/pulse/dc-pulse?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: DC Pulse Copyright 2026 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 09 Jan 2026 22:42:00 +0000 /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2410388?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2410388 The U.S. Supreme Court will kick off the new year by hearing disputes over the constitutionality of state laws banning transgender female athletes from female-only sports and whether state or federal courts are the proper forum for lawsuits seeking to hold major oil companies accountable for harm caused by their oil production activities along Louisiana's coast.  Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:19:37 +0000 /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2428738?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2428738 The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review whether the U.S. Department of Homeland Security can treat a lawful permanent resident returning from a trip abroad as an applicant for admission based solely on pending criminal charges. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:41:09 +0000 /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2428545?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2428545 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Ninth Circuit panel affirmed a ruling in which Apple beat claims it illegally blocked third-party access to Apple Watch medical data so it could create rival software. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:37:28 +0000 /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2426370?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2426370 The new year kicked off with plenty of hiring announcements in the Washington, D.C., legal industry. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:30:56 +0000 /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2428524?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2428524 A new trade group for litigation funders has launched with the aim of enlisting personal injury and mass tort attorneys in a fight against proposed federal laws that it says could threaten the $16 billion litigation finance industry. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:11:33 +0000 /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2428501?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2428501 Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James are pushing back against federal prosecutors' effort to consolidate their currently separate appeals of the beleaguered prosecutions against the pair at the Fourth Circuit. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:52:48 +0000 /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2427893?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2427893 Husch Blackwell LLP has hired a former Eversheds Sutherland counsel in Washington, D.C., who before her most recent role worked as a lawyer with a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority group focused on examining agency members for security law compliance. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:21:20 +0000 /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2428455?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2428455 National environmental law firm Beveridge & Diamond PC has reelected its current managing principal to a second term and chosen new office leaders for shops in Texas, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:00:31 +0000 /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2427977?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2427977 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has expanded its international trade policy offerings with the addition of a former top Republican trade staffer to the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:58:58 +0000 /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2428392?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2428392 When constitutional lawyer Bruce Fein entered an appearance as counsel for former Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro on Tuesday, it was without having ever spoken to the client, according to a Thursday filing by Maduro's attorney Barry Pollack seeking to remove Fein from the case. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:29:22 +0000 /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2417373?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2417373 The legal sector continued to defy hiring expectations in spite of uncertainty in the U.S. economy as 2025 drew to a close. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:39:07 +0000 /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2428191?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2428191 The legal industry kicked off the new year with a busy week filled with lateral moves, leadership changes, office openings and judicial nominations. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:59:56 +0000 /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2428194?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2428194 Jelena McWilliams, the former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., will leave Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP to serve as Plaid's president of corporate and external affairs, the fintech infrastructure firm announced Thursday. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:32:33 +0000 /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2428208?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2428208 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday recused himself from considering Chevron and ExxonMobil's effort to place Louisiana pollution lawsuits stemming from the companies' World War II-era production in federal court, just days before the justices hear oral arguments in the case. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:15:02 +0000 /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2428225?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2428225 The "minibus" appropriations bill that the U.S. House of Representatives passed on Thursday includes a lifeline $540 million allocated toward the nonprofit Legal Services Corp. — representing a reduction of $10 million, or 3.6%, compared to fiscal year 2025's budget — whose funding the White House previously suggested should be slashed. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:27:47 +0000 /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2427984?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2427984 Following the official appointment of new chief managing partner Joshua Christie, Ice Miller LLP announced that it has named two attorneys as deputy managing partners and has elevated six attorneys to partner. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:03:45 +0000 /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2427889?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2427889 A longtime Sidley Austin LLP attorney has moved to Cooley LLP's global life sciences and healthcare regulatory practice in Washington, D.C.  Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:59:21 +0000 /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2427709?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2427709 The Maryland federal judge presiding over the criminal tax evasion trial of former SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein is known as a meticulous jurist who spent decades in public service before joining the district court several years ago and overseeing a number of high-profile cases. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:58:42 +0000 /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2427867?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2427867 The Senate voted 53-40 on Thursday to confirm former acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook to be a district judge in the Western District of Louisiana. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 13:08:48 +0000 /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2427624?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/dc-pulse/articles/2427624 Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has hired a top intellectual property attorney from Ropes & Gray LLP, who led that firm's Section 337 International Trade Commission practice and spent about 12.5 years there, Morgan Lewis announced Thursday.