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    Meet Trump's Solicitor General Nominee John Sauer

    A former Missouri solicitor general who later convinced the U.S. Supreme Court that former presidents have sweeping immunity from prosecution for their official acts is poised to become the next U.S. solicitor general, joining other members of President-elect Donald Trump's criminal defense team who are slated to take top roles at the U.S. Department of Justice.

  • Girardi Seeks Sentencing Delay Amid Atty's Departure

    Disbarred attorney Tom Girardi is asking a California federal judge for more time before his sentencing date because a key member of his legal team is leaving the Federal Public Defender's Office on Monday.

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    Calif. Whiz Kid Follows Brother In Passing Bar At Age 17

    While it's not unusual for teenagers to follow in each other's footsteps, for siblings Sophia and Peter Park, that has meant smashing records for passing the California bar exam.

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    The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers

    The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in only three cases during the holiday-shortened week, but that didn't stop the justices from positing a slew of hypotheticals in cases over a shareholder suit against Nvidia, a mobster's responsibility for a crime he didn't physically commit, and the inclusion of weekends in the government's 60-day deadline to voluntarily deport. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • Ex-McElroy Deutsch Exec Says Firm Has No Claim On House

    The former McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP business development director whose husband pled guilty to stealing millions from the firm has argued that the time has come for the court to toss an attempt by the firm to put her house in a constructive trust.

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    Wilson Sonsini Partnership Class Drops Slightly To 16 Attys

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC has elected 16 attorneys to its partnership, marking a dip from the 20 partners elected for 2024 and a further decline from its 23-attorney partner class for 2022, which was its largest partner class since 1999.

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    Another Paul Hastings Int'l Arbitration Atty Joins Linklaters

    Linklaters has added a senior counsel in Washington, D.C., who joins the firm's international arbitration practice from Paul Hastings LLP, weeks after that firm's international arbitration practice co-chair made a similar jump.

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    Cooley's Bench-Growing Bet On More Gov't Scrutiny Paid Off

    Five years ago, Cooley LLP decided to grow its litigation bench in anticipation of rising federal and state government scrutiny, especially toward its technology-heavy client base. Today, the firm's newly expanded team is reaping the benefits of that foresight as litigation work in the area has surged.

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    Plaintiffs Ask To Seal $8.5M Data Breach Deal With Gunster

    Plaintiffs in a proposed data breach class action asked a Florida federal court Thursday to let them file under seal an $8.5 million settlement agreement to resolve accusations that Florida corporate law firm Gunster failed to safeguard the personal information of nearly 10,000 clients, employees and other individuals from cybercriminals.

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    McDermott Welcomes Back Employee Benefits Atty In DC

    McDermott Will & Emery LLP's status as a top BigLaw firm with a specialized practice focused on employee stock ownership plans, or ESOPs, prompted an employee benefits attorney to recently return to the firm's Washington, D.C., office.

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    Orrick Trial Partner Joins Morgan Lewis In Boston

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced that an experienced litigator from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP joined the firm's Boston office as a partner, enhancing its capacity in areas such as life sciences and regulatory compliance.

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    MVP: King & Spalding's Stephen J. Orava

    Stephen Orava, chair of King & Spalding's global trade practice, brought a family-owned pea protein company across the finish line when the U.S. International Trade Commission unanimously affirmed that plant proteins from China were hurting the domestic industry and took the reins on developing strategies targeting the potential impacts of China's overcapacity in chemical sectors, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 International Trade MVPs.

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    MVP: Weil's Stephanie E. Srulowitz

    Stephanie E. Srulowitz of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's U.S. private funds practice led real estate investment firm Crow Holdings Capital Partners in raising a $3.1 billion Fund X, guided Lee Equity Partners to close an oversubscribed $1.3 billion Fund IV and shepherded Graycliff Partners in a $600 million fundraise push, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Fund Formation MVPs.

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    MVP: McNicholas & McNicholas' Matthew McNicholas

    This past year, Matthew McNicholas of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP secured a trio of multimillion-dollar verdicts on behalf of police officers who alleged they were mistreated by their departments, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Employment MVPs.

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    Katten Atty Brings Derivatives Expertise To Faegre Drinker

    Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP announced a new addition to its New York office on Thursday, touting the derivatives focus the former Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP partner takes to the firm's investment management group.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Covington & Burling LLP leads this week's list of Law360 legal lions for helping Mark Zuckerberg beat multidistrict litigation claims alleging Meta concealed social media's risks to young users.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as President-elect Donald Trump announced key appointments and Milbank kicked off BigLaw bonus season. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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    MVP: Williams & Connolly's Lisa S. Blatt

    Lisa S. Blatt of Williams & Connolly LLP's appellate practice won high-profile victories at the U.S. Supreme Court involving injunctions against employers and the scope of federal bribery law in corruption cases, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Appellate MVPs.

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    MVP: Sidley's Mehdi Khodadad

    Mehdi Khodadad of Sidley Austin LLP's private equity practice advised Clearlake Capital Group LP and its partners through more than $18 billion worth of transactions in a year marked by high interest rates, including the $4.4 billion take-private deal for artificial intelligence company Alteryx Inc., earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Private Equity MVPs.

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    MVP: Ropes & Gray's Tim McCrystal

    Tim McCrystal, co-chair of Ropes & Gray LLP's healthcare practice, has guided clients through serious regulatory changes, including advising Vistria Portfolio Co. in its acquisition of Recco Home Care Services Inc. and representing Gentiva in the $350 million sale of its personal care business, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Healthcare MVPs.

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    Squire Patton's New Dallas Leader Is Ready For 'Prime Time'

    About a decade after joining Squire Patton Boggs LLP, Jon Mureen wants to carry on the legacy of his mentors as the new managing partner of the firm's Dallas shop.

  • Trump Names Solicitor General, SDNY Picks

    President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday he is tapping for solicitor general the lawyer who represented him before the U.S. Supreme Court and will name his former chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to be U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.

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    BCLP Brings On SEC Enforcement Atty In Atlanta

    Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP's newest addition in Atlanta is an experienced enforcement attorney who spent time with both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

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    Office Snapshot: Winston & Strawn Keeps Pace In Miami

    In the slightly more than two years since launching its Miami office, Winston & Strawn LLP has been expanding at such a fast pace that the firm revamped its plans for a permanent space and decided to expand its footprint in a city skyline staple.

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    Pierson Ferdinand Atty Accused Of Helping Defraud Client

    The co-owner of an esports gaming platform has accused a Pierson Ferdinand attorney in Philadelphia, his firm and several other BigLaw shops where he has worked in recent years of assisting his former partner in a scheme to funnel millions of dollars out of the company they formed into new entities controlled by the ex-partner.

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