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Trump Gets Supreme Court Win In Teacher Grants Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday axed a Massachusetts federal judge's order requiring the Trump administration to reinstate $250 million in teacher training grants for eight states, giving President Donald Trump his first high court win amid what he claims is a flood of unlawful court orders restraining the executive branch's power.
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Beltway Moves: Hogan Lovells, Torridon Law, Foley & Lardner
Hogan Lovells landed former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema as a senior adviser, while the National Football League tapped Torridon Law PLLC co-founder Ted Ullyot as its next top lawyer, in a few of the latest big moves in the Washington, D.C., legal world.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Block & Leviton winning a bid to co-lead an investor proposed class action and Arnall Golden steering a $245 million acquisition in the energy sector lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from March 21 to April 4.
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in four cases this week, including over tax exemptions for religious charities and the ability of the families of terror attack victims to sue the Palestine Liberation Organization, while issuing two decisions, including one that personal injury claims can be brought under the federal racketeering statute. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Jones Walker Adds Ex-Husch Blackwell Atty To DC Office
Jones Walker LLP has strengthened its maritime practice with the recent addition of an attorney who moved her practice to the Washington, D.C., office after more than five years with Husch Blackwell LLP, the firm announced Friday.
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Cohen Seglias Hires Ex-Womble Bond Gov't Contracts Expert
Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC has found the cochair of its government contracting group in a Womble Bond Dickinson attorney with over 25 years of experience working both outside and inside the government.
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Holtzman Vogel Expands In Fla., DC With Trio Of Attys
Holtzman Vogel had a busy week of growth, announcing three lateral hires in Florida and Washington, D.C., to enhance the firm's land use, environmental, nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, and political law practice groups.
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More Than 500 Law Firms Sign Onto Perkins Coie Amicus
A group of 507 law firms, including Munger Tolles & Olson LLP and Covington & Burling LLP, have signed onto an amicus brief filed Friday supporting Perkins Coie LLP's challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the law firm.
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Sheppard Mullin Names 13 New Practice Group Leaders
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced Friday it has appointed more than a dozen new leaders within the firm.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Clifford Chance LLP and Baker Botts LLP lead this week's legal lions for helping Caterpillar Inc. escape a $100 million verdict awarded to a defunct equipment importer that accused the construction manufacturing giant of interfering with a contract to sell equipment through an online sales platform.
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Office Snapshot: Zuckerman Spaeder Finds New Home In DC
Nearly 50 years after opening its doors in the nation's capital, the Washington, D.C., litigation boutique Zuckerman Spaeder LLP has relocated its longtime office on M Street to a new, more modern building nearby.
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Legal Jobs Rebound In March Despite Economic Concerns
The U.S. legal sector appears to be on the upswing once again, with 3,700 law-related jobs added in March, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off April with another action-packed week as BigLaw added new talent and firms struck deals with the Trump administration. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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HSF, Kramer Levin Partners Vote In Favor Of Merger
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP and Kramer Levin said Friday that their partners have voted "overwhelmingly" to approve the merger of the two law firms, adding that the combination was now expected to be completed a month later than initially anticipated.
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Senate Confirms Trump Nominee For Solicitor General
The Senate voted 52-45, along party lines, on Thursday to confirm Dean John Sauer, a former personal attorney of President Donald Trump, to be solicitor general of the United States.
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Echoing EEOC, Red State AGs Target Law Firms Over DEI
A dozen Republican state attorneys general on Thursday urged 20 law firms to fork over information the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission requested last month about their workplace diversity practices, doubling down on the acting EEOC chair's claim that those practices may be unlawful.
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'Trailblazing' Labaton Keller Chair Dies At 54 From Cancer
Christopher Keller, the chairman and name partner of plaintiffs' firm Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP, has died at age 54, the firm announced Thursday, saying he will be remembered as a skilled and creative securities litigator and a respected leader.
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'No Serious Question' Federal Firings Broke Law, Justices Told
Federal employee unions and advocacy groups urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reject the Trump administration's bid to pause a California court order reinstating tens of thousands of probationary workers fired from six agencies, arguing the government can't escape self-inflicted harms brought on by its allegedly unlawful actions.
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Pick For DC's US Atty Exits Roles To Prepare For Confirmation
The nominee for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, has made his law firm inactive and resigned from other roles in preparation for his confirmation.
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Potomac Law Hires Ex-Education Dept. Senior Counsel In DC
A former senior counsel for the U.S. Department of Education has joined Potomac Law Group's education and investigations group and its white collar defense practice group as a partner based in Washington, D.C.
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Littler Grows DC Office With Seasoned OSHA Expert
An attorney specializing in matters involving the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has closed her law office after nearly 25 years and moved her practice to Littler Mendelson PC's Washington, D.C., office.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In March? Broadcom, Meta And More
The top legal officers at Broadcom, Merit Medical Systems and Meta gave themselves multimillion-dollar pay days in March by selling stock in their companies.
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Adams Case Threatens NY Southern District's 'Supremacy'
The controversial end to New York City Mayor Eric Adams' historic criminal corruption prosecution could threaten the Southern District of New York's privileged status within the Justice Department and its leverage over other districts when it comes to vying for the lead on high-profile cases, experts say.
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Ex-Cooley Partner Joins Baker McKenzie Global Dispute Team
Baker McKenzie has hired a former tech litigation attorney from Cooley LLP who focuses her practice on a range of commercial disputes involving complex business litigation for some of the largest tech companies in the world, the firm announced Wednesday.
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5 Fed. Circ. Clashes To Watch This Month
The Federal Circuit will hear arguments this month in patent cases involving Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine and a blockbuster Johnson & Johnson schizophrenia drug, and the court will itself be the subject of a case at another appeals court as Judge Pauline Newman seeks to end her suspension.
Expert Analysis
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What I Wish Law Schools Taught Women About Legal Careers
Instead of spending an entire semester on 19th century hunting rights, I wish law schools would facilitate honest discussions about what it’s like to navigate life as an attorney, woman and mother, and offer lessons on business marketing that transcend golf outings and social mixers, says Daphne Delvaux at Gruenberg Law.
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4 Ways To Break Down Barriers For Women Of Color In Law
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Female lawyers belonging to minority groups continue to be paid less and promoted less than their male counterparts, so law firms and corporate legal departments must stop treating women as a monolithic group and create initiatives that address the unique barriers women of color face, say Daphne Turpin Forbes at Microsoft and Linda Chanow at the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession.
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Opinion
We Need More Professional Diversity In The Federal Judiciary
With the current overrepresentation of former corporate lawyers on the federal bench, the Biden administration must prioritize professional diversity in judicial nominations and consider lawyers who have represented workers, consumers and patients, says Navan Ward, president of the American Association for Justice.