Alina Habba, who was sworn in last Friday, also is pulling the plug on the government's bribery case against Cognizant's former president.

       

After serving decades as a prosecutor, which put him in positions that took him across continents, longtime Tampa attorney and former Greenberg Traurig shareholder Gregory Kehoe will serve as the interim U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida.

       

Two amicus briefs were submitted in support of Perkins Coie, one from 11 legal advocacy organizations, including the ACLU, and a second from past presidents of the D.C. Bar.

       

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles are asking for a 10-year prison sentence for Christopher Kamon, the former accounting head of Girardi Keese.

       

Relators made their showing—that Janssen Products' off-label marketing plan was nationwide in scope—by presenting a multitude of internal documents and testimony from high-ranking former company employees.

       

In the wake of ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tally of state-funded legal expenses, a bill has been advanced by Democrats in the New York State Legislature aimed at having the state comptroller assess whether a public officer's legal representation is reasonable. It would make it harder for a public officer to hire multiple firms to work on the same matter. The AG's office refused to represent Cuomo's defense of sexual harassment claims.

       

Blanche and U.S. Senior District Court Judge Frederic Block spoke about criminal justice and sentencing reform at Brooklyn Law School.

       

Businesses should have greater opportunities to provide structural remedies in merger cases, said Gail Slater, who heads the U.S. Justice Department's Antitrust Division, and Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson.

       

“There is still enforcement staff and career staff that will seek to vindicate the agency's mission in a way that would leave market participants and institutions vulnerable to investigations and enforcement actions, said Victor Suthammanont, a partner at Kostelanetz.

       

A long-term strategy of hiring up-market partners and emphasizing high-end client work continues to pay dividends for the Mountain West law firm.

       

Dealogic figures show a slight uptick in overall M&A during tumultuous times. 

       

This litigation surge surfaced on Law.com Radar, which detected a 297% spike in claims for disability benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.        

The court seemed closely divided over whether a Planned Parenthood patient can use a civil rights law to challenge South Carolina's move to cut off its Medicaid eligibility.

       

"This case—in this moment—cries out for this Court's full attention," counsel for Cathy Harris, a Merit Systems Protection Board member fired by President Donald Trump, wrote in a petition requesting en banc review from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

       

"With the external talent market somewhat exhausted, Fortune 500 companies are investing more in the rising stars they already employ," according to a report from Russell Reynolds Associates.

       

The new office will be staffed by 16 lawyers from Karr Tuttle Campbell, a local firm that shuttered just days before the announcement.

       

“I was considering Paul Weiss as a potential summer option based on the strength of their appellate litigation practice, said a 1L at Berkeley. “However, I am less interested in doing pro bono work for them on behalf of the Trump administration.

       

The latest case, filed March 31 in Clark County, Nevada, by Robbins LLP and The O'Mara Law Firm, brings breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment claims, alleging Celsius executives and directors benefitted from insider knowledge and made financial misrepresentations linked to $11.3 billion in market capitalization losses.

       

Leadership "concluded that it was in the Firm's best interest to agree with the Administration's suggestion and enter into our own Skadden-type agreement," chairman Scott Edelman wrote.

       

European companies that have U.S. contracts and elect to comply with new Trump administration rules on workplace discrimination could risk legal and reputational problems at home as well as in the European Union. But companies with no U.S. contracts could also face problems.