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Flurry of IP Legislation Crosses President's Desk

Scott Graham | October 16, 2018

In one week, the president signed into law the Music Modernization Act and is now weighing a bill to extend the PTO's fee-setting authority and address the under-representation of women and minorities on patents.

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Susan Harthill Leaves US Labor Solicitor's Office for Morgan Lewis

Erin Mulvaney | October 16, 2018

As the Labor Department's deputy solicitor for national operations, Harthill managed the provision of legal services across department's programs.

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Jeff Sessions Inveighs Against Federal Judges in Heritage Foundation Speech

Marcia Coyle | October 15, 2018

"Executive branch officers do not work for the judiciary. We work for the president of the United States. Respect runs both ways," Jeff Sessions said in remarks at the Heritage Foundation in Washington on Monday night.

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V&E Picks Up Former Head of DOJ Environmental Division as Partner in DC

Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | October 15, 2018

Ronald Tenpas, who comes from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner. He spent 12 years at the DOJ and worked on President Trump's transition team.

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West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Can't Be Impeached, Panel Rules

Michael Booth | October 15, 2018

Acting Chief Justice James A. Matish and two other acting justices ruled that the Senate overstepped its authority when it moved to impeach Chief Justice Margaret Workman, who was accused of causing senior judges to be overpaid.

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Meet the Former Kirkland Partner Under Consideration to Be the Next White House Counsel

Ryan Lovelace | October 15, 2018

Pat Cipollone is a litigator at Stein Mitchell Cipollone Beato & Missner and a former partner at Kirkland & Ellis in Washington.

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Watching the 'Bandwagon Effect' for Mandatory Sexual Harassment Training

Erin Mulvaney | October 15, 2018

“Other states and jurisdictions will see the lead that California and New York have taken. There is sometimes a bandwagon effect," one labor and employment partner in New York says.

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DC Judge Tees Up Proof Questions in Mueller's Russian Troll Farm Case

C. Ryan Barber | October 15, 2018

“I’ll give you, Mr. Dubelier, that this is an unprecedented case,” U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich in Washington said Monday, addressing the Reed Smith partner representing Concord Management and Consulting in a Mueller case.

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Justices Turn Away Corporate Complaints in California Lead-Paint 'Nuisance' Case

Tony Mauro | October 15, 2018

Michael Carvin of Jones Day, counsel for Sherwin-Williams, said the cases highlighted runaway tort liability claims by states against companies.

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DOJ's New Compliance Monitor Guidance Accounts for 'Burdens' on Companies

C. Ryan Barber | October 12, 2018

“Where a corporation’s compliance program and controls are demonstrated to be effective and appropriately resourced at the time of resolution, a monitor will likely not be necessary,” according to Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski’s new guidance.

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High-Powered Legal Factions Gear Up for Harvard Admissions Trial

Raychel Lean | October 12, 2018

The legal showdown between nonprofit group Students for Fair Admissions Inc. and the president and fellows of Harvard College begins Monday, and it's teeming with prominent lawyers.

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Split Virginia Supreme Court Finds Duty of Care for Asbestos Exposure to Nonemployees

Michael Booth | October 12, 2018

In a 4-3 ruling, the majority said it was clear that if the employer knows or should have known that employees' clothing dusted with asbestos could be handled by others, there is a clear duty of care.

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Will Washington's Merger Mood Shift in 2018?

Ryan Lovelace | October 12, 2018

In this week's Washington Wrap: Scanning the horizon for law firm mergers, and other D.C. legal industry news and moves.

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Meet Donald Trump's Latest Batch of Judges

Ellis Kim | October 12, 2018

Three appeals court picks—David Porter, Ryan Nelson and Richard Sullivan—were among the 15 names the U.S. Senate confirmed to federal judgeships Thursday, after Senate Republicans and Democrats agreed to vote on a batch of judicial nominees as part of a compromise.

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DOJ Antitrust Attorney Claims Time Warner Lawyer Issued Threats in Merger Meeting

Zach Schlein | October 12, 2018

The threat claim leveled by the DOJ attorneys was contradicted, however, in a declaration from William Barr, a Time Warner board member who served in the 1990s as U.S. attorney general.

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Ethics Allegations Against Brett Kavanaugh Face Hurdles

Marcia Coyle | October 11, 2018

Judicial ethics scholars disagree over procedurally how the complaints against the now-Supreme Court justice will be resolved.

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Death of Stanford Law Student, Wachtell Associate Ruled an Accident

Meghan Tribe | October 11, 2018

Leon Cain, a 3L at Stanford Law School who had recently signed on to begin his career at Wachtell, died last month from what a medical examiner described Thursday as "multiple blunt force injuries."

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Insurance Litigation Balloons in Insurer-Friendly Federal Courts, Report Finds

Greg Land | October 11, 2018

A new report found major increases in homeowner, automobile and most other types of insurance disputes filed in federal court, where insurers are significantly more likely to prevail over claimants.

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Johnson & Johnson Wins Verdict in New Jersey Talcum Powder Trial

Amanda Bronstad | October 11, 2018

After two mistrials in similar cases that had juries in Los Angeles deliberating for days, a New Jersey jury took just half an hour to decide that Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder did not cause a woman to get mesothelioma.

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Baker Donelson Swaps Leaders After Extended Growth Spurt

Ryan Lovelace | October 11, 2018

Birmingham-based Timothy Lupinacci will take over from Ben Adams as chairman and CEO of the firm, which ballooned to 750 lawyers and 22 offices during Adams' tenure.

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Unlike Gorsuch, Kavanaugh Jumps Into SCOTUS Cert Pool

Tony Mauro | October 11, 2018

Two justices—Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito Jr.—have stayed out of the pool, which means that their clerks give them independent assessments of petitions.

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Counsel Scramble to Prep for New CFIUS Foreign Investment Rules Taking Effect Next Month

Phillip Bantz | October 11, 2018

“This is a time where proactivity is in the best interest of entities that are looking at foreign investors,” said one adviser.

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Trump Names 13 More Nominees for the Federal Bench

Ellis Kim | October 10, 2018

The picks include a number of current judges and Big Law partners.

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Labaton Agrees to Pay $4.8M to Settle Special Master's Overbilling Inquiry

Amanda Bronstad | October 10, 2018

Labaton acknowledged it should have disclosed a $4.1 million referral payment and agreed to make several internal changes.

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Kavanaugh and Alito Question ACLU's Challenge to Immigration Policy

Marcia Coyle | October 10, 2018

Kavanaugh, appearing for his second day of arguments as a justice, asked whether the Supreme Court "should be superimposing a time limit into the statute when Congress, at least as I read it, did not itself do so.”

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Circuit Court Nominee Chad Readler Quizzed on DOJ's Defense of Trump Policies

Ellis Kim | October 10, 2018

Democratic senators zeroed in on Chad Readler’s role in the DOJ’s decision to drop its defense of the Affordable Care Act’s pre-existing conditions provision.

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Federal Circuit Judge Wants to Rethink 'Natural Phenomena' Case Law

Scott Graham | October 10, 2018

Judge Kathleen O'Malley says the court has been too broadly applying the Supreme Court's Myriad decision for the last four years.

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In Arpaio Case, Deeply Divided Ninth Circuit Stands By Decision to Appoint Special Prosecutor

Ross Todd | October 10, 2018

In dissent, Judge Consuelo Callahan wrote, "The majority’s we-see-no-reason-why-not approach does not justify its admittedly unprecedented—and unauthorized—intrusion of executive power."

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Ex-Big Law Associate Launches International Boutique in DC

Ryan Lovelace | October 10, 2018

After stints at Paul Hastings, Freshfields and Allen & Overy, Diogo Pereira is teaming up with a Brazilian colleague to launch his own cross-border shop.

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Trump-Appointed Judge Sentences Man in Mueller Case to 6 Months in Prison

C. Ryan Barber | October 10, 2018

U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich credited the defendant, Richard Pinedo, for promptly accepting responsibility and agreeing to assist the special counsel. "I commend you for that," Friedrich said in court.

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Marcia Coyle: Kavanaugh's Partisanship Doesn't Just Vanish Now

ALM Staff | October 10, 2018

"The Senate confirmation process was contentious and emotional. That process is over," Kavanaugh said at the White House on Monday. "My focus now is to be the best justice I can be. I take this office with gratitude and no bitterness."

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Business Groups Urge NLRB to Restrict Employee Email Use on Company Systems

Erin Mulvaney | October 09, 2018

"The increasing pace of technological development and workplace innovation argues against the reactionary creation of new substantive rights," business advocates contend in new briefing at the National Labor Relations Board.

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Ex-Big Law Partner to Be Sentenced Wednesday in $7.8M Law Firm Fraud Scheme

Charles Toutant | Christine Simmons | October 09, 2018

Lawyers for Keila Ravelo, a former Hunton & Williams and Willkie Farr & Gallagher partner who pleaded guilty last year to tax evasion and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, said she is "a true shell of her former self."

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In the Wake of Facebook Breach Suit, Familiar Plaintiffs Tandem Takes Aim at Google+

Ross Todd | October 09, 2018

For the second time in less than a month, lawyers at Morgan & Morgan and Arnold Law Firm have taken aim at an internet giant with breach claims.

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Women-Owned Law Firms Surge Amid Gender Disparity in the Profession

Angela Morris | October 09, 2018

By founding their own firms, women are crafting new game rules that provide for fair compensation, equal promotions, full inclusion and better career development opportunities.

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As Justice, Like Circuit Judge, Kavanaugh Shows Active Style on Bench

Marcia Coyle | October 09, 2018

Sitting at the far right corner of the bench, Kavanaugh chatted and laughed with his seatmate, Obama appointee Justice Elena Kagan, before arguments began. Inside the courtroom, there were no signs of his bitter confirmation proceeding.

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With Kavanaugh Now Sitting, Several Big Petitions Await Action

Tony Mauro | October 09, 2018

At least three high-profile cases were available to be acted on but were not, likely because they were reviewed by only eight justices.

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Kavanaugh’s Night at the White House: The Lawyers Inside the East Room

Ellis Kim | October 09, 2018

Top names in Washington’s legal community, including Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Arnold & Porter’s Lisa Blatt, crowded into the East Room as retired Justice Anthony Kennedy delivered the ceremonial swearing-in.

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Embattled Kavanaugh, Now Justice, Takes Bench With 'No Bitterness'

Marcia Coyle | October 08, 2018

Introducing Brett Kavanaugh, now justice, President Donald Trump slammed the sexual misconduct claims that roiled the nominee's confirmation proceedings. Kavanaugh said Monday at the White House: "That process is over. My focus now is to be the best justice I can be."

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DC Circuit Vacancy Buzz Ramps Up After Kavanaugh's Elevation

C. Ryan Barber | Ellis Kim | October 08, 2018

Washington’s appellate bar was abuzz about who might be nominated to fill the newly vacant seat on the D.C. Circuit days after Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Dykema, Lewis Brisbois Expand Out West

Meghan Tribe | October 08, 2018

The two Am Law 200 firms have absorbed the bulk of smaller outfits in Minneapolis and Las Vegas, including one that once advised the inventor of the Tilt-A-Whirl theme park ride.

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Kavanaugh's Supreme Court Clerk Hires in Perspective

Tony Mauro | October 08, 2018

Kavanaugh told us that increasing diversity among clerks requires outreach. “A big part of it is demystifying the process, having a conversation about how it works, and encouraging the students to apply,” he said last year.

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After Kavanaugh's Confirmation, Feinstein Chief Counsel Jumps to Wiley Rein

Ryan Lovelace | October 08, 2018

Peter Hyun, a former Sidley Austin associate who spent more than three years as California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's top lawyer, is headed back to private practice.

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Business Groups Press Supreme Court to Reverse Gender-Pay Ruling

Erin Mulvaney | October 08, 2018

"Employers large and small, in every region of the United States, have historically used prior salary as a metric to assess a range of matters," the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups said in an amicus brief at the Supreme Court.

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Justice Kavanaugh May Find Rough Start With New Colleagues

Tony Mauro | October 07, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh will arrive at the U.S. Supreme Court this week following a contentious confirmation, where his credibility and neutrality were questioned. How will the justices receive their newest associate? We look back at the reception of Justice Clarence Thomas.

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Roberts, Kennedy to Deliver Oaths to Kavanaugh

Tony Mauro | October 06, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh could be sitting Tuesday when the court resumes oral arguments in the second week of the new term.

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Brett Kavanaugh, Neutrality Questioned, Ascends to Supreme Court

Marcia Coyle | October 06, 2018

Trump's second U.S. Supreme Court appointment, confirmed Saturday in razor-thin 50-48 vote, secures a solid conservative majority. But questions of partisanship and credibility will follow Kavanaugh as he takes the bench.

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Ethics Complaints Against Kavanaugh Forwarded to SCOTUS: Report

Tony Mauro | October 06, 2018

On Saturday, Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a statement that seemed to foreclose any action by the D.C. Circuit on misconduct complaints. The Washington Post said Henderson forwarded complaints to the Supreme Court, which could refer them to another circuit.

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Time Warner: Keep Prior Verdicts Out of Patent Damages

Scott Graham | October 05, 2018

The cable giant blames Sprint's $140 million verdict on admission of an award from a previous case. But Sprint says prior verdicts are a natural part of any hypothetical negotiation.

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Lisa Blatt's Kavanaugh Endorsement Earns a Susan Collins Shoutout in 'Yes' Vote

Marcia Coyle | October 05, 2018

The Maine Republican, a crucial vote on Brett Kavanaugh's path to the Supreme Court, name-dropped the Big Law appellate star, whose support for the nominee has drawn criticism from progressives.

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