Analysis

Foreign Farmworker Protection Rule Could Frustrate Hiring

By Britain Eakin

A new U.S. Department of Labor regulation boosting labor protections for H-2A visa workers has industry experts worried that it could frustrate a common practice of sharing employees within the agricultural industry, and pose hiring challenges for farmers and ranchers.

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Migrant Families, Biden Admin Settle Separation Suit

By Alyssa Aquino

The Biden administration has inked deals resolving two lawsuits from migrant parents who claim to be experiencing lasting emotional damage after being separated from their children under a Trump-era policy.

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Sens. Want Clarity On Foreign College Athletes' NIL Rights

By Alex Lawson

Lawmakers on Monday pressed the Biden administration for guidance on the ability of foreign-born college athletes to earn money through advertisements and publicity deals, stressing that imprecise visa rules have confused the athletes.

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Wash. Fights GEO's Bid For Final End To ICE Detention Law

By Rachel Riley

The state of Washington pushed back against GEO Group's effort to scrap its law allowing surprise inspections and raising hygiene standards at immigration detention facilities, saying the private prison operator is already partly shielded from enforcement of the law while a Washington federal court considers its constitutional challenge.

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Chicago Wants Help Probing Migrant-Moving Bus Companies

By Lauraann Wood

Chicago is asking for an Illinois state court's help to enforce subpoenas the city says it issued to learn more about illegal migrant transportation services several bus companies have provided for the state of Texas, saying the companies have ignored its information requests.

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Dinsmore Immigration Duo Jumps To Thompson Hine

By Matthew Santoni

Former Dinsmore & Shohl LLP immigration attorneys Kelli Hayes and Dwight D. Myfelt have joined Thompson Hine LLP's offices in Ohio, where the firm says they'll help advise clients hiring skilled immigrants for growing sectors of the state.

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Think Like A Lawyer: Follow The Iron Rule Of Trial Logic

Many diligent and eager attorneys include every good fact, point and rule in their trial narratives — spurred by the gnawing fear they’ll be second-guessed for leaving something out — but this approach ignores a fundamental principle of successful trial lawyering, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

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Ethics Probes Take Mental Toll On Solo, Small Firm Attorneys

By Rachel Rippetoe

Facing a disciplinary complaint can take a toll on any attorney’s mental health. But for solo practitioners and small firm lawyers, who typically juggle all aspects of their business from handling client matters to administrative tasks like managing trust accounts, it can threaten to upend their lives.

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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: BLB&G's Jeroen Van Kwawegen

By Jack Rodgers

Were it not for the University of Amsterdam's study abroad program, Netherlands-born Jeroen van Kwawegen might have never moved to the United States. And were it not for a long-distance relationship that got its start in the U.S., van Kwawegen might still be based across the Atlantic.

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Blank Rome Opens Boston Office With New 25-Atty Team

By Tracey Read

Blank Rome LLP said Wednesday that it has opened a Boston office with all 25 corporate and finance attorneys from Burns & Levinson LLP, including 13 partners.

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Atty Sanctioned Over Missed Depo During Solar Eclipse Trip

By Lynn LaRowe

A Florida lawyer whose client missed his own deposition while the attorney was solar eclipse viewing has been ordered to pay related attorney fees incurred by AAA as the business fights a gender discrimination lawsuit.

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Trump Held In Contempt For Trashing Witnesses In NY Trial

By Stewart Bishop and Frank G. Runyeon

A New York state judge on Tuesday found former President Donald Trump in contempt of court for repeatedly violating a gag order in his criminal hush money case by publicly attacking expected witnesses, including his former attorney Michael Cohen.

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Atty Tells Trump Jury That Hush Money Deal Almost Tanked

By Stewart Bishop and Frank G. Runyeon

An attorney who previously represented adult film star Stormy Daniels told jurors Tuesday in the New York criminal trial of Donald Trump about how the $130,000 hush money agreement at the heart of the case was nearly derailed after former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen would not close the deal.

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Coverage Recap: Day 5 Of Trump's NY Hush Money Trial

By Frank G. Runyeon

Law360 reporters are providing live updates from the Manhattan criminal courthouse as Donald Trump goes on trial for allegedly falsifying business records related to hush money payments ahead of the 2016 election. Here's a recap from day five.

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DC Bar Prosecutors Say Jeffrey Clark 'Betrayed His Oath'

By Alison Knezevich

Attorney disciplinary authorities in Washington, D.C., have urged an ethics hearing committee to recommend disbarring former U.S. Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark, saying he "betrayed his oath" to the Constitution by aiding former President Donald Trump's efforts to undermine the 2020 elections, and "is not fit to be a member of the District of Columbia Bar."

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Atty Wants Out Of 'Coup' Suit Over Judge Romance

By Ryan Boysen

The former Jackson Walker LLP attorney whose secret relationship with a Texas judge ignited an ethics scandal wants out of a racketeering suit accusing her of "orchestrating a coup" in a bankruptcy case, calling the suit a "dubious" attempt to blame her for an ex-CEO's "disastrous" mismanagement of his family business.

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ABA Knocks Down 'Implausible' Data Breach Class Action

By Jack Karp

The American Bar Association members suing the organization over a data breach have not identified any security measures the ABA failed to take, a New York federal judge said Tuesday when nixing what the organization called the members' "implausible" proposed class action.

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Texas Appeals Panel Keeps Court Reporter's AI Case Alive

By Emily Sawicki

An Austin, Texas, appeals panel on Tuesday kept alive a court reporter's attempt to pursue an administrative complaint against an artificial intelligence-powered "digital reporting firm," rejecting a state agency's argument that jurisdictional issues block the court reporter from seeking a writ of mandamus compelling the agency to consider her claims.

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9th Circ. Says Calif. Bar Didn't Violate Student's Fed. Rights

By Lauren Berg

The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the dismissal of an octogenarian law school student's claims that the State Bar of California violated his 14th Amendment protected rights when it refused to excuse his delay in taking a first-year exam, saying the California Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over admission matters.

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6th Circ. Nominee Denies Ethics Accusations Again

By Courtney Bublé

A nominee for the Sixth Circuit provided more detail to bolster his denial of claims of ethical misconduct during his time as a prosecutor, as outlined in a follow-up questionnaire.

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Q&A

HSF's Paula Hodges On Arbitration's Future — And Her Own

By Caroline Simson

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP announced earlier this month that Paula Hodges KC will retire from the firm as of Wednesday, with Simon Chapman KC and Andrew Cannon taking her place as co-heads of the global arbitration practice. Law360 recently sat down with Hodges, who spent her entire 37-year career at Herbert Smith Freehills, to talk about what's next, how commercial arbitration has evolved over her career, and her experience as one of the first women in international arbitration.

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Ex-DOJ Antitrust Atty Joins Kressin Meador As Name Partner

By Christine DeRosa

A former U.S. Department of Justice official who most recently worked at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLC has joined antitrust boutique Kressin Meador Powers LLC, formerly known as Kressin Meador LLC, as a name partner.

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Buffalo Judge Won't Be Ejected For Brawl, Ethics Failures

By Frank G. Runyeon

New York state's judicial ethics watchdog said Tuesday that a Buffalo judge should be censured but not removed following an investigation into a street fight with neighbors during which the judge shoved an officer and touted his ties to the mayor and police, among other ethical lapses.

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Special Master Rejects Fee Bid In NFL Concussion Case

By Donald Morrison

Goldberg Persky & White PC should not receive a cut of legal fees for its unsuccessful efforts to receive a settlement that another law firm later secured for a former National Football League player related to concussion-linked disability claims, a special master has said.

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New Florida Moms To Be Excused From Jury Duty

By Madison Arnold

Florida women who have recently given birth will soon be excused from jury duty, with Gov. Ron DeSantis signing a bipartisan bill into law last week.

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