Trump’s First Judicial Nominees Dodge 2020 Election Question
President Donald Trump’s first judicial nominees of his second term hedged their responses to whether Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election.
Manhattan litigator Ellen Holloman left Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft to join trial lawyer Roberta Kaplan at a boutique firm she founded about a year ago, according to the firm.
Sullivan & Cromwell has a short wish list for growth in London after making a splashy hire in its financial services regulatory practice this week, but the head of the Wall Street firm’s UK office says it’s not rushing to keep pace with a recruiting surge across the city.
Ashurst LLP has boosted pay for its newly qualified lawyers in London by £15,000 ($20,000), raising their pay to £140,000 ($190,000) per year, a spokesperson for the firm confirmed.
John Eastman, who advanced baseless legal theories as President Donald Trump’s attorney leading up to the raid on the US Capitol on Jan. 6, should lose his law license, a California State Bar review panel ruled.
Updated tax provisions of President Trump’s budget bill include a proposed 41% levy on litigation finance profits—a measure that would sharply curtail the attractiveness of the investment vehicle.
President Donald Trump’s first judicial nominees of his second term hedged their responses to whether Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election.
COMPANIES are navigating an altered compliance landscape as the Trump administration shifts its focus on foreign bribery enforcement away from US businesses and smaller transactions, Isabel Gottlieb reports.
Hueston Hennigan LLP may continue representing the ousted founder of Masimo Corp. in a lawsuit brought by the medical equipment company over the terms of his employment agreement, a Delaware judge ruled Tuesday.
Bruce Toppin joined Husch Blackwell as a partner in its financial services and capital markets industry group and banking and finance practice, the firm announced Tuesday.
Joshua La Vigne and Jessica Pan joined Akin Gump as partners in Chicago, the firm announced Tuesday.
Sullivan & Cromwell has a short wish list for growth in London after making a splashy hire in its financial services regulatory practice this week, but the head of the Wall Street firm’s UK office says it’s not rushing to keep pace with a recruiting surge across the city.
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Kirkland & Ellis retained its crown as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2024, nabbing several of the largest transactions of the year.
Kirkland & Ellis retained its crown as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2024, nabbing several of the largest transactions of the year.
On May 28, 2012, Dewey & LeBoeuf, the product of a merger between two storied New York law firms, filed for bankruptcy. For the first time, Dewey's former chair Steven Davis opens up about the years, months, and weeks leading to his firm's collapse, the decisions he made and, looking back, whether he would have done anything differently.
Neha Goel joined Whiteman Osterman & Hanna as an associate in its trusts and estates practice group, the firm announced Monday.
Crypto companies are investing in Democrats as they seek to muscle an industry-friendly regulatory regime through Congress and ensure new laws persist after President Donald Trump leaves office.
Thai cabinet approved a waiver on personal income tax on profits from the sale of digital assets over five years, a move aligned with the government’s plan to promote Thailand as a global financial hub.
The Senate is on track to pass a landmark digital assets bill, marking a key milestone for the fast-growing crypto industry.
A Wall Street regulator that typically operates under bipartisan balance may soon find itself under the control of just one commissioner—President Donald Trump’s nominee—even as it gears up to take on a potential role policing cryptocurrency trading.
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