Trump Pulls Paul Weiss Lawyers’ Security Clearances
President Donald Trump on Friday suspended security clearances for attorneys at Paul Weiss, the latest attack on a top law firm over its political work.
President Donald Trump on Friday renewed his attacks on lawyers he said have wronged him, singling out Marc Elias and Mark Pomerantz as “radicals” who tried to prevent him from returning to the White House.
New York City mayoral candidates are turning to law firms for campaign cash, racing to dig into the deep pockets of the country’s largest legal market before the June Democratic primary.
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Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin partners will begin voting later this month on the firms’ planned merger.
President Donald Trump on Friday suspended security clearances for attorneys at Paul Weiss, the latest attack on a top law firm over its political work.
Alan Dershowitz won’t be held personally liable for representing failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake because of his “of counsel” status, but sanctions will stick for two other lawyers who represented Lake, the Ninth Circuit said.
Members of the top rank of the New York law world displayed anxiety at a New York State Bar Association event Friday about the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term.
President Donald Trump on Friday renewed his attacks on lawyers he said have wronged him, singling out Marc Elias and Mark Pomerantz as “radicals” who tried to prevent him from returning to the White House.
The California Committee of Bar Examiners recommended Friday that the state’s highest court expand a pre-license program to people who took the poorly administered February 2025 bar exam.
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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.
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.
On May 28, 2012, Dewey & LeBoeuf, the product of a merger between two storied New York law firms, filed for bankruptcy. For the first time, Dewey's former chair Steven Davis opens up about the years, months, and weeks leading to his firm's collapse, the decisions he made and, looking back, whether he would have done anything differently.
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Cryptocurrency investors obtained an entry of default against Bancor DAO, an organization that runs the Bancor digital asset exchange, on claims that the platform “suspended” its promised protection of their assets.
A bankruptcy judge will allow a $1.53 billion amended claim from the collapsed cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital Ltd., despite objections from bankrupt FTX Trading Ltd. that it was filed too late.
Chris Ryan joined Bitcoin Depot as chief legal officer, the company announced Friday.
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