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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
Insights on 2026 law firm performance and BigLaw firm efforts to expand practice offerings made this another action-packed week for the legal industry. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Potomac Law Grows In Texas With Lee & Desenberg Founder
Washington, D.C.-headquartered Potomac Law Group PLLC announced Friday that it has opened its first Texas location with a Houston-based partner who joins from Lee & Desenberg PLLC, a firm she co-founded 15 years ago.
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Choice Of Trump's Attys For Bench Worries Some, Not Others
President Donald Trump is drawing from a pool of his own personal lawyers to fill some seats on the federal bench — a change in strategy from his first term that some experts say is unremarkable, but that others worry will undermine the legitimacy of the courts.
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Senate Advances Mont. Judge Pick Rated Unqualified By ABA
A judicial nominee for the District of Montana who was the only nominee of the second Trump administration so far to receive a "not qualified" rating from the American Bar Association advanced out of committee on Thursday.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
An active April saw several law firms around the country expand their footprints into new markets and move their teams into new spaces.
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Sheppard Adds 15 Perkins Trial Attys As It Targets IP Growth
Sheppard announced another major addition to its intellectual property practice on Thursday, welcoming a 15-lawyer litigation team from Perkins Coie that includes five partners.
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Judiciary Advisers Back Looser Limits On Defense Subpoenas
A campaign by white collar defense lawyers against long-standing limits on subpoena powers cleared a key hurdle Wednesday when federal judiciary advisers endorsed earlier and easier access to potentially favorable evidence despite staunch resistance from crime victims' advocates.
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CFTC Taps Agency Veteran To Run Its Whistleblower Office
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Wednesday that it has named as the director of its whistleblower office an agency litigation attorney who also has experience as a trial attorney in its enforcement division.
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Demand Rebound, Rising Rates Fuel BigLaw Revenue Jump
BigLaw firms had a strong first quarter of 2026, driven by ever-increasing billing rates and higher-than-expected demand for legal services, according to survey results released Wednesday.
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Robinhood Hires Morgan Lewis Atty For Senior Counsel Role
A former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP attorney has moved to Robinhood to join the financial trading platform's litigation and regulatory enforcement team.
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Incoming, Outgoing Strategy Inc. GCs Earned $8.4M In 2025
The incoming and outgoing legal leaders of bitcoin treasury company Strategy Inc. earned just over a combined $8.4 million last year, according to a recent securities filing.
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GrayRobinson Faces More Suits Over 2025 Data Breach
After being hit with a proposed class action accusing GrayRobinson PA of negligence following the revelation of a March 2025 data breach, the Florida-based firm is now facing two further suits regarding the same incident.
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Fenwick Adds 5-Atty IP Team From Winston & Strawn
Fenwick & West LLP announced Wednesday it has welcomed a team of five attorneys from Winston & Strawn LLP, saying their additions "[deepen] Fenwick's patent litigation work across telecommunications, hardware, software, and semiconductors."
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Life After BigLaw: These Attys Found Freedom At Boutiques
Former BigLaw attorneys who are now practicing at boutiques are grateful for their experiences at those large law companies, but they are finding a small law arrangement gives them more control over their practices.
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Former AG Bondi To Appear Before House Committee May 29
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will appear before the House oversight committee on May 29, committee Republicans said Wednesday.
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Hogan Lovells Rehires Baker McKenzie Chair As Partner In DC
Hogan Lovells has rehired an attorney who was most recently the chair of Baker McKenzie's U.S. healthcare and life sciences regulatory practice, who advises life sciences, food, consumer platform and technology companies.
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BigLaw Associate Gives Partner Kidney — And Saves His Life
Thompson Coburn LLP associate Hope Watson had never spoken to partner Bernie Citron before deciding to give him a life-saving kidney donation last year.
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Associates Are Facing Shifting, Unclear In-Office Policies
Law firm policies on in-office work are in flux and often require reading between the lines of office culture and leader preferences in order to fully comply, a reality that's driving a high degree of frustration in the industry, according to recruiters who work with lateral associate candidates.
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Justices Limit Voting Rights Act Suits While Voiding La. Map
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's congressional map containing two majority-Black voting districts Wednesday and further limited the Voting Rights Act's use in challenging racial discrimination in legislative redistricting — a decision the dissent claims completes the conservative majority's "demolition" of the seminal civil rights law.
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Justices Wary Of Cisco's Bid To Avoid Aiding Torture Claims
The U.S. Supreme Court seemed skeptical Tuesday of Cisco Systems Inc.'s argument that the Alien Tort Statute categorically bars claims for aiding and abetting alleged human rights violations, with several justices suggesting the viability of such claims should turn on the facts of each specific case.
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GrayRobinson Sued Over 'Reckless' Data Security Measures
GrayRobinson PA has been hit with a proposed class action accusing the Florida-based firm of negligence following the revelation of a March 2025 data breach that exposed the personal data of around 65,000 people.
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Jenner & Block Hires 10-Year WilmerHale Litigator In DC
Jenner & Block LLP has hired a former WilmerHale partner who spent the past decade there working on commercial litigation, including class actions, government-facing litigation and consumer protection disputes, the firm announced Tuesday.
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HSF Kramer Appoints Belfast Lead As ALSP Managing Partner
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP on Tuesday announced the appointment of a partner who has been with the firm for over two decades as its new managing partner of digital legal delivery, its alternative legal services practice.
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Sidley Adds Another Finance Atty, This Time In DC
Sidley Austin LLP has hired a Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP sponsor finance counsel to its Washington, D.C., team who has about 20 years of experience working with a range of financial entities on transactional matters.
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AI-Powered Legal Ops Is Starting To Pay Off On Deals
A new study supports what some legal industry experts have been saying for months — an AI-driven legal operating model is taking over the contract management industry and has begun giving companies a real return on their investment.