Law and lobbying coverage including federal district and circuit courts, SCOTUS, law schools, Congress, legal business and regulatory agencies.
Washington, D.C.
Joined January 2009
- Tweets39.8K
- Following1.1K
- Followers77.7K
- Likes6
The responding firms provided roughly 40 documents, including text messages, emails and copies of deals with the administration, in August. Other law firms have… www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/11/04/at-least-6-law-firms-turned-over-docs-to-trump-doj-following-subpoenas/
At least two AI-native law firms have put in bids for Weil Gotshal & Manges' data, raising the question of whether internal law firm data qualifies as an asset and if it… www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/11/04/law-firm-data-is-valuable-now-it-might-come-with-a-price-tag/
Melat Kiros had worked at Sidley as a first-year associate in New York for about a year when the law firm terminated her in November 2023 for penning an open letter on… www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/11/04/ex-sidley-associate-becomes-first-gen-z-woman-elected-to-congress/
The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in Guerrero v. Johnson, Texas' bid to reinstate the death penalty for convicted murderer Dexter Johnson over the 2006 killing and… www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/11/04/supreme-court-considers-bar-on-back-to-back-habeas-filings/
Congressional investigations work is almost certain to pick up at a rigorous pace. Deal flow may also pick up before the… www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/11/04/lawyer-up-big-law-attorneys-prepare-for-congressional-investigations-ma-flurry-following-democratic-landslide/
Exclusive: The latest swoop takes the firm's total number of Weil private funds hires to around 120 over the last week, and includes more than 20 partners. www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/11/04/gibson-dunn-to-hire-over-80-lawyers-from-weils-private-funds-team-in-us/
"[M]any of the positions taken by the federal government in its recent communications to state election officials may have little merit," Judge Eric Miller… www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/11/03/full-9th-circuit-lifts-block-on-doj-noncitizen-ballot-probe-in-california/
Candid conversations around how AI is changing the way in-house lawyers work, lead and deliver value. www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/11/03/ai-in-practice-fiserv-former-clo-wants-legal-to-be-the-companys-ai-super-users/
During arguments, the court's conservative majority seemed largely in agreement with Catholic preschools that Colorado's anti-discrimination mandate… www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/11/03/supreme-court-presses-colorado-on-anti-discrimination-mandate-for-preschools/
Attorneys from Reed Smith, Davis Wright, Baker McKenzie, Dechert and Manatt Phelps are helping with the national nonpartisan Election… www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/11/03/despite-white-house-pressure-on-big-law-several-law-firms-staffing-call-centers-for-voters/
Two Weil staff members told Law.com that the firm hadn't provided any additional information as of Monday morning to its professional staff about the… www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/11/03/legal-marketing-community-vows-support-as-weil-staffers-face-uncertain-future/
The American Association for Justice said the Supreme Court's Monsanto v. Durnell decision left viable claims despite barring failure-to-warn claims,… www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/11/02/trial-bar-group-says-scotus-roundup-ruling-didnt-create-a-new-preemption-regime/
Leider, who joined the agency in early 2025, helped oversee a sweeping rewrite of federal firearms regulations and the development of more than 40 proposed and… www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/11/02/atf-chief-counsel-robert-leider-resigns-returning-to-george-mason-law/
Fulton County's district attorney's office faced sharp questioning from the justices as it defended a lower court victory over a former pregnant… www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/11/02/supreme-court-may-revive-pregnancy-bias-suit-against-a-georgia-countys-das-office/
Step one is to appease creditors while avoiding bankruptcy, according to industry observers. www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/11/02/the-anatomy-of-a-large-law-dissolution-what-could-come-next/
President Donald Trump "intends to appeal" a Miami federal judge's order tossing his $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal, which found Trump failed… www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/11/02/trump-to-appeal-miami-judges-dismissal-of-wall-street-journal-lawsuit/
"The sole issue for now is whether California should be required to segregate the challenged ballots until such factual disputes can be resolved by the lower… www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/11/02/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-order-california-to-set-aside-mail-ballots/
Judge Richard Tallman, writing for the appellate court, said California's statute regulates the content of employers' speech, in likely violation of the… www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/11/02/in-a-first-ninth-circuit-holds-mandatory-meeting-law-likely-unconstitutional/
With demand high in projects high, Latham & Watkins adds partners working in energy and infrastructure in Houston and Washington, D.C. www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/11/02/latham-expands-energy-infrastructure-team-with-baker-botts-sidley-and-orrick-partners/
