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Ex-FTC Antitrust Chief Returns To Covington As Co-Chair
Covington & Burling LLP has rehired the former director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition as a co-chair of its antitrust and competition practice group in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Monday.
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Latham Lawyer Joins Jenner & Block's DC Appellate Practice
A former Latham & Watkins LLP appellate attorney, who spent close to four years at the firm working with complex constitutional and regulatory matters on behalf of technology and entertainment companies, has moved to Jenner & Block LLP, the firm announced Monday.
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Cozen O'Connor Adds Real Estate Pro From Ropes & Gray
An attorney specializing in real estate transactions has moved his practice from Ropes & Gray LLP to Cozen O'Connor, where he will split his time between two offices.
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Quintairos Prieto Opens Philly Office With Maron Marvel Atty
National firm Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer PA has launched its 50th office in the country in Philadelphia, with an attorney who will lead its settlement counsel practice, the firm announced Monday.
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Davis Polk Taps Willkie Partner As Trusts & Estates Co-Head
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has hired a former Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP private wealth partner to be a co-head of its trusts and estates practice in New York, the firm announced Monday.
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Weil Adds DLA Piper Entertainment Transactions Co-Chair
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced Monday it has hired the co-leader of DLA Piper's entertainment transactions practice to enhance its own capacity to handle a wide range of entertainment, sports and media deals.
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Brownstein Hyatt Breaks Into NY, Adds 5-Atty Crowell Team
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP announced Monday that it has hired five partners and a policy director from Crowell & Moring LLP and established its first New York office in the process.
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More NY Public Interest Attys And Advocates Authorize Strikes
Eight chapters of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys — a union that represents thousands of public interest attorneys and advocates in the New York City metro area — have voted to authorize strikes as workers hope their sectoral bargaining strategy will lead to more favorable deals with managers.
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Paul Hastings Adds Antitrust Pro, DOJ Alum From Paul Weiss
Paul Hastings LLP announced on Monday that it has hired a former Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP lawyer and U.S. Department of Justice alum known for his work on antitrust matters ranging from bet-the-company transactions to high-stakes litigation.
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Circuit-By-Circuit Recap: Justices Send Message To Outliers
It was a tough term at the U.S. Supreme Court for two very different circuits — one solidly liberal, one solidly conservative — that had their rulings overturned in eye-popping numbers. But it was another impressive year for a relatively moderate circuit that appears increasingly simpatico with the high court.
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The Moments That Shaped The Universal Injunction Case
The U.S. Supreme Court voted along ideological lines when it hindered the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide pauses on presidential policies, but that outcome didn't seem like a foregone conclusion during oral arguments earlier this year. What do the colloquies suggest about the justices' thinking? Here are some moments that may have swayed them.
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Orrick Adds Nixon Peabody Public Finance Atty In LA
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is boosting its finance team, bringing in a Nixon Peabody LLP public finance pro as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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Office Snapshot: Polsinelli Finds Essence Of Dallas Market
Polsinelli recently moved its Dallas office following a philosophy of finding property that "fits within a market, and embodies what the market is."
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Maryland school district burdened parents' religious rights when it declined to provide opt-outs from a policy that introduced LGBTQ-themed storybooks into its K-12 English curriculum.
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Buchalter Taps New IP, Corporate And Litigation Leaders
Buchalter PC has named an Atlanta-based shareholder as administrative chair of the firm's intellectual property practice while also elevating a pair of shareholders to corporate and litigation leadership roles in Portland, Oregon, and Denver.
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Morgan Lewis Attorney Joins Holland & Knight's NY Team
A Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP lawyer who split his time between the firm's New York and Moscow offices has joined Holland & Knight LLP in New York where he'll continue his practice focused on cross-border transactions and other corporate matters.
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Disclosing Political Spend Wins Surprising Investor Support
While most shareholder activists are hitting a brick wall with environmental, social and governance measures at 2025 annual meetings, a proposal asking for increased transparency around corporate political spending has passed at five companies, surprising some experts.
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Meet The New Leader In Clifford Chance's DC Office
When Will Lavery followed a longtime Baker Botts LLP colleague in moving his antitrust practice to Clifford Chance LLP in 2023, he told Law360 Pulse in a recent interview that he never would have expected that just two years later he would be tapped to serve as managing partner of the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.
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Simpson Thacher Adds Practice Heads In Leadership Shift
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has tapped a number of longtime partners for new leadership roles, adding new positions leading the firm's global private equity and asset management teams, also naming new co-heads of its investment funds practice and a new chair of funds and funds adjacencies.
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Polsinelli Lands 8-Atty Real Estate Team From ArentFox
The national real estate co-leader at ArentFox Schiff LLP is among an eight-attorney team leaving the firm to join Polsinelli's own practice, according to a Thursday announcement.
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The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term.
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Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review
The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks — and even hours — to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions.
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Ballard Spahr Lands Saul Ewing Public Finance Ace In Del.
Ballard Spahr LLP has added a partner from Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, who has served as bond counsel for Delaware and its agencies for years, to enhance the firm's capacity to handle public finance matters.
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Legal Sector Jobs Continue To Climb, Nearing All-Time High
The U.S. legal industry added 2,800 jobs in June, marking four months in a row of job growth in the sector, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Sidley Adds DLA Piper Private Credit Expert In San Diego
Sidley Austin LLP is growing its finance team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in a DLA Piper specialist in private credit as a partner in its San Diego office.