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The legal industry ended March with another action-packed week as firms elevated attorneys and President Donald Trump aimed another executive order at a prominent BigLaw shop. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
Lowenstein Sandler LLP attorneys told Law360 Pulse this week that their documents-based strategy against an investors' suit in Delaware's Chancery Court helped save "tens of millions of dollars" for advertising technology company Vistar Media ahead of its acquisition by T-Mobile.
A veteran attorney with a wide variety of experience including stints on Capitol Hill, with the District of Columbia government and as a Bloomberg product director, has joined Taylor English Duma LLP as a partner in Florida and Georgia, the firm has announced.
Spencer Fane LLP has added a securities litigation partner from Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP to its Denver office, the firm announced Thursday.
The Chapter 11 trustee handling convicted Chinese exile Miles Guo's estate has asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge to approve 10 clawback settlements with Hodgson Russ LLP, BakerHostetler, luxury retailer Versace and others, ending claims totaling $8.6 million but keeping the terms under wraps for six months.
Former Sherman & Howard LLC attorney Kristin Koval joined Law360 Pulse to discuss her debut novel, "Penitence," and her journey from being a lawyer to a writer.
Less than a year after hiring seven environmental attorneys from California-based Downey Brand LLP, Stoel Rives LLP announced the hire of another seven from the same firm consisting of three partners, an of counsel and three associates, located in San Francisco and the state's capital, Sacramento.
Future lawyers demand that their law firms value diversity, offer a work-life balance and embrace cutting-edge technology, a group of experts said during a panel discussion on Wednesday.
It was a month of expansion for several law firms throughout the country, with some moving to larger offices and others adding new locations.
Business law firm Honigman LLP announced Wednesday the addition of a policyholder-side insurance and reinsurance recovery litigation partner, who left Reed Smith to join its Chicago office.
In a pair of letters released on Wednesday, dozens of bar associations and over 20 state attorneys general urged lawyers to speak out against perceived threats to the rule of law in response to President Donald Trump's recent executive orders against prominent law firms and his call for the impeachment of a federal judge.
In response to changing operational needs, including a decreased need for physical storage and a greater need for collaborative spaces, Butler Snow LLP recently moved to a new office in Nashville's historic Germantown district that it said better fits its goals in the fast-growing city.
Shutts & Bowen LLP announced Wednesday that an experienced benefits attorney from Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson PA has joined the firm's Tampa, Florida, office as a partner.
After a two-year market downturn, U.S. law firm lateral hiring grew almost 14% overall in 2024, driven by a significant boost in associate recruitment, a report released Wednesday by the National Association for Law Placement found.
Some young attorneys fall into their practices through happenstance, such as through a personal connection made during a summer associate program or because an opening appears at their first firm. Others may believe that a certain practice really fits their interests and have long pined to be a particular type of attorney. But dreams do not always match reality.
In recognition of Women's History Month, Law360 Pulse spoke with five women with leading roles at five law firms about their tips for young female lawyers.
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP has tapped a Los Angeles-based longtime entertainment and intellectual property litigator, who once was vice president of legal at NBCUniversal Television, to be the new chair of the firm.
New deal volume is down for a second year in the litigation finance industry, even as BigLaw firms continue to make up a larger percentage of its customer base, highlighting an industry "trending towards greater sophistication" despite macro headwinds that have kept capital tight.
General counsel are becoming more comfortable with generative artificial intelligence but are still more likely to turn to outside counsel for critical needs, the results of a new survey showed on Wednesday.
A report on midsize law firms released Tuesday by legal technology company Clio found that use of artificial technology among midsized firms has more than quadrupled in two years to 93% and that such firms are also likely to be using alternative fee arrangements such as flat fees.
Carlton Fields has brought on a former tenured professor at Georgia State University College of Law to its team in Atlanta, strengthening its tax and business transactions practices with an attorney experienced in nonprofit law, tax and business matters, the firm announced Tuesday.
Lowenstein Sandler LLP on Tuesday secured a ruling enabling the firm to pursue claims that a cannabis dispensary committed a "fraud on the court," with a New Jersey state judge rejecting the business' attempt to preclude those claims in the firm's $800,000 suit over unpaid legal fees.
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced Tuesday that it strengthened its Miami shop with a commercial litigation attorney and a business and commercial transactions lawyer from Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial.
Munck Wilson Mandala LLP has announced that the managing partner of its North Dallas office has been appointed to its executive committee to help steer the strategic direction of the firm.
Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Tuesday that it has continued its expansion with the addition of a Florida partner for its cyberrisk, privacy and data security practice from Akerman LLP.
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Ask A Mentor: Should My Law Firm Take On An Apprentice?Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Deal With Overload?Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Seek More Assignments?In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.