FTC Warns 42 Law Firms Of DEI 'Anticompetitive Collusion'

By Sarah Jarvis

The Federal Trade Commission announced Friday that it has sent warning letters to 42 major law firms for their purported participation in an outside diversity, equity and inclusion program, alleging their participation could constitute anticompetitive collusion.

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Courts
Attys Rip Judge-Shopping Sanctions As Bid To 'Rewrite' Rules
By Jake Maher

Two Alabama attorneys who were sanctioned for allegedly judge shopping in a civil rights case urged the Eleventh Circuit to toss the sanctions Friday, arguing the judges accusing them were seeking to "rewrite" the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Florida Pulse
Rivkin Radler Insurance Ace Stepping Up As Managing Partner
By James Mills

A longtime insurance attorney at Rivkin Radler LLP will begin leading the firm on Monday as its new managing partner.
California Pulse
Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
By Emma Cueto

DiCello Levitt and Hausfeld LLP steering a suit against major petroleum companies and Lewis Rice LLC's work on behalf of a $3 billion redevelopment lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Jan. 16 to Jan 30.
Pennsylvania Pulse
Pietragallo Gordon Boosts Estates Team With Merger, Laterals
By James Boyle

Pittsburgh-based Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti LLP has responded to a growing need for estate planning, administration and litigation services as more of the baby boomer generation consider their legacies by strengthening its estate group by merging with boutique firm Citron Alex PC and adding a pair of attorneys who moved their practices from Clark Hill PLC.
Connecticut Pulse
Reed Smith Brings On Gibson Dunn In $102M Award Feud
By Yun Park

Reed Smith LLP has told a New York federal court that they have retained Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP to represent it in connection with a motion for sanctions, stemming from a dispute tied to a joint venture involving international shipping company Eletson Holdings.
California Pulse
Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
By Kevin Penton

Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a D.C. Circuit panel revived a lawsuit that accuses pharmaceutical companies of aiding a Hezbollah-linked militia's terrorism in Iraq.
DC Pulse
ArentFox Schiff Adds 3-Atty Alcohol Regulatory Team
By Christine DeRosa

ArentFox Schiff LLP has grown its alcohol beverage regulatory capabilities with a four-person team, including three attorneys, one which led the alcohol group and co-led the food and beverage group at Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP.
Legal Tech & AI
Legal Tech Roundup: SpotDraft, Frontline Managed Services
By Steven Lerner

A major technology company backing a legal technology provider tops this roundup of recent industry news.
DC Pulse
Former CMS Deputy Moves To Baker Donelson
By Jack Rodgers

The Trump administration's former Medicaid leader has affiliated himself with Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC as a strategic adviser, where the firm said he'll collaborate with its health and government solutions team across 12 states and the nation's capital.
Daily Litigation
Boies Schiller Lands Grant & Eisenhofer Bankruptcy Leader
By Rose Krebs

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has added the former leader of Grant & Eisenhofer PA's bankruptcy and distressed litigation practice to enhance its capacity to handle all sorts of bankruptcy litigation matters.