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Justices Vacate TM Award That Put Co.'s Affiliates On Hook
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday vacated an award that reached nearly $47 million in a trademark dispute that questioned whether affiliates of a real estate development company should be liable for the payment even though they were not defendants in the case.
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High Court Mulls Bounds Of Supervised Release Sentencing
Lower court judges have strayed from what Congress says are the only factors that may be considered when sentencing offenders for violating their supervised release, the Supreme Court heard Tuesday, as the justices address a circuit split regarding the purposes of such sentences.
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Trump Targets Covington Attys For Repping Special Counsel
President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered the immediate suspension of security clearances held by Covington & Burling LLP attorneys who represent former special counsel Jack Smith, with the president citing the attorneys' supposed roles in the "weaponization of the judicial process."
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How To Track Trump's Legal Battles
President Donald Trump has issued a historic number of executive orders and other actions during his first five weeks back in the White House, eliciting more than 80 legal challenges and setting the stage for major courtroom battles over birthright citizenship, presidential power, the federal government's structure and more. Law360 has created a database to keep track of them all.
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Newman Says Fed. Circ. Doctors Undermine Suspension Case
Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman has said the court's other judges have undermined their claims about why they suspended her, by retaining experts who questioned reports from her own doctors finding her fit to serve as a judge.
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Meet The FDA's New Chief Counsel Robert Foster
Announced as the top attorney for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in recent days, Robert Foster brings a career spanning the government's early COVID-19 pandemic response, biopharmaceutical company leadership and legal oversight matters for the U.S. Senate.
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High Court Split Over Civil Rights Jury Trials For Prisoners
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared evenly divided Tuesday over whether the Seventh Amendment guarantees prisoners the right to a jury trial when disputed facts regarding exhaustion of remedies are intertwined with their underlying claims, including allegations of sexual misconduct and retaliation.
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Justices Limit 'Prevailing Party' Status For Atty Fees
Litigants will no longer be considered the "prevailing party" — and thus won't be eligible for attorney fees — if they achieve courtroom victories via preliminary injunction instead of a final judgment, the U.S. Supreme Court has found, in a ruling that's expected to be a blow to legal advocacy groups.
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Federal Judiciary Repeats Request For More Judges
A federal circuit judge, speaking on behalf of the federal judiciary, repeated on Tuesday the need for more federal judges to alleviate the overwhelmed courts after President Joe Biden vetoed legislation late last year that would have added seats to the bench.
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Kirkland Regains Top Spot in 2024 Performance Ranking
Kirkland & Ellis LLP surged back to the top of legal market intelligence provider Leopard Solutions' annual Law Firm Index released on Tuesday with a perfect score for the year, while last year's leader Latham & Watkins LLP slipped to fourth place.
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Wiley Adds Environment And Product Regulation Pro In DC
Washington, D.C., firm Wiley Rein LLP has expanded its environmental offerings with the addition of a veteran attorney and policy pro.
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Law Firms Walk DEI Tightrope Amid Political Pressure
Law firms that once led the charge on diversity initiatives now find themselves walking a tightrope, balancing their long-standing commitments to diversity with shifting corporate priorities and political pressure stemming from the Trump administration's efforts to curtail such programs.
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Law Firm Leasing Reaches Highest Level Since Before COVID
Law firms in the United States have broken through years of pandemic-related uncertainty about market conditions and the need for office space to record the highest volume of lease activity in more than five years, according to newly released data.
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Former FCC Space Bureau Chief Joins DLA Piper In DC
The former head of the Federal Communications Commission's Space Bureau has joined DLA Piper in Washington, D.C., to help lead its practice focused on space exploration and innovation, the firm said Tuesday.
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Jones Day, Married Ex-Associates End Suit Over Family Leave
Jones Day and two former associates have settled their acrimonious and long-running legal battle over the firm's allegedly sexist family leave policy, they told a Washington, D.C., federal court Tuesday.
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K&L Gates Adds Kilpatrick Int'l Disputes Global Lead In DC
K&L Gates LLP announced it has hired the former leader of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP's global international disputes group, who is joining the firm's energy, infrastructure and resources practice to work with power and utilities clients.
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FCC Hires US House Lawyer As Regulator's Deputy GC
The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday named a top lawyer from the legislative branch as the agency's new deputy general counsel for litigation.
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Willkie Lands Trio Of Jenner & Block Litigators In NY, DC
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced Tuesday that it has added three litigation partners from Jenner & Block LLP, including former U.S. Ambassador Lee Wolosky, who will chair Willkie's new national security and cross-border litigation practice.
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High Court Orders New Trial In Okla. Death Row Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for an Oklahoma inmate whose conviction and death sentence for a 1997 murder, the state confesses, was the product of prosecutors withholding evidence and knowingly presenting false testimony.
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Judge Who Ordered Pages Restored Put On Impeachment List
A Republican U.S. congressman announced Monday he has introduced articles of impeachment against a Washington, D.C., federal judge, following the judge's ruling ordering public health agencies temporarily to restore the web pages they took down in response to a Trump administration order to scrub pages of "gender ideology."
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Recently Launched Tech Co. Applies AI To Corp. Governance
With a new report on public company stock grants released on Monday, one-year-old DragonGC is showing how artificial intelligence can be brought to bear helping in-house counsel shape corporate governance.
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Newly Launched Crypto Boutique Melds Legal, Tech Expertise
Former federal prosecutor and cryptocurrency specialist Youli Lee has launched a solo tech-focused firm that collaborates with an array of nonlawyer experts on specialized topics such as cybersecurity, blockchain investigation and fintech compliance.
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ABA Suspends Law School DEI Standards Until Summer
The American Bar Association has announced that it is holding off on enforcing its diversity and inclusion standards for law schools in light of recent executive orders by the new presidential administration.
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Even Idle Impeachment Threats Stir Fears Of Targeting Judges
Republican efforts to impeach federal judges who've blocked aspects of President Donald Trump's slash-and-burn cost-cutting policies are nearly certain to fail, experts say, but they do set a troubling precedent by painting a target on those judges' backs.
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SEC Corporate Finance Leader Joins Gibson Dunn in DC
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has hired an attorney who has spent the majority of her professional career working with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in several positions, the firm announced Monday.