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November 18, 2024 | The Recorder

Departing USPTO Director Vidal to Rejoin Winston & Strawn

Kathi Vidal, who announced she is stepping down from her role in Washington ahead of the change in administrations, will rejoin the AmLaw 200 firm’s litigation department in the Silicon Valley and Washington offices.
4 minute read
November 18, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Nelson Mullins, Greenberg Traurig, Jones Day Have Established Themselves As Biggest Outsiders in Atlanta Legal Market

While a majority of Am Law 200 firms with roots elsewhere started small and grew steadily in the region, several others landed with a splash and then contracted.
7 minute read
November 15, 2024 | National Law Journal

Baltimore City Govt., After Winning Opioid Jury Trial, Preparing to Demand an Additional $11B for Abatement Costs

Susman Godfrey partner Bill Carmody said the $266 million “verdict was an important step toward helping Baltimore recover so that it can continue to be one of the best cities in America and a place where all of its citizens can be healthy and succeed."
3 minute read
November 15, 2024 | The Recorder

X Joins Legal Attack on California's New Deepfakes Law

X owner Elon Musk says the so-called Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act violates the constitutional right to free speech as well as content-platform protections in Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act.
4 minute read
November 15, 2024 | National Law Journal

Under Suspension in California, Eastman Continues Supreme Court Practice

As he fights disbarment and criminal charges, John Eastman has continued to apply his legal efforts in a forum where he remains technically a member in good standing: the U.S. Supreme Court.
8 minute read
November 15, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Ben & Jerry’s Accuses Corporate Parent of ‘Silencing’ Support for Palestinian Rights

The claims are the latest in ongoing tensions between Ben & Jerry's and Unilever following the ice cream maker's decision to end sales in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
3 minute read
November 15, 2024 | The American Lawyer

Jay Clayton, Ex-SEC Chief and Sullivan & Cromwell Lawyer, Eyed For Manhattan US Attorney's Office

The U.S. attorney's post would be Clayton's first as a criminal prosecutor.
4 minute read
November 15, 2024 | National Law Journal

5th Circuit Judge Jones Slams Proposal for Greater Amicus Brief Funding Disclosure

“I urge any of you who are defenders of the First Amendment," said Edith Jones. "It's a case called NAACP v. Alabama, which says that that violates the First Amendment—that kind of compelled disclosure.”
6 minute read
November 15, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Shareholder Activists Poised to Pounce in 2025. Is Your Board Ready?

“The activists are very press-savvy. They know how to leak to the outlets. They're quite often quite good on CNBC. And CNBC becomes almost like their megaphone," said Steve Lipin, CEO of Gladstone Place Partners.
6 minute read
November 14, 2024 | National Law Journal

Trump Picks Personal Criminal Defense Lawyers for Solicitor General, Deputy Attorney General

President-elect Donald Trump has said he will name D. John Sauer, who argued his immunity appeal to the Supreme Court, to be U.S. solicitor general. Todd Blanche, Trump's defense lawyer in the New York hush money case, will be named deputy attorney general.
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