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What To Know About The Hacker Group Targeting Law Firms

By Matt Perez

Law firm attacks by the hacker collective Silent Ransom Group increased this month following an uptick in April, with Mayer Brown LLP among the latest targets.

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    Florida Pulse

    5 Bankruptcy Attys Join GrayRobinson From Fla. Boutique

    GrayRobinson PA announced Thursday that a team of five bankruptcy attorneys, including three shareholders, has joined the firm's Boca Raton, Florida, office from a recently shuttered boutique.

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    Modern Lawyer

    Goodwin Grows Real Estate Funds Platform In Philly Office

    An attorney with more than 15 years of experience advising clients on complex real estate transactions has moved her practice to Goodwin Procter LLP's Philadelphia office after more than four years with Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

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    California Pulse

    Eastman Among 16 Calif. Attys Disbarred In Q2 2026

    The State Bar of California removed the licenses of 16 attorneys between April and June of this year over a broad spectrum of ethical breaches ranging from the high-profile case of John Eastman attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, to a lawyer found to be in possession of child sex abuse images.

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    Daily Litigation

    McGuireWoods Hires Womble Bond Commercial Attys In DC

    McGuireWoods LLP has hired two attorneys from Womble Bond Dickinson who focus their practice on postacquisition disputes, construction litigation and government contract matters, the firm announced Thursday.

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    California Pulse

    Littler Names New Office Leaders In New York, California

    Management-side labor and employment firm Littler Mendelson PC said Wednesday that it has appointed new leadership for its offices on Long Island and in San Jose, California.

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    Courts

    Trump Taps DOJ Official, ND Solicitor General For Judgeships

    President Donald Trump announced Thursday he's tapping Jesus Osete, a top U.S. Department of Justice official, to serve on the Western District of Missouri and Philip Axt, solicitor general of North Dakota, for the District of North Dakota.

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    California Pulse

    Real Estate Partner Rejoins Procopio From San Diego Port

    Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP announced that a real estate partner has rejoined the firm's San Diego office following a stint serving as deputy general counsel to the San Diego Unified Port District.

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    Courts

    Over 120 Ex-Judges Demand Probe Of DHS GC's 'Worst' Posts

    A pair of nonprofits along with a bipartisan group of 128 former state and federal judges have asked the Florida Bar to investigate the general counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for a recent series of social media posts attacking sitting judges.

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    Venable Hires Treasury Legislative Deputy With Tax Experience

    Venable LLP's latest hire in the legislative and public policy group in Washington, D.C., is a U.S. Department of the Treasury official who most recently worked as the deputy undersecretary for legislative affairs.

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    In-House

    Ex-Pentagon Atty Helping Venus Aerospace Take Off

    The general counsel of Venus Aerospace goes to work in a hypersonic world that is the stuff of science fiction — a passenger plane that can take off from LA and land in Japan an hour later; a jet fighter that can outrun a speeding bullet; a space rocket that can carry four times the usual payload.

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