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BigLaw Firms Saw Double-Digit Profit Growth In 2024
Last year was "one of the strongest years on record" for U.S. law firm financial results, according to Citi Global Wealth at Work Law Firm Group head Gretta Rusanow, with a survey by the bank of mostly large law firms showing a 16.6% increase in profits and a 12.3% increase in revenue over 2023.
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Feds Agree Not To Publish FBI Agent List, For Now
The federal government agreed Friday not to publicize a list of FBI personnel who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol without giving FBI agents suing the U.S. Department of Justice a heads-up beforehand.
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Cooley Litigation Leader On 'Enormous Momentum' Of Team
Ian Shapiro, Cooley LLP’s new chair of litigation, joined Law360 Pulse for a conversation about his new leadership position at the firm where he’s spent almost all of his career, and developing the team into an elite litigation group.
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Pierson Ferdinand Taps Founding Partner As GC
The rapidly-growing firm Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Friday that it selected one of its Philadelphia-based founding partners to serve as the firm's global general counsel.
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Goldstein's Pro Se Filing Irks Feds Amid Murky Atty Situation
Prosecutors have asked a Maryland federal judge to strike a pro se motion from Tom Goldstein in his tax evasion case, saying the U.S. Supreme Court attorney and SCOTUSblog publisher shouldn't be allowed to personally make arguments to the court when he is represented by several experienced lawyers.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off February with another action-packed week as attorneys took on new roles in BigLaw and the Trump administration. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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SEC Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel Joins Carlton Fields
An assistant chief litigation counsel for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has left the agency to join Carlton Fields as a shareholder in the firm's securities litigation and enforcement practice in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Thursday.
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No Imminent Plans To Publish Jan. 6 FBI Agents List, DOJ Says
FBI agents were unable to strike a deal Thursday that would block the federal government from releasing a list of FBI employees who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, but the U.S. Department of Justice told a judge it does not immediately intend to make that information public.
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Dems Attack Bondi Memos Ahead Of Patel's Confirmation Vote
While expressing their opposition to Kash Patel becoming FBI director, Democrats also took shots at newly confirmed Attorney General Pam Bondi, warning at a hearing on Thursday they fear the U.S. Department of Justice as a whole is becoming politicized.
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CFPB's Frotman To Depart As General Counsel
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's top lawyer is resigning, Law360 has learned, marking the latest high-level exit from the agency following President Donald Trump's firing of its former director Rohit Chopra.
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Jones Day Names 6 Office And Practice Leaders
Jones Day announced Thursday that six of its attorneys earned new practice group or office leadership roles, including at shops in Texas and California.
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Weil Hires PE, Sports Ace Away From Hogan Lovells
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's U.S. private equity group has brought on a former Hogan Lovells partner who advised buyers of the National Women's Soccer League's Washington Spirit and the NFL's Washington Commanders and Denver Broncos, among other major deals in the sports world, the firm has announced.
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US Attys To Shift Focus Amid Questions Of Staffing, Politics
The new U.S. attorneys under President Donald Trump's administration will almost certainly shift their offices' enforcement priorities, experts say, but they may also be faced with the impacts of a shrinking federal workforce and a politicized Justice Department, others worry.
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Carr Names Project 2025 Co-Author As FCC General Counsel
A Michigan State University law professor and onetime Jones Day litigator known for his involvement in Project 2025 and criticism of Big Tech will serve as the Federal Communications Commission's top lawyer.
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Snell & Wilmer Grows DC Office With Ex-McDermott Partner
Snell & Wilmer LLP strengthened its litigation services in Washington, D.C., with the recent addition of an attorney specializing in representing clients in federal compliance and civil and criminal enforcement matters.
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Pillsbury Adds Insurance Partner From Morgan Lewis
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has announced the addition of an insurance recovery expert from Morgan Lewis as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office to advise and represent insurance policyholders.
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Arnall Golden Hires Home Care & Hospice CEO In DC
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has hired the former head of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, to join its Washington, D.C., office after nearly 40 years with the organization, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Jenner & Block Atty Leaves To Advise House Judiciary Dems
A Jenner & Block LLP partner with experience in matters involving government controversies, public policy litigation and congressional investigations announced Wednesday that he is leaving the firm to serve as a special counsel and senior adviser to the Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee.
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GOP Sens.' Bill Ups Penalty For Protesting Justices' Homes
Five Republican senators introduced a bill on Wednesday that would increase maximum prison sentences for individuals who illegally protest outside the homes of U.S. Supreme Court justices, from the current one-year limit up to five years.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In January? Netflix, Palantir And More
Legal leaders at Netflix and Palantir Technologies were among those corporate lawyers who welcomed the New Year by hauling in millions of dollars in stock sales in January.
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Texas Bar Says Lawyers Can't Partner With Non-Attorneys
A new ethics opinion from the State Bar of Texas says lawyers practicing in the Lone Star State cannot partner with law firms offering legal services in other jurisdictions if the partnership includes a non-lawyer, even if such arrangements are permitted in the jurisdiction where the law firm is based.
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Goldstein, Saying He's Mired In Debt, Asks To Redo Bail Terms
Prominent U.S. Supreme Court attorney and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein has a negative net worth of more than $3.3 million and is mired in debt to his attorneys, he said in a filing Wednesday seeking to modify the conditions of his release ahead of a trial on federal criminal tax evasion charges.
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Brownstein Hyatt Hires A Visa Strategy Exec As Director
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP has hired the former vice president for political strategy and external partnerships at Visa Inc. who is joining the firm as its policy director in the state government relations group, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Wagner Law Scoops Up Benefits Expert From Paul Hastings
The Wagner Law Group has added a benefits and executive compensation attorney from Paul Hastings LLP to its ranks in Washington, D.C., picking up a lawyer who can draw on almost three decades of experience to assist the boutique firm's clients.
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As Adams Case Teeters, A DOJ 'Ideal' Hangs In The Balance
The public courtship between New York City Mayor Eric Adams and President Donald Trump is worrying some white collar legal experts, who say that Trump influencing the U.S. Department of Justice to drop Adams' corruption case would depart from over 40 years of policies aimed at keeping politics out of prosecutorial decisions.