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Cahill Adds House Oversight Atty Who Handled Biden Probe
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP announced Wednesday it hired the former head lawyer for the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, whose work includes guiding an impeachment probe into President Joe Biden.
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Trump 'Resorted To Crimes' To Cling To Power, Feds Say
Donald Trump's alleged scheme to subvert the 2020 election results was "fundamentally a private one," special counsel Jack Smith told a D.C. federal judge in a newly unsealed brief that vies to prove that the former president is not immune from charges of election interference.
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Greenberg Traurig Adds Arnold & Porter Antitrust Pro
Greenberg Traurig LLP's Washington, D.C., office is growing with the addition of a longtime Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP counsel with expertise assisting clients in merger and business conduct investigations by federal and state authorities, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Cooley Adds Longtime Jones Day Antitrust Partner In DC
A longtime Jones Day antitrust partner and former Federal Trade Commission attorney has jumped to Cooley LLP, the firm said Wednesday.
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Over 360 Firms Gain Mansfield Certification In Record Cohort
Diversity Lab on Wednesday announced the names of the record number of law firms that earned Mansfield Certification for the 2023 to 2024 period.
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DOJ Antitrust Pro Joins McGuireWoods In DC
A former leader in the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division is the newest partner in McGuireWoods LLP's Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Progressive Group Staffs Up For Judicial Nominee Fights
With a little over a month until Election Day, a progressive organization announced a slate of new hires to prepare for judicial confirmation battles and fight for court reform on Wednesday.
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SEC's Top Cop Departing After Record-Breaking Tenure
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Wednesday that enforcement director Gurbir Grewal will be leaving the agency next week following a three-year tenure, during which the agency brought in record penalties and frequently clashed with crypto industry participants objecting to a string of lawsuits brought under Grewal's leadership.
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Justice Roberts Names Judicial Conference Committee Chairs
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has reshuffled the leadership of the U.S. Judicial Conference, naming five new committee chairs and extending the terms of five current chairs by one year.
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A Deep Dive Into Top GC Pay
Law360 Pulse looked beyond bare financials to see how business sectors, law firms and schools could influence the pay of top-earning GCs in S&P 500 companies. Here’s what we found.
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These Are The Legal Chiefs Who Command Top Dollar
With the increasingly dynamic role of the top corporate lawyer playing out across sectors — as well as stock awards that far outpace the amounts they see in their salaries and bonuses — the pay packages for most general counsel and chief legal officers continue to stay strong.
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Everything You Need To Know About GC Pay
Want to know which legal chief is earning the most at an S&P 500 company? How compensation compares across business sectors? Explore the ins and outs of general counsel compensation with our interactive graphic.
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Legal Services Corp. Counsel Joins Steptoe As Pro Bono Atty
Carolyn Perez, who had supervised volunteer attorneys on pro bono representative matters at Legal Services Corporation, has joined Steptoe's D.C. team as pro bono counsel.
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Troutman Pepper Names 18 Partners Ahead Of Merger
With a megamerger with Locke Lord LLP in the works for January, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP has announced the elevation to partner of 18 firm attorneys who hail from various offices around the country and a range of practice groups.
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Trump Cries Voter Interference As Immunity Brief Hits Docket
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed special counsel Jack Smith's bid to publicize some evidence in a voluminous filing over Trump's presidential immunity to election interference charges, reiterating allegations that it's a "politically motivated manifesto" aimed at influencing voters on the eve of the 2024 election.
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Lathrop GPM-Hopkins Carley Merger Grows Calif. Footprint
Lathrop GPM LLP and Silicon Valley firm Hopkins Carley have officially joined forces after announcing their planned combination in August, which includes a pair of new West Coast offices, the firm said Tuesday.
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Ex-Interior Dept. Deputy's Oil Stocks Violated Ethics Laws
The onetime deputy secretary of the Interior, Tommy Beaudreau, who moved into private practice last year and now co-leads WilmerHale's energy practice, violated government ethics laws by failing to recuse himself from drilling-related matters while knowingly holding petroleum stocks, according to an internal watchdog's ethics report released Tuesday.
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Ex-DHS GC Returns To Sheppard Mullin As Nat'l Security Head
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's former general counsel Jonathan Meyer has bounced between the agency and Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP since 2016, and now after three years as DHS' top lawyer, the firm said Tuesday he's returning to lead its national security group in D.C.
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Army Judge Advocate General Joins Shook Hardy
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP announced Tuesday that it has added a retired Army Judge Advocate General in Washington, D.C., bolstering the firm's business litigation, government investigations and white collar practices.
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Firms Add Nonequity Partners, And Many Aren't Happy
Nonequity partners make up one of the fastest-growing tiers of lawyers at major law firms — and that tier is the most discontented, according to Law360 Pulse's 2024 Law Firm Compensation Survey.
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Equity Partners At Smaller Firms Are Most Content With Pay
Lawyers in private practice are generally happy with their compensation, and BigLaw associates are particularly satisfied, thanks to openly competitive rates of pay. But equity partners at smaller firms are happiest, according to a new Law360 Pulse survey.
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A Deep Dive Into Law Firm Pay
The legal industry may be known for its relatively high pay, but don't tell that to lawyers: Barely half of all attorneys feel satisfied or very satisfied with what they make, according to a new Law360 Pulse report.
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After 72 Years, Browdy & Neimark Moves To FisherBroyles
The Washington, D.C., intellectual property boutique Browdy & Neimark PLLC is closing its doors after 72 years in business, as the firm's four attorneys move their practices to FisherBroyles LLP.
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Ex-Constantine Cannon, Robins Kaplan Attys Form Antitrust Firm
A team of 10 attorneys formerly with Constantine Cannon LLP and Robins Kaplan LLP has formed a new boutique firm specializing in antitrust law, with offices in New York City and Washington, D.C., according to a Tuesday announcement.
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DOJ Civil Rights Lawyer Rejoins Outten & Golden
A senior counsel with the U.S. Department of Justice focused on civil rights has rejoined employee-side employment boutique Outten & Golden LLP in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Monday.