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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The middle of May marked another action-packed week for the legal industry as former President Donald Trump's hush money trial continued and BigLaw firms expanded their reach in the U.S. and abroad. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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AG Garland Held In Contempt By House Committees
Two House committees voted late Thursday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for not turning over audio recordings of the president and his ghostwriter speaking with special counsel Robert Hur for his investigation into President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents.
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Thomas, Alito: Two Originalists, Two Takes On CFPB Case
U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito — often birds of a feather — butted heads Thursday over the original meaning and purpose of the U.S. Constitution's appropriations clause in a decision upholding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's unique funding scheme, highlighting what experts describe as the pair's different approaches to originalism.
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Climate Is On The Agenda, But It's Safety On Boeing's Mind
Safety is not on the business agenda, but that topic will permeate Friday's annual meeting of the Boeing Co., which is under heavy scrutiny by the Department of Justice and the Federal Aviation Administration for its planes' recent safety issues.
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Lowenstein Sandler Pro Bono Head Leaves Legacy Of Service
As she winds down her tenure leading Lowenstein Sandler LLP's Center for Public Interest this month, Catherine Weiss is leaving behind a legacy as a fierce public advocate for immigrants and reproductive rights at a time when public interest law as a whole faces new challenges.
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Deepfake Rule Proposals Navigate 'Perfect Evidentiary Storm'
As federal judiciary officials explore how to handle evidence faked by artificial intelligence, attorneys are divided over the need to change evidence rules, with some worried that current rules are not up to the challenges posed by deepfakes, and others fearful that altering them might do more harm than good.
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MPA Continues Growing Legal Dept. With New Associate GC
The Motion Picture Association announced Thursday that it has hired a new associate general counsel focused on protecting the association's content, bringing with her more than a decade of in-house experience with BSA: The Software Alliance.
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DC Judge Mulls Dominion's DQ Bid For Pro-Trump Mich. Atty
Lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems pursuing defamation claims against former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne fought Thursday to disqualify the Michigan attorney representing him, insisting to a D.C. federal judge that disqualification is the most appropriate remedy for the lawyer's leak of Dominion's confidential discovery documents.
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Longtime K&L Gates Commercial Litigator Moves To Venable
Venable LLP's newest commercial litigation partner Brian Koosed has built his career around advocating for others, but learning the art of argument began before he decided to go to law school, he told Law360 Pulse in an interview Thursday.
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From 'Deadhead' To Womble Bond's Next Chair And CEO-Elect
Merrick Benn, a global finance partner at Womble Bond Dickinson and a member of the firm's global board, is preparing to take over as U.S. chair and CEO. Here, Benn talks to Law360 Pulse about his goals for the new position and how the Grateful Dead influenced his career trajectory.
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Norton Rose Taps Texas Atty As Co-Head Of Regulatory Group
Norton Rose Fulbright has selected the former leader of its Austin, Texas, shop to fill the role of co-head of the firm's U.S. regulation, investigations, securities and compliance practice.
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Senate Confirms South Dakota State Judge To Federal Bench
The Senate voted 90-4 on Thursday to confirm Judge Camela C. Theeler to the District of South Dakota.
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Justices Say Courts Must Stay Suits Sent To Arbitration
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously concluded Thursday that federal courts do not have discretion to toss a case once it's decided that the claims belong in arbitration, ruling in a wage and overtime suit brought by delivery drivers against their employer.
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Justices Say CFPB Is Constitutionally Funded
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is constitutionally funded, rejecting a payday lender-backed challenge that threatened to incapacitate the agency and throw a wrench in the Biden administration's financial regulatory agenda.
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Justices Say Deadline To Appeal Furlough Denial Is Flexible
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday revived a Pentagon employee's dispute seeking an exemption from a furlough, saying that a missed 60-day deadline to appeal the denied exemption does not put the matter out of federal courts' jurisdiction.
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Brown Rudnick Taps Kasowitz Vet As Biz Development Leader
Brown Rudnick LLP has hired the former chief marketing and business development officer at Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, who joins the firm to continue helping elevate its attorneys' work and the firm's overall business operations.
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Ex-Jenner & Block Partner Jumps To Gov't Contracts Boutique
Nichols Liu, a boutique government contracts firm based in Washington, D.C., has added a longtime Jenner & Block LLP attorney as a partner to continue representing clients in bid protests and a range of government contracts matters.
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Newman Wasn't At Fed. Circ. Conference, But She Was Invited
U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's absence from Tuesday's Federal Circuit Judicial Conference was not due to a lack of invitation, contrary to initial comments from her lawyer, but the law isn't explicit about whether a suspended judge legally could have been excluded.
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Split High Court Allows La. To Use Revised Election Map
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Louisiana can use its revised congressional map during the 2024 election cycle, pausing a federal judicial panel's ruling that lawmakers likely violated the U.S. Constitution when they redrew the state's map to address voter dilution claims and created a second majority-Black voting district.
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Airbnb CLO Ron Klain To Help Biden Prepare For June Debate
Ron Klain, former White House chief of staff to President Joe Biden who now leads the legal department at Airbnb, told Law360 Pulse on Wednesday that he plans to help his former boss prepare for his upcoming debate in June.
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BCLP Taps Slew Of New Office, Sector Leaders
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP on Wednesday elevated three longtime partners into leadership roles in its Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles offices, the firm said in an announcement that also named a spate of new sector leaders and a new co-head of its Seattle outpost.
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Womble Bond Names 'Fearless Leader' As Chair, CEO-Elect
Womble Bond Dickinson announced Wednesday that global finance partner Merrick Benn has been elected U.S. chair and CEO, for a three-year term effective Jan. 1.
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DLA Piper Int'l Trade Attys Jump To K&L Gates In DC
K&L Gates LLP is continuing to add international trade talent to its ranks, saying Wednesday that it had added two DLA Piper lawyers to its Washington, D.C., office.
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Reed Smith Launches Emerging Technologies Practice
Reed Smith LLP announced the launch of a practice group focused on helping clients with the legal complexities posed by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and fintech.
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Women In GC Roles Are Closing In On The Gender Pay Gap
Though the gender pay gap persists, the difference in compensation between women and men at the general counsel level is narrowing — from 4.9% in 2023 to 4.3% in 2024 — according to a report out Wednesday.