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Up Next At High Court: Voting Rights & Warrantless Entries
The U.S. Supreme Court will return Tuesday to hear oral arguments in four cases, including a dispute over the constitutionality of the last remaining provision of the Voting Rights Act and whether federal prisoners seeking postconviction relief are subject to the same rules as state inmates.
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High Court To Eye Limits On Appeal Waivers In Plea Deals
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider which exceptions might apply to criminal appeal waivers, which are common in plea deals, the court announced Friday.
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Q3 Law Firm Lateral Hiring Reflects Cautious Optimism
Lateral attorney hiring at the nation's largest law firms continued to climb in the third quarter of 2025, signaling that the legal talent market is gradually stabilizing after a sluggish start to the year, according to a new report from legal intelligence provider Firm Prospects.
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court kicked off its new term with arguments in six cases this week, including one involving a ban on gay "conversion" therapy and another over a congressman's challenge to state election rules. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the Supreme Court.
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Torridon Adds Former Energy Adviser To Consulting Firm
A former acting assistant secretary to a division of the U.S. Department of Energy has left the public sector to join Torridon Group LLC, a strategic advisory firm and subsidiary of former Attorney General Bill Barr's law firm Torridon Law PLLC.
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Bill Would Let Judges, Prosecutors Carry Concealed Guns
Two Republicans have introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate that would allow current and retired federal judges and state, local and federal prosecutors to carry concealed firearms in response to increasing concerns about judicial security.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the full Ninth Circuit held that denials of California anti-SLAPP motions can no longer be appealed in the midst of litigation.
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Parker Poe Adds Ex-Katten Litigation Partner In DC
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP announced Thursday the hiring of a former partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP as a litigator focused on construction projects and commercial leases.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
A law firm combination and BigLaw group hires made this another action-packed week for the legal industry. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Fed. Circ. Gets Shutdown Extension For Newman Response
The D.C. Circuit on Thursday gave the judges on the Federal Circuit an extension until after the government shutdown ends to respond to Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's request for the rehearing of a decision upholding the dismissal of her suit against the colleagues who suspended her.
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Taft Adds DC Mayor's Ex-Adviser To Lead New Gov't Group
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser's longtime top adviser has left government to lead a new group at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.
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Hausfeld Brings On 3 Attorneys From Government Agencies
An ex-Philadelphia prosecutor and two former federal government attorneys have moved out of the public sector and into private practice by joining Hausfeld LLP's offices in Philadelphia, New York and Washington, D.C.
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False-Statement Case Puts Comey In Rare Company
Former FBI director James Comey is the latest addition to the relatively short list of government officials who have been criminally charged over the past several decades with making false statements to Congress.
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7th Circ. Nominee Taibleson Advances To Full Senate
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced on party lines the nomination of Rebecca Taibleson, a federal prosecutor in Wisconsin, to serve on the Seventh Circuit, as well as four district judicial nominees and five U.S. attorney nominees.
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Venture Capital Co. Launches Law Firm Under Ariz. Biz Rules
Venture capital company Anzu Partners has utilized Arizona's five-year-old rule allowing non-attorney ownership of law firms to launch a small legal shop providing subscription-style legal services for small startups across the U.S.
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Law Firm Mergers Accelerated In Q3 After Slow First Half
After a relatively quiet start to the year, U.S. law firms announced more combinations during the third quarter of 2025 than in any other third quarter going back five years, with the uptick driven largely by combinations between midsize and small firms.
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High Court Open To Allowing USPS 'Campaign Of Terror' Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely Wednesday to let a Texas woman pursue claims that U.S. Postal Service workers engaged in an alleged "racially motivated harassment campaign," with several justices doubting that a federal tort law immunized the service from being held liable for intentional delivery failures.
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Thompson Hine Boosts Benefits Team With 7 Hires
Thompson Hine LLP said Wednesday it's expanding its employee benefits and executive compensation practice with seven new lawyers, including a pair of senior attorneys from the Internal Revenue Service and another from the U.S. Department of Labor.
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What Is 'Brickstorm' And How Law Firms Can Guard Against It
A recent cyberattack at Williams & Connolly LLP that compromised a few attorney email accounts is the latest reported event possibly linked to “Brickstorm” malware. Here, Law360 Pulse breaks down what law firms and legal professionals should know about the cyberattacks.
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Gibbons, Frost Brown Combining As 800-Atty Nationwide Firm
Gibbons PC and Frost Brown Todd LLP announced Wednesday that they will combine at the beginning of 2026 to form FBT Gibbons LLP, creating a nationwide firm with strengths in litigation and transactional work.
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Panel Wants 3-Month Suspension For Ex-DC Prosecutor
An attorney disciplinary committee in the nation's capital has recommended a three-month suspension for a former federal prosecutor accused of withholding key evidence in criminal cases against hundreds of people arrested at protests of President Donald Trump's first inauguration in 2017.
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Democracy Forward Hires Ex-White House Lawyer, CFPB Atty
Democracy Forward, the quickly growing progressive nonprofit that has taken on more than 85 actions against the Trump administration, has hired four more attorneys to its expanding team of lawyers, including a former member of Joe Biden's White House Counsel's Office and a litigator from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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WilmerHale Appoints Ex-DOJ Division Head As Dept. Leader
WilmerHale announced on Wednesday that the former leader of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Division will lead its regulatory and government affairs department at the start of 2026 after rejoining the firm earlier this year.
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Ex-Venable Atty Joins Potomac Law In DC, Baltimore
A former Venable LLP partner, who spent almost 20 years there as a corporate and business transactions lawyer, has joined Potomac Law Group, the remote firm said Wednesday.
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Comey Pleads Not Guilty, Will Contest US Atty's Appointment
Former FBI Director James Comey pled not guilty Wednesday to one count of false statements and another count of obstructing a congressional hearing, appearing in a Virginia federal courthouse for the first time after a shake-up at the U.S. attorney's office netted a grand jury indictment last month.
Expert Analysis
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4 Ways To Break Down Barriers For Women Of Color In Law
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Female lawyers belonging to minority groups continue to be paid less and promoted less than their male counterparts, so law firms and corporate legal departments must stop treating women as a monolithic group and create initiatives that address the unique barriers women of color face, say Daphne Turpin Forbes at Microsoft and Linda Chanow at the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession.
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Opinion
We Need More Professional Diversity In The Federal Judiciary
With the current overrepresentation of former corporate lawyers on the federal bench, the Biden administration must prioritize professional diversity in judicial nominations and consider lawyers who have represented workers, consumers and patients, says Navan Ward, president of the American Association for Justice.