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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is the latest law firm to drop Ye as a client this week, a firm leader confirmed to Law360 Pulse on Friday, after antisemitic comments from the rapper formerly known as Kanye West prompted widespread backlash.

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is the latest law firm to drop Ye as a client this week, a firm leader confirmed to Law360 Pulse on Friday, after antisemitic comments from the rapper formerly known as Kanye West prompted widespread backlash.

Cardozo School of Law is planning to create a new center aimed at fighting wrongful convictions based on the misuse of scientific evidence, tapping into a $15 million donation in part from Marvel Entertainment chair Isaac Perlmutter and wife Laura Perlmutter, the school announced Thursday.

A hallmark of the 80 federal judges confirmed so far during President Joseph Biden's time in office is their diversity, both demographically and in career background. However, that imprint could be thwarted if Republicans take control of the U.S. Senate in the November election.

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A Texas federal court has concluded that a BigLaw recruiter who signed a noncompete agreement with his former employer must fork over $3.6 million, largely in placement fees he earned recruiting for law firms like Latham & Watkins LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Ropes & Gray LLP will require all firm lawyers to work from the office on its "anchor days" of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday starting the week of Oct. 3, ending a more flexible remote work policy, according to an internal memo made public Friday.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has hired client KKR's global head of tax as a partner in the law firm's New York office, Debevoise announced Tuesday, following a string of high-dollar deals on behalf of the private equity firm this year.

Honigman LLP announced Wednesday that it has created a subsidiary in Israel with five U.S.-educated and licensed attorneys who wished to relocate their transactional practices to Israel, including lawyers from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Goodwin Procter LLP, among others.

As protests over police violence and its unequal impact on Black people and other groups raged across the U.S. in 2020, many large law firms publicly vocalized their support for racial justice, particularly with regard to law enforcement. A Law360 Pulse review shows some of those same firms have defended hundreds of officers and police departments in misconduct lawsuits in the years since.