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Holland & Knight Picks M&A Expert To Run Tampa Office
Holland & Knight LLP has named a 15-year veteran of the firm and a mergers and acquisitions expert to lead its Tampa office, the firm announced Monday.
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Transportation Group Of The Year: O'Melveny
Long-standing relationships with clients and the depth and breadth of O'Melveny & Myers' transportation practice group netted major wins staving off class actions against American Airlines and Southwest Airlines, as well as first-of-their-kind mergers and transactions, earning the group a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Transportation Groups of the Year.
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Appellate Group Of The Year: Clement & Murphy
Last year, Clement & Murphy PLLC attorneys again remade environmental and administrative law, this time by scoring a favorable U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding a Utah oil railway, and by talking the justices out of making major changes to the nondelegation doctrine in a telecom case — earning a spot among the 2025 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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Kirkland Adds Ex-DOJ Criminal Division Leader In New York
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has hired the former head of the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division, who most recently helped oversee corporate enforcement matters, cases dealing with foreign bribery, fraud, sanctions and more, the firm announced on Monday.
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Barnes & Thornburg Adds 4 More Ballard Spahr Attys
Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced Monday that it has welcomed four more former Ballard Spahr LLP lawyers in a move that comes on the heels of Barnes & Thornburg hiring 35 public finance attorneys from Ballard Spahr last month.
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Debevoise Rolls Out Legora-Based AI Tool For In-House Pros
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP said Monday that it has launched an enhanced version of a subscription-based tech platform aimed at helping in-house legal and compliance teams to use artificial intelligence responsibly while speeding up adoption.
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Bracewell Adds Holland & Knight RE Duo In Dallas
Bracewell LLP announced Monday that it has launched a new real estate special situations practice with a pair of partners in Dallas who came aboard from Holland & Knight LLP.
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Sidley Adds Another Finance Atty, This Time From Debevoise
Sidley Austin LLP announced Monday that the chair of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's finance group has joined its ranks in New York, marking the latest of many recent additions to the team.
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Paul Hastings Adds A&O Shearman Securities Litigator Duo
Paul Hastings LLP announced Monday that it has hired two San Francisco-based securities litigation attorneys from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling as partners, including A&O Shearman's former managing partner of the California offices.
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Arnold & Porter Hires RE, IP Attys For West Coast Offices
Arnold & Porter hired an experienced real estate finance attorney and a veteran IP attorney for partner and counsel roles in its Seattle and San Francisco offices respectively, the firm announced Monday.
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Norton Rose Fulbright Launches Digital Infrastructure Team
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP has launched a data center and digital infrastructure group, making it the latest firm to announce a dedicated team focused on the environmental, energy, regulatory and business aspects of the developments that power artificial intelligence technology.
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DOJ Forges Ahead With Law Firm EO Appeals At DC Circ.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday moved ahead with filing appeals at the D.C. Circuit to defend executive orders issued by President Donald Trump targeting four law firms, just three days after the agency backtracked on its decision to drop the fight.
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Trade Lawyers Buckle Up For Tariff 'Roller Coaster Ride'
Attorneys are preparing clients for a possible "roller coaster ride" as law firms craft tailored strategies to claw back tariffs paid under the now-struck-down International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariff regime amid wide uncertainty over refund processes and the Trump administration's pursuit of more tariffs under different laws.
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in three cases this week, including a fight over drug users' right to own guns, and issued decisions in two, one involving New Jersey Transit's immunity from suit and the other concerning courts' ability to review immigration decisions. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the high court.
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Husch Blackwell Appoints Chief Transformation Officer
Husch Blackwell LLP announced Friday the appointment of a chief transformation officer and the launch of a transformation office, which seeks to accelerate technology and operations change at the firm.
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Appellate Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP helped convince the Sixth Circuit to end the government's net neutrality rules in one of the highest-profile cases turning on the U.S. Supreme Court's Loper Bright decision and won two appellate rulings in favor of FirstEnergy Corp. in litigation over a $1 billion bribery scandal, earning it a place among the 2025 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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Legal Jobs Up 19th Straight Month In 'Goldilocks' Economy
The legal sector continued its lengthy upward streak in February, with 2,600 more people employed in lawyer, paralegal and other law-related professional roles last month than in January, according to seasonally adjusted data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry began the month of March facing a new conflict in the Middle East and developments on executive orders targeting BigLaw firms. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Sidley Adds Payments Expert From Wilson Sonsini
Sidley Austin LLP announced that it has hired a finance and financial technology attorney and former senior counsel at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC, touting her experience advising companies across the payments ecosystem.
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Why Firms Are Investing In State AG Practices
As clients face heat from state attorneys general amid a changing federal enforcement landscape, a growing number of law firms are building up their state attorney general practices, including Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, which announced a new task force this week.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Winston & Strawn LLP, Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo PC, Stanford's Supreme Court Litigation Clinic and attorney Olivia Gabriel lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that New Jersey cannot shield its public transit system from personal injury lawsuits by out-of-state plaintiffs under sovereign immunity.
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Wilson Sonsini Aims To Transform Legal Work With AI Push
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC is planning to roll out a few more artificial intelligence tools this year as it pushes toward a longer-term goal of transforming how its attorneys practice.
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White & Case Adds Winston & Strawn LA Securities Litigator
White & Case LLP is growing its West Coast team, bringing in a Winston & Strawn LLP securities litigator as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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Dorsey & Whitney Adds M&A Team In Southern California
Dorsey & Whitney LLP is expanding in Southern California, announcing Thursday it is bringing in a team to launch a mergers and acquisitions practice in its Orange County office.
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DOJ Reversal On Firm EOs Weakens Case But Sends Message
The U.S. Department of Justice's abrupt turnabout this week in its battle with four law firms may have undermined its position in an already weak court case, attorneys and industry observers told Law360 Pulse, but they say its actions show the Trump administration's campaign against the legal profession is not over.
Expert Analysis
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BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders
Hiring more women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community to BigLaw positions of power is the first key to making other underrepresented attorneys believe they have an opportunity for a path to leadership, says Ernest Greer, co-president at Greenberg Traurig.
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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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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.