While Kaplan Hecker has a presence in D.C., the new office marks an official expansion to the region.

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"As Justice Ginsburg put it, the ERA cannot be ratified unless it's 'put back in the political hopper' and its proponents 'start over again, collecting the necessary number of states,'" lawyers for Alabama, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Tennessee said in a court filing. The states' outside counsel includes a team from Consovoy McCarthy.

Volkswagen consumers who opted out of the "clean diesel" class action settlements have filed a motion to disqualify U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer from next week's trial, citing potential bias. Volkswagen, in a response filed Thursday, called the motion "baseless and unwarranted."

Chief diversity officers, as well as so-called "concierge services," have become increasingly in demand among law firms as they jockey to recruit and retain the women and minority attorneys demanded by many clients.

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In an act of vulnerability, Husch Blackwell Chairman Greg Smith described his struggles with alcoholism at a partner retreat, an act meant to bring those grappling with addiction and mental illness out of the shadows.

"The Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's Office is committed to enforcing the law without fear, or favor, or political interference," DOJ lawyer John Crabb told the judge.

Steven Berkovitch claims the company did not pay him bonuses that were promised and Oded Segev was fixing the books in order to give bonuses to executives. In December, Segev filed a motion to dismiss and Berkovitch filed an amended complaint in January making the same allegations.

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Laura Friedrich, who had been at Shearman for 12 years, said clients had reacted positively to her move to Willkie.

Dayna Bowen Matthew is the fifth female professor at the University of Virginia School of Law since 2012 to land a deanship at a top-25 law school.

For three years, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye has pleaded with federal officials to stay away from state courthouses.

Whether office romances should be disclosed, what constitutes a relationship and the potential risks involved have become contentious issues.

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"There was a trifecta of Constitutional wrongdoing: abuse of power, betrayal of national security and corruption of our election," Berke says.

"He has not been prosecuted by his adversaries or anyone else's adversaries. He was not prosecuted by anyone to gain political advantage," Judge Amy Berman Jackson said.

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Interviews and court documents trace the New York firm's efforts to woo a major pension fund client.

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