In today’s column, Brown Rudnick is looking to expand in London; a UK court convicted a former attorney for pilfering a litigation finance fund he created; and California’s governor nominated an associate justice to take over from retiring Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye.

• Leading off, with the legal profession’s latest outlook looking grim, some recruiters and career coaches are saying that lawyers should take steps now to make themselves “recession-proof” before firms start making cuts. (Reuters)
• Attacks on the justice system made by Donald Trump and his allies after the FBI searched the former president’s home are renewing concerns about judicial security. (National Law Journal)
• Johnny Depp’s law firm Brown Rudnick plans to expand in London. (Financial News)

Lawyers, Law Firms

• The American Bar Association’s resolution renewing its opposition to letting nonlawyers own law firms gives lawyers opposed to such measures greater weight for now. But it won’t stop tech companies, the Big Four accounting companies, and management consultants from offering their services to law firm clients, observers said. (American Lawyer)
• The United Arab Emirates dropped a three-year prison sentence on money laundering and other charges for an American citizen who was an attorney for slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (Washington Post)
• A UK court convicted a former lawyer of fraud and other charges for taking almost 20 million pounds ($24.4 million) from a Cayman Islands-based...

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