Motorola GC Steps In As Lumen's New Chief Legal Officer
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Daily Litigation
BigLaw Student Fellowship Faces Discrimination ChargeA new legal advocacy organization on Monday alleged that a decades-old program that partners with dozens of BigLaw firms to support incoming law students is racially discriminatory.
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Courts
Meet The Attys Defending NJ Mayor In ICE Facility CaseOne of New Jersey's most high-powered criminal defense attorneys is among a trio of litigators defending Newark mayor Ras Baraka against charges related to his arrest last week at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in the city.
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Courts
Ex-EDNY US Atty Breon Peace Returns To Cleary GottliebCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced Monday that the former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York has rejoined the firm to co-lead its litigation group and enhance its capacity to handle white collar cases, commercial litigation and other matters.
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Courts
From Fox News To DOJ: This Is The Next Interim DC US AttyFormer Fox News host and judge Jeanine Pirro will soon take the helm of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia after more than a decade at the network where she was a figure in high-profile defamation cases.
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Daily Litigation
More BigLaw Partners Back Jenner & Block In EO SuitThe number of BigLaw partners publicly backing litigation against the federal government over executive orders targeting firms continues to grow, as a group representing more than 800 partners and members of major U.S. law firms has filed an amicus brief in support of Jenner & Block.
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Modern Lawyer
Fisher Phillips Opens Tokyo Office Amid Regulatory ShiftsEmployer-side labor law firm Fisher Phillips has launched a Tokyo office in response to increasing client demand from American and multinational companies doing business in Japan and from Japanese companies doing business in the Americas.
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In-House
Hofstra University Names Legal Chief From Texas UniversityHofstra University, a private school with about 10,000 students at its Long Island, New York, campus, on Friday announced it hired Jason King as senior vice president for legal affairs and general counsel.
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California Pulse
Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly QuizThe legal industry marked another busy week with a flurry of attorneys taking on new legal roles and law firm practice expansions. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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California Pulse
Law360's Legal Lions Of The WeekWinston & Strawn LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Jones Day lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after an Illinois federal judge held in a bellwether case in multidistrict litigation that Abbott Laboratories isn't liable for the death of a baby who consumed Similac baby formula.
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Courts
Justice Souter Was An Unexpected Force Of ModerationJustice David Souter, who saw the high court as a moderating force apart from the messiness of politics, subverted the expectations of liberals and conservatives alike during his 19 years on the bench.
