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    Why Some GCs Joined Perkins Coie's Trump Order Fight

    Former and current general counsel who joined an amicus brief this week supporting Perkins Coie LLP's fight against the Trump administration say their decision to back the firm wasn't a hard one, but added they understand why many corporate legal leaders may feel their fiduciary duties keep them from signing.

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    Buchalter Adds Gordon Rees Environmental Litigator In SoCal

    Buchalter PC is expanding its litigation team, bringing in a longtime Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP environmental expert as a shareholder in its San Diego office.

  • Kirkland Hires Ex-Clifford Chance Investment Funds Partner

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced the hiring of a former Clifford Chance partner for its investment funds practice group.

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    Pillsbury Expands Houston Office With 3 Corporate Attys

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has added three attorneys with unique dealmaking experience to its growing Houston office.

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    Freshfields Litigation Co-Leader Joins Baker Botts In NY

    A former Freshfields U.S. commercial litigation practice co-head with expertise in cross-border disputes has joined Baker Botts LLP in New York, the firm announced Tuesday.

  • Freshfields Partners With Google For Gemini AI Integration

    Google Cloud announced on Tuesday a new partnership with Freshfields LLP in which the U.K.-based law firm will integrate Gemini, the tech giant's artificial intelligence tool, across its operations while also working together on new software solutions.

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    Ogletree Moving NYC Office To Rockefeller Center

    Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC is relocating its New York City office from its current midtown Manhattan location at Lexington Avenue to a larger space at Rockefeller Center.

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    US Law Firm Lateral Hiring Continues Downward Trend

    Lateral attorney hiring at the 200 largest law firms in the U.S. by revenue has slowed for the second quarter in a row, falling 27% compared to the third quarter of 2024, according to a new report by legal intelligence provider Firm Prospects.

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    MoFo Hires Ex-Proskauer Private Equity Partner In NYC

    Morrison Foerster LLP has announced the hiring of a former partner at Proskauer Rose LLP based in New York as the latest addition to its private equity group.

  • Jenner & Block, WilmerHale Seek Shutdown Of Trump Orders

    Jenner & Block LLP and WilmerHale on Tuesday asked Washington, D.C., federal judges for permanent court orders blocking President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the firms, saying the directives threaten the firms, their clients and the entire legal system.

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    How Small Firm Attys Are Rallying To Back Perkins Coie

    While many BigLaw firms have appeared hesitant, hundreds of small firm and solo attorneys are enthusiastically jumping in to support Perkins Coie LLP’s fight against President Donald Trump’s recent executive order targeting the firm. In a series of recent interviews, solo and small firm attorneys told Law360 Pulse why they believe lawyers from smaller firms may be more willing to speak up.

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    In Trump Order Against Perkins Coie, GCs See Harm For Cos.

    Nearly 70 current and former general counsel for companies including Apple Inc. and Starbucks filed an amicus brief Tuesday supporting Perkins Coie LLP in its suit against an executive order from President Donald Trump targeting the firm, saying the order "tramples on corporate independence, the right to counsel, and First Amendment rights."

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    Alston & Bird Adds Littler IP Litigator In San Francisco

    Alston & Bird LLP is growing its intellectual property team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in a Littler Mendelson PC litigator as a partner in its San Francisco office.

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    Ballard Spahr Fired Atty For Taking Medical Leave, Suit Says

    A former attorney for Ballard Spahr LLP filed suit against the firm and the head of its employee benefits group Tuesday in New York federal court, claiming she was fired for taking medical leave and seeking a more flexible work schedule to deal with her epilepsy and a gastrointestinal condition. 

  • Seyfarth Elevates 6 Leaders In Its Labor, Employment Practice

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP this week unveiled a slate of six newly appointed labor and employment leaders on both coasts, praising the impact they've had on the firm and its clients throughout their tenures so far.

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    DLA Piper Adds Wilson Sonsini Corporate Ace In LA

    A veteran corporate attorney experienced in the life sciences and technology industries has jumped from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC to DLA Piper.

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    Cravath Private Equity Co-Leader Joins Sidley In New York

    Sidley Austin LLP announced Tuesday that the former co-head of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's private equity group is the latest addition to its growing mergers and acquisitions and private equity bench.

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    Former Prada GC Fashions Move To Fisher Phillips In NY

    Fisher Phillips has hired the legal function leader of Prada Group as a New York office partner to expand the firm's retail industry offerings.

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    Longtime Cooley Life Sciences Ace Jumps To Wilson Sonsini

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC has hired a former Cooley LLP partner for its corporate department to strengthen the services offered by its life sciences practice, it announced on Tuesday.

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    Sidley Austin Expands M&A Group, Hires Ex-Milbank Partner

    Sidley Austin LLP announced Monday another addition to its mergers and acquisitions practice in New York, hiring a former Milbank LLP attorney as a partner.

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    BigLaw Partners Form Group To Challenge Executive Orders

    As of Tuesday afternoon, 170 BigLaw partners had joined a new group aimed at rallying their collective power to push back against what they called the president's unconstitutional actions, even as large law firms largely refrain from taking a stance.

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    Clifford Chance Lands Gibson Dunn Restructuring Co-Chair

    Clifford Chance LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired the former co-chair of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's corporate restructuring practice to co-lead its global restructuring and insolvency practice.

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    White & Case Gets In On Trade Hiring With Ex-Treasury Atty

    White & Case LLP has hired a former Treasury Department official in Washington, D.C., who focuses her practice on foreign direct investment matters, at a time when the nation is transfixed by international trade issues and BigLaw firms are beefing up their trade practices.

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    Ex-Kirkland Partner's PE Tech Startup Gets BigLaw Backers

    A private capital operations-focused technology startup co-founded by a Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner announced Tuesday that it has secured funding from BigLaw and financial professionals.

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    Nelson Mullins Team Joins Duane Morris In DC, Atlanta, Miami

    Duane Morris LLP announced Monday that it is expanding its corporate practice by bringing in a team of five Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP transactional attorneys — including two partners — in its Washington, D.C., Atlanta and Miami locations.

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