Paul Weiss on Monday announced it hired Akin Gump energy M&A partner Trent Bridges as a partner in Houston, bringing the firm’s talent footprint to double digits in the US energy capital.

Paul Feldberg joined Morgan Lewis as a partner in its litigation practice in London, the firm announced Monday.

Litigation boutique Keker, Van Nest & Peters appointed Jamie Slaughter as its new managing partner, the firm announced Monday.

A former mergers and acquisitions lawyer with top firms including Latham & Watkins and Goodwin Procter pleaded not guilty to charges that he led a massive insider trading ring that made tens of millions of dollars in illegal profits.

Michael Darby joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison as a partner in its M&A group within the Corporate Department, the firm announced Monday.

White & Case is bringing on five new partners as the firm looks to execute its ambitious growth strategy.

Litigation boutique Keker, Van Nest & Peters appointed Jamie Slaughter as its new managing partner, the firm announced Monday.

The Department of Transportation is weighing a request to exempt Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival recipients from restrictions on commercial driver’s licenses for foreign nationals.

Adult entertainers who offer live online performances on Streamate.com are the video streaming platform’s employees under state law, even though they aren’t under the test used for federal wage disputes, a New Jersey district judge said.

An Arizona federal jury cleared Magellan Financial & Insurance Services of allegations that it demoted and terminated a Mexican American former employee based on his race and heritage.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is preparing for acting Director Russell Vought’s expected departure later this year by promoting one of his closest aides to be the agency’s second-in-command.

Migrants detained at the US’s largest federal detention center in El Paso, Texas, are subjected to little food or daylight, inconsistent access to hygiene products, and, for some, beatings and harassment by guards, four of them said in a new lawsuit.

Paul Weiss on Monday announced it hired Akin Gump energy M&A partner Trent Bridges as a partner in Houston, bringing the firm’s talent footprint to double digits in the US energy capital.

An entity that administratively challenged VLSI Technologies LLC’s potentially lucrative patent urged the Federal Circuit Monday to wipe out a $413,000 abuse-of-process sanction it received from the former US Patent and Trademark Office director.

Appeals court judges asked industry, labor, and health organizations to provide evidence they have standing to challenge an EPA rule designed to reduce health risks from ongoing chemical manufacturing, brake, and other uses of chrysotile asbestos, a known carcinogen.

A coalition of 21 Republican attorneys general called on the US Supreme Court to overturn a decision they say lets activist groups stop projects before agencies can even review them.

The Trump administration intends to scrap a controversial $1.8 billion legal fund for victims of alleged government “weaponization,” according to a person familiar with the matter.

Paul Feldberg joined Morgan Lewis as a partner in its litigation practice in London, the firm announced Monday.