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    Senate Confirms SDNY, Maryland Court Picks

    The U.S. Senate on Tuesday signed off on two new federal judges with BigLaw experience, confirming a federal prosecutor to the Southern District of New York and a current magistrate judge to the District of Maryland.

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    Anapol Weiss Absorbs 5-Atty Mass Tort Boutique In DC

    The Philadelphia-based mass tort and personal injury firm Anapol Weiss has expanded into Washington, D.C., as it absorbs a five-attorney outfit helmed by former Wilkinson Stekloff LLP founding partner Alexandra Walsh.

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    Simpson Thacher Names Bi-Coastal Fund Finance Leaders

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has tapped into both its East and West Coast offices to name the new leaders for its fund finance practice, according to a Tuesday announcement.

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    Womble Bond Eyes Growth, Not Layoffs, With New Tie-Up

    The merger between Womble Bond Dickinson and Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP is not about cutting costs because of mounting competition, the international law firm's U.S. boss told Law360 on Tuesday. It's about growth in the U.S., the U.K. — and beyond.

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    Holland & Knight Grows In DC With Ex-IDB Invest Counsel

    A former lead counsel with development bank IDB Invest has joined Holland & Knight LLP in Washington, D.C., boosting the firm's financial services team and its Latin American practice.

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    The Medical-Style Legal Education Model On The Rise In Calif.

    A medical-school style model of legal education is expanding to a second California law school, giving law students the option of a year of hands-on training experience and a head start for post-graduation employment while providing much-needed support for nonprofits and government agencies.

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    Legal Pros Adopting Gen AI Faster Than Past Tech

    U.S. legal professionals may be adopting generative artificial intelligence tools far faster than they started using cloud-based tools, according to results released Tuesday from a survey on technology trends in litigation and investigation that e-discovery software provider Everlaw conducted with the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists.

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    Womble Bond Dickinson To Merge With Lewis Roca

    Womble Bond Dickinson said Tuesday that its U.S. business is merging with regional law firm Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP at the start of the new year, the third law firm merger to be announced in the last week.

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    Durbin Calls For Justice Thomas To Recuse Over Wife's Email

    A top Democratic lawmaker called on U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to bow out of cases involving a conservative Christian legal organization following reports his wife praised the group for fighting court reform efforts, saying Monday her comments create a "clear appearance" of partiality requiring the justice's recusal.

  • Dems To Bring Back Judiciary Accountability Bill

    In the coming weeks, Democrats in the House and Senate will be reintroducing a bill that they say will better protect the approximately 30,000 federal judiciary employees from discrimination and sexual harassment, two lawmakers said on Monday.

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    DC Circ. Revives Legal Malpractice Suit Over Terrorism Case

    The D.C. Circuit has revived legal malpractice claims brought by the family of a bombing victim who was killed in Jerusalem in 1997 by Hamas militants, after the family claimed their counsel's slow progress deprived them of a chance at a larger recovery in a mass disbursement of Iranian assets to terrorism victims.

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    Most Young Lawyers Say Debt Alters Their Career Plans

    A recent student debt study by the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division has found that student debt affects young attorneys in many ways — including changing their career plans.

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    DLA Piper's Boston Leader To Co-Lead US Real Estate Team

    A longtime DLA Piper attorney focused on real estate investment and development is stepping up to co-lead the firm's U.S. real estate practice, according to an announcement Monday.

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    White House Special Counsel Joins Kramer Levin As Partner

    When the White House announced in April that Richard Sauber would leave his role as special counsel, the legal matters he had been tasked by President Joe Biden to lead had all but wrapped up and helped him make the decision to join Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP as its newest partner in Washington, D.C., he told Law360 Pulse Monday.

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    Ex-Google Attorney Joins Freshfields' DC Office

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP announced Monday that it has hired for its antitrust practice a new partner who worked as an in-house attorney at Google for 15 years.

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    Ballard Spahr, Lane Powell Strike Deal To Combine

    Philadelphia-founded Ballard Spahr LLP and Seattle-based Lane Powell PC announced on Monday their plans to merge and form a combined firm with more than 750 lawyers under the Ballard Spahr name.

  • Justice Barrett Describes Life With Constant Security Detail

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett said Friday her around-the-clock protection has been the largest adjustment since joining the high court, recalling an evening when she had to explain the bulletproof vest she was issued to her 13-year-old.

  • DC Circ. Considers Age Of Ex-Trump Aide's Surveillance Claims

    Even after more than an hour of argument, the D.C. Circuit didn't seem convinced Friday that ex-Trump 2016 campaign adviser Carter Page timely accused the Justice Department, the FBI and several individuals of various violations tied to their surveillance of him as they probed Russian election interference.

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    Troutman Pepper, Locke Lord Deal Signals Combos To Come

    The upcoming merger of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and Locke Lord LLP, set for January 2025 and expected to create a firm with over 1,600 attorneys across 33 offices, is indicative of a broader, accelerating trend of consolidation in the legal industry, according to consultants and experts.

  • Justice Alito Reports Concert Tickets From Catholic Activist

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accepted $900 concert tickets from a German princess and Catholic activist in 2023, but otherwise received no free trips or other gifts, according to his annual financial disclosure, which was made public Friday.

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    Procopio's Managing Partner Dies At 55 From Cancer

    Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP's managing partner, John D. Alessio, has died after a five-year battle with cancer, at age 55.

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    SEC Accuses Fla. Men Of Mass Tort Litigation Financing Fraud

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday accused a father and son from Florida of running a fraudulent litigation funding scheme by promising investors returns from financing mass tort litigation they were not actually funding.

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    Steptoe Adds Co-Leader To Restructuring & Insolvency Group

    Steptoe LLP has expanded its transactions and tax practice by hiring a New York-based partner as a co-leader of the firm's insolvency and restructuring team.

  • Beltway Moves: Mayer Brown, Weil, Nelson Mullins

    A leader of the U.S. Department of Justice's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit has left the government for Mayer Brown LLP, while a veteran of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has joined Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, in two of the latest major moves in Washington, D.C.'s legal industry.

  • Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP and Selendy Gay PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Delaware vice chancellor ruled that Johnson & Johnson owes over $1 billion to a medical robotics developer and entrepreneur over a post-acquisition dispute.

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