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Simpson Thacher Outpaces Last Year With 2025 Partner Class
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP unveiled its 44 partner promotions for 2025 on Tuesday, touting a class of 12 more attorneys than last year.
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Day Pitney Latest Firm To Add Energy Talent With 30-Year Vet
Day Pitney LLP has hired an energy partner in Washington who represents investors in the natural gas and electric power industries, as lateral moves in that industry across the country continue at a fervent pace.
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Trump Wants 'Immediate Dismissal' Of NY Hush Money Case
President-elect Donald Trump's legal team told the New York judge who presided over his hush money trial that his conviction should be thrown out due to his "overwhelming victory" at the polls, according to a filing released Wednesday.
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Ex-K&L Gates Chair On Growth, Leadership And Remote Work
During the two decades Peter Kalis served as chairman and managing partner of K&L Gates, from 1997 to 2017, the law firm grew from a primarily Eastern Seaboard firm to one with offices around the globe, with annual revenue that ballooned by 700%.
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BigLaw Begins Matching Milbank On Associate Bonuses
Following the news Tuesday that Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP will pay associates year-end and special bonuses in line with those handed out by Milbank LLP this year, the firms' peers have begun to respond, with swift matches Wednesday by Paul Hastings LLP and McDermott Will & Emery LLP.
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High Court Urged To Let Courts Scrutinize Agency Rulings
District courts should be allowed to question rather than grant "absolute deference" to the Federal Communications Commission's interpretation of key statutory terms in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, a chiropractic group contended Monday in calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a junk fax class action.
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Cravath Matches Milbank On 2024 Associate Bonuses
Longtime legal compensation leader Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has reportedly announced year-end and special bonuses for its associates in line with those offered by peer law firm Milbank LLP over the summer and earlier this month.
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Ex-US Attorneys See Risks In Working Under Gaetz
Some prospective U.S. attorneys may think twice about joining the U.S. Department of Justice if Matt Gaetz ends up in charge, veterans of the position told Law360.
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PierFerd Adds FisherBroyles RE Partner To DC Shop
Pierson Ferdinand LLP has added a FisherBroyles LLP partner who works with real estate financing and transactional matters to its Washington, D.C., team, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Law Firms Set To Close Out 2024 With Near-Record Billing
Amid high demand, billing rates at U.S. law firms were up 9% during the first nine months of 2024 compared to this time last year, revealing the industry is on track to see strong year-end financial results, according to survey results released Tuesday by Wells Fargo Private Bank.
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Senate Confirms Oregon Judge Following Many GOP Hurdles
The Senate voted 51-44 on Tuesday to confirm Magistrate Judge Mustafa Taher Kasubhai to the District of Oregon following hours of Republicans' delay tactics the night before.
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Poll Workers Fight Giuliani Attys' Bid To Exit Collection Cases
Two of Rudy Giuliani's attorneys doubled down Tuesday on their attempt to withdraw as counsel in the $148 million defamation case against him, saying in a redacted letter that the two Georgia poll workers hoping to stop their withdrawal are unaware of the facts that led up to the request.
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DA Says Trump Sentencing Could Be Delayed Until 2029
Manhattan prosecutors on Tuesday suggested that President-elect Donald Trump's criminal sentencing could be delayed until after he serves out his next term, but urged a judge not to throw out his conviction over an alleged hush money scheme.
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Akin Adds Another Healthcare Expert To DC Lobbying Team
The former chief health adviser for the Senate Finance Committee's majority has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's lobbying team in Washington, D.C., weeks after the firm added another healthcare advocate from the national association representing pharmacy benefit managers.
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State Department Sanctions Official Rejoins Crowell & Moring
After more than three years working as a senior sanctions policy official in the U.S. State Department, Erik Woodhouse has returned to private practice at Crowell & Moring LLP in the firm's Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Senate Confirms Fla. Magistrate Judge To 11th Circ.
The Senate voted 49-45 on Monday to confirm U.S. Magistrate Judge Embry J. Kidd of the Middle District of Florida to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
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USPTO Director Kathi Vidal To Rejoin Winston & Strawn
Winston & Strawn LLP said Monday that Kathi Vidal, director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, is slated to rejoin the firm.
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In-House Female Attys Say They Prefer Work Culture, Balance
In a first-of-its-kind survey by the National Association of Women Lawyers, in-house female attorneys report finding their work-life balance, work substance and workplace culture superior to that of law firms.
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Why AI May Be The Secret Weapon For Starting A Law Firm
The secret ingredient to opening a solo practice or small firm might be artificial intelligence, Chris Stock, a vice president at legal tech company Clio, said at the New York City Bar's Small Law Symposium last week.
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Latham Opens Third Onsite Health Center In DC
Latham & Watkins LLP announced that the firm has opened its third onsite health center, expanding its employee healthcare service to Washington, D.C., following locations in Los Angeles and New York.
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Arnold & Porter Product Liability Co-Chair To Lead DC Office
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP announced Monday that a longtime attorney who currently serves as the firm's product liability litigation co-chair will be given an additional role leading the Washington, D.C., office next year.
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Friedman Kaplan Name Partner Larry Robbins Dies At 72
Larry Robbins, a name partner at Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP known for counseling high-profile congressional witnesses like Marie Yovanovitch and Christine Blasey Ford through their Senate and House committee appearances, died earlier this month at age 72, the firm announced.
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DC Judges, Council Urge Confirmation Of City's Bench Picks
District of Columbia council members and chief judges are calling on the Senate to confirm the D.C. judicial nominees pending on the floor by the end of the year as the court system has repeatedly called attention to a vacancy crisis.
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Where Women Are And Are Not Getting Ahead In Law
Women now make up the majority of law school graduates, law firm associates and lawyers in the federal government and will likely soon make up the majority of law school faculty, according to a report from the American Bar Association out Monday, however the proportion of women in certain positions of power within the profession continues to lag.
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Giuliani Gets New Atty As Poll Workers Seek To Collect $148M
Two days after Rudy Giuliani's lawyers asked a federal judge to allow them to withdraw from representing him in a pair of cases from former Georgia poll workers seeking to collect a $148 million defamation award against him, the embattled former mayor of New York found himself new representation.