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Federal Courts Disclose New Cyberattacks On PACER System
The federal judiciary on Thursday disclosed there have been escalating cyberattacks on its case management system, putting sealed and sensitive case documents at risk, and that it is taking steps to strengthen its security.
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DOJ's Boasberg Complaint Violates Judicial Privacy, Sen. Says
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., has accused the U.S. Department of Justice of misusing private comments from a meeting of the Judicial Conference of the United States to pursue ethics charges against a federal judge who found probable cause to hold President Donald Trump's administration in contempt of court.
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Winstead Tax Partner Joins Foley Hoag In DC
Foley Hoag LLP announced that an experienced partner who's spent over a decade working on a wide range of tax matters has joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office from Winstead PC.
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Democracy Forward Launches Appellate Practice
The Democracy Forward Foundation has formed an appellate practice on the heels of a hiring spree that has doubled the nonprofit's legal staff since November with former BigLaw and government attorneys, as some private firms have pulled back from taking on cases that challenge the current White House.
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Wilson Elser Nabs Former Transpo Safety Board Adviser
A former team leader for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration who worked with its passenger carrier division on issues involving commercial passenger vehicles like buses and motor coaches has joined Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP's Washington, D.C., office as an of counsel.
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Milbank Offers Summer Bonuses Of Up To $25K To Associates
Milbank LLP has become the first BigLaw firm to announce summer bonuses this year, offering up to $25,000 for associates and counsel after smaller shops also unveiled midyear payouts.
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Calif.-Based Musick Peeler Heads East With DC, Va. Offices
Musick Peeler & Garrett LLP, a California-based firm with five offices in the state, is launching its first locations on the East Coast, adding four attorneys from Zoblaw Law Group to new spaces in Washington, D.C., and Charlottesville, Virginia.
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States Urge Justices To Back Med Mal Laws In Federal Court
Tennessee and 26 other states on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that state statutes requiring an expert affidavit in all medical malpractice suits may be applied in federal court, arguing that overriding these laws under federal procedure rules would undermine state authority.
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How Feeder Judges 'Gatekeep' Supreme Court Clerkships
In the last 50 years, U.S. Supreme Court clerkships have transmogrified from a simple secretarial job for enterprising young lawyers to the legal profession's ultimate status symbol, access to which is controlled by a tiny handful of "feeder judges" who serve as "hidden gatekeepers," according to a new study.
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Retired Sidley White Collar Head Launches DC Pro Bono Firm
The former head of Sidley Austin LLP's white collar practice has come out of retirement to launch a nonprofit boutique filled with former federal prosecutors and BigLaw vets aiming to "defend the rule of law."
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Some Law Firms Feel Secure Despite Persistent Cyberthreats
Some firms feel secure from cybersecurity threats like ransomware, even though law firms remain prime targets for cyberattacks, according to a new report by cyber disaster recovery company Fenix24 and the International Legal Technology Association.
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Which GCs Sold Stock In July? MicroStrategy, Palantir & More
General counsel Wei-Ming Shao, who's been with MicroStrategy Inc. for over 25 years, cashed in some $31 million worth of stock in July. An active trader, Shao has sold over 200,000 shares of the company since 2021 for an estimated $78.6 million, according to Quiver Quantitative, which tracks聽stock trades.
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Troutman Adds Former Fannie Mae Associate GC In DC
The former associate general counsel at the Federal National Mortgage Association, who spent the past decade as a tax partner with Morris Manning & Martin LLP, has joined Troutman Pepper Locke LLP in the nation's capital, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Thompson Hine Adds Trio In Key Markets In 3 States
The former branch chief of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission office in D.C. dedicated in part to reviewing mutual fund filings, a former Latham & Watkins LLP associate based in Chicago, and a securities lawyer from an Orange County boutique all have joined Thompson Hine LLP.
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Law, Medical School Orgs Face Application Fee Antitrust Suits
The Law School Admission Council and the Association of American Medical Colleges have each been hit with a proposed class action in Pennsylvania and D.C. federal courts, respectively, by candidates who said the nonprofits conspired with their member schools to charge excessive application fees that have been fixed at the same price regardless of the school.
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Meet FDA Chief Counsel Sean Keveney
The new top attorney at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, described as a "tremendous technical lawyer," rose through the ranks as a federal prosecutor before helping lead President Donald Trump's confrontation with elite universities this year.
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Covington Hires Top Biden Commerce Dept. Int'l Trade Atty
Covington & Burling LLP has hired the former assistant secretary of commerce for global markets, who simultaneously served as director general of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service at the International Trade Administration, to its Washington, D.C., team, the firm recently announced.
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Husch Blackwell Hires First Business Development Chief
Husch Blackwell LLP has hired a C-suite executive with more than 20 years of experience in legal marketing as its first chief business development officer.
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Willkie Adds Int'l Arbitration Pro From Boies Schiller In DC
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has strengthened its international arbitration offerings in the nation's capital with an attorney from Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.
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Bots, AI And Fake Leads: Attys 'Besieged' By Recruiter Tactics
Off-base mass emails, incessant robocalls, and fake exclusive application offers are just a few of the unsavory tactics some report having seen more often in the attorney recruitment market in recent years.
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Ex-Supreme Court Clerk, AG Counselor Joins Haynes Boone
Haynes Boone announced Tuesday that it has added a partner who has clerked for two U.S. Supreme Court justices and served as counselor to the U.S. attorney general.
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ABA Eyes Reducing Board Size, Trimming Diversity Seats
The American Bar Association proposed reducing the size of its board of governors and proportionally cutting the number of seats reserved for women, people of color and other underrepresented groups, as the organization's president Monday reiterated a commitment to "rule of law, due process, access to justice, fairness and diversity."
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Judge Newman Contests Suspension Renewal At DC Circ.
The Federal Circuit's recent recommendation to continue U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's suspension makes clear her colleagues are looking to permanently remove her, the judge's attorney told the D.C. Circuit Monday.
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DOJ Fights Md. Judges' Bid To Ax Suit Over Habeas Orders
The Department of Justice is standing by its lawsuit challenging a standing order in the District of Maryland that temporarily blocks the deportation of detained noncitizens who file habeas petitions, saying a recent dismissal bid misses the mark because "even a small delay" is "irreparable harm to sovereign interests."
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Barnes & Thornburg Adds Leader Of FDA Practices At 2 Firms
Barnes & Thornburg LLP has hired the former leader of both Husch Blackwell LLP and Michael Best & Friedrich LLP's U.S. Food and Drug Administration-focused practices who brings a perspective to its Washington, D.C., office that includes working at the agency for more than a decade.