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On The Ground: How Attorneys Safeguarded The Election
Attorneys worked tirelessly Tuesday to support citizens and election workers on the final day of voting in one of history's most contentious presidential contests.
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How General Counsel Can Help Offset Geopolitical Risks
Despite a belief among in-house attorneys that geopolitical risks are rising, most of 200 legal department leaders recently surveyed by the Association of Corporate Counsel stated their employers are planning to maintain or grow engagement with some of the riskiest countries, leading to a rising need for risk management policies, training and collaborative preparation.
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Attys At These Firms Donated The Most To Harris, Trump
Attorneys and staff at the country's largest law firms have donated more than 15 times as much money to Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign as they have to former President Donald Trump's, federal election records show.
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Barnes & Thornburg Leadership Panel Debuts New Ohio Head
Barnes & Thornburg LLP is getting new leadership in Columbus, Ohio, the firm said as it announced its 2024-2025 management committee.
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Federal Trade Commission Atty Returns To Katten In DC
An attorney who spent more than a decade at the Federal Trade Commission has returned to private practice at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, where he began his legal career, boosting the firm's offerings for clients as they navigate increased antitrust scrutiny and enforcement.
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Haynes Boone Hires 3 More RE Attys From Holland & Knight
Haynes and Boone LLP has hired a trio of attorneys from Holland & Knight LLP in Dallas and Northern Virginia, saying Monday that their additions will complement the firm's real estate and finance offerings.
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Wiley Adds Carlton Fields Telecom Leader, Shareholder
Wiley Rein LLP has grown its telecommunications and technology litigation offerings with the addition of two Carlton Fields shareholders, including the leader of its telecommunications practice.
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Crowell & Moring Aims To End $1M Fee Bid In DC Lease Row
After losing a bid for its District of Columbia landlord to return $30 million in lease payments Crowell & Moring reportedly paid for an empty office during the COVID-19 shutdown, the firm now wants to sidestep a $1 million fee from the failed suit, arguing the landowner cannot recoup fees while an appeal is pending.
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Justices To Review 30-Day Appeal Window In Removal Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday accepted a case that could resolve a circuit split on whether noncitizens with final removal orders must appeal to courts within 30 days of the order, or 30 days after administrative appeals conclude.
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Justices Will Review Use Of Race In La.'s Election Map
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear arguments over the constitutionality of Louisiana's new congressional map containing two majority-Black voting districts, in a dispute that asks the justices to harmonize the Voting Rights Act's objectives with the language of the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause.
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Meet The Attys Arguing Meta's High Court Disclosure Suit
Both Meta Platforms and its investors are calling in the big guns as two U.S. Supreme Court veterans are set to go head-to-head Wednesday in a case that could limit the types of information corporations are required to disclose to shareholders.
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High Court Leaves Pa. Fix For Nixed Mail Ballots In Place
The U.S. Supreme Court left in place Friday a ruling from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court allowing voters in the battleground state whose mail-in ballots are rejected as defective to submit provisional ballots on Election Day as replacements.
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Up Next At High Court: Fed Funds And Securities Risks
The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday for its November arguments session, which will start off with a debate over whether the Federal Communications Commission telecom subsidy program involves federal funds subject to the False Claims Act, and on Tuesday how Medicare funding should be calculated for hospitals that serve large numbers of low-income patients.
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Procopio's New Managing Partner Is Living 'American Dream'
A self-described "poor kid from the wrong side of the tracks" in Brockton, Massachusetts, Dennis Doucette said he's living the "American dream" having been named managing partner of Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP.
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How 2024 Election Litigation May Look Different From 2020
Courts are fielding a flood of lawsuits over the 2024 presidential election, with more certainly to come, but those suits may have some significant differences from the ones that played out in 2020, according to experts.
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Proskauer Elevates 15 To Partnership, 6 To Senior Counsel
Two years after announcing its largest ever promotion class of 33, Proskauer Rose LLP announced Friday another large group of 21 attorneys being promoted across its U.S. and U.K. offices.
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Legal Hiring Continued Upward Trajectory In October
The U.S. legal sector logged its second month in a row of job number increases in October, following a four-month-long period of decline this spring and summer, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Beltway Moves: BCLP, Akin, Morgan Lewis
A former mayor of Seattle returned to private practice to lead Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP's white collar group, while the chief international trade counsel for the Senate Finance Committee chair rejoined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, in some of the latest legal industry moves in Washington, D.C.
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The Top In-House Hires Of October
Legal department hires and changes during the month of pumpkins and goblins included new roles for top attorneys with Nike, a high-profile appointment at Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. and a promotion to CEO for the general counsel at UnitedLex.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Motley Rice's handling of Los Angeles County's plastic pollution-related suit against Pepsi and Coca-Cola and Cole Schotz's work on a Manhattan redevelopment project lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Oct. 18 to Nov. 1.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Kicking off this week's legal lions list are nine large law firms celebrating a big win in New York after a federal judge threw out a $14 billion complaint against their retailer and drugmaker clients in multidistrict litigation accusing them of making and selling ineffective over-the-counter decongestants.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the end of October with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms made new hires and promoted attorneys to partner. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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What DOJ's New National Security Obsession Means For Attys
The Justice Department’s emerging criminal crackdown on corporate national security violations is putting increased pressure on white collar lawyers to be conversant, if not experts, on opaque, complex and swiftly evolving regulations.
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Veteran Law Firm Financial Exec Named Hinshaw's New CFO
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP has announced that an experienced financial executive who has worked at major law firms for over 30 years has been appointed its new chief financial officer, a move the firm said will help its performance and operational efficiency.
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Arnold & Porter Appoints New Co-Chairs, CEO
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP announced Thursday that co-managing partners Michael Daneker and Ellen Kaye Fleishhacker have been elected co-chairs of the firm, effective Jan. 1.