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Bondi Pledges To Consult DOJ Ethics Team On Trump Matters
Following last week's hearing for President Donald Trump's attorney general nominee, Democrats further questioned Pam Bondi on how she would maintain independence from Trump due to her past relationships with him.
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McDermott Adds Legal Aid Vet In Fla. For Pro Bono Expansion
A former National Institute for Trial Advocacy attorney will now serve as transactions pro bono counsel for McDermott Will & Emery LLP in Miami, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Mound Cotton COO Takes On Same Role At Shutts & Bowen
Florida-based Shutts & Bowen LLP announced Tuesday that a veteran executive who most recently served as chief operating officer at Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass LLP has been tapped to serve as its new COO.
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Judge Blocks Release Of Trump Classified Info Report
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday blocked the release of a report on the criminal case charging President Donald Trump with unlawfully hoarding classified documents at Mar-a-Lago after his first term in office, ruling there is no justification to release a report prior to the conclusion of criminal proceedings against Trump's co-defendants.
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Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2024, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.
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Law360 Names Firms Of The Year
Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 54 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, steering some of the largest deals of 2024 and securing high-profile litigation wins, including at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Keller Postman LLC, Ward & Smith PA, Pope McGlamry PC and Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader PC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that after a Missouri resident dropped her federal claims in a putative class action over alleged mislabeling of prescription dog food, the case was properly sent back to state court.
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Brownstein Hyatt's Fla. Leader Talks Sunshine State Debut
Melissa Kuipers Blake, the leader of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP's new shop in Tampa, Florida, joined Law360 Pulse to discuss how the firm is seeking to take advantage of the state's growing importance on the national political stage.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week as law firms inked new deals, elevated attorneys and expanded practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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What To Expect From Trump's Judicial Nominations
President-elect Donald Trump is taking office with 45 judicial vacancies, which is far less than the 100 plus seats he came in with in 2017, but more seats could open up if a fair number of sitting conservatives take the opportunity to ensure a Republican president names their successor.
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Fla. Watchdog Seeks Judge Reprimand For Election Violation
Florida's judicial ethics watchdog has recommended that Circuit Court Judge Stefanie C. Moon, who presides in the family court in Broward County, be reprimanded for actions including discussing her reelection campaign on the bench and improperly contacting a witness.
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Attorney General Nominee Bondi Outlines Ethics Parameters
Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, outlined in an ethics agreement posted on Friday how she intends to avoid possible conflicts of interest with her previous positions, such as her role as a partner at a lobbying firm, and how she will divest from Trump's media company.
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Trump AG Nominee Pam Bondi's Net Worth Tops $12M
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, Pam Bondi, has a net worth of over $12 million and holds stock in Trump's media company, according to financial disclosures shared with Law360.
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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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Ex-Law Student Asks 11th Circ. To Revive Suit Against Judge
A former law student asked the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday to revive his lawsuit accusing U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno and three government attorneys of conspiring to ruin his job prospects and reputation, arguing that they are not immune from suit because they acted outside the scope of their employment.
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Shumaker Names New Office And Practice Leaders
Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP in several announcements Thursday said it has appointed a number of attorneys to leadership positions, including new office managing partners in Toledo, Ohio, and Sarasota, Florida, and heads of several practice areas and industry groups.
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Florida AG Moody Picked To Replace Marco Rubio In Senate
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday picked state Attorney General Ashley Moody to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, whom President-elect Donald Trump has nominated to lead the U.S. Department of State during his second term in office.
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Shutts & Bowen Adds Former Healthcare Biz GC In Miami
Shutts & Bowen LLP announced Thursday that an experienced corporate attorney who most recently spent nearly a decade as general counsel for a healthcare-focused management services company has joined its Miami office as a partner.
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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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Giuliani Settles NY Asset Turnover Case After Trial No-Show
Rudy Giuliani on Thursday settled claims that he must turn over assets to fund a $148 million judgment for defaming two Georgia poll workers, after his failure to show up in court delayed the start of a scheduled bench trial.
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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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Shutts & Bowen's Fla. Office Leader Has Sense Of Community
Sidney Calloway, the new managing partner of Shutts & Bowen LLP's office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, said certain "core values" have sustained the firm for more than a century.
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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.