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What's Costing Legal Marketing Officers Sleep
Finding the best ways to implement artificial intelligence and maximizing employees' business development are some of the things keeping legal industry professionals up at night, according to a new report by public relations firm Greentarget.
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Dinsmore Adds IP Partner In Texas From Fish & Richardson
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has hired a Fish & Richardson PC intellectual property lawyer who has advanced degrees in mechanical and aerospace engineering and practiced at his previous firm for more than 20 years, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Securities Group Of The Year: Skadden
With more than 100 practicing attorneys across the globe, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's securities practice continues to dominate, securing a $48 million settlement in an event-driven litigation, as well as a unanimous defense verdict in a multibillion-dollar class action jury trial, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Securities Groups of the Year.
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Telecommunications Group Of The Year: Wiley
Wiley Rein LLP helped Intelsat Holdings leap the regulatory hurdles standing in the way of its $3.1 billion buyout by major satellite company SES SA, and it convinced the Eighth Circuit to toss a decades-old ban on broadcasters owning more than one Top Four-rated television station in any market, earning it a spot among the Law360 2025 Telecommunications Groups of the Year.
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International Arbitration Group Of The Year: Squire Patton
Squire Patton Boggs LLP convinced an international tribunal last year to toss a $2.1 billion claim against Slovakia, in part by showing that the claimant's employees had faked injuries allegedly caused by the police and others, landing the firm among the 2025 Law360 International Arbitration Groups of the Year.
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Environmental Group Of The Year: Sidley
Sidley Austin LLP attorneys helped a leading fuel industry trade group prevail at the U.S. Supreme Court, secured an appellate win in California for a scrap metal recycling facility, and successfully resolved a pro bono case on behalf of a U.S. Navy sailor accused of Clean Air Act violations, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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Compliance Group Of The Year: Morrison Foerster
Morrison Foerster LLP attorneys took on a remediation and compliance review for one of the world's largest banks and advised on a Dutch government initiative for developing a national digital platform for citizens' healthcare data, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Compliance Groups of the Year.
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Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Debevoise
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP helped investment firm Global Infrastructure Partners assemble its largest-ever infrastructure fund, which raised $25.2 billion, and assisted longtime client Stone Point Capital with its 10th buyout fund, which raised $11.5 billion — earning a spot among the 2025 Law360 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
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Benefits Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
This past year, Mayer Brown's team of ERISA litigators persuaded trial courts to shut down several complex cases against big-name clients, including Nordstrom and a Berkshire Hathaway company, landing the group a place among Law360's 2025 Benefits Groups of the Year.
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Greenberg Grows NY Gov't Team With Davidoff Hutcher Duo
Greenberg Traurig LLP announced Wednesday that it has added a duo from Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP to its dedicated practice for New York law and policy matters.
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HSF Kramer Wants To Show BigLaw Can Also Be AI-Native
On the heels of its recent transatlantic merger, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP is one of the largest law firms seeking to become "AI-native," a term being used by several newly launched smaller law firms that promise to provide cheaper and faster legal services than traditional law firms.
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Cozen Adds One Big Beautiful Bill Tax Provision Designer
The architect of the tax provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, who spent the past seven years on Capitol Hill and previously served as the top oversight counsel for the House Ways and Means Committee, has joined Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, the group recently announced.
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Simpson Thacher Plans Dallas Launch, Adds Capital Practice
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is planning to plant a second flag in the Lone Star State with a shop in Dallas after launching a capital structure solutions practice with a New York-based partner who came aboard from Kirkland & Ellis LLP at the helm.
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Seyfarth's Houston Leader Aims To Wield Power Of Innovation
At just under 50 attorneys, Seyfarth Shaw LLP's Houston office is among the firm's smaller shops, but new office leader Suzanna Bonham said it can still "pack a punch."
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another busy week for the legal industry as law firms hired new talent and named new leaders across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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BCLP Adds Ex-McDermott Atty To Real Estate Platform In NY
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP announced Wednesday that it has brought a deals attorney from McDermott Will & Schulte to its real estate department, which the firm says it has targeted for growth this year.
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Foley & Lardner Brings On 4 IP, Corporate Attys In Calif.
Foley & Lardner LLP is expanding its California team, announcing Thursday it is adding four partners with technology-related experience — two in San Diego, one in San Francisco and one in Silicon Valley.
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Squire Patton Boggs Hires K&L Gates Trade Atty In DC
Squire Patton Boggs LLP has hired a K&L Gates LLP trade partner who focuses his practice on economic sanctions matters, export controls, national security reviews and maritime law, the firm announced Thursday.
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Meet The Attys 'Vibe-Coding' Their Own AI Apps
Some attorneys are creating their own artificial intelligence applications from scratch with new software, inspiring others in the legal profession to follow do-it-yourself technology dreams.
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McDermott Adds Transmitter Licensing Atty To Crypto Team
McDermott Will & Schulte announced Wednesday that it has added a money transmitter licensing lawyer from Ketsal PLLC to its cryptocurrency team, which the firm calls "the industry's only crypto-exclusive team whose lawyers devote 100% of their practice to digital asset matters."
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Telecommunications Group Of The Year: Latham
Latham & Watkins LLP shepherded Skydance Media's $8 billion merger deal with CBS owner Paramount Global, and the Ellison family and RedBird Capital Partners' $2.4 billion takeover of a controlling stake in Paramount owner National Amusements, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Telecommunications Groups of the Year.
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Securities Group Of The Year: Glancy Prongay
Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP has helped secure hundreds of millions of dollars from companies accused of misleading investors, navigating high-profile controversies such as the collapse of Archegos Capital Management LP, earning it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Securities Groups of the Year.
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Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP attorneys continued this past year to steer some of the biggest fundraises, including $22 billion in capital commitments for Blackstone's inaugural evergreen institutional U.S. direct lending fund, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
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International Arbitration Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's international arbitration lawyers scored a key discovery victory for client Exxon Mobil Corp. in a €20 billion ($23.74 billion) dispute over gas production in the Netherlands and successfully defended Ukraine against a $100 million investment treaty claim brought by a Russian-American businessman, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 International Arbitration Groups of the Year.
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Environmental Group Of The Year: Hunton
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP's environmental practice fended off a number of climate change liability suits waged by city governments against its oil and natural gas clients, and helped clients like East Tennessee Natural Gas LLC secure permitting for key infrastructure projects, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Environmental Groups of the Year.
Expert Analysis
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How 2 Litigators Decided Dad Would Stay Home With The Kids
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
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.