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DC Pulse
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DOJ Backs White House's Military Lawyer Transfers
A newly released legal opinion from the U.S. Department of Justice says the Trump administration is allowed to detail military lawyers to serve as immigration judges and special assistant U.S. attorneys in the District of Columbia.
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Faegre Drinker Hires Buchanan Ingersoll's Tech Chief
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP announced Monday that it has added the former chief information officer of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC to its C-suite as its chief technology and innovation officer.
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Maynard Nexsen Taps Ex-VP Vance Atty To Lead DC Office
Maynard Nexsen PC announced Monday that it has added a former deputy counsel to Vice President J.D. Vance as managing shareholder of its Washington, D.C., office.
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Justices Will Review Defunct Asylum Metering Policy
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to review a defunct policy under which border agents physically prevent asylum-seekers from setting foot on U.S. soil and turn them back to Mexico when border processing capacity is maxed out.
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Ashurst, Perkins Coie To Form $2.7B Giant In US-UK Deal
The U.K.'s Ashurst LLP and U.S.-based Perkins Coie LLP said Monday that they have agreed to merge to form a new firm with combined revenue of $2.7 billion, the latest in a string of transatlantic law firm tie-ups.
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Lawyers Call On High Court To Stop 'Capitulating' To Trump
Lawyers and legal advocates gathered in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday to protest rulings that have allowed President Donald Trump and his administration to implement allegedly "unlawful actions" amid legal battles, and to demand the justices act as a check on executive power in future cases.
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Trump Pulls IRS Chief Counsel Nomination Before Floor Vote
President Donald Trump on Friday withdrew his nomination of a Sullivan & Cromwell attorney to be the Internal Revenue Service's chief counsel just weeks after the Senate Finance Committee voted to advance the nomination to the Senate floor.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Potter Anderson's representation of Pfizer in a suit against Novo Nordisk and Burr & Forman's work on a $500 million joint partnership lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Oct. 31 to Nov. 14
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McDermott Leads Firms Riding PE Wave To Choppy Waters
McDermott Will & Schulte's confirmation that it is considering taking investment from private equity is part of a wider wave of law firms of all sizes actively exploring the novel maneuver amid mixed opinion as to whether it makes sense for BigLaw.
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Ex-Senior Federal Prosecutor Joins Torridon Law In DC
A former federal prosecutor who previously served as the U.S. Department of Justice's national opioid coordinator has left the public sector to join Torridon Law PLLC's Washington, D.C., office.
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Mayer Brown Adds Longtime Hogan Lovells Private Credit Attys
Two attorneys who both spent more than a decade each with Hogan Lovells working on deals and complex financial transactions have moved their practices to Mayer Brown LLP's Washington, D.C., office, the firm has said.
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DOJ Official Among Trump Picks For District Courts
President Donald Trump announced judicial nominees for federal courts in Tennessee, Indiana and Missouri on Friday, including a current U.S. Department of Justice official.
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McGlinchey Stafford Names 4 New Firm Leaders
McGlinchey Stafford PLLC announced that it has made four internal promotions to leadership positions, including chief information officer and three newly created roles.
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House Eyes Vote To Repeal Provision On Senators' Lawsuits
A House bill to repeal a controversial provision tucked into the government funding package that would allow senators investigated by former special counsel Jack Smith to sue for damages is listed for possible consideration on the schedule for the week of Nov. 17.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Sidley Austin LLP and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Washington federal jury cleared Novo Nordisk of allegations that it defrauded the state's Medicaid and Medicare systems by paying kickbacks and promoting off-label use to illegally boost prescriptions of its hemophilia drug NovoSeven.
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Beltway Moves: Weil, Torridon Law, Marino Finley
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP recruited another intellectual property litigator from Latham & Watkins LLP, and Torridon Law PLLC added the former top lawyer for the U.S. Department of Energy in some of the latest hires in the Washington, D.C., legal world.
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Ex-CFPB Atty Joins Duane Morris' DC Trial Practice
Duane Morris LLP has hired a senior litigation counsel from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who for more than three years in the agency's enforcement division litigated matters related to mortgage fraud, small-dollar lending and a range of related matters.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week with more lateral hires and leadership changes, and one BigLaw firm exploring private equity investments.
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Jenner & Block Resolves $8M Fee Fight With Sierra Leone
Jenner & Block LLP and its former client Sierra Leone have resolved their fight over unpaid legal fees and allegedly fraudulent overbilling in the nation's underlying dispute with its iron ore mining concessionaire Gerald International Ltd., according to a minute order issued Thursday in D.C. federal court.
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Ex-Judge Worries Top Court Will Be 'Timid' In Checking Trump
A Massachusetts federal judge who recently resigned to more openly speak out against the Trump administration told Law360 on Thursday he is concerned the U.S. Supreme Court will be unwilling to provide a constitutional check on presidential overreach.
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Quarles Names New Heads Of Three Major Practice Groups
Quarles & Brady LLP has appointed new chairs for three of its practice groups, announcing on Thursday new heads for its business law, labor & employment, and immigration & mobility practices.
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Fired Immigration Judges Share Concerns As Cases Pile Up
Fired immigration judges spoke on Thursday about their "crushing" backlog of cases, a buildup exacerbated by the Trump administration's elimination of their colleagues' positions.
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Coalition Rips Trump Deputy AG's Claim Of 'War' With Judges
A group of former federal judges on Thursday condemned what they called "inflammatory remarks" last week by Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche detailing the U.S. Department of Justice's "war" with "rogue activist" judges.
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Minn. Chief Federal Judge To Take Semi-Retired Status In July
Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz of the District of Minnesota will take semi-retired status next summer, according to an update on Thursday from the federal judiciary.
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Holland & Knight Adds Education Dept. Senior Adviser In DC
Holland & Knight LLP has hired a former senior adviser for the U.S. Department of Education, who joined the firm in Washington, D.C., and will provide counsel to local governments on federal policy and funding matters.
Expert Analysis
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What I Wish Law Schools Taught Women About Legal Careers
Instead of spending an entire semester on 19th century hunting rights, I wish law schools would facilitate honest discussions about what it’s like to navigate life as an attorney, woman and mother, and offer lessons on business marketing that transcend golf outings and social mixers, says Daphne Delvaux at Gruenberg Law.
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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.