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Adams, Feds Ordered To Explain Dismissal Bid At Hearing
A Manhattan federal judge demanded details Tuesday and scheduled a hearing after the Justice Department asked to dismiss criminal charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, signaling that the court would not rubber-stamp the request following allegations of a corrupt bargain and mass resignations of prosecutors in protest.
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Trump Admin Asks Justices To OK Special Counsel Firing
The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the president's firing of a top government ethics watchdog to move forward, arguing a Washington, D.C., federal judge unlawfully seized executive power when she issued an order temporarily reinstating the official pending a legal challenge.
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FTC Political Appointees Told To Break Up With 'Leftist' ABA
Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew N. Ferguson told agency staff in a letter that political appointees cannot hold leadership positions in the American Bar Association, attend its events or renew their memberships, citing the ABA's "leftist advocacy and its recent attacks" on the Trump administration's agenda.
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CFTC Taps Ex-Whistleblower Chief As Enforcement Head
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's acting head announced the appointment of a new enforcement director, naming to the position a former federal prosecutor who recently was the agency's whistleblower chief.
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Trump Aims To End Limits On President's Power To Fire
President Donald Trump has his sights set on taking down a 90-year-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling that protects certain government officials from being fired, a U.S. Department of Justice letter confirms, and he plans to leverage his prior legal victories to deliver the precedent's death knell and expand presidential power.
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House Dems Amplify ABA Decision On High Court Ethics
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee's courts panel urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to adopt a binding and enforceable code of ethics after the American Bar Association's policy-making body advocated for such.
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Adams Case Careens Toward 'Messy' Hearing, Experts Say
The Manhattan federal judge overseeing the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams is unlikely to rubber stamp a request from the U.S. Department of Justice to toss the case and may instead hold a hearing on the matter, which could get "messy" and "embarrassing," experts say.
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New Administration Begins Litigation About-Faces
The Trump administration's high court reversal on transgender healthcare may be just the first such U-turn, as it telegraphs potential changes in the government's position in cases over student loan forgiveness, environmental regulations, the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and more.
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White House Fires 2 Calif. US Attorneys Picked By Biden
President Donald Trump directed the White House to fire the two remaining Biden-appointed U.S. attorneys in California on Wednesday in his latest push to purge the U.S. Department of Justice of officials appointed under the Biden administration.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Delaware federal judge ruled that tech startup ROSS Intelligence infringed copyrighted material from Thomson Reuters' Westlaw platform to create a competing legal research tool powered by artificial intelligence.
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Missouri Senator's Son Launches Hartley Blunt Lobby Shop
Andy Blunt, the former chairman and chief operating officer of Husch Blackwell Strategies who helped launch the lobbying shop alongside Gregg Hartley seven years ago, are ending their affiliation with Husch Blackwell LLP and launching their own shop, according to a Friday announcement.
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Government Attys Crowd Legal Job Market Amid Trump Cuts
With a wave of government lawyers crowding the job market in Washington, D.C., as President Donald Trump's early moves strike fear into the federal workforce, experts say law firms are taking their time weighing hiring decisions.
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DOJ Files Motion To Drop Adams Case After Prosecutors Exit
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion to dismiss the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, following a flood of resignations by government lawyers who defied a top DOJ official's orders to drop the charges for political reasons.
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Melgren Takes Senior Status, Opening Kansas Seat For Trump
Chief U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren of the District of Kansas will take senior status later this year, bringing the total of current and upcoming judicial vacancies President Donald Trump has available to fill to 53.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded their practices and President Donald Trump flexed his executive power with new appointments and policies. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Love And Law: How 2 Busy Lawyers Keep The Spark Alive
Nurturing a romantic relationship over many years can be challenging for anyone, let alone someone who has intense demands related to their careers the way many successful attorneys do. Here, two successful partners share some quick tips on how they each juggle their decades-long marriages alongside busy practices.
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Thompson Hine Partner Wants To Help You Find True Love
Heidi B. Friedman, co-chair of Thompson Hine LLP’s environmental, social and governance collaborative, has a side gig playing Cupid. She talked to Law360 Pulse about her new book, "Love Lessons: 104 Dates and the Stories that Led Me to True Love."
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NY Leads Lateral Associate Pay Growth, Up $100K In 5 Years
Competition for lateral associates in top U.S. legal markets, including New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., has soared over the past five years, as law firms compete fiercely for top talent, according to a recent report from global legal recruitment firm Major Lindsey & Africa.
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Trump Ally Seeks To Limit Judges' Sway Over White House
A conservative legal group run by an ally of President Donald Trump is working on legislation to restrain judges that it deems politicized, in the wake of rulings against the Trump administration's actions.
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Willkie Expands Litigation Bench With Mayer Brown Trio
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has brought on three former Mayer Brown LLP partners in California and Washington, D.C., including two former federal prosecutors, and named one of the new partners as chair of its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act group, the firm announced Thursday.
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Butler Snow Boosts Support For Caregivers Across Offices
Butler Snow LLP has strengthened its attorney and staff benefits by partnering with Cariloop, an employer-sponsored caregiver support platform aimed at working parents and those who are caregivers for their parents, Cariloop announced Thursday.
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Ex-Labor Dept. Solicitor Joins DC Employment Boutique
A former deputy associate solicitor for the U.S. Department of Labor has joined a D.C. employment boutique as of counsel, the firm announced this week.
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84% Of Legal Teams Surveyed Plan To Use AI Within 2 Years
The adoption of artificial intelligence in corporate law departments has nearly doubled since 2023, with 84% of legal teams surveyed planning to use it in the next two years, according to a new report released Wednesday.
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DOJ Fraud Atty Rejoins Akin As Agency Exits Mount
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has rehired a departing member of the U.S. Department of Justice's fraud section, which has seen significant exits following the reelection of President Donald Trump.
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SDNY US Atty Resigns, Alleging Trump-Adams 'Quid Pro Quo'
Danielle R. Sassoon, the interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, resigned Thursday after she refused an order by U.S. Department of Justice officials to drop the federal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams and expressed concern the move was part of an improper quid pro quo with President Donald Trump.