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Ex-Venable Atty Joins Potomac Law In DC, Baltimore
A former Venable LLP partner, who spent almost 20 years there as a corporate and business transactions lawyer, has joined Potomac Law Group, the remote firm said Wednesday.
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Comey Pleads Not Guilty, Will Contest US Atty's Appointment
Former FBI Director James Comey pled not guilty Wednesday to one count of false statements and another count of obstructing a congressional hearing, appearing in a Virginia federal courthouse for the first time after a shake-up at the U.S. attorney's office netted a grand jury indictment last month.
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Goldstein's $968K Border Cash Claim To Be Admitted At Trial
A Maryland federal jury will hear claims from prosecutors that SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein told Dulles International Airport border guards that the $968,000 in cash he brought into the country in 2018 had been gambling winnings, after a judge shot down his efforts to suppress his alleged statements Tuesday.
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Gov't, Gun Defendant Urge Justices Not To 'Double-Punish'
The government and a New York man convicted in a fatal robbery both asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to rule that subjecting defendants to separate sentences stemming from a single deadly federal firearm offense is a double-jeopardy violation.
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Senate Confirms Boyden Gray Atty As Trump's Labor Solicitor
The Senate confirmed on Tuesday a Boyden Gray PLLC managing partner as President Donald Trump's nominee for labor solicitor, the third-highest-ranking position at the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Seward & Kissel Elects New Firm Chair To Start In February
A new firm leader is set to take the helm early next year at New York-based Seward & Kissel LLP after the recent election of a new chair.
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Bondi Declines To Discuss James Comey Indictment
Appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi deflected when questioned on the recent indictment of former FBI Director James Comey and other controversies involving the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Willkie Adds Ex-Asst. Solicitor General As Group Head
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has added a former assistant to the solicitor general as its new firmwide chair of appeals and strategic motions practice group, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Brownstein Hyatt Adds Another Crowell Atty, IP Expert In DC
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP has hired a former Crowell & Moring LLP counsel who started her career as a Swiss National Science Foundation fellow conducting postdoctoral research at Carnegie Mellon University on endocrine-disrupting contaminants in water.
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Holland & Knight Adds Ex-EPA GC As Team Co-Chair In DC
Tampa, Florida-headquartered Holland & Knight LLP has hired as its new co-chair of the national environmental practice a former Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP partner who served as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's general counsel during Donald Trump's first term and as the top attorney in Florida's Department of Environmental Protection.
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Copyright Chief Says DC Circ. Decision Bars Removal
Shira Perlmutter has shot back at the government's arguments defending President Donald Trump's decision to fire her as head of the U.S. Copyright Office, saying the D.C. Circuit has said in her case that Trump likely never had the power to do so.
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Justices Wary Of Hard Rules On Recess Testimony Talks
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared reluctant Monday to rule that the Sixth Amendment allows defense counsel to freely discuss defendants' testimony with them during an intervening overnight recess, with justices questioning which topics should be off limits and which should not.
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Justices Hint At Barring Del. Med Mal Law In Federal Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared to side with a retired attorney's position that a Delaware medical malpractice statute clashes with federal rules of procedure and is therefore unenforceable in federal court, with several justices saying the law appears to be an improper procedural requirement.
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Justices Urged To Leave Trans Passport Ban On Ice
Two classes of transgender and nonbinary people urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to reject the Trump administration's bid to lift a nationwide order that requires it to continue issuing passports that reflect the holders' gender identity, saying the proposed policy change is a textbook example of an unreasoned decision.
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BBK Names First Female Managing Partner
Best Best & Krieger LLP announced Monday that it has named a new managing partner with the appointment of a longtime environmental and land use attorney to the role as the first woman to lead the firm in more than 130 years.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In September? Palantir, Gemini & More
In September, the chief legal and revenue officer at Palantir Technologies earned more than $5 million in stock sales for the third month in a row.
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Trump Names Investigator Of Russia Probe As DOJ Acting IG
The White House has tapped an experienced government attorney who investigated the FBI's probe into President Donald Trump's links with Russia to be the U.S. Department of Justice's acting inspector general, according to a notification sent to Congress.
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Atty Sanctioned For 'Reckless' AI Use In DC FCA Case
An attorney who admitted to relying on generative artificial intelligence to help craft a brief that contained errors in all of its nine citations, was ordered to pay fee sanctions in a judge's order that emphasized attorneys should stick to the fundamentals taught in law school: "check your legal citations for accuracy."
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Duane Morris Preps For Leadership Shift With Clark Hill COO
Duane Morris LLP announced Monday that it has brought on Clark Hill PLC's chief operating officer as executive director to help the firm prepare for Chief Operating Officer Charles J. O'Donnell's upcoming retirement.
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Dentons Adds Clients And Markets Head From Nelson Mullins
Dentons announced Monday that it has brought on a global chief clients and marketing officer who previously served as managing director of business development and client services at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, adding a new member to the firm's global management committee.
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DOJ Antitrust Ace, Whistleblower Joins HSF Kramer
The former deputy assistant attorney general of the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, who in 2020 said then-Attorney General Bill Barr investigated several cannabis company mergers because he disliked the industry, has joined Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP's team in the nation's capital.
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How Law Firm Leaders Are Keeping Teams Connected
Internal podcasts, monthly town halls and piling on airline miles in the name of one-on-one meetings are just a few of the strategies that law firm leaders are employing to keep their ever-expanding network of people connected.
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Orrick Adds 37-Lawyer CLO Team From Cadwalader
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced Monday that it has opened a new office in Charlotte, North Carolina, and added a 37-lawyer collateralized loan obligations and asset-backed lending team from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, part of a larger exodus of Cadwalader attorneys tracked by Law360 Pulse.
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Up First At High Court: Election Laws & Conversion Therapy
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in six cases during the first week of its October 2025 term, including in disputes over federal candidates' ability to challenge state election laws, Colorado's ban on conversion therapy, and the ability of a landlord to sue the U.S. Postal Service for allegedly refusing to deliver mail.
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4 Top Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Term
After a busy summer of emergency rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court will kick off its October 2025 term Monday with only a few big-ticket cases on its docket — over presidential authorities, transgender athletes and election law — in what might be a strategically slow start to a potentially momentous term. Here, Law360 looks at four of the most important cases on the court's docket so far.
Expert Analysis
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Opinion
We Need More Professional Diversity In The Federal Judiciary
With the current overrepresentation of former corporate lawyers on the federal bench, the Biden administration must prioritize professional diversity in judicial nominations and consider lawyers who have represented workers, consumers and patients, says Navan Ward, president of the American Association for Justice.