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National Law Journal

'Slow Time Bomb': Attorney Sells Law Practice, Prompted by SCOTUS Ruling

"If it's going to cost us more to litigate than we can win, you've gutted Title IX without it being obvious," said Washington, D.C. plaintiff lawyer Laura Dunn.
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National Law Journal

DC Circuit Nixes $120M Damages Award in Deadly Foreign Contract Dispute

"The court properly recognized that the Republic of Iraq and its Ministry of Defense are immune from suit in this country because this contract had nothing to do with the United States," Boaz S. Morag of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton said of the D.C. Circuit's ruling overturning a $120 million damages award.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

DLA Piper, Eversheds, Troutman, Polsinelli Among Latest Firms to Hire DC-Area Laterals

Partner hiring focused on intellectual property, insurance regulatory, corporate and investment management practices in D.C. and Baltimore this past week.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

US Ambassador to Spain Rejoins Winston & Strawn

Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón, former chief of staff to the first lady, will rejoin Winston's New York office in its litigation department.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Northern Virginia Law Firms Target 'Niche' Practices Amid Rising Market Competition

"There is still a thriving market for well-known, respected lawyers who have kind of niche practices, but it's harder for smaller firms. Now, the advantage they have is that the fee structures are a lot lower," said Nina Ginsberg of DiMuroGinsberg.
4 minute read

Law.com

Disbarred Ohio Attorney Pleads Guilty to Social Security Fraud

At various times throughout his scheme, Richard Louis Crosby III used identifying information belonging to his elderly father, his girlfriend, a deceased man and others to attempt to gain employment at law firms across the country.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

DC Litigators Outpaced All Other Cities on Billing Rates in 2023

A quarter of respondents to a recent survey billed at least $951 hourly, the highest percentage in that category in any of the 24 cities tracked.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Et Tu, EDVA? Why Big Law Is Dodging a Once-Favorable Bankruptcy Venue

"That was the last time anyone files in EDVA," one Am Law 100 bankruptcy partner said of the formerly popular jurisdiction.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Orrick Hires 3 Partners in Bid to Become Top Life Sciences Law Firm

The firm will also bring on at least three attorneys across associate and counsel ranks.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

'AI Is Existential': ArentFox Schiff Turns Attention From Metaverse to AI Use Cases

The firm has several use cases for generative AI, but also knows when not to trust it, said chair Anthony Lupo.
4 minute read

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