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Beveridge & Diamond Reelects Leader, Names Office Heads
National environmental law firm Beveridge & Diamond PC has reelected its current managing principal to a second term and chosen new office leaders for shops in Texas, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C.
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Akin Adds Ways And Means Committee Trade Staffer In DC
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has expanded its international trade policy offerings with the addition of a former top Republican trade staffer to the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Bruce Fein Unauthorized To Represent Maduro, Atty Says
When constitutional lawyer Bruce Fein entered an appearance as counsel for former Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro on Tuesday, it was without having ever spoken to the client, according to a Thursday filing by Maduro's attorney Barry Pollack seeking to remove Fein from the case.
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Law Firms Closed 2025 With Continued 'Appetite For Hiring'
The legal sector continued to defy hiring expectations in spite of uncertainty in the U.S. economy as 2025 drew to a close.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off the new year with a busy week filled with lateral moves, leadership changes, office openings and judicial nominations. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Ex-FDIC Chair, Cravath Partner Joins Fintech Firm Plaid
Jelena McWilliams, the former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., will leave Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP to serve as Plaid's president of corporate and external affairs, the fintech infrastructure firm announced Thursday.
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Alito Recuses From Chevron, Exxon Coastal Pollution Case
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday recused himself from considering Chevron and ExxonMobil's effort to place Louisiana pollution lawsuits stemming from the companies' World War II-era production in federal court, just days before the justices hear oral arguments in the case.
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House OKs $540M For Imperiled Legal Services Corp.
The "minibus" appropriations bill that the U.S. House of Representatives passed on Thursday includes a lifeline $540 million allocated toward the nonprofit Legal Services Corp. — representing a reduction of $10 million, or 3.6%, compared to fiscal year 2025's budget — whose funding the White House previously suggested should be slashed.
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Ice Miller Names Deputy Managing Partner Duo, New Partners
Following the official appointment of new chief managing partner Joshua Christie, Ice Miller LLP announced that it has named two attorneys as deputy managing partners and has elevated six attorneys to partner.
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Cooley Adds Longtime Sidley Healthcare Attorney In DC
A longtime Sidley Austin LLP attorney has moved to Cooley LLP's global life sciences and healthcare regulatory practice in Washington, D.C.
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Meet The Md. Federal Judge In Goldstein's Tax Crimes Trial
The Maryland federal judge presiding over the criminal tax evasion trial of former SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein is known as a meticulous jurist who spent decades in public service before joining the district court several years ago and overseeing a number of high-profile cases.
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La. Judge Is Senate's 1st Judicial Confirmation Of 2026
The Senate voted 53-40 on Thursday to confirm former acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook to be a district judge in the Western District of Louisiana.
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Morgan Lewis Adds Ropes & Gray IP Expert In DC
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has hired a top intellectual property attorney from Ropes & Gray LLP, who led that firm's Section 337 International Trade Commission practice and spent about 12.5 years there, Morgan Lewis announced Thursday.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
A handful of firms in the Midwest and the East Coast finished out 2025 by completing relocation plans for offices in markets including Chicago, New York, Maryland, Philadelphia and Raleigh, North Carolina.
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DOJ To Appeal Reinstatement Of Clearance For Mark Zaid
The Trump administration told a D.C. federal judge on Wednesday that it will obey his injunction to reinstate attorney Mark Zaid's security clearance as it appeals the ruling in the D.C. Circuit, but left open the possibility that government intelligence agencies could try to revoke it again for new reasons.
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Law Firms Step Up To Navigate Biz Opportunities In Venezuela
Law firms are gearing up to assist clients exploring potential business opportunities in Venezuela following President Donald Trump's announcement that the U.S. would "run" the country for the time being after the arrest of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on narco-conspiracy charges.
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Cruz Tells House Speaker To Move On Judicial Impeachments
Ahead of a hearing on impeachment of "rogue judges" on Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, increased pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to advance impeachment proceedings against federal judges in D.C. and Maryland.
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Hinshaw Adds 4 McGlinchey Stafford Consumer Finance Pros
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is expanding its finance services team, announcing Tuesday that it is bringing in four consumer finance litigators from McGlinchey Stafford PLLC — which announced this week that it's shuttering — to join its Washington, D.C., and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, offices.
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Potomac Law Adds Former DOJ, HHS Civil Rights Atty
Potomac Law Group has hired a healthcare attorney with over 15 years working on LGBTQ+ protections and other civil rights issues at the Justice Department and the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Lewis Brisbois Adds DLA Piper Antitrust Atty As DC Co-Head
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has tapped a veteran antitrust attorney most recently with DLA Piper to help lead its Washington, D.C., office.
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Adams & Reese Names New Office, Practice Heads
Adams & Reese LLP announced that the firm has appointed three new office partners-in-charge along with new leaders of its corporate services and litigation practice groups.
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Objector To PACER Overcharge Settlement Faces Uphill Battle
An objector to a $125 million settlement to end class claims alleging the federal government overcharged nonprofits and other lawyers to access court documents faced a skeptical Federal Circuit panel Wednesday, with judges indicating they had not found legal errors in the district court's approval of the deal.
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Feds Want To Use Goldstein's Comments To NYT At Trial
Federal prosecutors preparing to try SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein for tax crimes next week are looking to use his comments in a New York Times Magazine article against him, claiming that admissions and details from the article "directly prove" certain charges the government has brought.
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Ex-Wiley Partner Confirmed As CIA's General Counsel
The Central Intelligence Agency on Wednesday welcomed as its next general counsel a former Wiley Rein LLP partner whose career has weaved in and out of government work for over 13 years.
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Blank Rome Starts 2026 With 14 New Appointments
Blank Rome LLP announced a series of leadership appointments Tuesday, bolstering one department, four practice groups and three offices.