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Wilson Sonsini Aims To Transform Legal Work With AI Push
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC is planning to roll out a few more artificial intelligence tools this year as it pushes toward a longer-term goal of transforming how its attorneys practice.
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White & Case Adds Winston & Strawn LA Securities Litigator
White & Case LLP is growing its West Coast team, bringing in a Winston & Strawn LLP securities litigator as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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Dorsey & Whitney Adds M&A Team In Southern California
Dorsey & Whitney LLP is expanding in Southern California, announcing Thursday it is bringing in a team to launch a mergers and acquisitions practice in its Orange County office.
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DOJ Reversal On Firm EOs Weakens Case But Sends Message
The U.S. Department of Justice's abrupt turnabout this week in its battle with four law firms may have undermined its position in an already weak court case, attorneys and industry observers told Law360 Pulse, but they say its actions show the Trump administration's campaign against the legal profession is not over.
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UK Law Sector's Private Equity Boom Offers Lessons For US
Private equity money is pouring into the U.K. legal sector, fueling a wave of consolidation in consumer-facing practices and offering a glimpse of what it could look like if outside investment in the U.S. legal industry takes off.
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Polsinelli Brings On McDermott Healthcare M&A Pro In Florida
Polsinelli PC has brought on a McDermott Will & Schulte partner in its Fort Lauderdale, Florida, office, strengthening its healthcare mergers and acquisitions practice.
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Troutman And Former Atty Push To Limit Scope Of Bias Trial
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and a former associate suing the firm for racial discrimination and retaliation this week fought over the role that charged language and calculations of financial damages should play in an upcoming trial.
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Appellate Group Of The Year: Latham
Latham & Watkins LLP argued four cases before the Supreme Court in 2025 and prevailed in two, securing victory for a Minnesota student denied disability accommodations and preventing the creation of an Oklahoma religious charter school on First Amendment grounds, earning it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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Baker Botts Adds Ex-Edison Electrical Executive To DC Team
Baker Botts LLP has hired a former executive director from the Edison Electric Institute, an association that represents investor-owned electric power companies, where he worked for more than a decade and recently focused on coordinating engagement with federal agencies on climate and energy issues.
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King & Spalding Brings Back Business Atty To NYC Office
A former trial attorney for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has left the public sector to return to his post as a litigator at King & Spalding LLP's New York City office.
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It's Premature To Blame Artificial Intelligence For Layoffs
Artificial intelligence is becoming a convenient scapegoat for law firms downsizing staff, but other long-standing issues, such as profitability, often play a bigger role in restructuring.
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Congressional Staffer Joins Cozen O'Connor Lobbying Arm
A former staff member of several Republican members of Congress in both the House and Senate has left Capitol Hill to join Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, the government relations and communications arm of Cozen O'Connor.
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HFW Creates New Legal Tech Adoption Role For Aviation Pro
Holman Fenwick Willian LLP announced Thursday that it has appointed a former Hong Kong aviation partner as its first head of legal technology adoption.
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Simpson Thacher Hires Capital Markets Partner From Dechert
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP said it has hired a New York-based partner who will focus on securitizations in its capital markets practice.
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Bondi Subpoenaed To Testify On DOJ's Epstein Investigation
The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday voted to subpoena U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation into deceased child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with five Republicans joining their Democratic colleagues to compel Bondi's testimony.
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Akerman Hires Real Estate, Litigation Partners For NC Office
Akerman LLP hired three new partners who used to work at Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP and Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in order to strengthen its real estate and litigation teams in Charlotte, North Carolina, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Ex-FBI Special Counsel Moves To Crowell & Moring's DC Team
A former special counsel to the FBI director has joined Crowell & Moring LLP's privacy and cybersecurity group, where he'll counsel clients on cybersecurity threats and help them navigate the changing legal and regulatory environment related to those dangers.
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Real Estate Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP attorneys advised a joint venture by RXR Realty and Elliott Investment Management on a $1 billion-plus office acquisition in Manhattan and provided counsel on other notable deals in the New York City area last year, landing the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Real Estate Groups of the Year.
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Appellate Group Of The Year: WilmerHale
Last year, WilmerHale attorneys helped save a man's life in the U.S. Supreme Court, overturned a headline-grabbing fraud conviction and wiped out more than $500 million in patent infringement jury verdicts on appeal, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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Fisher Phillips Unveils New Branding To Mark Growth
Employer-side labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips debuted new branding this week, featuring a new logo and updated website, to mark its growth in the last several years into what it called a global power in the employment law space.
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Ex-Tensor Auto GC Joins Wilson Sonsini's Residency Program
The former chief legal officer of autonomous vehicle manufacturer Tensor Auto is the latest addition to Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC's general counsel in residence program, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Gordon Rees Opens New Offices In North Carolina, Wisconsin
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani has expanded its reach in the Southeast and Midwest by opening new offices in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Madison, Wisconsin.
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Haynes Boone Names Disputes Head To New UK GC Role
Haynes Boone on Wednesday named the head of the dispute resolution team in its London office as the firm's first general counsel in the U.K.
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O'Melveny Adds Holland & Knight Corporate Ace In Houston
O'Melveny & Myers LLP announced Wednesday that it has boosted its capital markets bench with a partner in Houston who joined from Holland & Knight LLP.
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BCLP Adds Capital Markets Specialist From Kirkland In LA
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, which is also known as BCLP, is expanding its transactions team, bringing in a Kirkland & Ellis LLP capital markets expert as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
Expert Analysis
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BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders
Hiring more women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community to BigLaw positions of power is the first key to making other underrepresented attorneys believe they have an opportunity for a path to leadership, says Ernest Greer, co-president at Greenberg Traurig.
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Guest Feature
Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners
Serving on my firm's diversity committee as an associate has allowed me to improve access, support and opportunity for minority attorneys at the firm, while building leadership skills and fostering meaningful relationships with firm management and industry professionals, says Camille Bent at BakerHostetler.