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AXS Law Group Adds 2 DOJ Lawyers In DC
AXS Law Group, a Miami-based firm, has hired two U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors whose practices focus on corporate fraud, cross-border investment matters and a range of other white collar fraud matters, the firm recently announced.
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Justices Decline To Review Scope Of Wetlands Permit Waiver
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a petition from environmental groups seeking to revive a lawsuit accusing a Georgia resort of deceiving the Army Corps of Engineers to obtain a permit and illegally filling a protected wetland.
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Labor & Employment Head Named Next Morgan Lewis Chair
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced Monday that the global leader of its labor and employment practice was unanimously elected as the firm's next chair to take over for Jami McKeon, who will retire at the end of the year.
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Bondi Keeps Ousted Wisconsin US Atty With New Title
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi swapped Brad D. Schimel's title from interim U.S. attorney to first assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in order to keep him in charge of the office after his tenure expired earlier this week.
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Up Next At High Court: Late Ballots And 'Last-Mile' Drivers
The U.S. Supreme Court will kick off its March oral arguments session by reviewing disputes over the validity of state laws allowing late-arriving mail-in ballots to be counted in federal elections and whether "last-mile" delivery drivers qualify for the transportation worker exemption to the Federal Arbitration Act.
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'Community Justice' Plan Aims To Meet DC Legal Needs
A Washington, D.C., court program launching next month aims to empower nonattorneys to provide some legal assistance, as a court task force found that a majority of district residents face civil legal issues without attorneys.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Baron & Budd PC, Walden Macht Haran & Williams LLP and Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit revived a major hospital chain's False Claims Act suit accusing large pharmaceutical companies of massive overcharges in a prominent drug discount program.
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15 Companies To Offer Votes On Political Spending Disclosure
Shareholders seeking more transparency about corporate political spending have filed ballot measures at 29 companies so far this proxy season, with nine companies agreeing to the disclosures without a vote and five more blocking the proposal from their ballots, according to the latest numbers on Friday from the nonprofit Center for Political Accountability in Washington, D.C.
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Nelson Mullins Launches Venezuela-Focused Practice
Following the recent U.S. military operations in Venezuela and citing the rapidly changing geopolitical situation developing inside the country, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has launched a practice group dedicated to advising clients in the South American nation, according to a firm announcement Friday.
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Beltway Moves: Latham, Boies Schiller, McGuireWoods
The Washington, D.C., legal market saw several recent hires in the area of intellectual property litigation, with Latham & Watkins LLP, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and McGuireWoods LLP all announcing such additions this week.
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HSF Kramer Hires Axinn Antitrust Lawyer In DC
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP has hired a former Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP partner, who represented Google in an antitrust investigation into its advertising technology, and who has represented other global companies in competition and related matters.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
During this past week in legal industry news, there were leadership transitions, new offices, and the dissolution of a combination. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Ex-McGlinchey Attys Reflect On 'Special' Culture After Closure
McGlinchey Stafford PLLC shut down earlier this year after more than five decades, but its strong culture left many of the more than 100 former firm attorneys wanting to stick together even after the New Orleans-based firm closed its doors.
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Justices Clarify Heck In Street Preacher's Free Speech Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday unanimously found that a street preacher convicted of violating a Mississippi city's rule governing public protests can use a federal civil rights lawsuit to challenge the constitutionality of the law used to convict him, saying the man's conviction does not bar him from seeking "forward-looking relief."
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Ex-Judges Say Anthropic Case Doesn't Merit Court Deference
Nearly 150 former judges are backing Anthropic's fight against its designation as a "supply chain risk" by the U.S. Department of Defense, telling the D.C. Circuit in an amicus brief that the judiciary shouldn't simply defer to the executive just because it invokes national security.
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Sitting Judges Take Stand Over Threats Growing 'Ordinary'
On the heels of an ethics opinion giving them wider latitude to speak publicly, sitting federal judges brought attention Thursday to the increasing threats against them and their family members, warning about the dangers of such threats becoming "ordinary."
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AI Errors Likely To Persist Despite Escalating Court Sanctions
Judges have begun issuing sanctions to lawyers, escalating the consequences over artificial intelligence-generated errors, but attorneys say that penalties might not be enough to stop the problem.
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Longtime Tucker Ellis Atty To Co-Chair Appellate Team
Tucker Ellis LLP announced on Thursday that it has named one of its longtime Cleveland-based attorneys as co-chair of its appellate and legal issues practice.
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Cozen O'Connor Promotes 36 Attorneys To Member
Cozen O'Connor has elevated three dozen of its attorneys to its member level, the largest promotion class for the firm and an increase from the 30 attorneys promoted last year.
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Biz Firm Lauletta Birnbaum Acquires Philly Litigation Boutique
New Jersey-based Lauletta Birnbaum expanded its resources and its reach into Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., with the recent acquisition of litigation boutique firm Harty Williams.
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McGuireWoods Gains Former Fried Frank IP Litigator In DC
McGuireWoods LLP announced Thursday it has hired an intellectual property litigator from Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, which he moved to in 2022 alongside his wife.
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Nomination For New DOJ Fraud Chief Heads To Senate Floor
The nomination of Colin McDonald for the new position of assistant attorney general for fraud was sent to the full Senate on Thursday, after the Judiciary Committee voted 12-10 along party lines to advance his nomination.
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Alston & Bird Hires Derivatives Atty From K&L Gates
Alston & Bird LLP has hired a former K&L Gates LLP lawyer, who has joined its financial services group, the firm announced Thursday.
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DOJ Understaffing Takes Toll After 'Unprecedented' Exodus
Federal criminal and civil cases, like a recently dismissed gun prosecution in Minnesota, are being plagued by delays, extension requests and missed deadlines as a result of the large number of attorneys who have departed the DOJ since President Donald Trump returned to office and the inexperienced lawyers replacing them.
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Boies Schiller Hires IP Partner From Williams Simons
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has hired a patent litigator who has worked on disputes involving data management technology, wireless communications technology and semiconductors, technology he worked with previously for years as an engineer, the firm announced Wednesday.