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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Block & Leviton winning a bid to co-lead an investor proposed class action and Arnall Golden steering a $245 million acquisition in the energy sector lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from March 21 to April 4.
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Vedder Price Expands In LA With Pillsbury Tax Pro
Vedder Price PC is boosting its corporate team, bringing in a Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP tax expert as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office.
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Fox Rothschild Employment Atty Joins Pierson Ferdinand
Fast-growing Pierson Ferdinand LLP has announced a labor and employment attorney with more than 40 years of experience has joined the firm from Fox Rothschild LLP as a partner based in New York and Princeton, New Jersey.
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Windels Marx Leader Talks New Role After Decades With Firm
Northeast firm Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf LLP announced in the past week that after over 20 years leading the firm, its managing partner has stepped down, with business litigator Scott R. Matthews tapped as his successor.
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More Than 500 Law Firms Sign Onto Perkins Coie Amicus
A group of 507 law firms, including Munger Tolles & Olson LLP and Covington & Burling LLP, have signed onto an amicus brief filed Friday supporting Perkins Coie LLP's challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the law firm.
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Maynard Nexsen Lands 8-Atty Insurance Team From Ogletree
Maynard Nexsen PC has added an eight-attorney insurance team from Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC, including three shareholders, who will enhance its capabilities to handle Employee Retirement Income Security Act claims.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Clifford Chance LLP and Baker Botts LLP lead this week's legal lions for helping Caterpillar Inc. escape a $100 million verdict awarded to a defunct equipment importer that accused the construction manufacturing giant of interfering with a contract to sell equipment through an online sales platform.
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Foster Garvey Hires Ex-Karr Tuttle Real Estate Atty
Foster Garvey PC has brought on a former Karr Tuttle Campbell shareholder as a principal for its real estate, land use and environmental team in Seattle, the firm announced.
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Legal Jobs Rebound In March Despite Economic Concerns
The U.S. legal sector appears to be on the upswing once again, with 3,700 law-related jobs added in March, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off April with another action-packed week as BigLaw added new talent and firms struck deals with the Trump administration. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Law Firm Mergers Lag Amid Political, Economic Uncertainties
U.S. law firms announced 20 combinations in the first three months of 2025, fewer than nearly every other year going back a decade, according to the Law360 Pulse Merger Tracker.
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International Disputes And Trade Lawyer Heads To Foley Hoag
A trade lawyer with experience in World Trade Organization dispute settlement and commercial mediation has joined Foley Hoag LLP's international litigation and arbitration practice in Paris as senior counsel, according to the law firm.
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Meet The Attys In Meta Records Fight After Data Privacy Fine
Grant & Eisenhofer PA attorneys are facing off against Meta Platforms attorneys at Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in two pension funds' Delaware Chancery Court records suit after European authorities imposed a €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) fine on the business for data privacy violations.
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Stites & Harbison Names New Employment Head
Stites & Harbison PLLC has announced the successor to the firm's longtime employment practice head, who is stepping down after more than 20 years in the role.
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'Trailblazing' Labaton Keller Chair Dies At 54 From Cancer
Christopher Keller, the chairman and name partner of plaintiffs' firm Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP, has died at age 54, the firm announced Thursday, saying he will be remembered as a skilled and creative securities litigator and a respected leader.
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Chamberlain Hrdlicka To Leave Longtime Atlanta Digs In 2026
Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry plans to move its Atlanta office down the street in September 2026, bringing more than 60 of the midsize law firm's employees to the 19th and 20th floors of 999 Peachtree St., CBRE said Thursday.
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Jackson Walker Adds Chamberlain Hrdlicka Labor Duo In Texas
Jackson Walker LLP has strengthened the firm's labor and employment offerings with a pair of lawyers in Houston who came aboard from Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry.
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Barley Snyder Boosts York, Pa. Office With Litigation Atty
An attorney from the now-closed Stock & Leader firm has moved her litigation and employment law practice to Barley Snyder's York, Pennsylvania, office, opting not to follow many of her former colleagues who joined Saxton & Stump.
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Potomac Law Hires Ex-Education Dept. Senior Counsel In DC
A former senior counsel for the U.S. Department of Education has joined Potomac Law Group's education and investigations group and its white collar defense practice group as a partner based in Washington, D.C.
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Johnson Pope Bankruptcy Duo Joins Berger Singerman
Berger Singerman LLP announced that a pair of bankruptcy and restructuring attorneys from Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns LLP have joined the firm's Tampa, Florida, office as part of its business reorganization team.
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Thompson Coburn's 'Midwest Culture' Brings Back LA Atty
Thompson Coburn LLP is expanding its West Coast team, welcoming back a Los Angeles litigator who previously left to run his own firm.
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Phelps Dunbar Grows In Florida With Panhandle Firm Tie-Up
Phelps Dunbar LLP announced Wednesday that it will combine with Pensacola's Beggs & Lane on May 1, venturing into the Florida Panhandle for the first time.
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When Can Attys Decide To Drop Clients? ABA Says It Depends
Lawyers can drop clients at will as long as doing so won't harm the client's legal objectives or needlessly drive up costs, according to new guidance by the American Bar Association — but the guidance also notes that "getting out of a matter can be a lot harder than getting in."
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Longtime Philly Federal Prosecutor Rejoins Berger Montague
A former assistant U.S. attorney has returned to Berger Montague's Philadelphia office after more than 25 years, with plans to continue fighting on behalf of consumers and investors who have been wronged.
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Chiesa Shahinian Unveils Equipment Leasing, Finance Group
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC launched a new equipment leasing and finance practice group this week to take advantage of a $40 billion industry in New Jersey for financing construction, medical and other kinds of equipment.
Expert Analysis
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How Law Firms Can Welcome And Celebrate Autistic Lawyers
As the U.S. observes Autism Acceptance Month, autistic attorney Haley Moss describes the societal barriers and stereotypes that keep neurodivergent lawyers from disclosing their disabilities, and how law firms can better accommodate and level the playing field for attorneys whose minds work outside of the prescribed norm.
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Law Firm Tips For Evaluating AI And Machine Learning Tools
Many legal technology vendors now sell artificial intelligence and machine learning tools at a premium price tag, but law firms must take the time to properly evaluate them as not all offerings generate process efficiencies or even use the technologies advertised, says Steven Magnuson at Ballard Spahr.
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A Call For Personal Accountability On Diversity And Inclusion
While chief legal officers are increasingly involved in creating corporate diversity, inclusion and anti-bigotry policies, all lawyers have a responsibility to be discrimination busters and bias interrupters regardless of the title they hold, says Veta T. Richardson at the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
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.
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
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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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.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
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.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
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.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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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.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
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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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.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
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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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.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
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.