbyist who played key roles in Donald Trump's presidential campaigns is joining a law firm co-founded last year by former Trump Attorney General Bill Barr, the firm announced Monday.
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Research Co. Seeks Sanctions On Proud Boys Atty In IP Suit
A Texas research firm pursuing copyright infringement claims against a group of defense attorneys who represented members of the Proud Boys wants one of the lawyers sanctioned for filing "a frivolous and groundless counterclaim" in the D.C. federal court litigation.
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Morris Manning Elevates Tech Team Leader To Co-Chair
Morris Manning & Martin LLP has appointed its corporate technology practice founder and leader as the firm's co-chairman, turning to a longtime Atlanta-based partner who has led the practice in closing more than 950 venture capital, growth equity and merger and acquisition deals in the past three years, the firm announced Monday.
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GOP Rep. Seeks To Revive 'Inherent Contempt' For Garland
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., plans to bring up a resolution this week to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in inherent contempt of Congress, a "long dormant" procedure as Republicans continue their investigations of the president.
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Eckert Seamans Taps Employment Partner As Pro Bono Chair
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC has appointed a longtime employment law attorney as the leader of its pro bono committee, the firm said Monday.
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Duane Morris Appoints New Immigration Law Chair
Philadelphia-based Duane Morris LLP announced on Friday the appointment of business immigration partner Ted J. Chiappari as chair of its immigration division, part of its employment, labor, benefits and immigration practice.
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The Most Surprising Aspect For GCs So Far In 2024? AI
This month, Law360 Pulse asked general counsel what has surprised them so far in 2024. Artificial intelligence was front of mind for many attorneys heading into the year, with the technology's rapid growth and expanding influence forming a common thread among the responses.
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High Court To Review $46.6M Award Over 'Dewberry' TM Fight
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted a real estate development company's request to review a $46.6 million trademark infringement award that petitioners argued violated federal law by making its corporate affiliates responsible for the amount.
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Justices Will Consider New Question In Holocaust Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to again consider a long-running expropriation case brought by Holocaust survivors against Hungary, this time to resolve whether the historical commingling of assets is enough to establish that proceeds of seized property have a commercial nexus to the U.S.
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Justices Will Hear Reservist's Case Over Denied Top-Up Pay
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear a federal employee's case over whether he was owed differential pay after being called to active duty in his role as a military reservist, but not directly into a contingency operation.
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High Court To Review State Gender Care Bans
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a Sixth Circuit decision that allowed Tennessee to keep in place a new ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
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Justices Will Review Request To Rein In NEPA Requirements
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted seven Utah counties' request that it review a D.C. Circuit decision revoking federal approval of a rail line to transport crude oil from Utah.
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New Head Of Winston & Strawn Chicago HQ Started As Intern
Winston & Strawn LLP announced Monday that it has named Bill O'Neil, a trial attorney and securities litigation partner, as its new Chicago office managing partner.
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Biz Leaders, Attys Worry AI Regs Are Insufficient, Create Risk
Most corporate executives and top lawyers are concerned that current regulations on generative artificial intelligence are inadequate and leave them exposed to risk, according to a new report by Berkeley Research Group LLC.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Greenspoon Marder's work in launching a Division III soccer franchise and Abrams Fensterman's defense of Whole Foods lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from June 7 to 21.
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court began its sprint to the term's finish line this week, issuing eight signed opinions, including a highly anticipated one barring those accused of domestic abuse from owning guns, another blessing the taxation of earnings from foreign companies, and yet another allowing experts to testify to the mental state of people in situations similar to that of a defendant. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Attorney Jonathan Mitchell and the New Civil Liberties Alliance lead this week's edition of Law360's Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives does not have the authority to ban firearm accessories known as bump stocks.
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McKool Smith Handing Out Midyear Bonuses Of Up To $30K
McKool Smith PC will be awarding midyear bonuses of up to $30,000 to its principals, associates and senior counsel, according to an internal email sent Thursday by Chairman David Sochia.
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Dickinson Wright Adds Longtime Offit Kurman Principal In DC
Dickinson Wright PLLC has hired a former Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law partner, who spent 19 years there working on a range of corporate, intellectual property and cannabis law matters, the firm recently announced.
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Linklaters' MP Eyes Steady Growth For US Market
Linklaters LLP Managing Partner Paul Lewis talks to Law360 about how far the Magic Circle firm has come in the U.S. market — and why he's not just chasing revenue for revenue's sake.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the end of spring with another busy week for courts, law firms and attorneys. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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High Court Opens Expert Testimony Basis To Confrontation
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that Arizona prosecutors may have violated a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses testifying against him by presenting a substitute expert witness at trial, and sent the case back down to state court for further proceedings.
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Meet The Attys Helming The Kurzban Firm's New DC Office
Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt PA founding partner Ira Kurzban has written textbooks on immigration law. And in launching a new office in Washington, D.C., this month, the firm tapped another top talent: the former leader of consular services for the entire United States.
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Justices Keep Domestic Abusers Disarmed, Clarify Bruen
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Texas man's constitutional challenge to a federal law prohibiting people subject to domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms Friday, providing limited guidance to lower courts on how to apply the high court's Second Amendment historical analogue test.
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Justices Strengthen Jury Trial Rights For Stiffer Sentences
The constitutional rights to due process and trial by jury extend to a pivotal prong of a prominent sentencing enhancement for recidivism, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a Friday decision that casts doubt on many incarcerations and promises to reshape future trials.