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Ex-OMB GC Mark Paoletta Returns To Role In Trump Admin
The attorney who served as the general counsel of the Office of Management & Budget in President-elect Donald Trump's first administration has been tapped by the incoming president to once again take the reins of that agency's legal work.
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Wiley Names Eight New Partners, Promotes 12 Attys For 2025
Wiley Rein LLP has announced the election of eight attorneys for partnership roles, which will take effect Jan. 1, the firm said Wednesday.
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Biden Commutes Nearly 1,500 Sentences In Clemency Record
President Joe Biden announced Thursday he was commuting the prison sentences of nearly 1,500 Americans he said had successfully rehabilitated themselves, the largest number ever in a single day, according to a statement by the White House.
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JUDGES Act Passes House But Biden Veto Looms
The House voted 236-173 on Thursday to pass a bill to add more judgeships, which tees it up for a likely veto by the president, as many Democrats have soured on the measure after Donald Trump's victory at the polls.
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Seyfarth Bumps Up Associate Pay For 2025
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has capped 2024 with some good news for its associates: raises for the new year.
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High Court Bar's Future: Haynes Boone's Daniel Geyser
Daniel L. Geyser of Haynes and Boone LLP is an unconventional U.S. Supreme Court advocate in every respect, from the path he forged to become one of the high court's frequent arguers to the way he runs his current practice from more than half a country away from the nation's capital.
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Davis Wright Taps Litigator For New Exec Operations Role
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has promoted a longtime employment attorney to serve in the newly created position of executive operations partner, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Winston & Strawn Matches Bonuses, Top Billers Get Extra
Winston & Strawn LLP is the latest firm to match the 2024 associate bonus first put forward by Milbank LLP, with adjustments for associates who fall short of the minimum hours threshold while offering extra bonuses for those who "substantially" exceed their productivity goals.
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Alabama Judge To Retire Jan. 2, Opening New Seat For Trump
An Alabama federal judge informed President Joe Biden on Tuesday that he would be retiring Jan. 2, making him the second judge appointed by a Republican president to announce his retirement after Donald Trump won the presidential election this year.
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Growing Workloads Have More In-House Teams Turning To AI
Corporate law departments are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence tools as they face pressure to control costs and meet growing demands for legal services amid flat headcount, according to survey results released Wednesday.
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Akerman Taps Fla., DC Attys To Lead Construction Practice
Akerman LLP has selected two of its longtime attorneys to head up its construction practice, including one who is a former field engineer and worked on the replacement of the eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
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After Veto Threat, Courts Warn Need For More Judges Urgent
Following President Joe Biden's veto threat of a bill to add more federal judgeships, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts warned Wednesday that there is an urgent need for more judges despite the White House's claim that there's no immediate need to create more seats.
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FBI Director Wray To Resign Before Trump's Inauguration
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday he will resign in January at the end of President Joe Biden's term, averting what was expected to be his dismissal when President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
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Arnall Golden Adds Ex-DOJ Consumer Protection Pro In DC
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has brought on a longtime U.S. Department of Justice litigator who most recently worked as an assistant director in the agency's Consumer Protection Branch, in a move that follows the firm's hiring of another attorney with a government background earlier this year.
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Antitrust Bar's 'Leading Light,' Ex-Morgan Lewis Chair Dies
John Shenefield, a former chair of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP who also served as an assistant attorney general in charge of the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, died Monday at 85, according to a statement released by Morgan Lewis on Wednesday.
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Justices' Cold Feet On Nvidia, Meta Leaves Attys Guessing
The U.S. Supreme Court threw out a second securities case on Wednesday by refusing to issue a ruling in a Nvidia Corp. case with no explanation on its change of heart, leaving the defense bar to guess at the court's motivation and its potential implication for the future of high court securities cases.
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Pa. Deputy AG, Calif. Judge Confirmed To Federal Bench
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Keli M. Neary, an executive deputy attorney general for the state of Pennsylvania, to serve as a federal judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and Judge Cynthia Valenzuela Dixon for the Central District of California.
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Akin Makes A Lobbyist Out Of Another Former Lawmaker
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced Tuesday that it has rehired a former Indiana senator as a lobbyist, the second former lawmaker to join its ranks this year, after recently reporting the highest quarterly earnings for federal lobbying work in firm history.
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NY DA Says Trump's 'President-Elect Immunity Does Not Exist'
Prosecutors told the New York state judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money case that "president-elect immunity does not exist" and that the court could delay sentencing — or even "terminate" the case without dismissing it.
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Keller Postman Seeks To DQ Jenner & Block In Tubi Fight
Keller Postman LLC wants Jenner & Block LLP sanctioned and disqualified for a "shocking pattern of unethical conduct" — which allegedly includes hiring a private investigator to interrogate the firm's clients — in a lawsuit accusing Keller Postman of filing thousands of "fraudulent" arbitration claims against streaming service Tubi Inc.
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Jones Day Adds 10 Supreme Court Clerks, Up From 2023
Jones Day LLP has hired 10 former U.S. Supreme Court clerks as associates in its appellate practice, two more than it brought on in 2023, bringing the total number of former high court clerks the firm has added since 2011 to nearly 100.
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Michael Best Names Partner Duo To Management Committee
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP announced Tuesday that a pair of experienced partners who lead the firm's Colorado and Madison, Wisconsin, offices have been named to its management committee.
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Ex-Bloomberg GC Joins Cybersecurity PE Group
A onetime Bloomberg in-house legal leader with nearly three decades of experience across a range of legal and business matters has joined cybersecurity private equity firm Option3, taking on the roles of operating partner and chief strategy officer for the firm's new "zero trust" cybersecurity platform, ENIGMA.
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King & Spalding Announces Its Largest Ever Partner Class
King & Spalding LLP on Tuesday unveiled what it said was the largest class of partners in the firm's history.
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Some Boies Schiller Associates' Bonuses To Hit $1M Or More
Multiple Boies Schiller Flexner LLP associates will receive bonuses of $1 million or more this week due to a banner 2024 from numerous wins at trial and significant settlements on behalf of plaintiffs and victims, the firm said Tuesday.