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Check out our Prestige Leaders ranking, analysis and interactive graphics= to see which firms stand out for their financial performance, attractivene= ss to attorneys, ability to secure accolades and positive legal news media = representation.

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LAW360 PULSE PRESTIGE LEADERS

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In Law Firm Race For Revenue, Top Dogs Stand Alone=

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By Anna Sanders

Inflation, hand-wringing over the = economy and even a possible recession will do little to close the widening = revenue gap between a handful of legal giants grossing billions each year a= nd other law firms, with longtime market consolidation only solidifying the= ir dominance as BigLaw braces for a downturn.

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TOP NEWS


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DOJ Needs Time To Review Assa Abloy's Planned Merger F= ix

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By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Department of Justice cha= llenge to Swedish locks giant Assa Abloy's $4.3 billion proposed purchase o= f Spectrum Brands' hardware and home improvement division remains on track = for a mid-April trial, for now, with the DOJ saying Monday that it needs ti= me to evaluate a proposed divestiture.

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Mall Of America Lease Fight With Sears Turns To Remedi= es

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By Vince Sullivan

A long-running dispute between the= Mall of America and the bankruptcy successor to former retail giant Sears = turned to remedies Monday when the parties argued the issue before the U.S.= Supreme Court, with the mall arguing rights to the lease should revert to = it as the lessor.

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Travelers Entitled To $150K Surety Payment, Judge Says=

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By Emily Enfinger

Two members of a construction comp= any must repay a Travelers unit $150,000 under a surety bond, a Maryland fe= deral judge ruled, finding that the insurer acted reasonably in paying out = claims made against the bond.

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NJ Man Admits To $400K Real Estate Fraud Scheme =09

By Faith Williams

A New Jersey real estate investor = pled guilty to orchestrating a fraudulent credit scheme with two co-conspir= ators using home equity lines of credit, resulting in the lenders' loss of = $400,000, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey announc= ed Monday.

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Dem Lawmakers Propose Huge Investment In Indian Countr= y

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By Caleb Symons

Federal legislation unveiled on Mo= nday would dramatically reshape the government's relations with Indigenous = tribes, expanding support in areas such as public safety and health care, w= hile ceding some issues — namely, the prosecution of on-reservation c= rimes — to Native leaders.

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Real Estate Rumors: Gaw Capital, Rudin, Alberta Ranch<= /a>

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By Andrew McIntyre

Gaw Capital is reportedly hoping t= o build a 227,000-square-foot mixed-use project in Los Angeles, Rudin Manag= ement is said to have leased out 45,673 square feet in New York, and a 480-= acre ranch in Alberta is reportedly on the market for $19.2 million.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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3 Pricing Trends In Law Firm Use Of Litigation Funding=

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As BigLaw firms increasingly inclu= de litigation funding as a financing option for clients, internal pricing g= roups are taking the lead on standardizing and centralizing firm processes,= and aggregating risk budgets, says Brendan Dyer at Woodsford Group.

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Bonus Spotlight

O'Melveny, Cadwalader Latest BigLaw Firms To Set Bonus= es

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By Tracey Read

O'Melveny & Myers LLP and Cadw= alader Wickersham & Taft LLP announced their year-end bonus plans on Mo= nday, with O'Melveny mirroring the scale set by Baker McKenzie and Cadwalad= er following last year's scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP.

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Giuliani Stands By Pa. Voter Fraud Suit In DC Ethics H= earing

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By Katie Buehler

Rudy Giuliani on Monday staunchly = defended his role in filing a lawsuit aimed at helping former President Don= ald Trump overturn Pennsylvania's 2020 election results, telling a D.C. pro= fessional disciplinary committee his filings and arguments were reasonable = and based on documentary evidence — some of which he laments has sinc= e gone missing.

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Fed. Circ. Chief Judge Chews Out 'Aggressive' Quinn At= ty

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By Nadia Dreid

Things got heated at the Federal C= ircuit Monday morning after one judge accused a Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &= ; Sullivan LLP attorney of being "aggressive" and not "respectful" while ar= guing that the firm deserved a $187 million payday for its role in securing= $3.7 billion in settlements tied to Affordable Care Act-related litigation= .

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The Odd Hypotheticals In The High Court's LGBTQ Hearin= g

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By Jimmy Hoover

The justices on the U.S. Supreme C= ourt ran through a gamut of hypothetical scenarios Monday as they considere= d whether a Christian web designer has a First Amendment right to turn down= same-sex weddings. Their questions ranged from the amusing to the uncomfor= table, like Justice Samuel Alito Jr.'s clumsy joke about Black children wea= ring KKK outfits.

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Supreme Court Nixes Amicus Consent In Rule Changes=

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By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday a= dopted changes to its rules, including the elimination of a requirement for= amicus filers to get consent from either the parties or the court, saying = the previous consent requirement no longer serves a "useful gatekeeping fun= ction."

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DC Circ. Clashes On Who Can Challenge Rule Withdrawal<= /a>

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By Jess Krochtengel

A divided D.C. Circuit panel refus= ed Monday to allow an outside interest group to intervene and seek en banc = rehearing of its decision that agencies cannot simply withdraw a proposed r= egulation after it has been subject to public inspection.

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Senate Confirms Pryor To 7th Circ. In Bipartisan Vote<= /a>

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By James Arkin

The Senate on Monday confirmed U.S= . Magistrate Judge Doris L. Pryor to the Seventh Circuit in a bipartisan vo= te, making her the first judge of color from Indiana to serve on the Sevent= h Circuit bench and the 26th circuit court pick to win Senate approval sinc= e last year.

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Michael Avenatti Gets Another 14 Years For Client Thef= t

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By Gina Kim

Michael Avenatti was sentenced to = 14 years in prison by a California federal judge Monday for stealing from f= our clients — to be served after the five-year federal sentence he's = currently serving — and was ordered to hand over approximately $8 mil= lion in restitution to his victims and $3 million to the IRS.

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Jury Mulls Trump Org. Tax Fraud Case After Warning On = Bias

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By Frank G. Runyeon

A Manhattan jury on Monday began d= eliberations in the district attorney's tax fraud case against the Trump Or= ganization after receiving instruction on New York's peculiar corporate cri= minal liability law and a renewed warning against anti-Trump bias.

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Ex-Fox Sports Execs Can Get Perkins Coie Docs In FIFA = Case

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By Jack Karp

Two former Fox Sports executives c= aught up in the FIFA corruption scandal can subpoena Perkins Coie LLP and P= wC in search of documents the men say could aid their defense, a New York f= ederal judge has ruled.

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Jones Day Wants Ex-Associates Sanctioned In Leave Bias= Suit

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By Patrick Hoff

Jones Day has asked a D.C. federal= court to toss a suit brought by two married former associates challenging = the firm's parental leave policy, arguing their claims are so lacking in ev= idence that the ex-employees should be punished for refusing to drop them.

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Contract Co. Used TM To Fraudulently Gain $100M, Suit = Says

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By Steven Lerner

A contract review software company= was sued on Saturday by a California legal services firm alleging it has f= raudulently secured $100 million in venture capital by creating a false ass= ociation between the two.

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Philly DA Krasner Strikes Back At Impeachment

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By P.J. D'Annunzio

Philadelphia District Attorney Lar= ry Krasner, the subject of an upcoming impeachment trial in the Pennsylvani= a Senate over his performance as the city's top prosecutor, has claimed in = two new Commonwealth Court filings that the proceedings against him are unl= awful and should be shut down.

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Judge Nixes Immigration Judges' Speech Suit, For Now

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By Micah Danney

A Virginia federal judge threw out= allegations that the Biden administration is curtailing immigration judges= ' freedom to speak publicly, but allowed the National Association of Immigr= ation Judges to amend their lawsuit.

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Fla. Judge Forbids Filing 'Shenanigans' In Home Secur= ity Suit

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By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge reminded a= ttorneys in a home security deceptive business practices lawsuit to not "en= gage in shenanigans" that are designed to thwart page limits for filings af= ter already granting them four extra pages of leeway, pointing to instructi= ons he provided in a previous order.

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Podcast

The Term Special: Free Speech Or Discrimination? =09 =09

The Supreme Court heard more than = two hours of arguments Monday in this term's clash between LGBTQ rights and= religious business owners, with the justices struggling to draw lines betw= een free speech and discrimination. Law360's The Term recaps the hearing in= a special episode.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

ADT Inc.

Alliance Defending Freedom

American Bar Association

Anchin Block & Anchin LLP

Apple Inc.

Assa Abloy AB

Change Healthcare Inc.

Federation Int= ernationale de Football Association

Fortune Brands Home & Secur= ity Inc.

Fox Corp.

Getty Images Inc.

Google LLC

Humane Society of the United= States

National Congress of Amer= ican Indians

National Council of Urba= n Indian Health

Nike Inc.

Rudin Management Co. Inc.

Spectrum Brands Inc.

Spectrum Management Holding Co.

Spotify Technology SA

Trump Organization Inc.

UCLA School of Law

University of Virginia

Utah Jazz

Westfleet Advisors LLC


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Aidala Bertuna

Baker Botts

Baker McKenzie

Cadwalader Wickersham

LegalForce RAPC Worldwide

Victor M. Glasberg & Associates

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Executive Office for Immi= gration Review

Indian Health Service

Internal Revenue Service

Quinault Indian Nation

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S= . Attorney's Office for the Central District of California

U.S. Attorne= y's Office for the District of New Jersey

U.S. A= ttorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. A= ttorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

U.S. Co= urt of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeal= s for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Di= strict Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Cou= rt for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Cou= rt for the District of Maryland

U.S. District C= ourt for the District of New Jersey

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. D= istrict Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. Supreme Court

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