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National Law Journal

Crowell Files Suit With ADL Against Iran, Syria and North Korea, Alleging Hamas Support for Attack on Israel

The law firm is handling the case on a contingency basis, working as co-counsel with the Anti-Defamation League.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Consumer Finance Law Enforcer Takes Private Practice Job at Morgan Lewis

Alice Hrdy spent three decades in government service and had been at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since the agency's inception in 2010.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Fish & Richardson Looks to Steady Growth in DC Under New Leadership

Richard Sterba said one of the challenges he sees as a firm leader is getting attorneys and staff reengaged post-pandemic.
3 minute read

Law.com

Joshua Wright's Counsel Criticizes Congresswoman's Requests for GMU's Title IX Investigation

"There is a long history of false accusations destroying the lives of innocent people, like Joshua Wright, including those recognized by important court rulings," Jesse R. Binnall, a partner with Binnall Law Group in Alexandria, Virginia, wrote. "There is a reason Americans do not trust their Congress – wasting resources based upon an obvious hit piece cannot be a good way to earn back their trust."
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Sidley, Akerman and Squire Patton Boggs Among Latest Law Firms on the DC Lateral Partner Market

Despite the recent hiring spree in D.C., lateral partner and counsel hiring in the region last month was behind last year.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Proskauer Lures Hughes Hubbard Deputy Chair

Kevin Abikoff, who has been one of the most powerful partners at Hughes Hubbard, is leaving, a few months after the firm named new management.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

With New DC Leadership, Mayer Brown Focuses on Financial Services Practice Growth

The firm's D.C. office, with about 188 lawyers now, is now being led by Andrew Olmem, co-leader of Mayer Brown's financial services, regulatory and enforcement practice.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

FBI Has New Warning for Law Firms and Attorneys

Victims, who were further exploited by fictitious law firms, reported losses totaling nearly $10 million between February 2023 and February 2024.
3 minute read

Law.com

GMU Intends to Comply With Congresswoman's Information Request Regarding Joshua Wright Allegations

Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, cited an investigative report in The Wall Street Journal on law school professor Joshua Wright, who allegedly used "his influence over academic and career opportunities to seduce young female law students into inappropriate sexual relationships or to harass them sexually at various points during the period 2004-2023, when he served on the faculty."
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Ex-SEC Commissioners on Crypto Legal Showdowns, Regulatory Rifts

"At one point, I penned an op-ed that I am not going to publish," said Dan Gallagher, chief legal officer for Robinhood Markets Inc. "It was called, 'I asked for a registration and I got a Wells Call.'"
4 minute read

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