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Pierson Ferdinand Adds Ex-FisherBroyles Derivatives Atty
Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Monday it has added a derivatives-focused corporate partner based in New York and Washington, D.C., and who previously worked at FisherBroyles LLP before Pierson Ferdinand was formed by former partners of the fellow remote-based firm.
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Sidley Adds Morgan Lewis Financial Services Trio In Texas, NY
Sidley Austin LLP announced Monday it has added a trio of banking and financial services attorneys from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP in Dallas and New York.
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Ex-EDNY US Atty Breon Peace Returns To Cleary Gottlieb
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced Monday that the former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York has rejoined the firm to co-lead its litigation group and enhance its capacity to handle white collar cases, commercial litigation and other matters.
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MSG Blames Microsoft Glitch For Missing Emails In Court
Madison Square Garden has urged a New York federal judge to reject former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley's motion for spoliation sanctions amid his assault suit, arguing missing emails were lost due to a Microsoft glitch, and that Oakley did not suffer prejudice because key evidence had been preserved through other sources.
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Diddy Wasn't Targeted Due To His Race, NY Judge Rules
A New York federal judge refused Friday to toss charges against Sean "Diddy" Combs, rejecting the hip-hop mogul's contention that federal prosecutors targeted him in a racketeering and sex trafficking suit for being Black.
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From Fox News To DOJ: This Is The Next Interim DC US Atty
Former Fox News host and judge Jeanine Pirro will soon take the helm of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia after more than a decade at the network where she was a figure in high-profile defamation cases.
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Souter's Clerks Remember Him As Humble, Kind And Caring
Former clerks of retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter are heartbroken over the death of a man many of them remember more for his conscientiousness, humility, kindness and disdain for the spotlight than for his undeniable brilliance as a jurist.
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Hofstra University Names Legal Chief From Texas University
Hofstra University, a private school with about 10,000 students at its Long Island, New York, campus, on Friday announced it hired Jason King as senior vice president for legal affairs and general counsel.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked another busy week with a flurry of attorneys taking on new legal roles and law firm practice expansions. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Winston & Strawn LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Jones Day lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after an Illinois federal judge held in a bellwether case in multidistrict litigation that Abbott Laboratories isn't liable for the death of a baby who consumed Similac baby formula.
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Holland & Knight Hires South Korea M&A Expert As Partner
Holland & Knight LLP has announced the hiring of a former partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP as the latest addition to its corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and securities group and who brings experience in international transactions with South Korea-based companies.
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Office Snapshot: Bond Schoeneck's New Long Island Digs
Bond Schoeneck & King just consolidated its two Long Island offices into a new, larger space. Law360 Pulse takes a closer look at the new digs and what they provide the growing firm.
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McDermott, Schulte Roth Unveil Plans To Join For $2.8B Firm
McDermott Will & Emery LLP said Friday that it was wrapping up a deal to join forces with Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP to create a law firm with more than $2.8 billion in global revenue, the latest merger in an increasingly competitive legal landscape.
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Musk Objects To New Job For SEC's Former Litigation Chief
Elon Musk is opposing a move by plaintiff-side firm Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP to hire the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's former chief litigation counsel, arguing in a court filing that the lawyer "played a personal and substantial role" in suing Musk while at the SEC.
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Feds Oppose Sentencing Delay For Nadine Menendez
Manhattan federal prosecutors on Thursday asked a judge to deny a request from former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez's wife, Nadine Menendez, to delay her sentencing on bribery charges for three months, saying she had not provided any "real information" about the request.
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Law Students' Pro Bono Hours Valued At Over $157M
Law school students in the class of 2024 contributed at least 4.7 million hours of pro bono services valued at roughly $157 million as part of their education, a survey released this week by the Association of American Law Schools says.
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Winston & Strawn Launches Secondary Markets Practice
Winston & Strawn LLP announced Tuesday the launch of a secondaries and liquidity solutions group, as well as the hiring of a former Kirkland & Ellis partner to help lead the new group.
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Akin Finance Atty Jumps To Morgan Lewis In Conn., NY
A former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP finance attorney is returning to the firm, splitting time between its Hartford, Connecticut, and New York offices, following a nearly seven-year stint at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, the firm announced Thursday.
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Wife Of Former FTX Exec Says Charges Are Built On Deception
Attorney and cryptocurrency lobbyist Michelle Bond, the wife of jailed former FTX executive Ryan Salame, told a Manhattan federal judge that her campaign finance case should be tossed because prosecutors broke a promise that she wouldn't be charged if her husband pled guilty.
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Pierson Ferdinand Hires Commercial Litigation Partner In NY
Pierson Ferdinand LLP has added a former McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP attorney as a New York-based partner in its commercial litigation practice, the firm said Thursday.
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Rising Tide Of Trump Pardons Not Lifting All Boats, Attys Say
President Donald Trump signed off on more pardons and commutations during his first 100 days in office than any president in modern history while bypassing the traditional clemency process that goes through the U.S. Department of Justice, potentially giving false hope to those who believe they have a chance to benefit from the executive actions but lack White House connections.
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3 Ways Troutman Used AI Tools To Streamline Its Firm Merger
In January, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP merged with Locke Lord LLP to form Troutman Pepper Locke LLP. Leaders of the new firm spoke with Law360 Pulse about how they used artificial intelligence tools to save time and money while combining the two firms.
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Ex-OneTaste Staffer Says She Was Sexually Exploited
A former salesperson for OneTaste on Wednesday testified in the forced labor trial of its former top leaders that she was traumatized and "lost touch with reality" during her time working for the sexual wellness company, and felt coerced into taking part in unwanted sexual acts.
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NY Legal Aid Union Accused Of Antisemitism At NLRB, EEOC
A United Auto Workers affiliate representing attorneys at a New York legal services organization violated federal laws when the union thwarted antisemitism measures in the workplace, a nonprofit alleged Wednesday in announcing charges it filed at the National Labor Relations Board and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Top Regional Atty At Binance Joins Steptoe White Collar Team
The former legal leader for Binance's Americas region, who also has been in-house with Vimeo and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has transitioned into private practice at Steptoe LLP, the firm said Wednesday, as policymakers work to set rules of the road for cryptocurrency.