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A Conversation with NLJ Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Karen Popp

"There were only 10 of us then," Karen Popp said of the Women's White Collar Defense Association she co-founded in 1999. "But we continued to meet regularly and our numbers grew. We now have 4,000 members around the world and have just launched our 50th chapter."
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National Law Journal

Jenner & Block, Akin, Polsinelli, Sterlington Add to DC Benches

Sally Laing, rejoining Akin, most recently served as chief international trade counsel for the Senate Finance Committee and U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, who chairs the committee.
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National Law Journal

Average Partner Pay in D.C. Is Climbing—but Not as Fast as Billing Rates

The average pay for Am Law 200 partners, including equity and nonequity partners, in D.C. has eclipsed $1.5 million.
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National Law Journal

Big Law Leaders and Partners Accelerate Election Fundraising

Cravath's presiding partner and Sullivan & Cromwell's senior chair, among others, each gave $250,000 to the Harris Victory Fund.
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National Law Journal

'Truth Still Prevails': In Age of Disinformation, Defamation Attorneys Score Landmark Jury Verdict

"We don't just run into court and file these lawsuits. I wrote to the defendants six years ago and asked them to correct the record and apologize. I think, if they had corrected the record and set it straight six years ago, it's hard for me to imagine that we would have brought this lawsuit at all," defamation attorney Megan Meier said about a false report published about her client.
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National Law Journal

DC Defamation Boutique Secures $8M Jury Damages Verdict in Libel Case

Counsel for the plaintiff included Meier Watkins Phillips Pusch founding partners who formed their defamation law boutique in 2023 following the $787.5 million Fox News settlement with Dominion Voting Systems.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

SEC Lists 2025 Target Industries in 'Familiar Rubric'

"There is some level of uncertainty this year regarding pending SEC rulemaking," said Ryan Swan, a partner at Paul Hastings.
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National Law Journal

'Dismissal Required'?: Trump Cites Another Supreme Court Ruling in DC Jan. 6 Case

"The theory of the case for Trump has an element that focuses on the creation of false evidence—namely, the false slates of electors—for use in Congress's certification process on Jan. 6," said Payvand Ahdout, an associate law professor at the University of Virginia. "From the perspective of the defense, it makes sense to attempt to lump together [Joseph] Fischer's case with Donald Trump's."
4 minute read

National Law Journal

'Bipartisan Focus': Health Care Antitrust Litigation Likely to Remain Hot in 2025

No matter who is elected president, enforcement—which indicates the civil litigation trend—is expected to focus on the health care industry, litigators are saying.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

'Everybody Is Holding Their Breath': Big Law Lobbying Businesses See Mixed Earnings in Q3

A "small handful of our clients" are taking "a wait and see approach" toward the upcoming election, though are "prepared to re-engage post-election," said Will Moschella, of Brownstein's government relations department.
3 minute read

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