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Adams Taps Randy Mastro As Deputy Mayor After Recent Exits
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday that he has selected Randy Mastro to serve as first deputy mayor after the King & Spalding LLP trial lawyer withdrew his bid for corporation counsel last year following a contentious nomination hearing that raised questions over his past work, including under the Rudy Giuliani administration.
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Corning's CLO Saw Comp Top $7.4M Last Year
The top attorney for Corning Inc. saw his compensation continue to rise last year, jumping from $5.7 million in 2023 to $7.4 million in 2024, according to a recent securities filing.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP, Grant & Eisenhofer PA and Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a D.C. federal judge upheld a $612.4 million jury verdict against the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Armstrong Teasdale Adds Ex-DLA Piper Atty In NY
An intellectual property attorney with expertise in the life sciences and consumer electronics industries has moved her practice to Armstrong Teasdale's Manhattan office after three years at DLA Piper.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry began spring with another action-packed week as President Donald Trump continued to eye BigLaw diversity programs and firms expanded their presence and headcounts worldwide. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Fox News Host Wins Atty Fees Over Failed Defamation Row
A New York federal judge on Thursday ordered a former business associate of Hunter Biden and an attorney to pay more than $331,000 in attorney fees to a Fox News analyst they targeted in a failed defamation lawsuit, saying the analyst's counsel didn't engage in "duplicative" and "opportunistic" billing practices.
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Payday Lender Gets Appeal On Lawyer's Blackmail Conflict
The Second Circuit has decided to let a former payday lending executive, now incarcerated on charges that he ran a fraudulent $2 billion lending scheme, move ahead with a new appeal after hearing that his trial counsel faced blackmail from another client.
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Feds Say Crypto Lobbyist Can't Delay FTX-Tied Case
New York federal prosecutors Thursday opposed a request from attorney and crypto lobbyist Michelle Bond to extend filing deadlines for pre-trial motions in her criminal case until June, saying Bond's inability to access her assets due to bankruptcy proceedings involving her FTX-affiliated husband is not enough to warrant a delay.
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Whistleblower Atty Leaves Motley Rice, Launches New Firm
Longtime securities and whistleblower attorney Rebecca M. Katz has left plaintiffs litigation firm Motley Rice LLC and has launched her own small firm, Katz Whistleblower Law LLC.
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Ashurst Reelects Global Chair, Aims For £1B Revenue
Ashurst LLP has reelected its global chair for a second term, the firm announced Thursday, amid hopes of reaching its first year of £1 billion ($1.2 billion) revenue in 2025 after eight years of growth.
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State AGs To Play Larger Role With Trump Back In Office
Many state attorneys general will have growing influence on national issues under the new Trump administration, as they ramp up regulatory enforcement in areas where the federal government pulls back, while also fighting against or in support of the administration's policies, lawyers and observers say.
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'Jailhouse Lawyer' Ran Unauthorized Practice, NY Jury Finds
A Manhattan federal jury on Thursday convicted a longtime "jailhouse lawyer" who began charging inmates' families for legal services after serving prison time himself, finding he engaged in the unauthorized practice of law but clearing him on a conspiracy count.
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Your Competition Is Probably Investing In Their Clients
Legal advisers typically sit beside, not across, from their clients, and advise on deals rather than take part in them.
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Jury Deliberates Fraud Charges Against 'Jailhouse Lawyer'
A Manhattan federal jury on Wednesday weighed charges accusing a longtime "jailhouse lawyer" of unauthorized practice of law, conspiracy and fraud after he began charging inmates and their families for legal services upon leaving prison.
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NJ Lawyer Says SDNY Filing Ban Not In Court's Power
A lawyer who was barred from filing new petitions in the Southern District of New York bankruptcy court and was ordered to pay a $2,000 fine for an alleged pattern of filing and then abandoning bankruptcy cases is trying to overturn the judgment, arguing the court "overlooked matters" that would have counted in his favor.
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Legal Tech Group ILTA Honors Five Influential Women
Five attorneys, including leaders from CS Disco, King & Wood Mallesons and Legaltech Hub, were honored Tuesday by the International Legal Technology Association as part of its 2025 list of Influential Women in Legal Tech, an annual list published by the professional network.
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EEOC Bid For Law Firm DEI Info On Shaky Ground, Attys Say
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's recent call for law firms to cough up a trove of information about their diversity, equity and inclusion programs lacks statutory authority and may contravene federal law, according to experts from both sides of the aisle.
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Pillsbury Adds Commercial Deal Pro From A&O Shearman
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has expanded its global sourcing and technology transactions practice with the addition of the U.S. head of Allen Overy Shearman Sterling's digital, data, intellectual property and technology practice.
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Law360 Announces The Members Of Its 2025 Editorial Boards
Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2025 Editorial Advisory Boards.
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Sills Cummis Adds Commercial Litigator From Wilson Elser
Sills Cummis & Gross PC has welcomed a commercial lawyer from the defense litigation firm Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, touting his experience in industries like aviation, hospitality, food and beverage, construction and cosmetics in its announcement on Tuesday.
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Ex-Milbank Atty Hired To Lead Sichenzia Ross Corporate Unit
A former Milbank LLP attorney has joined Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel LLP in New York, to lead its corporate and securities department as managing partner, according to an announcement Tuesday.
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How BigLaw Is Tweaking Diversity Messaging Amid Pushback
As the Trump administration intensifies its scrutiny of diversity programs, some of the nation's leading law firms are quietly adjusting how they publicly present their diversity commitments, including softening language, scrubbing diversity reports, and, in some cases, erasing diversity pages altogether.
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Eisner Lands 2 Reed Smith Entertainment Pros In NY, Calif.
Business and entertainment firm Eisner LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired two attorneys from Reed Smith LLP to enhance its capacity to negotiate entertainment industry transactions.
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Fried Frank Adds Simpson Thacher Private Funds Pro In NY
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has expanded its global asset management practice with the addition of a longtime Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP attorney, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Gibson Dunn Adds Capital Markets Partner In New York
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has added a partner from Latham & Watkins LLP in New York, strengthening its capital markets practice group and expanding its expertise in high-yield debt, private credit and restructuring transactions.