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    Equity Concerns Follow Mass Torts' March Into Bankruptcy

    After decades of suffering and waiting, a group of more than 82,000 childhood sexual abuse survivors recently reached a $2.5 billion bankruptcy settlement with the Boy Scouts of America and related groups. Yet the survivors may once again be in suspense.

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    Baker Botts Adds Stoel Rives Energy Finance Partner In DC

    Baker Botts LLP has added a partner from Stoel Rives LLP, who joins the firm in Washington, D.C., to continue his practice focused on advising private lenders and multilateral development banks in a range of energy-related transactional matters, the firm recently announced.

  • Latham Passes Skadden As Busiest Securities Defense Firm

    Despite a downward trend in securities case filings over the past three years, Latham & Watkins LLP has remained one of the most active law firms on the defense side, taking over the top spot from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, according to reports released by Lex Machina.

  • LGBTQ Group Seeks High Court Help To Host Drag Show

    A LGBTQ student group at West Texas A&M University has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a First Amendment dispute and allow it to host a charity drag show on campus, arguing the university president's decision to prohibit the event is unconstitutional several times over.

  • Trump Mocks Hush Money Case As 'Deluded Fantasy'

    Counsel for former President Donald Trump has branded the hush money charges against him as a "deluded fantasy," arguing that the Manhattan district attorney is framing the New York state court case as a conspiracy to undermine the 2016 election despite it being a "narrow business records case."

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    Quinn Emanuel's 2nd $185M Fee Bid Blasted As 'Indefensible'

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's second attempt to win $185 million in attorney fees in $3.7 billion litigation over the Affordable Care Act still fails to justify the "indefensible" amount and barely pays "lip service" to a reevaluation ordered by the Federal Circuit, health insurers told the federal claims court.

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    Founder Of Mayer Brown Gov't Contracts Practice Dies

    Mayer Brown LLP is mourning the loss of the founder and chair of its government contracts practice, Marcia G. Madsen, who is being remembered as a formidable litigator and supportive role model to other attorneys.

  • High Court To Close Out Term With Trump Immunity Dispute

    The U.S. Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will hear oral arguments over former President Donald Trump's claim that he is immune from federal charges related to interfering in the 2020 presidential election on April 25.

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    Geico Brings On Ex-Wells Fargo Atty As New Legal Chief

    Insurance company Geico announced Wednesday that its new chief legal officer is a former Wells Fargo attorney with a regulatory background and more than a decade of experience as in-house counsel.

  • IRS Targeted Atty In Bank Records Suit, Justices Told

    The Internal Revenue Service violated an attorney's free speech rights by targeting him based on a tax analysis he posted online, he argued in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider overturning a ruling allowing the agency to obtain his bank account information.

  • Supreme Court Seeks $19.4M Budget Increase For Security

    The U.S. Supreme Court is asking Congress for an additional $19.4 million in funding for fiscal year 2025 to increase the court's police force and take over responsibility for protecting the justices' residences from the U.S. Marshals Service.

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    The Firms Charging Into Secondary Cities As BigLaw Retreats

    While top-tier firms have recently tapered their migration to secondary legal markets, firm leaders and recruiters say these locations continue to hold appeal for midtier firms, citing advantages such as lower expenses and competitive billing rates.

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    Sidley Adds 11-Year Wiley Rein Leaders To DC Group

    Sidley Austin LLP has hired two members of Wiley Rein LLP's leadership, one of whom joins to help co-lead its global arbitration, trade and advocacy practice, the firm announced Wednesday.

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    Where E-Discovery Generative AI Efforts Currently Stand

    More e-discovery companies are announcing new capabilities that harness the power of generative artificial intelligence, but I'm hearing confusion among some law firm leaders about the immediate availability of the tools in a more crowded legal tech market.

  • DA Defends Cohen's Credibility In Trump Hush Money Case

    The Manhattan district attorney has told a New York state judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money case that the presidential candidate's former attorney Michael Cohen will tell the truth at trial, despite his past perjury.

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    DLA Piper Adds Merck SVP As New Life Sciences Sector Chair

    An experienced in-house attorney with a longtime passion for life sciences and medicine has left her position as a C-suite executive at biopharmaceutical giant Merck to join DLA Piper as the chair of its life sciences sector.

  • DC Looks To Defeat Black Atty's Bias, Retaliation Suit

    A Black attorney's discrimination and retaliation claims against the District of Columbia and a chief administrative law judge cannot stand, the district told a federal court, arguing in part that the attorney failed to raise some of her claims with the EEOC.

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    Tully Rinckey's Atty Contracts Offer Warning To Other Firms

    The ongoing disciplinary case against the founders of Tully Rinckey PLLC over restrictions the firm placed on departing attorneys is an unusual one, but experts say it's still an important reminder for lawyers to be mindful of the ethical considerations of their employment agreements.

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    Fish & Richardson Leader On Thriving During Pandemic

    Fish & Richardson PC announced Monday that it had reelected president and CEO John Adkisson to a second term. Here, Adkisson talks to Law360 Pulse about navigating the firm through the pandemic with record profits and his goals for the next four years.

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    Winston & Strawn Atty Rejoins Norton Rose As Antitrust Lead

    Norton Rose Fulbright announced Tuesday that its new Washington, D.C.-based head of antitrust in the U.S. has rejoined the firm, where she previously worked for more than two decades, after six years with Winston & Strawn LLP.

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    The Most Notable Numbers For 2024 Mid-Law Promotions

    Partnership promotions among Mid-Law firms ticked downward during the 2024 promotion cycle, with average class sizes falling below five partners, based on an analysis of announcements from mid-size and regional firms.

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    Southeast, Michigan Highlight Mid-Law Partner Promotions

    A survey by Law360 Pulse of Mid-Law partner promotion class announcements shows Southeastern markets like Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas started 2024 with heavy growth, while Michigan-based firms saw a substantial increase from previous years.

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    Number Of Women In Mid-Law Partner Classes Stays Stagnant

    The percentage of female attorneys in this year's partnership classes among Mid-Law firms remained constant, with experts saying that although midsize and regional firms tend to do better than their BigLaw cousins, work remains to be done if firms are to reach gender parity among their partner ranks.

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    Crowell & Moring Int'l Names Global Life Sciences Head

    Crowell & Moring International LLC has hired a new chairman of its global life sciences group, who joins with over three decades of experience working to expand market access for healthcare, life sciences and medical device clients, the firm announced Tuesday.

  • Justices Try To Shroud Differences With Trump DQ Ruling

    The U.S. Supreme Court issued a purportedly unanimous decision Monday finding states cannot bar federal candidates from appearing on ballots, but a closer look at the justices' writings — and the opinion's metadata — reveals a sharp divide that court watchers say was papered over in an effort to preserve the court's institutional legitimacy.

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