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National Law Journal

Latham's Alice Fisher Passes MP Reins to Mike Egge in D.C.

Alice Fisher, a former U.S. Justice Department Criminal Division chief, has handed the management reins at Latham & Watkins' D.C. office to Mike Egge. An antitrust lawyer, Egge became the firm's Washington managing partner at the beginning of March. Fisher's deputy managing partner, James Barker, ceded his job to Melissa Arbus Sherry, an appellate attorney.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: Shannon Liss-Riordan of Lichten & Liss-Riordan

She's been labeled a scourge of the sharing economy and a protector of its workers. Either way, Liss-Riordan isn't going away.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices Praise DOJ's Dreeben After Contentious 100th Argument

Three U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday praised deputy U.S. solicitor general Michael Dreeben just hours after his 100th appearance before the court—a tough argument in which the court gave Dreeben an unusually hard time. "He's made these 100 arguments—fabulous—and he's remained sane," Justice Stephen Breyer said.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

How a 'Burned-Out' International Lawyer Ditched Squire Patton Boggs

When Kristen Jarvis Johnson left her senior associate position to focus on her startup toy company, she invited the Internet along for the ride.
22 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

The Hypotheticals That Could Doom the Case Against Bob McDonnell

Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Michael Dreeben argued his 100th case on Wednesday, and it may have been his toughest—in part because of the wild array of hypotheticals the justices threw at him and his adversary.
11 minute read

National Law Journal

Paul Clement, On Unfamiliar Ground, Makes Religious Freedom Case in Military Court

Representing a U.S. Marine court-martialed for refusing an order to remove pieces of paper with Bible-inspired text from her work space, Bancroft partner and veteran appellate advocate Paul Clement made his first ever appearance on Wednesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
11 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Lisa Blatt's End-Run Play Puts Redskins Case Before Supreme Court

Appellate advocates usually wait for a federal appeals court to rule before they take a case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Lisa Blatt, head of Arnold & Porter's appellate and Supreme Court practice, leapfrogged over the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to get her petition in the Washington Redskins trademark dispute before the justices. Blatt's unusual strategy invoked a rarely used rule of the Supreme Court that allows parties to seek certiorari before an appeals court has ruled.
9 minute read

Litigation Daily

Report: Who Won (and Lost) the Most Big-Ticket Trials in 2015

Big Law litigators love to boast that their firms are ready and willing to take cases to trial. So it's interesting to look at the top 100 verdicts of 2015 to see what firms are actually making good on their threats. The answer is probably not who you'd think.
30 minute read

The American Lawyer

Too Few Women in Court

Female trial lawyers are still a minority in the nation's courtrooms. What will it take to change that disparity?
29 minute read

Law.com

A Flood of Nearly 100 Flint Civil Suits Filed Amid Criminal Charges

Criminal charges filed this week against three government employees over the Flint water crisis come as many state and local officials are fighting off civil cases by hiring their own attorneys and, in some cases, already moving to dismiss the litigation.
13 minute read

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