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    Dentons Adds Legal Head From Cadwalader, Names CIO

    The longtime general counsel for Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft will move to Dentons on Feb. 2, becoming the latest high-profile attorney to depart the firm before a projected merger.

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    Minn. Cos. Call For 'Immediate De-Escalation' After ICE Killing

    Target Corp., 3M Co., UnitedHealth Inc. and General Mills Inc. are among dozens of Minnesota-based companies that signed a statement Sunday calling for an "immediate de-escalation of tensions" after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers fatally shot a person in Minneapolis over the weekend.

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    King & Spalding Adds 5 Healthcare Attys From Burr & Forman

    King & Spalding LLP announced Monday that it has added five attorneys from Burr & Forman LLP to its healthcare practice, as firms across the country look to boost their capabilities in the sector.

  • O'Melveny Brings On Proskauer M&A Pro In California

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP announced Monday that it added a corporate dealmaker to its Newport Beach, California, office from the Los Angeles office of Proskauer Rose LLP.

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    Law Student Recruiting Moves Further Off Campus

    About four-fifths of law school summer associate recruiting in 2025 happened through employer-sponsored channels, as opposed to more traditional law school-sponsored channels, with recruiting also happening increasingly early, according to research unveiled Monday by the National Association for Law Placement.

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    Eversheds Sutherland Creates US Innovation Department

    Eversheds Sutherland has combined its data, research and technology teams to form a 20-person innovation department in the U.S. focused on leveraging artificial intelligence and other technologies in legal work and client services, the firm said Monday.

  • Healthcare Group Of The Year: Holland & Knight

    Holland & Knight LLP attorneys advised AdventHealth on its multimillion-dollar outpatient acquisitions, Evernorth Health Services' $3.5 billion investment in Shields Health Solutions and Palomar Health on its strategic partnership with the University of California San Diego, earning it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Healthcare Groups of the Year.

  • Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Wachtell Lipton

    As dealmakers navigated geopolitical risk and shifting trade policy in 2025, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz was consistently called on to advise on high-stakes, strategic megadeals, including a massive railway merger, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions Groups of the Year.

  • Complex Financial Instruments Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray

    Ropes & Gray LLP's finance team led Arcline Investment Management through a first-ever emergency communications infrastructure securitized notes offering and secured a deal between chipmaker Wolfspeed and its creditors that involved slashing $4.6 billion of debt, placing the firm among the 2025 Law360 Complex Financial Instruments Groups of the Year.

  • Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Weil

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's bankruptcy attorneys tackled some of the most talked-about cases in 2025, with work that included spearheading First Brands' more than $10 billion Chapter 11 and confirming Steward Health Care's plan, putting the team among the 2025 Law360 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.

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    Ogletree Elects New Managing Director, Names 2 Attys To Board

    Management-side labor and employment firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has elected one of its San Francisco shareholders as one of the firm's two managing directors and selected another two to join its board of directors.

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    White & Case Rehires Crowell Energy Atty To DC Team

    White & Case LLP has hired a Crowell & Moring LLP partner whose first role in private practice was with the firm, bringing decades of experience in energy regulatory matters as a former attorney adviser at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to the team, according to a Monday announcement.

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    Fla. Bar Clears Gaetz Despite US House Ethics Report

    The Florida Bar has decided to not discipline former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who was briefly President Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, despite the House ethics committee's findings that Gaetz regularly paid for sex, including with a minor.

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    Orrick Adds Skadden Energy M&A Pro In Houston

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced Monday that it has brought on a partner in Houston from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP who brings particular expertise advising clients across the energy industry.

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    Haynes Boone Appoints 2 Fund Finance Leads

    Corporate law firm Haynes Boone announced Monday the promotion of two long-time attorneys to co-lead its fund finance practice group, as several other lawyers simultaneously departed for Paul Hastings.

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    Top Treasury Attorney Returns To WilmerHale's DC Team

    WilmerHale announced Monday it welcomed back a former attorney who stepped away from the firm three years ago to serve in the chief counsel's office at U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, where he advised agency leaders on enforcement of emergency economic powers legislation, the constitutional implications of imposing sanctions and other matters.  

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    New Cadwalader Exits To Fuel Paul Hastings Charlotte Launch

    A group of approximately 15 to 20 fund finance lawyers are leaving Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP and Haynes Boone to launch a Charlotte, North Carolina, office for Paul Hastings LLP, marking the third time a large law firm has set up shop in the banking hub in recent months.

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    The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers

    The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in three cases and issued opinions in three others this week, with oral arguments on President Donald Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook taking center stage. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the high court.

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    Saul Ewing Adds Marketing, Business Development Officer

    Philadelphia-based Saul Ewing LLP has expanded its professional executive team with the recent addition of a chief marketing officer, who plans to use his more than 20 years of business development experience to guide the firm's growth strategy.

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    Dechert Lands 20-Partner Group From McDermott

    Dechert LLP announced Friday it is bringing aboard 20 partners from McDermott Will & Schulte spanning litigation, intellectual property and other practice areas in six cities across the country, including for upcoming firm offices in Chicago and Dallas.

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    How Attorneys Can Balance Careers With Caring For Parents

    As baby boomers get older and develop more intense healthcare needs, attorneys in the prime of their careers are increasingly pressed to also provide care to their elderly parents.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    Williams & Connolly LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court held in a unanimous opinion that restitution is a criminal punishment subject to the Constitution's ban on increasing punishment retroactively.

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    Shook Hardy Adds 2 E-Discovery-Focused Partners

    Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP has hired two e-discovery experts as partners for its complex litigation strategic counseling practice in Washington, D.C., and New York City.

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    Perkins Coie Adds DOJ Vet To Antitrust Group In DC

    Perkins Coie LLP has hired the former assistant chief of the Defense, Industrials and Aerospace Section of the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, who helped argue that Google had illegally maintained a monopoly over online searches.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as law firms launched new practices, hired attorneys and reported record-breaking lobbying figures. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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Expert Analysis

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    My Nonpracticing Law Job: Law Firm Marketer Author Photo

    Liz Bard Lindley at Jaffe PR shares how she went from a family law associate who helped write industry articles to a savvy legal public relations and marketing professional, and offers takeaways for any attorney who might not feel at home in their law practice and is considering alternative career paths.

  • The Case For Keeping The Gas On Deputy GC Compensation Author Photo

    In recent years, the deputy general counsel role has expanded and become increasingly vital in organizations across the globe, and companies should consider a few ways to retain this top talent, including by offering competitive compensation that reflects projected increases, says Heather Fine at Major Lindsey.

  • Talking Mental Health: The View From Life After BigLaw Author Photo

    Life coach and author Wendy Tamis Robbins discusses why she left a career in BigLaw to work in the professional well-being space after finding freedom from anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and substance use disorders, and highlights two changes the legal industry should implement to address attorneys' mental health.

  • 6 Essential Skills For Summer Associates To Land An Offer
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    With full-time offer rates at the lowest point since 2012, summer associates must do all they can to distinguish themselves, starting with a few fundamentals — from the importance of asking clarifying questions to being honest about mistakes, says James Argionis at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Making Legal Cents: How Law Firms Can Innovate Faster Author Photo

    To meet the demands of an evolving legal market and changing client expectations, law firms must not only embrace innovation, but also find ways to accelerate adoption and mitigate risks in an industry historically resistant to change, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.

  • Ask A Mentor: How Should Departing Partners Approach Pay? Author Photo

    Sabina Lippman at CenterPeak discusses steps BigLaw partners can take when considering a move or announcing their departure to help navigate tricky compensation issues and remain on good terms with their current partners.

  • How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids Author Photo

    Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.

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    My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary Ghostwriter Author Photo

    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.

  • Ask A Mentor: As Trials Grow Rarer, How Do I Hone My Skills? Author Photo

    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.

  • Talking Mental Health: Managing Depression As A Co. Founder Author Photo

    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 Author Photo

    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.

  • Roundup

    Talking Mental Health Author Photo

    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 Author Photo

    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.

  • Making Legal Cents: Engaging A Remote, Evolving Workforce Author Photo

    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.

  • How Firms Can Effectively Evaluate Their Summer Associates Author Photo

    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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