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Lippes Mathias Names First Chief Growth Officer
Lippes Mathias LLP has named a longtime partner to serve as its first chief growth officer as part of what the firm has called the "professionalization" of its C-level leadership structure, which also included naming a chief legal officer and chief advisory officer earlier this year.
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Cooley Hires Former Treasury Dept. Financial Crimes Leader
Cooley LLP has hired a former Treasury Department official, who was responsible for protecting the U.S. financial system from national security threats, as the leader of its litigation department's national security practice, the firm announced Friday.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week, with more government attorneys moving to private practice, leadership changes and artificial intelligence-related court filing mishaps. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Justices Agree To Hear Freight Broker Negligence Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to address conflicting appellate court decisions on whether federal law shields freight brokers from state-based negligence and personal injury claims.
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Supreme Court Takes Up Cuba Seizure Law Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider two cases seeking clarity on a federal law enacted in 1996 that allows U.S. victims of property seizures by the Cuban government to seek damages from entities that subsequently used the property.
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Justices To Hear Clash Over State Med Mal Laws In Fed. Court
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Monday on whether a Delaware medical malpractice statute can be applied in federal court, in a case that is expected to offer legal guidelines for similar laws in 28 other states.
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Pierson Ferdinand Adds 4 Partners On East, West Coasts
International firm Pierson Ferdinand LLP added four new partners to its corporate, intellectual property and litigation teams in offices in Los Angeles, Washington state, New Jersey and Washington, D.C., in September, the firm announced Thursday.
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Gov't Shutdown Halts Fed. Circ. Response In Newman Case
The Federal Circuit has asked the D.C. Circuit for permission to extend a deadline to respond to U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's petition for an en banc rehearing to reconsider her suspension, citing the ongoing government shutdown.
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Morgan Lewis Elevates 29 Lawyers To Partner
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has promoted 29 attorneys from 12 offices and 10 practice groups to partner, the firm announced this week.
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Comey's 1st Task: Decoding A Cryptic Indictment
The criminal indictment of James B. Comey is unusually sparse for such a high-profile matter, leaving open questions for the ex-FBI director to probe that could shed more light on how the government intends to prove its case and create potential lines of attack for the defense, experts say.
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Goodwin Promotes 37 Attorneys To Partner
Goodwin Procter LLP kicked off October with the promotion of more than 35 attorneys at 11 of its offices to partner.
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Arnold & Porter Bolsters DC Team With Energy Policy Adviser
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP has hired the former executive director of government affairs for the Americas and of U.S. federal relations at Air Products, an industrial gas company that works with clients in a range of industries, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Baker McKenzie Brings New Suit Against Ex-Associate In DC
A former Baker McKenzie tax attorney who publicly accused the firm's Washington, D.C., managing partner of sexual assault was previously in a relationship with the managing partner's son, the firm has said in a revised defamation complaint.
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Crowell Cybersecurity Pro Joins Holland & Knight's DC Office
Holland & Knight LLP has added a former practice group leader from Crowell & Moring LLP who spent more than 11 years there working with privacy and cybersecurity issues and counseling clients on data privacy risks and other related matters.
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Ex-CFTC Enforcement Head, DOJ Veteran Joins Jones Day
Jones Day has hired a former director of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Division of Enforcement who is also a nearly two-decade alumnus of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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CFPB 'Will Continue Operations' As Gov't Shutdown Hits
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has told its staff to expect business as usual amid the government shutdown that began Wednesday, assuring them that operations, pay and benefits will continue uninterrupted, according to an internal email obtained by Law360.
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Boies Schiller Hires Kobre & Kim Asset Recovery Atty In DC
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has hired a Kobre & Kim lawyer who will continue his practice focused on asset recovery and judgment enforcement matters at the firm as a partner, according to an announcement Wednesday.
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2 Shareholder Groups Call Exxon Voting Program Illegal
Two activist shareholder groups are asking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to rescind its effective approval of Exxon Mobil Corp.'s new voting program, which allows retail investors to choose a standing, multiyear instruction to vote in favor of management, claiming it is illegal.
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Meet The Poised Federal Judge Presiding Over Comey Case
The Virginia federal judge set to preside over the criminal prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey is an intelligent and fair jurist who has dedicated his career to public service and isn't likely to become rattled amid the widespread public attention to the case, say those who know him.
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Va. Prosecutor Indicting Comey Tapped For Full US Atty Role
The interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, who is bringing charges against former FBI Director James Comey, has been tapped by President Donald Trump for the full-term role.
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Sheppard Mullin Eyes Rebrand Ahead Of 100th Anniversary
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP has filed a trademark application to potentially shorten its branding and logo to one word in anticipation of the firm's 100 years in business.
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Mayer Brown Gov't Investigations Head Moves To MoFo
Kimberly Hamm, former general counsel to the speaker of the House, has joined Morrison Foerster LLP from Mayer Brown LLP as co-chair of the law firm's congressional investigations practice, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Caplin & Drysdale Adds Longtime IRS Pro To DC Office
Caplin & Drysdale has grown its Washington, D.C., office with the addition of a veteran Internal Revenue Service attorney, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Former FDA Associate Chief Counsel Joins Blank Rome In DC
The former associate chief counsel at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office of the Chief Counsel has joined Blank Rome LLP in Washington, D.C., to continue his practice focused on sciences matters, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Pick For Del.'s 3rd Circ. Seat Advances Despite Few State Ties
Jennifer L. Mascott, nominee for a Delaware seat on the Third Circuit, who is currently serving in the White House Counsel's Office and has come under scrutiny for her lack of ties to the state, had her nomination voted out of committee along party lines Wednesday.