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    State AGs To Play Larger Role With Trump Back In Office

    Many state attorneys general will have growing influence on national issues under the new Trump administration, as they ramp up regulatory enforcement in areas where the federal government pulls back, while also fighting against or in support of the administration's policies, lawyers and observers say.

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    Offit Kurman Names New Deputy Managing Principal

    Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law announced Thursday that a Virginia-based attorney who previously served as one of the firm's department chairs has been elevated to the role of deputy managing principal.

  • Hawley To Introduce Bill To Restrict Nationwide Injunctions

    Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced on Thursday he would be introducing legislation to prevent district court judges from issuing nationwide injunctions.

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    Judge Tells DOJ To Alert All Agencies Of Perkins Coie Ruling

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge Wednesday directed the Trump administration to tell all federal agencies to rescind requests for disclosures about government and contractor relationships with Perkins Coie LLP, following an order last week blocking enforcement of the president's executive order against the Seattle-based law firm.

  • White House Says It Will Obey Court Orders But Faults Judges

    White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday the Trump administration will comply with court orders, but continued to escalate its verbal attacks on the judiciary.

  • Goldstein Says Feds 'Misled' Court With Obstruction Claim

    U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein wants a Maryland federal judge to sanction prosecutors in his tax evasion case for a "pattern of false and misleading statements" to the court accusing him of hiding millions in cryptocurrency and bribing his former law firm manager.

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    Schulte Roth Restructuring Leader Rejoins Cadwalader In DC

    The former co-chair of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP's business reorganization group has rejoined Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP after more than a decade away from the firm, Cadwalader recently announced.

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    Morris Manning Rehires Int'l Trade Associate In DC

    An international trade attorney who recently spent a little more than a year and a half with Covington & Burling LLP has rejoined Morris Manning & Martin LLP in Washington, D.C., where he once spent nearly a decade at.

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    EEOC Bid For Law Firm DEI Info On Shaky Ground, Attys Say

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's recent call for law firms to cough up a trove of information about their diversity, equity and inclusion programs lacks statutory authority and may contravene federal law, according to experts from both sides of the aisle.

  • Law360 Announces The Members Of Its 2025 Editorial Boards

    Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2025 Editorial Advisory Boards.

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    Trump Media Group Execs See Total Pay Skyrocket

    Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., which runs President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform, has started paying its executives more than 50 times what they earned before, despite the company losing over $400.8 million last year, according to a securities filing Tuesday.

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    Top Cases Of DC Judge Facing Trump Call For Impeachment

    The D.C. federal judge threatened by President Donald Trump with impeachment Tuesday has presided over important and politically sensitive cases before, including some involving Trump himself.

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    How BigLaw Is Tweaking Diversity Messaging Amid Pushback

    As the Trump administration intensifies its scrutiny of diversity programs, some of the nation's leading law firms are quietly adjusting how they publicly present their diversity commitments, including softening language, scrubbing diversity reports, and, in some cases, erasing diversity pages altogether.

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    Veteran IP Atty Joins Axinn's DC Office As Partner From Sidley

    Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP announced Tuesday that an experienced intellectual property attorney focused on litigating technology matters has joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office as a partner from Sidley Austin LLP.

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    Dem Ex-EEOC Officials Call Law Firm DEI Letters Overreach

    A group of Democratic-appointed former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission officials urged acting Chair Andrea Lucas on Tuesday to rescind letters seeking information from 20 law firms about their diversity, equity and inclusion practices, saying she had exceeded the agency's power.

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    Holtzman Vogel Nabs Former Trump DOJ Official In DC

    A former Justice Department attorney who served in several roles during President Donald Trump's first administration has moved his practice from Alston & Bird LLP to Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC's D.C. shop, the firm announced Tuesday.

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    Ex-Goodwin, Gupta Wessler Attys Start Plaintiff Appeals Firm

    Two Goodwin Procter appellate attorneys, along with a former Gupta Wessler LLP lawyer, have branched out to start their own plaintiff-side appellate boutique, the attorneys announced on Tuesday.

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    Chief Justice Speaks Out After Trump's Impeachment Push

    U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. issued a rare statement Tuesday saying "impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision" after President Donald Trump called for impeaching a judge who blocked the deportation of Venezuelans.

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    20 Law Firms Face EEOC Demands For DEI Employment Info

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has written to 20 law firms seeking information about their diversity, equity and inclusion-related employment practices, the agency announced Monday.

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    BigLaw Hiring From Gov't Up As Trump Slashes Agencies

    As President Donald Trump continues to cut the federal workforce, new data shows that the country's largest law firms have hired significantly more government attorneys since November than they did during the last presidential transition period, with the increase driven in particular by the addition of more nonpartner lawyers.

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    Former DOJ, FCC Official Joins Morgan Lewis In DC

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has grown its telecommunications, media and technology practice in Washington, D.C., with the addition of a former senior Federal Communications Commission and U.S. Department of Justice official, the firm announced on Monday.

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    Ex-SEC Atty Joins Fried Frank From Quinn Emanuel

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced Monday that a longtime U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorney has joined the firm's Washington office from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP as a litigation and asset management partner.

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    How Public Companies Are Changing Their DEI Disclosures

    So far in 2025, public companies appear to be adjusting to new legal and regulatory pressures surrounding diversity issues, with some jettisoning all mention of DEI in their disclosures and others maintaining broad commitments to equity in their operations, according to a study released on Monday.

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    Pillsbury Lands 14-Member Int'l Trade Team From Curtis

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP announced Monday that it has added a 14-member team, including three partners, from Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP to strengthen its international trade practice and help clients navigate tariffs, supply chains and other issues.

  • Vorys Releases Labor-Focused AI Tool For Its Attys, HR Pros

    Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP announced Monday the launch of an in-house agentic artificial intelligence product designed to help its attorneys and human resources professionals answer questions regarding federal, state and local employment laws.

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