Trump Weighs Jan. 6 Clemency With Congress Set to Ratify His Win
Four years after a mob attacked the US Capitol to support
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is launching a Chicago office as part of a 17-lawyer addition from Locke Lord, which finalized a merger this week.
Jones Day partner David Grubman is heading to Sidley Austin to help lead the firm’s global mergers and acquisitions practice, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Columnist David Lat examines the incoming administration’s short-term impact on Big Law, finding that practitioners generally anticipate a strong year despite uncertainty.
Kirkland & Ellis retained its crown as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2024, nabbing several of the largest transactions of the year.
Four years after a mob attacked the US Capitol to support
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Business-side advocates lost a prominent voice with the death of Michael Lotito of Littler Mendelson PC, just as the second Trump regime began to take shape. Meanwhile, anticipated shifts at the EEOC under the new administration threaten to dismantle the civil rights agency’s work last year.
The EEOC’s Democrats are running out of time to revive a key proposal to collect pay data from employers, as the specter of an incoming Trump administration and a more conservative commission loom large.
Big Law leaders will face no shortage of challenges this year.
The US Supreme Court is likely to play a role in upcoming Trump administration policies, green-lighting some and halting others.
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A defunct sales lead company and its surviving executives must face liability for violating the Do Not Call Registry, but the amount in damages they owe must be re-assessed, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is launching a Chicago office as part of a 17-lawyer addition from Locke Lord, which finalized a merger this week.
Mass tort litigation is thriving, fueled by aggressive digital advertising and litigation finance. These high-stakes cases promise huge paydays for lawyers and funders, transforming mass torts into a lucrative industry.
Big Law leaders will face no shortage of challenges this year.
A key US financial regulator is bracing for an unprecedented political shift under the incoming Trump administration after the cryptocurrency industry successfully lobbied against President Joe Biden’s attempt to renew a Democratic commissioner’s term.
The US Supreme Court is likely to play a role in upcoming Trump administration policies, green-lighting some and halting others.
Stuart Hoegner, general counsel for Tether and Bitfinex has retired, the company announced Friday.
Over the last few weeks, the crypto industry has been doing victory laps from Silicon Valley to Washington. With a pro-crypto president-elect, a new AI and crypto czar, and the pending exit of
Kirkland & Ellis retained its crown as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2024, nabbing several of the largest transactions of the year.
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