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Former Chief US Atty In South Carolina Joins Nelson Mullins
Brook Andrews, the former chief federal prosecutor for South Carolina, who played a key role in prosecuting the "nukegate" scandal and oversaw the government's team in the high-profile fraud case against convicted double murderer and disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh, has joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP.
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Boies Schiller Recruits 3-Partner Patent Litigation Team
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced Thursday that it has added a team of Spencer Fane LLP partners who specialize in high-stakes patent and trade secrets disputes to its patent litigation team in Washington, D.C.
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Ex-Interior Secretary Salazar On 'Coming Home' To WilmerHale
Former U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar of Colorado, who served as secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior during the Obama administration and most recently as ambassador to Mexico during the Biden administration, returned this month to WilmerHale's Denver office, which he founded in 2014.
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McGuireWoods Adds Former Federal Prosecutor In Atlanta
A former federal prosecutor returned to McGuireWoods LLP in Atlanta to serve as a partner in its government investigations and white collar litigation practice group, the firm announced Wednesday.
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AI Reasoning Model Aces Maryland Law School's Final Exam
Newer artificial intelligence reasoning models such as OpenAI's o3 got higher grades than older model versions when tasked with taking law school final exams, according to professors at the University of Maryland's Francis King Carey School of Law.
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With Lockstep's Decline, White Shoe Culture Is Being Tested
Elite New York-based law firms have long boasted about their cultures of collaboration and touted the role lockstep compensation played in creating that team-oriented atmosphere. However, as changing market forces have largely done away with strict lockstep, top firms find themselves grappling with a question of culture.
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Reed Smith Adds FTC Consumer, Business Education Atty
Reed Smith LLP has hired a veteran Federal Trade Commission attorney who spent 15 years assisting on consumer protection litigation and regulatory and policy matters related to agency guidance and other issues, the firm has announced.
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Baker Donelson Begins Next Generation Of HR Leadership
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC has created a chief people officer role, tapping Venable LLP's former vice president of human resources for the job, the firm announced on Monday. Here, Sheila Turybury talks to Law360 Pulse about her goals in the new role and her ongoing tour of the firm's offices.
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Holland & Knight Finance Ace Jumps To Norton Rose
Norton Rose Fulbright announced Wednesday that it has fortified its corporate finance offerings with a former Holland & Knight LLP partner who will share his time between Dallas and Chicago.
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Transactions Duo Joins Morgan Lewis In New York, Philly
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has expanded its transactions team in the firm's New York and Philadelphia offices with the recent additions of two attorneys who moved their practices from Dechert LLP.
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Former Energy Co. CEO Joins Paul Hastings In Houston
Paul Hastings LLP announced Wednesday that the former chief executive for energy transition company 8 Rivers has joined the firm's global energy and infrastructure practice in Houston, bringing decades of in-house and private practice experience to the firm.
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Judiciary Panel Advances New Rules On Amici, AI, Subpoenas
The federal judiciary's top policy panel Tuesday propelled revamped rules regarding numerous hot legal topics, including artificial intelligence, "dark money" groups bankrolling amicus briefs and the subpoena powers of courts and defense counsel.
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ABA 'Surprised And Disappointed' By DOJ Shunning
The American Bar Association on Tuesday defended its long-standing process for reviewing judicial nominees and said Attorney General Pam Bondi was wrong to call the group an "activist organization."
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MoFo Adds Troutman Pepper Financial Services Duo In DC
Morrison Foerster LLP said Tuesday it is boosting its financial services and fintech groups with the addition of a former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. executive and a past Federal Reserve Board attorney.
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Office Snapshot: Sheppard Mullin's New Digs In Downtown LA
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP was founded in downtown Los Angeles nearly a century ago, so when its office lease there was expiring at the end of last year, the firm knew it wouldn't go very far. In fact, it just moved two blocks away to a fresh space at California Plaza.
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Ex-Fidelity Associate GC Returns To Mayer Brown In Chicago
Mayer Brown LLP has rehired the former co-chair of its practice focused on retirement benefit matters, who returns to the firm after helping to lead a team of attorneys at Fidelity Investments responsible for health and retirement plan litigation.
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Longtime Reed Smith Employment Pro Joins Fisher Phillips
An attorney who has focused his career on advising clients on employment and labor matters recently moved his practice to Fisher Phillips' Pittsburgh office after 13 years with Reed Smith LLP.
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Ill. Commission Urges Attys To Confront Workplace Bullying
A first-of-its-kind Illinois State Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism challenged attorneys to confront the drain of workplace toxicity during a virtual summit Tuesday on bullying in the legal profession.
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Holland & Knight Continues Tax Team Growth In Philadelphia
Holland & Knight LLP is continuing the expansion of its tax practice in the Philadelphia office with the addition of an attorney who moved her practice from Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry, the second lawyer to join from the firm in the last month.
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Baker Donelson Creates New Chief People Officer Role
Venable LLP's vice president of human resources has joined Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC in Baltimore as its chief people officer.
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Fenwick Adds General Dynamics Atty To Gov't Contracts Team
The former associate general counsel of General Dynamics Mission Systems, who spent more than two decades as a member of the defense and aerospace company's executive leadership, has joined Fenwick & West LLP's government contracts and public sector procurement group.
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Latham Capital Markets Atty Joins Honigman's Israel Office
Honigman LLP announced that an experienced attorney focused on capital markets and venture capital matters has joined its Israeli office as a partner from Latham & Watkins LLP.
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Reed Smith Int'l Arbitration Pro Jumps To Bracewell In NYC
Bracewell LLP has added an international arbitration practitioner with more than two decades of BigLaw experience across a range of industries and locations, including most recently as a partner at Reed Smith LLP, to its New York roster, as the firm looks to grow the practice area.
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DLA Piper Adds Former FTC Senior Attorney To AI Group
Former Federal Trade Commission senior attorney Michael Atleson has joined DLA Piper as of counsel in its artificial intelligence and data analytics practice.
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Lambda Legal Raises Record $285M For LGBTQ+ Rights
The Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc. said last week that its "Unstoppable Future" campaign has become "by far the largest fundraising initiative in the history of the LGBTQ+ movement" after raising a total of $285 million.
Expert Analysis
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter
Wayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
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Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills?
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
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Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness Coach
Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.
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Roundup
Talking Mental Health
Attorneys and other legal professionals share insights on mental health and well-being in this Law360 Pulse Expert Analysis series.
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Talking Mental Health: Tackling Stress As A Practice Leader
Constance Rhebergen at Bracewell discusses how she handles the stress of being a practice chair, how sources of stress have changed in the legal industry over the past decade and what law firms can do to protect attorney mental health.
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Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce
In the face of a dispersed and changing workforce with Generation Z entering the scene, law firms should consider some practical strategies to revitalize their cultures, provide meaningful mentorship and safeguard their knowledge bases, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
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How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates
One of the most effective ways firms can ensure their summer associate programs are a success is by engaging in a timely and meaningful evaluation process and being intentional about when, how and by whom feedback should be provided, say Caroline Cimei and Erica Fine at Shutts & Bowen.
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Talking Mental Health: Life As A Lawyer With OCD
Kelly Hughes at Ogletree discusses what she’s learned in the 14 years since she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, recounting how the experience shaped her law practice, what the legal industry and general public get wrong about the disorder, and how law firms can better support employees who have OCD.
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3 Innovative Ways AI May Be Used In Legal Practice
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly be used by outside counsel to better predict the outcomes of litigation — thus informing legal strategy with greater precision — and by clients to scrutinize invoices and evaluate counsel’s performance, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Librarian
Lisa A. Goodman at Texas A&M University shares how she went from a BigLaw associate who liked to hang out in the firm's law library to director of a law library herself in just over a decade, and provides considerations for anyone interested in pursuing a law librarian career.
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Legal Briefs Can Benefit From Cleaned Up Case Citations
Federal courts have recently been changing the way they quote decisions to omit insignificant details and string cites, and lawyers should consider adopting this practice to enhance the readability of their briefs — as long as accuracy stays top of mind, says Diana Simon at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
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5 Best Practices For Firms Designing DEI Programs
Nikki Lewis Simon, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Greenberg Traurig, discusses best practices — and some pitfalls to avoid — for law firms looking to build programs aimed at driving inclusion in the workplace.
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Former Minn. Chief Justice Instructs On Writing Better Briefs
Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, now at Greenberg Traurig, offers strategies on writing more effective appellate briefs from her time on the bench.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Juggle Billables And Other Activities?
While involvement in internal firm initiatives can be rewarding both personally and professionally, associates' billable time requirements don’t leave much room for other work, meaning they must develop strategies to ensure they’re meeting all of their commitments while remaining balanced, says Melanie Webber at Fisher Phillips.