Latham New York Partner to Stay as Kirkland Raids Houston Group
Latham & Watkins partner Hamad Al-Hoshan is no longer headed to rival Kirkland & Ellis along with a group of Texas lawyers, according to his current firm.
A group of lawyers wading back into the fight over President Donald Trump’s executive orders against law firms remained anonymous in their latest effort.
The Justice Department lost its bid to continue an investigation into building-renovation cost overruns by the Federal Reserve, setting the stage for an appeal that could eventually reach the Supreme Court.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi’s removal is raising concerns that her successor will escalate attempts to evade institutional norms and ethics to satisfy President Donald Trump’s expectations for running the Justice Department as an extension of the White House.
Norton Rose Fulbright expects to grow revenue from intellectual property work 25% this year, thanks to a focus on the most profitable clients and lateral hires, the practice head said.

Latham & Watkins partner Hamad Al-Hoshan is no longer headed to rival Kirkland & Ellis along with a group of Texas lawyers, according to his current firm.
President Donald Trump’s executive orders directing the EEOC to investigate big law firms for race-based programs and policies violate the commission’s procedures, a group of former officials from the civil rights agency said in an amicus brief.
A group of lawyers wading back into the fight over President Donald Trump’s executive orders against law firms remained anonymous in their latest effort.
The Justice Department lost its bid to continue an investigation into building-renovation cost overruns by the Federal Reserve, setting the stage for an appeal that could eventually reach the Supreme Court.
A class action brought by takers of California’s February 2025 bar exam against the vendor whose online platform crashed on test day was paused for mediation.
Justice Samuel Alito was examined by a doctor last month after falling ill during an event in Philadelphia, according to a US Supreme Court spokeswoman.
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Latham & Watkins expects the brisk pace of deals work to continue in the new year after dethroning Kirkland & Ellis as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2025.
Latham & Watkins expects the brisk pace of deals work to continue in the new year after dethroning Kirkland & Ellis as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2025.
Big law associates work long days to meet annual targets of around 2,000 billable hours. Why do they do it? The financial rewards are substantial: starting salaries at top tier law firms begin at $225,000 annually. And that's not including lucrative year-end and special bonuses. In this video, we explain the system at the heart of Big Law's big paydays for its junior lawyers.


A group of lawyers wading back into the fight over President Donald Trump’s executive orders against law firms remained anonymous in their latest effort.
Federal regulators escalated the legal fight over who should control the rapidly growing prediction market industry by suing states cracking down on the platforms, signaling a new front that could push the dispute toward the Supreme Court or prompt Congress to act.
Plaintiffs’ attorneys for 401(k) savers are scouring a new Department of Labor alternative asset proposal to spot litigation potential if more plans venture beyond typical public markets.
“Investment innovation is a virtue, not a vice” under fiduciary law. So said Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the US secretary of labor, in this week’s landmark announcement that the company-offered pension plans her department oversees can start to invest in alternative assets, like private credit, private equity, infrastructure and cryptocurrencies.
The Trump administration is moving to strip education requirements and create skills-based tests in hundreds of federal jobs as it seeks to reshape the civil service to be younger and more accessible to workers without a college degree.
Kentucky would become the first state in the country to tax prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket under a broad tax bill headed to the desk of Gov. Andy Beshear (D).
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