Wake Up Call: Trump-Inspired Firm Goes After ‘Made in USA’ Ads

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• Kazerouni Law Group is at the center of a sharp rise in lawsuits challenging false “Made in USA” product claims, having filed 10 of the 13 proposed class actions on the issue so far this year—up from just one in 2024. Led by founding partner Abbas Kazerounian, the firm has embraced consumer interest in American-made goods, a sentiment enforced during by the Trump administration. (The Wall Street Journal)
  
• Alan Dershowitz calls his new book “The Preventive State” the most important book of his long legal career—a “magnum opus” decades in the making. Despite this, he fears the work may be ignored, saying that his defense of President Donald Trump during his first impeachment led once friendly institutions and allies to sideline him. (The New York Post)
  
• Chief compliance officer salaries increased 2.7% in 2025, a downturn from last year’s 5.1% increases, according to BarkerGilmore. The firm’s 2025 Chief Compliance Officer Compensation Report found that 56% of respondents surveyed indicated an interest in seeking new job opportunities, mainly citing better compensation and benefits. (BarkerGilmore)

Laterals, Moves, In-House

• Tom Ara joined Weil, Gotshal & Manges as a partner in its entertainment, sports, and media practice in Los Angeles. He joins from DLA Piper.
• Austin Rainwater joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its West Coast litigation practice group in Seattle. He joins from DLA Piper.
• Andrea Delgadillo Ostrovsky joined Morgan Lewis as a partner in its litigation practice in Seattle. She joins from COLOR.
• Katsumi Shirai joined Pillsbury as a partner in its finance and restructuring practice in Tokyo. He joins from Jones Day.
• Hannah Thompson Frank joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher as a partner in its corporate and financial services department and capital markets practice group in Washington. She joins from McGuireWoods.
• J. David Bournazian joined Norton Rose Fulbright as a partner in its product liability and consumer disputes practice in Los Angeles. He joins from K&L Gates.
• Joanne Mak joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett as a partner in London. She joins from Kirkland & Ellis.
• Sharaf Islam joined McGuireWoods as a partner in its energy and infrastructure finance practice in New York. He joins from Kirkland & Ellis.
• Brian Wilton joined McCarter & English as a partner in its government affairs practice in Newark, N.J. He joins from NJ Transit.
• Henry Bailey joined Clark Hill as a member in its real estate group in Atlanta. He joins from Morris, Manning & Martin.
• Samidh Guha joined Venable as a partner in its litigation division in New York.
• Kyle Ortiz and Brian Shaughnessy joined Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer as partners in its bankruptcy and restructuring group in New York.
• Steven Mroczkowski joined Buchalter as a shareholder in its litigation and construction practice groups in Chicago.
• Maritza Gomez joined Fisher Phillips as a partner in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. She joins from Gap Inc.
• Anthony Del Rio and Kate Hardey joined Katten Muchin Rosenman as partners in its health-care practice in Chicago and Charlotte. They join from Kirkland & Ellis.