What does the second Trump administration augur for the False Claims Act? The question remains how, not if, the Trump DOJ will change DOJ's enforcement policies, whether they will maintain current enforcement policies, and what the impact will be, especially for the FCA.

       

The president could make things very difficult for the aircraft maker, which receives 42% of its revenue from the federal government and is trying to strike a plea agreement with his DOJ stemming from two 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people.

       

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The complaint was filed in Miami-Dade Circuit Court Friday, accusing Capital One of abruptly terminating hundreds of accounts associated with the Trump name.

       

"The advice I would give my younger self is do not take yourself out of 'the game.' On the path to partnership, there will be moments of doubt and times of uncertainty, but do not self-select out of the process. In my experience, I have seen many lawyers who did not reach partnership not because they were not capable, but because they doubted their abilities, and voluntarily chose another path."

       

Delaware Supreme Court Justice Collins J. Seitz Jr. said it's unfortunate that in the past two years, the legislature has moved faster than the court in resolving concerns raised in some of Delaware's more controversial and high-profile corporate litigation, which may be in part because of a lack of opportunity to address those concerns through interlocutory appeals.

       

The firms that are ratcheting up their in-office mandates have one thing in common: average profits per equity partner above $3 million.

       

The firm also saw a reshuffling of its partner ranks, with the equity tier down 3.7%, while nonequity partner head count spiked 36.5%.        

The Daily Report and Law.com are pleased to announce its 2025 winners and finalists for the third annual Southeastern Legal Awards.

       

The order directs the chair of the EEOC to review the practices of “representative large, influential, or industry-leading law firms for “consistency with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

       

The far-reaching order also directs the attorney general to review the DEI practices of “large, influential, or industry-leading law firms.

       

Canadian recruiters say in the wake of a burgeoning tariff war with the U.S., Canadian law firms are more hesitant to add corporate and transactional lawyers to their ranks, fearing a downturn in deal activity.

       

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's Rule 36 allows it to simply say a lower court or administrative decision is “affirmed rather than issue an opinion explaining the circuit's view of the law.

       

Under the agreement, the attorney agreed to act as the escrow agent to purchase Bitcoin from the quantitative investment management firm.

       

Jordan Fasbender, who became legal chief during the COVID-19 pandemic, will depart around April 1 for an as-yet-unidentified position elsewhere.

       

"I'm ending my legal battle so my time as Special Counsel and head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is now over," Hampton Dellinger said in a statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit allowed President Donald Trump's ouster of Dellinger to take effect.

       

Fueled by growth in its civil litigation business and government-facing practices, Wilmer's PEP rose more than 5% to $3.27 million in 2024, as its equity tier stayed nearly flat.

       

While law firm leaders have noted that individual government hires or divisive representations have historically created the possibility of backlash, the step by Trump to suspend some attorneys' security clearances was a shift into new and, for them, scary territory.

       

“I realized early on that I wouldn't survive here, and I wouldn't stay sane, unless I could control my world," Zapolsky said during a Berkeley Law webinar.

       

The opinion from the Appellate Division, First Department found that Black's attorneys failed to substantiate the allegation under New York's anti-SLAPP laws.