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The Afternoon Docket

The Afternoon Docket

A weekly newsletter by Reuters and Westlaw

 

By Caitlin Tremblay

What's going on this week?

The U.S. Supreme Court issued four opinions this morning (see below). In other news, RICO is getting a workout in a spate of cases against injury lawyers, North Carolina became the first state to ban third-party litigation financing; and California is eyeing non-lawyers to bolster legal aid.

Plus, your weekly Career Tracker.

Law firm Quinn Emanuel, others seek larger fee payout from 3M earplug settlement

 

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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and several other law firms are pressing for larger shares of a multimillion-dollar pool for legal fees tied to the $6 billion deal that 3M struck in 2023 to settle sprawling litigation over its combat earplugs.

Quinn Emanuel, which was assigned 4.5% of a proposed fund for legal fees, on ‌Wednesday objected to its share. The prominent Los Angeles-founded firm said a court official's recommendation this month undervalues its role in the largest federal mass tort litigation in U.S. history.

Read more here.

 

SCOTUS also issued rulings this morning:

  • U.S. Supreme Court sides with Trump in asylum-processing case
  • U.S. Supreme Court lets Trump end deportation protections for Syrians and Haitians
  • U.S. Supreme Court scales back Roundup cancer lawsuits
  • U.S. Supreme Court rules for challenge to Hawaii handgun limits
 

Industry updates

  • RICO gets a workout in spate of cases against injury lawyers
  • California eyes nonlawyers to bolster legal aid 
  • U.S. judge asks prosecutors to investigate human rights lawyer
  • North Carolina becomes first state to ban third-party litigation financing
  • Judge allows U.S. search warrant targeting executive's AI chatbot records
  • Ex-AT&T lawyer who raised compliance concerns accused of ethics violations
  • Legal tech firm sues U.S. over order limiting foreign access to top-tier Anthropic models
 
 

Career Tracker

In New York:

International litigation partner Jason Hipp moved to Foley Hoag from Jenner & Block … Pang Zhang-Whitaker joined Womble Bond Dickinson as chair of the firm’s capital markets and securities practice from Carter Ledyard Milburn … Sullivan & Cromwell added antitrust partner Carla Hine from Weil … Private equity partner Brian Miner moved to Paul Hastings from Dechert … Gibson Dunn hired business restructuring litigation partner Michael Schneidereit from Jones Day … Commercial finance partner Todd Matras moved to Loeb & Loeb from Katten Muchin Rosenman … Dentons added corporate partner Cameron Kates from Yuga Labs where he was chief business officer … Pascal Mayer joined Latham’s executive compensation, employment and benefits practice from Ropes & Gray … Leveraged finance partner Andrés Loera joined DLA Piper from Linklaters … International arbitration partner Jovana Crnčević moved to Faegre Drinker from Withers.

In D.C.:

Supreme Court lawyer Chris Michel returned to Kirkland from Quinn Emanuel to lead the firm’s Supreme Court and appellate practice … Winston Taylor (formerly Winston & Strawn) added IP partner Daniel Valencia as chair of its International Trade Commission practice from DLA Piper. Darshak Dholakia left Dechert to chair Winston Taylor’s international trade practice … Financial regulatory partners James Burns and Brant Brown moved to O’Melveny from Cleary Gottlieb … Cahill added technology IP litigation partner Patrick Lafferty from King & Spalding … Healthcare regulatory and enforcement partner Brian Bewley