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Feds Fight Cyberstalking Atty's Bid For Pretrial Release
The U.S. government has asked a Texas federal judge to reject a bid for pretrial release from a currently detained attorney charged with cyberstalking other attorneys at BigLaw firms.
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Willkie Adds Paul Hastings Entertainment Litigator In LA
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is expanding its litigation team, bringing in a Paul Hastings LLP entertainment litigator as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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Paul Weiss Launches In Houston With 2 Kirkland Attys
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP announced Tuesday that it is opening a Houston office, its first outpost in Texas, with two mergers and acquisitions-focused corporate partners from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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Private Equity Group Of The Year: Sidley
Sidley Austin LLP acted as Affinity Partners' lead counsel in its $55 billion acquisition of Electronic Arts Inc. and advised private equity giants Carlyle and KKR across various acquisitions of a more than $10.1 billion portfolio of prime private student loans from Discover Financial Services, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Private Equity Groups of the Year.
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Insurance Group Of The Year: Reed Smith
Reed Smith LLP secured coverage for aircraft lessors following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and successfully challenged an insurer's underpayment for a semiconductor manufacturing facility's Winter Storm Uri losses, earning it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Insurance Groups of the Year.
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Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Morgan & Morgan
Morgan & Morgan PA was co-lead counsel in a class action that secured a $425 million jury verdict finding that Google illegally collected information from 98 million cellphone users who had asked the tech giant not to track their activity, earning the law firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.
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Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Weil
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP earned a complete appellate victory for Paramount Global against claims brought under the Video Privacy Protection Act, securing a win on an issue that has split the circuit courts, and it defeated a $150 million royalties claim against SiriusXM, earning it a place among the 2025 Law360 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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Class Action Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis
Knowing the ins and outs of class action law and having wide experience throughout the firm has led Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP to victories defending clients such as Freddie Mac, Deloitte and Amazon Web Services against billions in exposure, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Class Action Groups of the Year.
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Haynes Boone Adds Ex-SDNY Atty From Winston & Strawn
Haynes Boone LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a former Southern District of New York prosecutor from Winston & Strawn LLP to promote the growth of its white collar and investigations practice.
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Clark Hill Expands Energy, Lobbying Teams With Hinshaw Atty
An attorney with more than 20 years of experience advising clients on energy litigation matters and policy has moved her practice to Clark Hill PLC's Washington, D.C., office after nearly three years with Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP.
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Ariz.'s Non-Atty Partnerships Help Small Firms Think Bigger
When Arizona-based digital marketer James Hansen met up for lunch with a local attorney in 2010 to discuss how to promote his everything-but-the-kitchen-sink solo practice, there was little he could offer aside from helping to build out a website and encouraging him to focus more exclusively on family law.
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Former Litera Exec Joins Jackson Lewis As CIO
Labor and employment firm Jackson Lewis PC hired Ed Empamano, formerly the global head of business development and alliances at legal technology solutions provider Litera, as its chief information officer, according to a LinkedIn post by Empamano on Monday.
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Thompson Hine Adds 6 Financial Services Attys In Chicago
Thompson Hine LLP has expanded its Chicago office with a six-attorney securities litigation and regulatory enforcement team from UB Greensfelder LLP.
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Squire Patton Hires Sheppard Mullin, Miller & Chevalier Attys
Squire Patton Boggs LLP has hired a corporate attorney and an antitrust litigator from Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP and Miller & Chevalier Chtd., respectively, who are joining the firm as partners in Washington, D.C., according to two Tuesday announcements.
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Baker Botts Adds Oil And Gas Co-Chair In Houston From Weil
Baker Botts LLP has named a new co-chair for its oil and gas practice, a Houston-based partner who came aboard from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP.
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9 Winston & Strawn Attorneys Join King & Spalding
King & Spalding LLP announced Tuesday that the former Dallas managing partner and eight other litigation partners from Winston & Strawn LLP have joined the firm.
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5 Key Topics To Watch At The ABA Midyear Meeting
The American Bar Association's policymaking body is expected to consider nearly 30 proposals at its semiannual meeting, including several pieces of legislation addressing the intersection of today's political unrest and the law.
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Alston & Bird Adds Healthcare Regulatory Pro From Goodwin
Alston & Bird LLP has added a healthcare regulatory attorney previously with Goodwin Procter LLP as a partner in Chicago, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Investment Funds Pro Rejoins Davis Polk From Paul Weiss
A private funds and investment management regulatory lawyer is returning to Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as a partner in the firm's New York office after spending nearly four years with Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, where he served as head of the firm's investment management regulation practice.
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Manatt Appellate Star Leaves To Join Duane Morris In LA
Benjamin G. Shatz has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner at the firm's appellate division of the trial practice group in Los Angeles, after spending more than two decades at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, according to an announcement issued Monday.
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ArentFox Schiff Taps Bankruptcy Pro To Lead LA Office
ArentFox Schiff LLP has tapped a longtime bankruptcy attorney to lead its Los Angeles office.
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Fenwick Reaches Deal In FTX Crypto Scam Suit
Fenwick & West LLP and victims of the infamous FTX Trading Ltd. cryptocurrency scam are working toward a settlement in a case over the firm's alleged role in the trading platform's collapse.
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Clyde & Co. Combines With Seattle Insurance Boutique
London-founded Clyde & Co. LLP announced Monday that it has expanded its North American footprint through a merger with Forsberg & Umlauf PS, a Seattle-based insurance coverage and trial and defense firm.
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DLA Piper Adds Ex-Cooley Atty To Lead N. Calif. Practice
DLA Piper announced Monday that it has added the former global chair of Cooley LLP's digital health group to lead its Northern California corporate and securities practice and bolster its capacity to advise life sciences and technology companies on transactions and other matters.
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The Top In-House Hires Of January
Legal department hires over the first month of 2026 included high-profile appointments at SiriusXM, at a host of West Coast tech companies including Microsoft and Meta, and at Black & Decker. Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from January.
Expert Analysis
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Advancing Racial Justice In The Legal Industry And Beyond
In addition to building and nurturing a diverse talent pipeline, law firms should collaborate with general counsel, academics and others to focus on injustices within the broader legal system, says Jonathan Harmon, chairman at McGuireWoods.
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BigLaw firms often focus on increasing their diversity numbers, but without much attention to equity and inclusion, minority lawyers face substantial barriers after they get their foot in the door, says Patricia Brown Holmes, managing partner at Riley Safer.
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How Law Firms Can Hire And Retain More Black Attorneys
The pipeline of Black lawyers is limited, so BigLaw firms must invest in Black high school students, ensure Black attorneys receive origination credit and take other bold steps to increase Black representation in the industry, says Benjamin Wilson, chairman at Beveridge & Diamond.
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If enough law firms undertake some universal diversity best practices, such as connecting minority lawyers to key client relationships and establishing accountability for those charged with spearheading progress, the legal industry could look a lot different in the foreseeable future, says Frederick Nance, global managing partner at Squire Patton.
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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.