Trade Lawyers Buckle Up For Tariff 'Roller Coaster Ride'
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Courts
DOJ Forges Ahead With Law Firm EO Appeals At DC Circ.The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday moved ahead with filing appeals at the D.C. Circuit to defend executive orders issued by President Donald Trump targeting four law firms, just three days after the agency backtracked on its decision to drop the fight.
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Courts
Florida Bar Rescinds Claim Agency Is Investigating HalliganThe Florida Bar said Friday that it is not investigating controversial former interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan, walking back a previous assertion it had made in a letter to a nonprofit that it was probing Halligan's actions.
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Courts
The Supreme Court's Week: By The NumbersThe U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in three cases this week, including a fight over drug users' right to own guns, and issued decisions in two, one involving New Jersey Transit's immunity from suit and the other concerning courts' ability to review immigration decisions. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the high court.
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California Pulse
Husch Blackwell Appoints Chief Transformation OfficerHusch Blackwell LLP announced Friday the appointment of a chief transformation officer and the launch of a transformation office, which seeks to accelerate technology and operations change at the firm.
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Florida Pulse
Wicker Smith Opens St. Pete Office With Boutique ComboIn the latest in a series of Florida firm tie-ups, litigation firm Wicker Smith has added a location in St. Petersburg via a combination with a four-attorney local firm, creating its 16th location and its 12th in the Sunshine State.
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Modern Lawyer
Sidley Adds Payments Expert From Wilson SonsiniSidley Austin LLP announced that it has hired a finance and financial technology attorney and former senior counsel at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC, touting her experience advising companies across the payments ecosystem.
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Daily Litigation
Kahana Feld Arrives In Philly Area With Wood Smith AttysKahana Feld has announced that it has opened an office in the Philadelphia area by bringing on a general liability practice partner and two other senior associates from Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP.
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California Pulse
Law360's Legal Lions Of The WeekWinston & Strawn LLP, Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo PC, Stanford's Supreme Court Litigation Clinic and attorney Olivia Gabriel lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that New Jersey cannot shield its public transit system from personal injury lawsuits by out-of-state plaintiffs under sovereign immunity.
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California Pulse
UK Law Sector's Private Equity Boom Offers Lessons For USPrivate equity money is pouring into the U.K. legal sector, fueling a wave of consolidation in consumer-facing practices and offering a glimpse of what it could look like if outside investment in the U.S. legal industry takes off.
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California Pulse
Criminal Contempt Of DOJ Attys Unlikely For Violating OrdersFederal judges have been floating the possibility of holding government attorneys in criminal contempt of court for violating immigration-related court orders, a potentially shocking move that scholars say is unlikely and probably less effective than civil contempt orders.
