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Wis. Judge Resigns After Conviction In ICE Arrest Case

By Jack Karp

A Wisconsin state judge has resigned from the bench after being convicted of felony obstruction for helping an unauthorized immigrant in her court evade arrest by federal immigration officers, the Wisconsin Assembly speaker confirmed to Law360 Monday.

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BofA, BNY Face Bulked-Up Claims Over Epstein Ties

By Jon Hill

A survivor of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has moved to bolster her proposed class actions accusing Bank of America and BNY of enabling the disgraced financier's sex trafficking enterprise, filing freshly expanded complaints amid a push from the banks for dismissal.

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Marc Mukasey Shutters Boutique To Move Team To Seyfarth

By Daniel Connolly

Attorney Marc Mukasey, known for representing high-profile clients including Donald Trump and Sam Bankman-Fried, is closing the boutique firm he ran alongside Torrey Young to join Seyfarth Shaw LLP.

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Feds Fight To Keep Goldstein 'Sham Employee' Evidence

By Cara Salvatore

Federal prosecutors heading to trial against former SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein are urging a judge to deny his bid to prevent a jury from hearing about four love interests allegedly paid as no-show employees at his former law firm.

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Tricolor Ex-CEO Fights Bid To Get Him To Creditor Meeting

By Rick Archer

The ex-CEO of subprime car loan lender Tricolor Holdings is asking a Texas bankruptcy judge to reject a motion to compel him to attend a meeting of the company's creditors, saying he would be unable to answer questions due to the pending criminal charges against him.

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Teledyne To Pay $1.5M In FCA Deal Over Navy Parts Sale

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Department of Justice struck a $1.5 million deal with a California aerospace and defense electronics company on Monday, resolving claims that the company supplied aircraft parts to the military that failed to meet contract specifications.

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PEOPLE

MoFo US Offices Lead 2026 Partner Promotions

By James Boyle

More than a dozen attorneys at Morrison Foerster LLP have started the new year with new titles following the firm's Monday announcement of its partner promotions for 2026.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Preparing For Congressional Investigations In A Midterm Year

2026 will be a consequential year for congressional oversight as the upcoming midterm elections may yield bolder investigations and more aggressive state attorneys general coalitions, so companies should consider adopting risk management measures to get ahead of potential changes, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Average Quinn Emanuel Partner Payouts Rise To $9.5M

By Aebra Coe

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP saw a 10% uptick in its profits per equity partner in 2025, bringing the firm's average partner pay up over $9 million last year amid an active litigation market, a firm spokesperson confirmed Monday.

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Feature

His Client Got A Pro Se Suit. Then The AI Filings Started.

By Chris Villani

Employment attorneys say the increased use of AI by pro se plaintiffs has the potential to clog dockets, drag out cases and make litigation significantly more expensive.

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McGuireWoods Atty Fined Over Citation Errors In BoA Suit

By Chart Riggall

A Georgia federal judge has slapped a McGuireWoods LLP attorney with a $1,500 fine for using incorrect citations in a brief lodged in a recently dismissed mortgage suit against Bank of America.

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Quinn Emanuel Contempt In $600M Row Probed By Fed. Circ.

By Ryan Davis

A contempt finding against Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP that contributed to a more than $600 million patent judgment against the firm's former client NortonLifeLock was scrutinized by a Federal Circuit panel on Monday, with one judge saying the order appeared to be invalid.

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Federal Court Wrong Place For Judges' Suit, Justices Told

By Elaine Briseño

Federal immigration officials have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appellate decision that allowed immigration judges to hash out their spat over a newly created speech policy in district court instead of within the congressionally designated special review system.

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Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of December

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires during the last month of 2025 included high-profile appointments at Apple, Berkshire Hathaway and LPL Financial. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from December.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Boies Schiller

Bricker Graydon

Buckley LLP

Clement & Murphy

Cohen & Gresser

David Boies

Edwards Henderson

Greenberg Traurig

Husch Blackwell

Jackson Lewis PC

Jones Day

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Lowenstein Sandler

McDermott Will & Schulte

McGuireWoods

Morgan Lewis

Morrison & Foerster

Mukasey Young

Munger Tolles

Nelson Mullins

Okin Adams

Quinn Emanuel

Schwartz White

Seyfarth Shaw

Sherin & Lodgen

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Stanley Esrey

Stites & Harbison

Sullivan & Cromwell

Victor M. Glasberg & Associates

Weil Gotshal

WilmerHale

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

23andMe Inc.

Affordable Care LLC

Agiloft Inc.

Apple Inc.

Bank of America Corp.

Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S

Deutsche Bank AG

GE Aerospace

Gen Digital Inc.

Gilead Sciences Inc.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

LPL Financial

Maximus Inc.

MetLife Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Morgan Stanley

Morningstar, Inc.

NortonLifeLock Inc.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Parsons Corp.

Pfizer Inc.

S&P Global Inc.

Savient Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Snap Inc.

Subaru of America Inc.

Texas Roadhouse Inc.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp.

Vervent Inc.

Webtrends Corp.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

City of New York

Douglas County, Georgia

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Federal Reserve System

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of State

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Navy

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court