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Cooley Adds Crypto-Focused Atty From Waymaker
A fintech litigator whose clients have included Mango Markets trader Avraham Eisenberg and Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm is heading to Cooley LLP after 12 years at Waymaker LLP, Cooley announced Monday.
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Profs, Pashman Stein Partner Back Burford In 3rd Circ. Case
Two prominent international arbitration professors and a Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC partner are urging the Third Circuit to revisit its decision dismissing on jurisdictional grounds Burford Capital's bid to arbitrate a dispute relating to German antitrust litigation.
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Pa. Firm Slams Uber's RICO Suit As Bid To Chill Injury Claims
Personal injury firm Simon & Simon PC has asked a Philadelphia federal court to toss Uber's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act complaint against the firm, calling the ride-sharing giant's claim a "baseless" attempt to deter lawsuits against the company and its drivers.
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Blank Rome Hires Baker McKenzie Litigator In DC
Blank Rome LLP has hired a Baker McKenzie litigator who focuses his practice on technology, life sciences, aerospace, government contracts and energy industry-related matters to join the team in Washington, D.C., as a partner, the firm announced Monday.
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MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Jeffrey Wall
Cases won by Jeff Wall of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP ushered in the end of net neutrality and allowed energy companies to sue over state environmental regulations. Changes to government policies and court precedent earned him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Appellate MVPs.
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MVP: Blank Rome's John Gibbons
John Gibbons of Blank Rome LLP's insurance recovery practice beat an insurer's attempt to relitigate a yearslong coverage battle over underlying asbestos claims and defeated an insurer's bid to avoid covering defense costs over a company's sale of subsidiaries, landing him a spot among the 2025 Law360 Insurance MVPs.
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Atty Seeks To Block Law Banning Fee-Sharing With ABS Firms
The attorney challenging a California law that blocks fee-sharing with out-of-state law firms owned by nonlawyers has petitioned for enforcement of the law to be suspended before it is set to go into effect on Jan. 1.
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Hunton Brings On 2 K&L Gates Litigators In Miami
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP announced Monday that it has picked up two veteran litigators in Miami from K&L Gates LLP.
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Baker Donelson Adds 14 Akerman Attys, Opens New NC Office
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC announced on Monday that it is opening its fourth location in the Carolinas in four years, recruiting 11 Akerman LLP attorneys to establish a presence in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and three other Akerman attorneys to join in different locations.
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Elsberg Baker Exceeds, Cohen Ziffer Matches Atty Bonuses
Trial boutique Elsberg Baker & Maruri PLLC announced Monday that its associates will earn up to $226,250 in extra cash this year.
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Court Says Anti-SLAPP Doesn't Shield Facebook Insult Of Atty
The Massachusetts Appeals Court on Monday ruled that the state's anti-SLAPP law does not cover a Facebook insult hurled at an attorney on a local political page, though the court still held that the lawyer cannot sue over the online slight.
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Inventor's Bid To Dodge $214K Sanction Fails At High Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take on an inventor's request to escape an order from an Ohio federal court that sanctioned him $214,000 for bad faith litigation, which was approved by the Federal Circuit.
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Trust In State Courts Holds, But Justice Is Seen As Unequal
Public confidence in state courts held steady this year, even as more Americans seem to have lost faith that those courts provide equal justice to everyone, according to new research.
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Pierson Ferdinand Litigator Tapped To Be Atlanta's City Atty
The mayor of Atlanta has named a Pierson Ferdinand LLP litigation partner to succeed the current city attorney, who is retiring from the practice of law, tapping an attorney who brings more than two decades of legal experience in the private and public sectors.
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Mississippi Litigator Joins Butler Snow From Adams & Reese
Butler Snow LLP announced that an experienced litigation and appellate attorney has joined the firm's healthcare practice in Ridgeland, Mississippi, after a stint with Adams & Reese LLP.
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in four cases this week, including a high-profile one involving 90-year-old precedent that could soon be overturned and another that could remake campaign finance rules. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the high court.
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MVP: Susman Godfrey's Geoffrey Harrison
Susman Godfrey LLP partner Geoffrey Harrison guided energy company Apache Corp. to its recovery of nearly $500 million in a dispute related to decommissioning offshore oil rigs and helped Equistar Chemicals beat a construction contractor's $175 million claim in a weekslong trial, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Energy MVPs.
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MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Nicolas Bourtin
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Nicolas Bourtin played a key role in the dismissal of all criminal charges in a foreign bribery case against the ex-general counsel for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., and helped TD Bank reach a historic resolution in a criminal probe of its anti-money laundering program, securing him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 White Collar MVPs.
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MVP: Winston & Strawn's Jeffrey Kessler
Winston & Strawn LLP's Jeffrey Kessler helped student athletes reach a landmark multibillion-dollar settlement with the NCAA in long-running litigation over the use of name, image and likeness, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Competition MVPs.
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MVP: Paul Weiss' Kannon K. Shanmugam
Last year, Paul Weiss' Kannon Shanmugam scored a win in the Fifth Circuit that sent shockwaves through the bankruptcy world, removed a crypto company from a government blacklist and torpedoed a $440 million judgment against a cruise company over Cuba sanctions, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Appellate MVPs.
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Watchdog Sues White House For Records On Law Firm Deals
A Washington-based nonprofit watchdog has sued the Trump administration, seeking records related to deals BigLaw firms struck to provide an estimated nearly $1 billion worth of pro bono legal services to further the administration's priorities, following the president's executive orders to withhold security clearances and investigate the firms.
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2nd Circ. Probes ConEd's Sudden Firing Of Atty Alleging Bias
The Second Circuit raised questions during a hearing about Con Edison's decision to terminate a longtime company lawyer shortly after she complained her boss was targeting her because she's an older woman, hinting some support for the attorney's fight to have her discrimination suit reinstated.
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2nd Circ. Remands $100K Award To Fired Atty In Bias Case
A Second Circuit panel vacated a $100,000 charging lien awarded to an attorney who represented a man who sued Marriott International Inc. for race-based harassment, agreeing that the lawyer was fired without cause but finding that the lower court appeared not to address several arguments in favor of a lower amount.
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Int'l Rescue Committee Seeks Sanctions For AI-Doctored Brief
The International Rescue Committee Inc. asked a Texas federal court to sanction a former worker and counsel for "poison[ing] the evidentiary well" by using ChatGPT to tamper with documents produced for discovery, according to a brief and motion for sanctions.
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Goldberg Segalla Adds Hospitality Pro In Orlando
Goldberg Segalla LLP picked up a new special counsel for its retail and hospitality group in Orlando from Pozo-Diaz & Pozo PA.
Expert Analysis
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As Attys Adopt Generative AI, 3 Elements Should Be Cardinal
As the legal world increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence, lawyers and firms must develop and utilize strong prompting skills, keep a pulse on forthcoming tech evolutions, and remain steadfast to ethical obligations, say Michele Carney at Carney & Marchi and Marty Robles-Avila at BAL.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Prioritize Connections
One reason business development in the legal industry seems so mysterious is because human relationships are so complex, but lawyers can reorient their thinking in two important ways to drive the process of connecting with new colleagues and contacts, say Jamie Lawless and Angela Quinn at Husch Blackwell.
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Roundup
Biz Development Tip Of The Month
This year, experts shared 12 actionable strategies on building business in today's competitive legal market, from prioritizing human connections to maximizing the impact of thought leadership.
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Overcoming US Law Firms' Hesitancy To Enter Indian Market
Successful private equity exits with strong returns have solidified India's buyout market as an increasingly attractive destination for future investments, offering compelling reasons for the U.S. legal community to overcome its caution on the country's markets, says Vaishali Movva at Eimer Stahl.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Make A Plan For The Year
While firms are busy allocating resources and assessing client demand, individual attorneys should use the start of the year to slow down and create a personal business plan, which can be accomplished with a few steps, say Elizabeth Gooch, Teri Robshaw and Chris Newman at McDermott.
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Talking Mental Health: Caring For Everyone As A Firm Leader
Reid Phillips at Brooks Pierce discusses how he manages the pressure of running a law firm, how sources of stress in the legal industry have changed over the past decade, and what firm leaders should do to help manage burnout and mental health issues among employees.
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How Firms Can Use LinkedIn To Aid Marketing Efforts In 2025
LinkedIn has several features law firms can use to showcase their capabilities and thought leadership to reach prospective and existing clients, including the Event and Live features, says Sofia Millar at Reputation Ink.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Emotions In Trauma Cases
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Nikki Hurtado at The Ferraro Law Firm discusses what motivates her to represent victims of catastrophic injuries, how she copes with the emotional toll of such cases, and what other attorneys taking on similar cases can do to protect their mental well-being.
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Strategies For Successful Law Firm Mergers In 2025
Law firms are expected to continue consolidating in the year to come, and because these mergers require a different kind of playbook, firm leaders must carefully consider office culture nuances, professional services economics and talent retention strategy before any merger, say directors at FTI Consulting.
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Making Legal Cents: Winning More Work In A Crowded Market
In a market where clients have more options, tighter budgets and higher expectations, firms must figure out how to differentiate themselves without discounting their rates, and several practical strategies for pitching, pricing and early-engagement communication can help, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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Best Practices For Implementing Firm Revenue Cycle Roles
Law firm revenue cycles are becoming more complex and time-consuming, but hiring dedicated revenue cycle personnel can help streamline the process and reduce the burden on attorneys, says Christine Indiano at Harbor Global.
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Tips For Constructing Your Small-Law Exit Strategy
By initiating planning and processes to evaluate personal retirement goals and firm value early, longtime solo practitioners and small-firm owners can unlock a range of possibilities and potential buyers, setting up for a profitable exit and a rewarding transition, says Brent Daub at Gilson Daub.
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Tips For Persuasive Briefs Beyond The Argument Section
When crafting an appellate brief, the focus for most lawyers is the argument section, but other sections also offer strategic opportunities to shape the court's perception of the case and favorably frame the issues, say attorneys at Frost Brown.
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Ask A Mentor: Is Secondment A Good Career Move?
Kate Driscoll at Morrison Foerster suggests six questions to help candidates evaluate whether a secondment will benefit their career.