https://www.law360.com/legalindustry?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Legal Industry Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 23:14:48 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2333521?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2333521 A Georgia Congressman on Thursday introduced legislation that would ensure misconduct complaints against judges would still be investigated, even if the judge has resigned, retired or even died. Thu, 01 May 2025 20:46:31 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2332772?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2332772 The Federal Circuit's argument calendar for May includes appeals of two nine-figure patent verdicts — one against Apple and one against Medtronic — and Roku's bid to revive its remote control patent suit at the U.S. International Trade Commission after a loss tied to the commission's domestic industry requirement. Thu, 01 May 2025 20:38:00 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2332757?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2332757 The House Judiciary Committee approved along party lines a proposal they say will prevent "frivolous lawsuits" by barring courts from enforcing contempt citations for failure to comply with injunctions if the plaintiff has not posted a bond for litigation costs. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:59:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2331812?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2331812 Thousands of attorneys gathered at rallies across the country on Thursday to oppose what they called the Trump administration's "assault" on the rule of law — a rare public demonstration for the normally buttoned-down and risk-averse professionals that they said "sounds the alarm of a looming constitutional crisis." Thu, 01 May 2025 16:58:59 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2333263?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2333263 While the red carpet arrivals of the biggest names in the entertainment industry are sure to win the most attention at the Met Gala on Monday, attorneys also play a significant role in advising the brands and celebrities at the center of fashion's biggest night. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:58:39 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2333163?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2333163 A North Carolina trade executive's latest trip to the Second Circuit in his quest to win damages for alleged hacking by a private investigator on Dechert LLP's behalf should end like the others, with a dismissal, defense counsel argued Thursday. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:51:20 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2332613?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2332613 The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday held off for now a vote to call for a hearing on Ed Martin's nomination for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, a move Democrats say would allow more time to review his record and, they hope, convince enough Republicans to help them block his nomination. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:50:17 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2333131?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2333131 A Colorado state judge resigned on Wednesday amid a disciplinary complaint accusing him of misusing his position to help a former client that he exchanged sexual and flirtatious texts with, telling an independent panel in a brief that it no longer needs to hear a disciplinary case against him. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:33:38 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2332937?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2332937 Marathon runners weren't the only ones on the move in Boston in April, with the city's legal community continuing to compete for talent — including a half-dozen alumni of Beantown's own Suffolk University Law School. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:14:37 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2333012?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2333012 The legal malpractice suit in which gene sequencing company GenapSys Inc. argued Paul Hastings LLP caused GenapSys' bankruptcy appears to have been settled. Thu, 01 May 2025 15:56:31 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2332880?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2332880 Twenty former federal district and circuit judges on Thursday launched a coalition to speak out about and defend the federal judiciary as political impeachment attempts against judges increase and the federal courts system faces heightened scrutiny. Thu, 01 May 2025 15:49:41 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2332660?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2332660 Legal department hires over the past month included high-profile appointments at FanDuel's parent company, American Airlines and soda business Swig. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from the first full month of spring. Thu, 01 May 2025 10:21:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2305667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2305667 Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:36:18 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2332754?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2332754 Susman Godfrey LLP has pressed a D.C. federal court not to kill the firm's suit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm, arguing that the government's "meritless" dismissal motion "goes to great lengths to distract from the indisputable truth" that the order is "blatantly unconstitutional." Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:52:11 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2331189?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2331189 Spring has sprung for appellate arguments over the White House's pruning and shearing of agencies, part of a bountiful circuit calendar in May, when appeals courts will also tend to defamation drama involving a pro golfer, antitrust suits against drugmakers and hotels, and a nine-figure patent verdict against Apple Inc. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:51:29 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2332558?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2332558 The California Bar has asked the state's supreme court to help it account for rampant technical difficulties on the February 2025 bar exam by approving a lower passing score and allowing the bar to give test-takers credit for some questions they left blank. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:11:47 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2332642?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2332642 A former Dominion Voting executive said MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell shouldn't be allowed to delay a June defamation trial because his attorneys face potential sanctions for a brief that used artificial intelligence, arguing recent executive orders against law firms suggest the defamation claim would face "extreme prejudice" from a delay. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:53:08 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2331353?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2331353 A provision to transfer the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust functions to the U.S. Department of Justice was stripped out of the House Judiciary Committee's budget reconciliation bill on Wednesday. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:34:45 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2331937?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2331937 After three years in private practice, the Federal Communications Commission has welcomed an Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorney back to the agency as the newest head of the commission's Wireline Competition Bureau. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:53:31 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2332432?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2332432 Enforcers opened high stakes court proceedings against Meta Platforms and Google for monopolization claims that could force the tech giants to sell pieces of the companies, while also moving ahead with several challenges and reviews of pending deals in other industries. Here, Law360 looks at the major merger review developments from April.