Above The Law

JUNE 17, 2021

So, So Many Firms Raised Salaries: Seriously, it's been a day. Goodwin Procter , WilmerHale , Paul Hastings , Allen & Overy , still going. Paul Weiss , Sheppard Mullin , Willkie , Fried Frank , Munger Tolles , Morgan Lewis , Wilkinson Stekloff , oh my god, it's still going.

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Law 360

JUNE 7, 2022

are slowly piecing together evidence to back up suspicions first outlined in an internal WilmerHale investigation, including a multimillion-dollar payment to a small law firm that allegedly acted as a middleman.

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Above The Law

MARCH 28, 2025

* Now targeted by the administration , WilmerHale says it’s “pursuing all appropriate remedies to this unlawful order.” The Hill ] * Biglaw firms remain mostly silent about peer firms facing retaliation, but there are rumors of an upcoming amicus brief. Syracuse ] The post Morning Docket: 03.28.25

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JURIST

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Like other review mechanisms, this is expected to interpret national security broadly, and firms doing business in China should expect additional regulatory hurdles for major transactions, according to Lester Ross , a partner at WilmerHale’s Beijing office.

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Intelligize Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

In a memo on the latest news, law firm Davis Polk pointed out that two of cases involved consulting agreements – a reminder that the protections extend beyond just employees. Meanwhile, the SEC continued its campaign to crack down on off-channel communications among financial professionals.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 27, 2021

A veteran Consumer Financial Protection Bureau official who most recently served as the watchdog's deputy enforcement director is returning to the private sector as a partner in WilmerHale's Washington, D.C., office, the firm said Wednesday.

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Law 360

AUGUST 4, 2023

A Maryland federal judge overseeing an antitrust action accusing poultry processors of scheming to suppress wages issued a letter Friday offering to disqualify herself from the case after Cargill Meat Solutions hired an attorney from WilmerHale, the same firm where the judge's husband was once a partner.

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Law 360

JUNE 6, 2023

Securities and Exchange Commission escalated its crackdown on the digital assets industry this week by suing Coinbase and Binance, the cryptocurrency exchanges showed they were geared up for a fight by hiring some of the most well-known securities and white collar defense lawyers from firms such as WilmerHale and Latham.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 20, 2021

A former WilmerHale document reviewer said U.S. Liman should be disqualified from overseeing a Southern District of New York suit that accuses him of extorting his former law firm because of the judge's alleged previous employment there. District Judge Lewis J.

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Mondaq

APRIL 7, 2022

On March 28, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new Rules 3a5-4 and 3a44-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) (collectively, the Proposed Rules).

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Fordham Law News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 25, 2021

This firm truly cares about the diversity of its workforce.

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Above The Law

APRIL 14, 2025

Reuters ] * Law firms backing Jenner and WilmerHale now top 800. American Lawyer ] * The next “obey in advance” fear: law firms walk away from pro bono work that might raise White House ire. [ * DHS tells U.S. citizen lawyer to self-deport. ” Prosecutors are probably curious about that one too.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 6, 2022

How have law firms supported their clients during the COVID-19 pandemic? A dozen business development professionals talk about the innovative ways their firms have strengthened relationships and created deeper ties. And law firms that resist the impetus for change will risk failure. Anticipating Changing Needs.

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Above The Law

APRIL 9, 2025

Biglaw Firm Loses One Of Their Most Experienced Lawyers : The first of many to come ? Jenner And WilmerHale Keep The Fight Going : They want the whole executive order to be enjoined. Susman Godfrey Targeted By Latest Executive Order: That isn’t even the worst news. The judge will decide.

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ALPS

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and was a litigator at the and are Urban Justice Center and at Global Firm, WilmerHale. I will offer you a summary of recommendations to provide course corrections if needed, and to keep your firm on the right path.” So Terry, welcome. So glad you’re here with us today.

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LawSites

JULY 12, 2022

Today, Fastcase is announcing the 2022 cohort of the Fastcase 50, and it includes a diverse array of legal tech founders, practicing lawyers, law firm professionals, judges, law professors, law librarians, bar association leaders, and investors — not to mention the attorney who is the NFL’s first Black woman team president.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

In 1997, he joined O’Melveny & Myers and founded the firm’s appellate practice. There is a remarkably long list of lawyers in academia, in government, in business, at law firms, at nonprofits, and on the bench whom Walter helped to find their place. Chair of Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation at WilmerHale and Former U.S.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Biglaw firms with single partnership tiers are now few and far between, with more big-name firms showing that theyre ready, willing, and able to welcome nonequity partners to their ranks. As noted by Bloomberg Law , the largest law firms in America could soon have more nonequity partners than equity partners by the end of 2025.

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Above The Law

APRIL 11, 2025

Biglaw firms keep folding under White House pressure , thinking that they’re just committing millions in pro bono payola to worthwhile veteran issues. Turns out, uniting behind the fear that firm leadership might sell off the firms credibility to authoritarian bullying can really bring people together!

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Above The Law

MARCH 28, 2025

WilmerHale and Paul Clement prepare to do battle. The post Biglaw Firms Square Off Against The Administration — See Also appeared first on Above the Law. Look At That, Lawyers Willing To Mount A Legal Defense! There’s still some fight in the industry ! They Aren’t The Only Ones! Calling Pam Bondi, Do Your Job!

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Above The Law

MAY 5, 2025

Biglaw firms may be incredibly busy dodging or capitulating to executive orders from Donald Trump, but they’re still busy thinking about how to enforce their attendance policies amid the constitutional mayhem. Earlier today, White & Case — a firm that brought in $3,316,735,000 gross revenue in 2024, putting it at No.

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Above The Law

MARCH 31, 2025

Those waiting for the biggest law firms in the nation to lead the charge (or at least the defense) against Donald Trump and his attacks on the legal system got a shot in the arm last week when, in separate lawsuits, both Jenner & Block and WilmerHale challenged Executive Orders targeting their respective firms. All of them.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 26, 2022

When Kruger finished her clerkships, she went into private practice at a third firm, now known as WilmerHale. Kruger left WilmerHale for the University of Chicago Law School, where she taught a class in transnational litigation as a visiting assistant professor. Kruger provided the key vote in 2018 in Hassell v. Personal life.

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Above The Law

MARCH 27, 2025

As firms give in to his threats, he successfully sidelines powerful lawyers that might otherwise take the government to court when he names his horse Consul for Life or whatever is coming next month. Will WilmerHale take the fight to the courts like Perkins Coie or cave like Paul Weiss and Skadden?

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Above The Law

APRIL 30, 2025

He is representing WilmerHale in their lawsuit challenging the Executive Order targeting the firm. This isn’t the first time in the Trump II era that Clement has been willing to court the president’s ire in defense of the rule of law.

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Above The Law

APRIL 9, 2025

Law.com ] * Great news for the law firms who caved to Trump! Washington Post ] * Jenner and WilmerHale move to end the executive order nonsense permanently. [ .” A shocking expression of no confidence in US News and World Rankings. Some coal lease business. That oughta do it. NDTV ] The post Morning Docket: 04.09.25

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Above The Law

APRIL 3, 2025

. — Professor Bill Henderson of Indiana University Maurer School of Law, in comments given to Bloomberg Law , on the cultural costs that Biglaw firms’ capitulation to Donald Trump’s threats may have on the legal profession. You can follow her on Bluesky , X/Twitter , and Threads , or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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Above The Law

APRIL 1, 2025

(Photographer: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images) First it was Covington & Burling , then Perkins Coie , Paul Weiss , Jenner & Block , and WilmerHale. A firm representative did not reply to multiple requests for comment regarding the matter.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 23, 2025

“Judges Appear Receptive to Blocking Trumps Orders Targeting Big Law Firms; Perkins Coie and WilmerHale asked two federal judges on Wednesday to permanently put an end to President Trumps threats to their businesses”: Zach Montague of The New York Times has this report.

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Above The Law

APRIL 10, 2025

Earlier today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commissionsent around an internal email providing guidance on how agency employees should (or should not) interact with certain Biglaw firms — Perkins Coie , WilmerHale , and Jenner & Block — given that they’re targets of Executive Orders.

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JURIST

APRIL 28, 2025

An association of more than 700 partners at major American law firms filed a brief on Friday in support of firm Susman Godfrey’s lawsuit against the Trump administration. Law Firm Partners United (LFPU) is a collection of partners at the 200 largest US law firms by revenue.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 27, 2025

“Skadden, a Top Law Firm, Is in Talks to Avert an Executive Order; The discussions come as President Trump has taken aim at Wilmer Hale, another big law firm; Other major firms are said to be trying to cut deals with the White House”: Michael S. ” Erin Mulvaney, C. ” And Emily R. ” And Emily R.

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Above The Law

MARCH 31, 2025

Highlights from Last Week – Top Fifteen Headlines #1 Trump Expands Retribution Against Law Firms in New Executive Order. From the Wall Street Journal : President Trump signed an executive order targeting the Jenner & Block law firm. The firm has created a website Jenner Stands Firm to follow their legal challenge to the EO.

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Above The Law

APRIL 16, 2025

Four times firms have challenged Executive Orders targeting their firms, and, in front of four different judges, have won temporary restraining orders blocking enforcement of the key provisions of the EOs. The most recent firm to notch this key W in the fight against Donald Trump is Susman Godfrey. Biglaw is 4 for 4.

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JURIST

APRIL 11, 2025

US President Donald Trump’s administration targeted Houston-based law firm Susman Godfrey LLP in an executive order Wednesday, zeroing in on the firm’s previous defamation litigation related to the US 2020 election and its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. million settlement.

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Above The Law

MAY 22, 2023

The new firm will be called "A&O Shearman". Newsweek ] * January 6 probe triggers secretive hearing involving WilmerHale -- likely over social media data. * Allen & Overy finally finds its American match, announcing a deal with Shearman & Sterling. billion Euro fine for GDPR data privacy violations. [

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