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Here’s a quick look at today’s top legal news. Plus, your weekly Career Tracker.
Additional reporting by Maya Nandhini, Tanvi Shenoy, Kuheli Biswas and
R Rohit.
Afternoon Docket writer Caitlin Tremblay is on a Reuters secondment this spring and will return to the newsletter soon.
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U.S. Representative George Santos pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges of fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds in the latest hit to the newly elected Republican, who has resisted calls to resign for lying about his resume.
A 13-count federal indictment, unsealed on Wednesday, charges Santos, 34, with defrauding prospective political supporters by laundering funds to pay for his personal expenses and illegally receiving unemployment benefits while he was employed.
Top House Republicans, who control the chamber by a narrow 222-213 margin, said they would wait for the legal process to play out before taking further action on Santos, who made the plea at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York.
Here’s the latest from his arraignment hearing today.
More top news:
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Barnes & Thornburg opened a new office in Nashville with five healthcare-focused partners from other firms. Like other sunbelt cities, Nashville’s legal market has become increasingly crowded in recent years, as major companies like Oracle and Amazon.com have moved into the city and law firms have followed.
Holland & Knight announced a merger with Nashville-based law firm Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis in January. Womble Bond Dickinson, Jackson Lewis, K&L Gates and Spencer Fane have opened Nashville offices since 2021. Read more.
More from the legal industry …
Law school deans have proposed a compromise instead of the complete elimination of the LSAT requirement. Proskauer Rose expanded its trade secrets lawsuit against its former chief operating officer. Indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried renewed his attack on law firm Sullivan & Cromwell. JPMorgan’s law firm WilmerHale pushed back against its disqualification bid. Donald Trump’s ally Sidney Powell and several other lawyers have been hit with a misconduct complaint. California’s bar pass rate declined this February, following a nation-wide trend. Law firm financials are looking brighter after more than a year of gloom. A New York state judge dismissed a $12 million lawsuit accusing law firm Morgan Lewis of professional negligence. Lewis Brisbois’ chair stepped down and its executive committee was dissolved after a mass departure of lawyers.
Moves:
- In Washington, D.C. …
Winston & Strawn added a trio of partners from Reed Smith. Mayer Brown hired a former international tax counsel with the IRS. Akerman expanded its consumer financial services, data and technology practice group. Latham & Watkins hired a former US Department of the Treasury practitioner for its white collar defense and investigations practice. Lowenstein Sandler added two partners to its private client services group. Kirkland & Ellis added a capital markets partner.
- In New York …
A Boies Schiller Flexner partner left the firm to join Jenner & Block. Haynes and Boone welcomed a commercial litigation partner from Meister Seelig & Fein. McGuireWoods hired an acquisition finance lawyer from Paul Hastings as a partner.
- In Seattle …
Morgan Lewis added a veteran healthcare partner and an associate from Bennett, Bigelow & Leedom.
- In Atlanta …
McGuireWoods added a former EPA enforcement attorney as a partner.
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In California…
BakerHostetler brought on a team of corporate attorneys from rival firms Proskauer Rose, Kirkland and Polsinelli. Duane Morris welcomed an intellectual property partner in Silicon Valley. K&L Gates expanded its corporate and intellectual property practices with two new partner hires in Los Angeles. Snell & Wilmer hired a commercial litigation partner in Los Angeles and a labor and employment partner in San Diego.
- In Miami…
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney added a shareholder in the firm’s corporate practice. Greenspoon Marder expanded its corporate practice with the addition of a partner.
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In Denver…
Holland & Hart expanded its environmental practice with four new partners from Faegre Drinker Biddle and Reath.
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In Houston…
Haynes and Boone added a labor and employment litigator as a partner.
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In Raleigh…
Fox Rothschild added a land use and zoning lawyer who previously served as a Raleigh city attorney.
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In Warsaw …
Allen & Overy brought on a Baker McKenzie partner to its corporate practice.
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And finally …
Polsinelli expanded its environmental practice with three lateral hires, and McGuireWoods hired two partners, expanding its private equity team.
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Veteran civil litigator Alan Barinholtz, who plays the judge in the Amazon Freevee hit series “Jury Duty,” told Jenna Greene that he doesn’t think the show makes light of serving as a juror. But others are not so sure. In her latest column, Greene looks at the quasi-reality show — essentially a long-form prank that both lauds and mocks jury duty – and what message it may send at a time when real-life jurors have been tasked with deciding some of the toughest questions we face as a society.
Check out other recent pieces from all our columnists: Alison Frankel, Jenna Greene and Hassan Kanu
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