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  • Oversight Dems Probe Chief Justice On Jan. 6 Case Handling

    Two House Democrats on the oversight committee questioned U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Friday on recent reporting he replaced Justice Samuel Alito as the author of a decision on a Jan. 6 case after the public learned the latter justice's wife flew flags at their homes with ties to the "Stop the Steal" movement.

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    High Court Bar's Future: Jenner & Block's Adam Unikowsky

    In many ways, Adam G. Unikowsky of Jenner & Block LLP has traveled a tried-and-true path — Harvard, elite clerkships, BigLaw — to the upper echelons of U.S. Supreme Court advocacy. But his route to the forefront of the bar's next generation has been less conventional than it might appear, and he spoke with Law360 about how he's climbed so high — and how he excels by avoiding rhetoric that "judges really, really hate."

  • Up First At High Court: Civil Rights, Ghost Guns, Atty Fees

    The U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes Monday to start a brand-new term, with the justices first hearing arguments related to prerequisites for litigating federal rights in state courts, ghost gun regulations, and whether a death row inmate is entitled to a new trial after a state admits that prosecutorial misconduct might have led to his conviction.

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    Lateral Hiring Softens In Q3 As Partner Moves Slow

    After a brief period of stability in the second quarter, lateral recruitment at law firms has softened once more in the third quarter of 2024, particularly in the hiring of partner candidates, according to recent data from legal data company Firm Prospects LLC.

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    Lathrop GPM's First Chief Of Legal Operations Talks New Role

    Following its merger with Silicon Valley firm Hopkins & Carley, Midwest-based Lathrop GPM LLP named longtime Hopkins & Carley litigator Dori Yob Kilmer as its first chief of legal operations.

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    Fried Frank Guides ArentFox Schiff HQ Move In DC

    ArentFox Schiff LLP is relocating its Washington, D.C., headquarters to Carr Properties' Midtown Center, where it will take up 120,000 square feet and three full floors, per the landlord who was advised by Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP.

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    Outgoing NCSC Prez Talks Transparency, Checks & Balances

    Mary McQueen, who is retiring after more than 20 years as president of the National Center for State Courts, joined Law360 Pulse for a conversation about transparency and safety in the courts and her legacy at the organization.

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    White House Alum To Co-Lead Regulation At Lewis Brisbois

    Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has tapped an attorney with deep experience across multiple government positions, including serving in the White House Office of Management and Budget, to co-chair its administrative law and regulatory practice.

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    Morgan Lewis Promotes 26 Lawyers To Partner

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced this week that it has promoted 26 attorneys to partner across 12 offices.

  • Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

    Potter Anderson's representation of IBM in a patent suit and Vedder Price's work on $1 billion pair of drilling contracts lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Sept. 20 to Oct. 4.

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    Legal Industry Jobs Creep Back Up After 4-Month Decline

    After four straight months of employment declines, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest report shows positive signs for the legal industry.

  • Beltway Moves: Covington, Jenner & Block, Cahill

    Covington & Burling LLP announced that a former U.S. Department of Justice official will co-chair its appellate and Supreme Court practice, while Jenner & Block LLP named a Washington-based attorney as its next co-managing partner, in some of the latest developments in the D.C. legal world.

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    Massumi & Consoli Adds Ex-Morgan Lewis Attorney In DC

    An attorney with more than two decades of experience representing clients in transactions in the healthcare industry moved her practice this week to Massumi & Consoli's Washington, D.C., office after more than 13 years with Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP and Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP led this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after a Delaware federal jury decided on Sept. 27 that Amazon Web Services infringed two computer network patents that were once owned by Boeing, telling the tech giant to pay $30.5 million in damages.

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    Justices Accept Ex-Chicago Alderman's False Statement Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday that it would review the conviction of an ex-Burke Warren MacKay & Serritella PC attorney and former Chicago alderman under a federal statute that prohibits making false statements to influence certain financial institutions.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry kicked off the first week of October with several partner promotions, lateral moves, law firm closures and mergers. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

  • Justices Take Up Fight Over $1.3B Failed Satellite Deal

    The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a pair of cases asking it to clarify the analysis of a highly technical jurisdictional question, as shareholders of an Indian satellite communications company look to enforce a $1.3 billion arbitral award against a state-owned division of India's space agency.

  • High Court Will Hear Mexico's Suit Against Gun Cos.

    The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review a decision allowing Mexico to sue a group of gun manufacturers alleging they have aided and abetted criminal cartels.

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    Justices Take Up Straight Worker's Demotion Bias Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it will review a discrimination lawsuit by a former Ohio Department of Youth Services worker claiming she was denied a promotion and then demoted for being heterosexual while LGBTQ candidates were advanced.

  • High Court Takes Up E-Cig 'Forum Shopping' Appeal

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review a Fifth Circuit ruling that allowed out-of-circuit e-cigarette manufacturers to seek judicial review before the New Orleans-based court so long as the petition is joined by a seller located in the circuit.

  • High Court Will Hear TCPA Case Over Online Junk Faxes

    The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it will review whether district courts must follow a Federal Communications Commission ruling that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act does not prohibit junk faxes that are received only via electronic inboxes.

  • High Court Will Review 5th Circ. Bar On Nuclear Waste Site

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said it will review the Fifth Circuit's decision to bar the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission from issuing a license to a temporary nuclear waste storage facility in Texas.

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    Outgoing JAMS CEO On Raising Profile, Revenues Of ADR Biz

    Law360 Pulse caught up with Chris Poole to discuss his tenure as CEO of JAMS and why he stepped down after 17 years at the helm of the alternative dispute resolution service.

  • Trump Says Justices' Jan. 6 Ruling Shields Him From Charges

    Former President Donald Trump on Thursday told a Washington, D.C., federal judge that charges accusing him of scheming to subvert the 2020 election results cannot stand after the U.S. Supreme Court limited prosecutors' use of an obstruction statute against defendants accused of storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

  • WilmerHale Hired For DHS IG's Retaliatory Probe, Report Says

    U.S. Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph Cuffari at one point tapped WilmerHale to conduct a retaliatory investigation into three staffers who complained about him, an abuse of his authority and waste of funds, a watchdog alleged in a report Wednesday.

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