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Law Firm Lateral Hiring Rebounded In Q2, But Trails 2024 Pace
Legal Sector Jobs Continue To Climb, Nearing All-Time High
Legal Sector Sees Record Leases As Firms Eye Premium Digs
Law Firm Mergers Hit A Near-Record Low In First Half
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Masimo Criticizes Bid To DQ Quinn Emanuel In Payout Suit
Masimo Corp. is fighting a bid by its former CEO Joe Kiani to disqualify Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP from representing the medical technology company in Delaware Chancery Court litigation over Kiani's quest for a $450 million payout.
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Grieving Texas Legal Community Steps Up After Flood Losses
Texas lawyers are rallying around colleagues whose children were killed in the Guadalupe River's floodwaters last weekend, as attorneys around the Lone Star State organize widespread efforts to assist victims and hard-hit communities.
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Duane Morris Insurance Specialist Returns To Stradley Ronon
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP's recent expansion of its insurance practice has prompted a former partner and practice chair to return to the Philadelphia office after nearly two years at Duane Morris LLP.
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Weil Executive Comp Atty Rejoins Sullivan & Cromwell
An experienced executive compensation attorney has departed Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and returned to Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, where she's spent much of her legal career.
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Reed Smith Brings On Former SEC Atty From V&E In Dallas
Reed Smith LLP has added a pair of former Vinson & Elkins LLP attorneys in its Dallas office, including a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigations and enforcement attorney who bolsters the firm's global regulatory enforcement group, Reed Smith announced Tuesday.
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BCLP Taps New Office Leaders In Atlanta, Boulder
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP announced Tuesday that it tapped two new leaders from its corporate transactions team to head up the Boulder, Colorado, and Atlanta offices.
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Ex-US Atty For Eastern Pa. Joins BakerHostetler In Philly
After more than 25 years working for the federal government in various roles, including her most recent stint as a top prosecutor in Pennsylvania, a seasoned litigator has returned to private practice and joined BakerHostetler in Philadelphia, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Jones Day Adds Ex-FDIC, Treasury Leaders To Financial Team
Jones Day has expanded its financial markets practice in Washington, D.C., with two new partners who have key experience at financial institutions and regulatory agencies.
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Cooley Boosts DC Office With Top CPSC Trial Atty
A four-year veteran of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has joined Cooley LLP as a special counsel, where she'll work with the firm's global product compliance and East Coast business litigation group in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Tuesday.
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Paul Hastings Lands Wilson Sonsini Emerging Co. Atty In SF
Paul Hastings LLP has hired a longtime corporate attorney from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC to grow its emerging companies and venture capital practice and expand its talent base in Northern California, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Law Firm Partners United Co-Founder Joins King & Spalding
A Goodwin Procter LLP intellectual property partner who earlier this year co-founded a coalition of BigLaw attorneys challenging the Trump administration's attacks on law firms has jumped to King & Spalding LLP.
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New DC Bar Leader On Guiding Group Amid Political Tumult
New D.C. Bar President Sadina Montani wasn’t on the ballot this year, but she is taking the reins of the nation’s largest mandatory bar after a contentious election in which national politics took center stage.
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Ex-FTC Antitrust Chief Returns To Covington As Co-Chair
Covington & Burling LLP has rehired the former director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition as a co-chair of its antitrust and competition practice group in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Monday.
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Latham Lawyer Joins Jenner & Block's DC Appellate Practice
A former Latham & Watkins LLP appellate attorney, who spent close to four years at the firm working with complex constitutional and regulatory matters on behalf of technology and entertainment companies, has moved to Jenner & Block LLP, the firm announced Monday.
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Cozen O'Connor Adds Real Estate Pro From Ropes & Gray
An attorney specializing in real estate transactions has moved his practice from Ropes & Gray LLP to Cozen O'Connor, where he will split his time between two offices.
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Quintairos Prieto Opens Philly Office With Maron Marvel Atty
National firm Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer PA has launched its 50th office in the country in Philadelphia, with an attorney who will lead its settlement counsel practice, the firm announced Monday.
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Davis Polk Taps Willkie Partner As Trusts & Estates Co-Head
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has hired a former Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP private wealth partner to be a co-head of its trusts and estates practice in New York, the firm announced Monday.
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Weil Adds DLA Piper Entertainment Transactions Co-Chair
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced Monday it has hired the co-leader of DLA Piper's entertainment transactions practice to enhance its own capacity to handle a wide range of entertainment, sports and media deals.
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Brownstein Hyatt Breaks Into NY, Adds 5-Atty Crowell Team
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP announced Monday that it has hired five partners and a policy director from Crowell & Moring LLP and established its first New York office in the process.
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More NY Public Interest Attys And Advocates Authorize Strikes
Eight chapters of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys — a union that represents thousands of public interest attorneys and advocates in the New York City metro area — have voted to authorize strikes as workers hope their sectoral bargaining strategy will lead to more favorable deals with managers.
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Paul Hastings Adds Antitrust Pro, DOJ Alum From Paul Weiss
Paul Hastings LLP announced on Monday that it has hired a former Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP lawyer and U.S. Department of Justice alum known for his work on antitrust matters ranging from bet-the-company transactions to high-stakes litigation.
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Circuit-By-Circuit Recap: Justices Send Message To Outliers
It was a tough term at the U.S. Supreme Court for two very different circuits — one solidly liberal, one solidly conservative — that had their rulings overturned in eye-popping numbers. But it was another impressive year for a relatively moderate circuit that appears increasingly simpatico with the high court.
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The Moments That Shaped The Universal Injunction Case
The U.S. Supreme Court voted along ideological lines when it hindered the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide pauses on presidential policies, but that outcome didn't seem like a foregone conclusion during oral arguments earlier this year. What do the colloquies suggest about the justices' thinking? Here are some moments that may have swayed them.
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Orrick Adds Nixon Peabody Public Finance Atty In LA
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is boosting its finance team, bringing in a Nixon Peabody LLP public finance pro as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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Office Snapshot: Polsinelli Finds Essence Of Dallas Market
Polsinelli recently moved its Dallas office following a philosophy of finding property that "fits within a market, and embodies what the market is."
Expert Analysis
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Achieving Organic Growth For A Legal Nonprofit
We started Law Rocks to promote music education for underprivileged youth and raise funds for local nonprofits, and our 15-year journey has shown that enthusiasm, persistence and a great network can lead to a surprising amount of organic growth, say Nick Child and Ted Scott at Secretariat.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Engage With The Media
Business development is all about awareness — and by taking existing skills and adapting them to build media relationships and thereby address today's audiences, lawyers can expand their outreach and use thought leadership to build a more complete, compelling personal brand, says Michael Goodwin at Stanton PR.
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What GCs Value Most: 7 Habits Of Great Relationship Partners
When seeking outside legal advisers, general counsel want commercially savvy lawyers who cultivate relationships of trust with their in-house counterparts, back up the GC's authority and focus on actionable advice instead of abstract legal analysis, say Andrew Dick at The L Suite and Rob Morvillo at Olo.
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Nonprofit Launch Tips From Founders In The Legal Industry
In this Law360 Expert Analysis series, legal professionals who have founded industry-related nonprofits discuss how to overcome the biggest challenges to getting started, and how to balance the launch and management of an organization along with the demands of their primary work.
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Generating Confidence In A Legal Nonprofit
I started LawWithoutWalls to change the way legal professionals see and think about their world, and it taught me the importance of giving people a reason to believe in your nonprofit mission, as well as how to achieve work-life integration, says Michele DeStefano at the University of Miami.
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Nonequity Partner Frustrations Reflect Erosion Of Opportunity
Nonequity partners report the lowest satisfaction, highest stress and poorest financial outlook of any group of lawyers, highlighting a growing structural disconnect that leaves attorneys at many firms feeling like the ladder has been pulled up behind those who already ascended, says Jake Carroll at Nelson Mullins.
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Building Brand Awareness For A Legal Nonprofit
I co-founded the Bridging the Gap Scholarship as a way to increase minority representation in BigLaw, and my advice for other legal professionals starting a nonprofit is to focus on building brand awareness early on, and to get comfortable delegating work to a dedicated team, says Imani Maatuka at Sidley.
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Learn Your Colleagues To Cross-Sell Their Services Fearlessly
Understanding where colleagues in other practice areas shine can help attorneys confidently cross-sell each other's services and bring in business to keep the firm afloat in hard times, says Joe Calve at Calve Communications.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Advertise Ethically
Business development in the legal industry is about building authentic connections and showcasing expertise in a way that reflects reality, and, when done right, it can elevate a practice, establish credibility and bring in clients without risking an ethics violation, says Melody Jackson at Robinhood.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Help After Mental Health Leave?
Molly Ranns at the State Bar of Michigan suggests five ways to smooth a colleague's return to practice after short-term mental health leave, while creating a firm culture that protects employees’ emotional health.
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Tips For Attracting Stellar CLOs In A Competitive Landscape
Amid a rapidly changing regulatory environment and a fierce market for talent, companies hoping to attract the best chief legal officers must have a strong grasp of their roles’ biggest selling points, and any roadblocks that may prevent them from recruiting the strongest choice, says Heather Fine at Major Lindsey.
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'Golden Handcuffs' May Be A Double-Edge Sword For Firms
As law firms increasingly use certain financial incentives to retain partners in a fierce lateral market, managing partners should consider the pros and cons of various deferred compensation schemes, says Tom Hanlon at Buchanan Law.
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The 10-Min. Rule For Building A Business Development Habit
Many lawyers assume that becoming a rainmaker requires a significant investment of time and effort, but the truth is that building a consistent habit of business development can start with just 10 minutes of strategic outreach a day, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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5 Pointers For Firm Leaders Communicating Tough Decisions
Certain law firm decisions — such as whether to challenge an executive order — cannot be crowdsourced, but leadership can collaboratively communicate these choices using strategies that build trust, reinforce values and preserve cohesion, says John Hellerman at Hellerman Communications.
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Conversations around retirement and succession can be understandably difficult, but when attorneys make a plan for the transition early and effectively, they have the opportunity to not only keep work but also increase it, says Jillian McKenna at Verrill Dana.