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Alito imposed an "administrative stay" on the lower court's decision and ordered a group of plaintiffs to respond to Texas' appeal to the Supreme Court by 5 p.m. Monday.
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Justice Alito Freezes Order Blocking Texas' New Congressional Map| Law.com
Justice Samuel Alito Jr. granted Texas a temporary pause of a federal court order blocking it from using new congressional districts adopted at the urging of President Donald Trump.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/21/justice-alito-freezes-order-blocking-texas-new-congressional-map/
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Because AI has the potential to improve how legal departments handle everything from contract reviews and risk mapping to outside counsel billing and employee training, panelists said AI isn’t optional anymore—and ignoring it is the quickest route to irrelevance.
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'You Will Be the Dinosaur': In-House Leaders Call Ignoring AI a Career-Crushing Blunder| Law.com
If you can imagine being a lawyer today without knowing how to use email, that’s what it’s going to be like not understanding AI,” said Angeline Chen, general counsel and chief administrative officer at Progress Federal Solutions.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/20/you-will-be-the-dinosaur-in-house-leaders-call-ignoring-ai-a-career-crushing-blunder-/
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“One of the silver linings to the cloud that we're in in this administration is that they're not bashful, and they're not hiding what they're doing,” said Abbe Lowell.
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'Everyone's a Little Bit More on Edge': Chaos Is Good News for Some Lawyers| Law.com
In a panel discussion on Wednesday hosted by Forbes, Marc Agnifilo and Abbe Lowell agreed that the presumption of regularity has eroded. Civil litigator Davida Brook said her work is also impacted.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/20/everyones-a-little-bit-more-on-edge-chaos-is-good-news-for-some-lawyers/
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Law firm leasing totaled 2.4 million square feet during Q3—the third highest quarterly volume since 2018—bringing the total for the first three quarters of 2025 to 8.3 msf.
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Law Firms Are Taking Up a Growing Chunk of US Office Leases| Law.com
Half of all of the law firms leases in major markets signed during the third quarter of 2025 were relocations, as firms focus on upgraded, efficient office environments, a new Savills leasing report explains.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/20/law-firms-are-taking-up-a-growing-chunk-of-us-office-leases/
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Unlockd Media filed a motion seeking recusal, arguing that Gilliam has maintained an ongoing, close friendship with Cassandra Knight, Google's vice president for litigation and discovery, without ever informing the parties involved in the case.
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Google Foes Seek Judge's Recusal Over Undisclosed Ties to Tech Giant's Litigation Chief| Law.com
Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr. and Google's Cassandra Knight became friends in law school. He later officiated her wedding, and she traveled from Europe to attend and speak at his investiture.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/21/google-foes-seek-judges-recusal-over-undisclosed-ties-to-tech-giants-litigation-chief/
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While the FDA has not yet issued guidance filling in the details of the proposal, health care lawyers have hailed it as a major, welcome shift.
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FDA Offers Up New Pathway for Drugs That Can't Clear Normal Approval Hurdles| Law.com
“Companies should really sit down and say, could I meet these points?” Hogan Lovells partner Lynn Mehler said. “How do I follow the larger concept at play here, which is FDA willingness to be practical, to be flexible?”
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/21/fda-offers-up-new-pathway-for-drugs-that-cant-clear-normal-approval-hurdles/
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Second Amendment scholar Haley Proctor of Notre Dame Law School joins Jimmy Hoover to break down the major gun cases to be decided during the 2025-2026 term. on this week's Supreme Court Brief podcast.
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U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb temporarily paused her order from taking immediate effect, imposing a 21-day administrative stay until Dec. 11 to “prevent potential disruption to the functioning of the District and the National Guard during the appeals process.”
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US Judge Rules Trump's DC National Guard Deployment Likely Unlawful| Law.com
U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb granted a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump's Defense Department from deploying National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., but temporarily paused her order from taking immediate effect to prevent potential disruption to the functioning of the District and the National Guard during the appeals process.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/20/us-judge-rules-trumps-dc-national-guard-deployment-likely-unlawful/
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The House Judiciary Committee passed H.R. 2675, also known as the Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act, which is aimed at protecting American courts from potential threats by foreign entities participating in civil litigation as third-party funders.
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U.S. House Judiciary Committee Advances Litigation Funding Reform Bill| Law.com
The latest measure designed to tackle litigation finance is one of several different bills making their way through Congress aimed at addressing issues such as foreign influence in the third-party funding industry.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/20/us-house-judiciary-committee-advances-litigation-funding-reform-bill-/
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“The Defendants’ discrimination against Maltinsky for engaging in protected speech was a clear and brazen violation of federal law and the Constitution,” counsel for Maltinsky wrote in the complaint.
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Lawsuit Alleges Trump's FBI Director Unlawfully Fired Gay Employee Over Pride Flag| Law.com
In targeting David Maltinsky for displaying a Progress Pride flag, Defendants revealed their intent to single out and target Maltinsky on the basis of his sexuality, counsel for Maltinsky wrote in a complaint alleging the Trump administration unlawfully terminated his FBI employment because of his free association with the LGBTQ+ community.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/20/lawsuit-alleges-trumps-fbi-director-unlawfully-fired-gay-employee-over-pride-flag/
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Carr said Thursday that local broadcasters should be able to preempt programming to meet their public interest obligations. It has been more that 15 years since the commission examined the dynamic between networks and local affiliates, he added.
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Local Affiliates Should Feel 'Empowered' to Preempt Network Programming, FCC Chief Says| Law.com
The Federal Communications Commission has launched a probe into the relationship between national networks and their broadcast affiliates and whether FCC rules adequately ensure the independence of local stations.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/20/local-affiliates-should-feel-empowered-to-preempt-network-programming-fcc-chief-says/
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“In 37 years as a federal judge, I’ve served on hundreds of three-judge panels. This is the most blatant exercise of judicial activism that I have ever witnessed,” Judge Jerry E. Smith wrote in the dissent filled with barbs against Judge Jeffrey Brown.
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In Scathing Dissent, Judge Says Colleagues Cut Him From Deliberative Process| Law.com
“There’s the old joke: What’s the difference between God and a federal district judge? Judge Jerry Smith wrote. Answer: God doesn’t think he’s a federal judge.”
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/20/in-scathing-dissent-judge-says-colleagues-cut-him-from-deliberative-process-/
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The dismissal of antitrust claims against Meta Platforms in an FTC action will make it more difficult for plaintiffs to show injuries in the personal social networking market, according to business litigation experts.
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Social Media Monopoly Claims Against Meta May Wilt in Wake of Its Win in FTC Case, Experts Say| Law.com
Meta Platforms Inc. appears less vulnerable to future monopolization claims after defeating the Federal Trade Commission in an antitrust bench trial ruling, according to antitrust litigators who say the decision may influence how courts rule in pending antitrust cases naming Meta as a defendant.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/20/social-media-monopoly-claims-against-meta-may-wilt-in-wake-of-its-win-in-ftc-case-experts-say/
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Washington, D.C.-based litigation boutique Wilkinson Stekloff announced it will give 150% above-market year-end bonuses for each associate class year, starting at $22,500 for the class of 2025 and topping out at $175,500 for the class of 2017.
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Wilkinson Stekloff Tops Big Law Again, Doles Out 150% Above-Market Bonuses| Law.com
The litigation boutique will hand out above-market year-end bonuses, starting at $22,500 for the class of 2025 and topping out at $175,500 for the class of 2017. That's in addition to the spring bonuses the firm doled out, which started at $25,000 and topped out at $60,000.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/20/wilkinson-stekloff-tops-big-law-again-doles-out-150-above-market-bonuses/
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Ira Coleman sits down with Legal Speak's Patrick Smith to offer some clarification and discuss what is really happening, where the firm is on its path, and the philosophical and strategic reasons for exploring outside investment.
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"This is a really complicated issue," Michael Selig told the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee. "It's an interpretive question that's working its way through the courts. So, I will respect the decisions of those courts."
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CFTC Pick Would 'Enter With a Blank Slate' on Prediction Markets, Avoids Funding Commitments| Law.com
Michael Selig, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is chief counsel of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Crypto Task Force.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/19/cftc-pick-would-enter-with-a-blank-slate-on-prediction-markets-avoids-funding-commitments/
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"Somebody built an algorithm that had no basis, in fact, in risk assessment, in science," said attorney Mikal Watts. "It just said, if you're on the west side of Lake Avenue, you don't get a warning. And if you're on the east side, maybe you're entitled to one."
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'18 People Needlessly Died': New Lawsuit Targets Alert System Maker Genasys for Alleged Role in Eaton Fire Deaths| Law.com
A family member of a California wildfire victim has sued Genasys Inc., a developer of communications software that provides emergency warnings and mass notifications, in California state court, contending the alleged failure of its alert systems contributed to the deaths of 18 of the 19 people killed by the Eaton fire in January.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/19/18-people-needlessly-died-new-lawsuit-targets-alert-system-maker-genasys-for-alleged-role-in-eaton-fire-deaths-/
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After Cravath said Tuesday that it will give out year-end bonuses and special bonuses that match Milbank’s scale, other firms said they would as well. Later Tuesday evening, both Paul Hastings and Cadwalader announced they would match Cravath’s bonus structure.
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Ropes, Dechert, Fried Frank and McDermott Follow Cravath, Milbank Bonus Scales| Law.com
McDermott will pay out the “special” bonus regardless of hours, while the firm’s year-end bonus structure is hour-dependent.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/19/fried-frank-and-mcdermott-follow-cravath-milbank-bonus-scales/
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Pillsbury partner Anne Voight argued the more than $3.6 million became the firm’s property when the client, Adam Rogas, retained Pillsbury and transferred the funds just days before he was charged with securities fraud.
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Pillsbury Fights to Keep Nearly $4 Million in Client Money Sought by SEC| Law.com
Counsel for Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman told the Second Circuit Court it should not have to return millions of dollars in a retainer paid prior to a client's asset freeze. The SEC says the funds were clearly for the client's benefit.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/19/pillsbury-fights-to-keep-nearly-4-million-in-client-money-sought-by-sec/
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“The video, as I understand, was specifically talking about the worst of the worst initiative. And so, having murderers and those that sexually prey on children off the street is a good thing,” said Nicholas Ganjei in response to a question from Sen. Mazie Hirono.
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Trump Judicial Nominee for Texas Defends Sharing Pokemon-Themed ICE Raid Video| Law.com
Nicholas Ganjei, nominated for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, said the video was related to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's “worst-of-the-worst initiative focusing on arresting undocumented individuals who have been convicted of violent crimes.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/19/trump-judicial-nominee-for-texas-defends-sharing-pokemon-themed-ice-raid-video-/
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"It has fallen to former judges more than ever to speak on behalf of the judiciary," said former U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin.
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Supreme Court Sees Amicus Brief Surge From Former Federal Judges in Trump Cases| Law.com
I've signed many of them over the years, retired U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin said of amicus briefs from former jurists. But nothing like now. Now, it's like every other week somebody is circulating a brief.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/19/supreme-court-sees-amicus-brief-surge-from-former-federal-judges-in-trump-cases/
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Prosecutors sought in their sentencing memorandum three years of federal probation and more than $2.2 million in restitution. They noted Abramoff was sentenced for his previous high-profile charges "no less than 17 years ago."
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Ex-Lobbyist Jack Abramoff Gets Probation, Must Repay $2.2M for Crypto Fraud Scheme| Law.com
He now wants to focus on his family and move forward with his life, said Richard Weber, a partner at Haynes and Boone who represents Jack Abramoff.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/18/ex-lobbyist-jack-abramoff-gets-probation-must-repay-22m-for-crypto-fraud-scheme/
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Halligan faces intense questions concerning her interactions with federal grand juries after the judge ruled Comey’s defense counsel must receive full access to all grand jury materials in the United States v. Comey perjury case.
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Questions Are Mounting Over Halligan's Grand Jury Actions in Prosecutions of Comey, James| Law.com
Interim U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan of the Eastern District of Virginia faces intense questions concerning her interactions with federal grand juries after a magistrate judge ruled former FBI Director James Comey's defense counsel must receive full access to all grand jury materials in his perjury case based on alleged irregularities and missteps in the prosecution.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/18/questions-are-mounting-over-halligans-grand-jury-actions-in-prosecutions-of-comey-james/
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“There certainly are allegations of injurious falsehood that I don't believe even the defendants claimed were beyond the statute of limitations,” said Trump attorney Richard Klugh.
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'Shotgun Pleading': 11th Circuit Hears Trump's Bid to Revive 2016 Election Lawsuit| Law.com
A trial judge had dismissed President Donald Trump's civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act claims against Hillary Clinton and later issued nearly $1 million in attorney sanctions, calling the complaint part of a pattern of Trump's misuse of the courts.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/18/shotgun-pleading-11th-circuit-hears-trumps-bid-to-revive-2016-election-lawsuit/
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The hires are generally within firms’ C-Suite and their white-collar, corporate, regulatory and energy practices.
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BCLP, White & Case, Akin, Faegre Drinker Make DC Hires| Law.com
Law firms hired in their C-suite as well as their white-collar defense, corporate, regulatory and energy practices.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/18/bclp-white--case-akin-faegre-drinker-make-dc-hires/
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Ouraring Inc., which is based in San Francisco and is a subsidiary of Finnish company Oura Health Oy, notes the complaints to protect its patents come as it expands its manufacturing operations into Texas based on its business relationship with the U.S. Department of Defense.
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Maker of Oura Ring Files Spate of Patent Claims Against Reebok, Samsung, Others| Law.com
The complaints were filed in Texas, where Oura says it is expanding its manufacturing operations in order to meet demands from its partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/18/maker-of-oura-ring-files-spate-of-patent-claims-against-reebok-samsung-others/
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"The Court ultimately concludes that the agency has not carried its burden: Meta holds no monopoly in the relevant market," Judge Boasberg wrote in his 89-page memorandum opinion filed Tuesday.
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Meta Has No Monopoly in Social Networking, US Judge Rules in Setback for FTC| Law.com
The Court ultimately concludes that the agency has not carried its burden: Meta holds no monopoly in the relevant market, U.S. District Chief Judge James Boasberg wrote in a decision granting judgment in favor of Meta Platforms Inc., ruling the Federal Trade Commission failed to prove its antitrust case.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/18/meta-wins-antitrust-case-as-us-judge-rules-against-ftc-holding-it-holds-no-monopoly-in-social-networking/
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The two firms have billed the combination as a "merger of equals" in press releases and even a leader-led video, which has become the marketing tool of choice post-A&O Shearman. From a metrics standpoint, the merger makes sense.
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Ashurst Perkins Coie: Leaders Speak as Market Reacts to Big Law's Latest Merger| Law.com
The mega-merger is could create a global top 20 firm, but it will be far from straightforward.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/17/ashurst-perkins-coie-leaders-speak-as-market-reacts-to-big-laws-latest-merger-/
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"I still loved the job, but it felt a little bit more like it had become my daily routine and less exciting and fresh and so I was looking to do something different," Matthew Guarnieri told the National Law Journal Monday.
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After 13 Supreme Court Arguments, SG Alum Picks Unconventional Path: Plaintiffs' Work| Law.com
Former Assistant to the U.S. Solicitor General Matthew Guarnieri has joined the plaintiff-side appellate boutique Gupta Wessler as its newest principal.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/17/after-13-supreme-court-arguments-sg-alum-picks-unconventional-path-plaintiffs-work/
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The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, argues that the No Secret Police Act and the No Vigilantes Act violate the Constitution's supremacy clause.
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Trump Administration Sues to Block California's Anti-Mask Law| Law.com
The lawsuit says a California law aimed at unmasking Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents violates the supremacy clause. Backers of the mask ban say it won't significantly interfere with ICE agents' work.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/17/trump-administration-sues-to-block-californias-anti-mask-law/
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CMS issued a final rule in 2023 amending how the agency calculates “disproportionate share hospital” or DSH payments to hospitals regarding outstanding reimbursement requests for years before 2014.
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10 Hospitals Sue HHS Secretary Over Medicare Reimbursement Dispute| Law.com
The 2023 retroactive rule disregards U.S. Supreme Court precedent, is otherwise contrary to law, exceeds the agency's retroactive rulemaking authority under the Medicare statute, and is arbitrary and capricious, hospital plaintiffs allege in a lawsuit naming U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the sole defendant in a case challenging how the government calculates Medicare reimbursements to medical providers.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/17/10-hospitals-sue-hhs-secretary-over-medicare-reimbursement-dispute/
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Revenue growth for the Am Law 200 was up 11.7%, according to a Wells Fargo Legal Specialty Group report, primarily because of standard billing rate growth, 9.5%, which hit another high-water mark at the nine-month cut-off.
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Law Firms' Performance Is Robust, but 'Elite' Firms Are Carrying the Top 50| Law.com
“We could have a great year, said Wells Fargo's Owen Burman. But it may just be a pretty good year.”
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/17/law-firms-performance-is-robust-but-elite-firms-are-carrying-the-top-50/
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The 10 judges who penned the most reported majority opinions, dissents and concurrences were all Trump appointees, according to the study by University of Virginia Law School professor Mitu Gulati and New York University School of Law professor Stephen Choi.
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Trump Judges Outdo Biden Appointees in Total Opinions, Out-of-Circuit Cites, Study Finds| Law.com
A preliminary draft of the study analyzed the performance of all federal judges under age 55 who were active between January 2023 and December 2024, using total opinions as a measure of productivity and out-of-circuit citations as a measure of influence, among other data points.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/17/trump-judges-outdo-biden-appointees-in-total-opinions-out-of-circuit-cites-study-finds-/
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The case deals with an old DHS policy known as "metering," where the agency would turn away new asylum applicants at overloaded Customs and Border Patrol port of entry facilities before they entered the United States.
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Supreme Court Will Consider Whether US Can Turn Away Asylum Hopefuls| Law.com
The justices will be considering whether immigrants stopped near the U.S. border have a right to apply for asylum, or whether they can be flatly turned away without any processing.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/17/supreme-court-will-consider-whether-us-can-turn-away-asylum-hopefuls/
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A combination of the two firms would create a major international institution with revenues of $2.58 billion, about 3,000 lawyers and about 700 partners across 52 offices in 23 countries—placing it 21st on the Global 200 ranking.
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Ashurst and Perkins Coie Announce Merger| Law.com
A combination will create a major international firm with revenues of $2.58 billion, about 3,000 lawyers and about 700 partners across 47 offices.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/17/-ashurst-and-perkins-coie-announce-merger/
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Sara McLean joined Akin on Monday as a partner in Washington, D.C., in the regulatory and health care and life sciences practices.
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Akin Adds Veteran DOJ Lawyer With Deep False Claims Act Experience| Law.com
Sara McLean, former assistant director of the Civil Division Commercial Litigation Branch at the U.S. Department of Justice, joins Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld at a time when False Claims Act enforcement is at a record level.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/17/akin-adds-veteran-doj-lawyer-with-deep-false-claims-act-experience/
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Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr has hired SEC veteran attorney Natasha Vij Greiner to chair the firm’s investment management practice, the firm said Monday.
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Former SEC Investment Management Director to Chair Wilmer Practice| Law.com
Natasha Vij Greiner succeeds Tim Silva as chair of the investment management practice.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/17/former-sec-investment-management-director-to-chair-wilmer-practice/
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Work at the SEC may be especially slow to recover with more than 90% of employees furloughed during the 43-day lapse in appropriations.
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SEC, DOJ Work to 'Ramp Up' as Staff Return After Record Shutdown| Law.com
Staff working on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's regulatory functions “will have some real catching up to do,” said attorney Richard Donoghue.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/14/sec-doj-work-to-ramp-up-as-staff-return-after-record-shutdown/
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“Our position is these plaintiffs [the researchers] cannot bring these APA claims anywhere," Yaakov Roth said, referring to the federal Administrative Procedure Act.
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'Can't Just Dismiss It': 9th Circuit Grapples With SCOTUS Emergency Order in Grant Termination Case| Law.com
In NIH v. APHA, the Supreme Court paused a district court order that enjoined NIH from ending $783 million in grants for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, concluding the Tucker Act likely precludes Administrative Procedure Act claims challenging the government's grant terminations in that case.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/14/cant-just-dismiss-it-9th-circuit-grapples-with-scotus-emergency-order-in-grant-termination-case-/
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Earlier on Friday, Trump called on Bondi in a Truth Social post to investigate Epstein’s “involvement and relationship” with Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers, entrepreneur Reid Hoffman, JPMorgan Chase bank, and other “people and institutions.”
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Manhattan US Attorney Jay Clayton to Lead Probe into Jeffrey Epstein's Ties to Prominent Democrats, AG Bondi Says| Law.com
President Donald Trump, in a social media post on Friday, said he would order Bondi and the FBI to investigate any alleged links between Epstein and Trump’s perceived Democratic foes. Bondi announced that the effort would be helmed by U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton and prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/14/manhattan-us-attorney-jay-clayton-to-lead-probe-into-jeffrey-epsteins-ties-to-prominent-democrats-ag-bondi-says/
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Depending on their specialties, some employment attorneys could be busier than others after federal workplace regulatory agencies resumed normal schedules this week, veteran labor lawyers say.
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After Shutdown's End, Labor Lawyers Expect Demand Surge as Regulatory Agencies Return to Action| Law.com
“All told, we should see additional things being done by various agencies that employers are going to want to pay attention to,” said David Dorey of Fisher & Phillips.
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U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave concluded that the investors failed to plausibly link KuCoin’s allegedly lax anti-money-laundering controls to the theft of their crypto or to their claimed inability to trace or recover it.
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Judge Moves to Throw Out RICO Case Targeting KuCoin, Chainalysis| Law.com
A Manhattan magistrate judge recommended dismissing a racketeering lawsuit accusing cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin and blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis of enabling thieves to launder stolen cryptocurrency.
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Jenner & Block’s breach-of-contract lawsuit against the government of Sierra Leone is winding down in U.S. federal court after the parties agreed to settle claims alleging the West African nation failed to pay Jenner $8 million in outstanding attorney-client legal fees.
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Jenner & Block Settles $8 Million Fee Dispute With Ex-Client Government of Sierra Leone| Law.com
Upon finalization of the settlement ... the Parties shall advise the Court as to the status of the settlement, counsel for Jenner & Block and the Republic of Sierra Leone wrote in a motion seeking a temporary pause in their court proceedings pending final resolution of their $8 million attorney-client fees dispute in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
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General counsel are feeling pressure to adopt generative artificial intelligence tools, but they shouldn't get so swept up in AI mania that they set aside caution and skepticism.
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'Don’t Be Bamboozled': Why GCs Should Approach AI With Both Excitement and Skepticism| Law.com
You need to make sure you have the right environment for experimentation—and the right structure around it, said Jim Shaughnessy, chief legal officer of DocuSign.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/14/dont-be-bamboozled-why-gcs-should-approach-ai-with-both-excitement-and-skepticism-/
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Among the firms growing in Minneapolis this year are Cozen O’Connor, which just announced a merger with Minnesota-based Moss & Barnett, as well as Jones Walker, Carlton Fields and Thompson Hine.
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'Best Kept Secret': Is Minneapolis Big Law's Next Destination Market?| Law.com
Cozen O'Connor is the latest major name to move into Minnesota, but observers say it remains relatively unsaturated with Am Law 200 firms.
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The case is the first “bellwether” trial from among the talcum powder lawsuits coordinated under California’s Judicial Council Coordinated Proceedings against Johnson & Johnson and could be a harbinger for similar trials anticipated to take place in 2026 in other states.
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‘Bellwether’ Trial Over Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder Opens in Los Angeles| Law.com
The four-week trial, featuring plaintiffs Monica Kent and Deborah Schultz, two women who got ovarian cancer, is the first from among talcum powder lawsuits coordinated in California’s state courts and could be a harbinger for similar trials in 2026.
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The Sierra Leone government hired Jenner & Block in December 2019 to help the country settle a contractual dispute involving iron ore mining operations, but their attorney-client relationship soured over a fee dispute.
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Jenner & Block Settles $8 Million Fee Dispute With Ex-Client Government of Sierra Leone| Law.com
Upon finalization of the settlement ... the Parties shall advise the Court as to the status of the settlement, counsel for Jenner & Block and the Republic of Sierra Leone wrote in a motion seeking a temporary pause in their court proceedings pending final resolution of their $8 million attorney-client fees dispute in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2025/11/14/jenner--block-settles-8-million-fee-dispute-with-ex-client-government-of-sierra-leone/
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Law professor Carolyn Shapiro joins Jimmy Hoover to discuss how the Supreme Court’s under-the-radar shift in emergency docket cases is leading to a string of victories for the Trump administration.
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The 'Enormous Shift' That Explains Trump's Supreme Court Victories| Law.com
In this podcast edition of Supreme Court Brief, I am joined by law professor Carolyn Shapiro for a discussion of the 'enormous shift' in the Supreme Court's standards for granting emergency relief to the government.
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The practice, which combines nearly 30 policy advisers and international trade, tax and other regulatory lawyers from within the firm, aims to help clients understand and react to the shifting global trade policies.
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Brownstein Launches Trade Risk Practice Amid Flurry of Activity Under Trump Admin.| Law.com
The new unit combines nearly 30 of the firm's policy advisers and international trade, tax and regulatory lawyers.
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The settlement also calls for the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, part of Local 2325 of the United Auto Workers, to issue a public statement acknowledging that the resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza was "inappropriate."
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In $315,000 Settlement, Legal Aid Union Acknowledges Gaza Ceasefire Resolution Was 'Inappropriate'| Law.com
U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken approved the settlement, which resolves litigation in which three public service attorneys alleged their guild had branded them as “snitches,” “losers,” “disgusting,” “dictators in training” and “Zionist ghouls.”
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