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    DLA Piper Says Ex-ArentFox RE Duo Bolsters Lender Services

    DLA Piper has announced the latest additions to its real estate team, welcoming two former ArentFox Schiff LLP lawyers who the firm says will bolster its services for lending-focused clients.

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    Former Transportation Department Deputy GC Joins Hunton

    The former deputy general counsel of the Transportation Department's Office of the Secretary has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner with the firm's environmental practice in Washington, D.C.

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    Holland & Knight Picks Up Reed Smith Oil & Gas Pro In Texas

    Holland & Knight LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a former Reed Smith LLP partner to bolster its corporate oil and gas practice and advise clients about liquefied natural gas and other transactions.

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    Unfilled Legal Jobs Up Amid Political, Economic Uncertainties

    While hiring demand in the legal sector remains virtually unchanged from last year, more positions are going unfilled, which suggests a growing sense of caution among law firms due to broader economic uncertainty, according to a report released Tuesday by legal data company Leopard Solutions.

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    King & Spalding Lands E-Discovery Ace From Kirkland In LA

    King & Spalding LLP has added an e-discovery attorney from Kirkland & Ellis LLP to its products liability and mass torts practice group to advise clients about information governance and other matters.

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    Eckert Seamans Keeps Same Exec Team, Adds 2 Board Members

    Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC reappointed all seven members of its executive committee for the 2025-2026 term and has added two members to its board of directors, the firm has announced.

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    White & Case Taps Latham AI Expert For Innovation Push

    White & Case LLP has hired the global manager of emerging technology and innovation at Latham & Watkins LLP as the firm looks at ways to use new technology to enhance the delivery of legal services to clients.

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    Weil White Collar Co-Leader Joins Ropes & Gray In NY

    A former senior federal prosecutor and the co-head of the global white collar defense practice at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has come aboard Ropes & Gray LLP in New York as a partner, the firm announced Tuesday.

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    Will Trump Deals Change BigLaw's Pro Bono Work?

    The nine law firms that struck deals with the Trump administration in an effort to avoid punitive executive orders agreed to perform $940 million worth of free legal services for causes the president supports, but it's unclear how much those commitments will change pro bono practices at some of the nation's biggest firms.

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    White & Case Rehires NY Energy Partner From Orrick

    A former Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP energy and infrastructure finance partner has rejoined White & Case LLP in New York, the firm said Tuesday.

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    HSF Promotes 19 To Partnership Ahead Of Merger

    Herbert Smith Freehills LLP said on Tuesday that almost 20 lawyers from across the globe have been promoted to its partnership as the firm prepares to merge with Kramer Levin.

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    From Hello To Hired In 8 Weeks: Lateral Moves Pick Up Speed

    The process of bringing on a lateral partner, once long and arduous, has been shortened and streamlined at many law firms in an effort to gain a leg up on the competition, according to two recruiters at Major Lindsey & Africa.

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    Buchalter Lands 4 White Collar Pros From Steptoe, DOJ

    Buchalter PC is expanding its white collar team, bringing in a former federal prosecutor most recently with Steptoe LLP as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office, plus three of his former colleagues from Steptoe and the Department of Justice. 

  • Quinn Emanuel, King & Spalding Rep Harvard In Trump Letter

    Harvard University on Monday turned to a pair of high-powered lawyers from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and King & Spalding LLP as the school pushed back on the Trump administration's policy demands linked to nearly $9 billion in federal funding — a move that prompted the government to freeze more than $2 billion in grants for the school.

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    Holland & Knight Adds Former Federal Prosecutor In Boston

    Holland & Knight LLP announced Monday that a former assistant U.S. attorney has joined its litigation practice group in Boston and will help bolster its capacity to handle healthcare fraud and government investigations and complex litigation.

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    V&E Makes Perkins Coie Atty Gov't Contracts Group Co-Head

    Vinson & Elkins LLP has hired a partner from Perkins Coie LLP who is joining V&E's litigation practice and will co-head the firm's government contracts practice, the firm announced Monday.

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    Fla. Grads See 10-Point Spike In Feb. Bar Exam Pass Rate

    First-time test-takers who graduated from accredited Florida law schools passed the February bar exam at a rate of 63.5%, an almost 10 percentage point increase over the previous year's results, according to data released Monday.

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    McElroy Deutsch Settles Theft Suit Against Former Execs

    McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP has reached a settlement with two former executives who the firm accused of stealing millions through fraudulent bonuses and credit card use, capping off nearly two years of hard-fought litigation.

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    Whistleblower Defense Attorney Returns To Littler In Boston

    After leaving Littler Mendelson PC nearly 10 years ago, an attorney specializing in whistleblower cases has moved his practice back to the firm's Boston office.

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    Clifford Chance Hires Corporate M&A Atty From White & Case

    Clifford Chance LLP has grown its U.S. corporate mergers and acquisitions practice with the addition of a former White & Case LLP partner in New York, the firm said Monday.

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    Sidley Lands M&A, Private Equity Pro From Skadden In NY

    Sidley Austin LLP announced on Monday it has hired a partner from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP to strengthen its mergers and acquisitions and private equity practices.

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    Filing AI's Fake Cases Can Land Attys Big Fines Or Nothing

    Legal ethics experts say they're trying to make sense of a wide variety of sanctions in recent high-profile cases in which lawyers have submitted legal briefs with fake case citations written by artificial intelligence.

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    3 Ex-Cooley IP Attys Help Launch New Fenwick Boston Office

    Fenwick & West LLP said Monday it has opened a temporary office in Boston with three new intellectual property partners, including Matthew Pavao, Cooley LLP's former global patent prosecution and counseling group chair, with plans to open a permanent space in the future.

  • 21 AGs Back WilmerHale, Jenner & Block Over Trump Order

    A coalition of 21 attorneys general Friday filed briefs in support of WilmerHale and Jenner & Block LLP as the firms challenge President Donald Trump's retaliatory executive orders in D.C. federal court, arguing that the directives unconstitutionally punish the firms for representing people and causes the president doesn't like.

  • Greenspoon Marder Promotes 4 Attys To Partner

    Full-service law firm Greenspoon Marder LLP promoted four attorneys in different offices to partner roles, the firm announced.

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Expert Analysis

  • Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap Author Photo

    In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.

  • 7 Tips For Predeposition Meetings Under New Federal Rule Author Photo

    Attorneys can use a new predeposition meet-and-confer obligation for federal litigation — taking effect Tuesday — to better understand and narrow the topics of planned testimony, and more clearly outline the scope of any discovery disputes, says James Wagstaffe at Wagstaffe von Loewenfeldt Busch.

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    Preparing The Next Generation Of Female Trial Lawyers Author Photo

    To build the ranks of female trial attorneys, law firms must integrate them into every aspect of a case — from witness preparation to courtroom arguments — instead of relegating them to small roles, says Kalpana Srinivasan, co-managing partner at Susman Godfrey.

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    Mentorship Is Key To Fixing Drop-Off Of Women In Law Author Photo

    It falls to senior male attorneys to recognize the crisis female attorneys face as the pandemic amplifies an already unequal system and to offer their knowledge, experience and counsel to build a better future for women in law, says James Meadows at Culhane Meadows.

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    5 Ways Firms Can Avoid Female Atty Exodus During Pandemic Author Photo

    The pandemic's disproportionate impact on women presents law firms with a unique opportunity to devise innovative policies that will address the increasing home life demands female lawyers face and help retain them long after COVID-19 is over, say Roberta Liebenberg at Fine Kaplan and Stephanie Scharf at Scharf Banks.

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    Ideas For Closing BigLaw's Diversity Gap Author Photo

    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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    BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders Author Photo

    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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    BigLaw Cannot Reap Diversity Rewards Without Inclusion Author Photo

    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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    Advancing Racial Justice In The Legal Industry And Beyond Author Photo

    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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    How Law Firms Can Hire And Retain More Black Attorneys Author Photo

    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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    Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners Author Photo

    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.

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