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New York Pulse
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MSG Seeks To Boot Atty From Ex-Exec's Bias, Retaliation Suit
A Reavis Page Jump LLP attorney representing a former Madison Square Garden security executive in a discrimination suit is too enmeshed in the facts of the case, MSG said, urging a New York federal court to kick the lawyer and firm off the suit if it's not outright dismissed.
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Beverly Hills Law Firm Heads East With NYC Office
Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP has expanded beyond its Beverly Hills roots for the first time in its 70-year history to New York City, with a Rosenberg & Estis PC litigator set to lead its new location.
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Weil Matches Year-End And Special Bonuses For Associates
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP on Tuesday joined a cadre of other firms in matching the BigLaw standard for this year's associate bonuses.
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Winston & Strawn Promotes 18 To Partner
Winston & Strawn LLP has elevated 18 attorneys to partner, two shy of last year's class.
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Mamdani Transition Team Includes Dozens Of Attorneys
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani appointed dozens of nonprofit leaders, BigLaw attorneys, law professors and other lawyers to transition committees that will help advise the incoming administration.
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Cohen & Gresser Latest Law Firm To Eye Private Equity Deal
New York-based Cohen & Gresser LLP, an international law firm with around 70 lawyers, is in talks to sell a stake in its business to a private equity investor, a spokesperson confirmed Monday.
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5 BigLaw Firms Match Prevailing Year-End, Special Bonuses
BigLaw continues to dole out extra cash for attorneys just in time for the holidays, with five more firms matching the year-end and special bonuses previously announced by their peers.
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Fried Frank Atty To Lead Fund Finance At Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Monday that it has tapped a former Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP attorney to serve as head of fund finance, calling him "a market leader in structuring and executing complex rated note feeder and collateralized fund obligation transactions."
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Comey, James Defeat Charges Over Halligan's Appointment
A federal judge on Monday dismissed the headline-grabbing indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, finding the controversial prosecutor handling both cases was not properly appointed.
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The Face Of Willkie Farr's New York Office
When Eithne Quigley first stepped into the New York offices of the firm that came to be known as Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in September 1960, she was up for a challenge.
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Texas Boutique Giving Associates Bonuses Of Up To $135K
Texas complex commercial litigation boutique Vartabedian Hester & Haynes LLP announced Friday that it will reward associates with additional year-end bonuses of up to $135,000 by Dec. 31, while more firms said they'd match or exceed the prevailing BigLaw scale.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a D.C. federal judge rejected a Federal Trade Commission suit accusing Meta Platforms of illegally monopolizing social media through its purchases of WhatsApp and Instagram.
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Mayer Brown Promotes 36 Lawyers To Partnership
Mayer Brown LLP has elevated 36 lawyers to its partnership, including four new partners who are based in its office in London.
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2025 Associate Bonus And 2026 Salary Tracker
UPDATE December 23, 2025 | Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP kicked off 2025's year-end associate bonuses on Nov. 18, with lump sums for associates ranging from $15,000 to $115,000 based on seniority. Shortly after, a number of large law firms followed suit.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms kicked off year-end bonus season and announced partner promotions. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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NY Appeals Court Reinstates Holland & Knight In Fuel Dispute
A New York state appeals court has reversed an order disqualifying Holland & Knight LLP and one of its partners from representing a fuel company in an arbitration proceeding being conducted in New York over its supply of allegedly defective marine fuel.
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Willkie Hikes Up Partnership Promotions With 30-Atty Class
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has announced that 30 of its attorneys from offices around the globe, who focus on a variety of practice areas, will be promoted to partner Jan. 1, more than its 19-member 2025 partner class.
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Delayed Report Says 1,100 Legal Jobs Added In September
The number of jobs in the U.S. legal industry ticked up this fall, with the sector adding 1,100 positions in September, according to preliminary data in the long-awaited jobs report released Thursday.
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Cybersecurity Co. Axonius Names 1st GC From Azra Games
Cybersecurity company Axonius Inc. has found its first general counsel in a veteran legal leader who has worked at software and technology companies including Azra Games and Iterable as it prepares for an initial public offering.
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In-House v. Associate Life: Who's Really Got It Better?
Most in-house counsel who responded to Law360 Pulse's survey cited factors such as shaping business strategy and the absence of billable hours as motivations for joining corporate legal departments. Law360 Pulse spoke with in-house counsel and law firm associates about the pros and cons of their respective roles and the facets of their legal peers' positions that are, or are not, appealing.
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A Deep Dive Into In-House Counsel Pay
Total compensation packages for in-house counsel at different levels of the typical corporate legal department can vary significantly. Find out how corporations are leveraging salaries, bonuses and other incentives to attract top talent.
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For In-House Attys, Bonuses Come Easy, But Equity Less So
The vast majority of in-house counsel at all levels received pay bonuses in 2024, while a smaller share — but still a majority — received long-term incentives, according to a new survey.
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Law Firms Begin Upping The Ante For Associate Bonuses
Trial boutique Wilkinson Stekloff LLP is exceeding the year-end associate bonus scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, announcing bonuses late Wednesday that are 150% of market.
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Trump's Epstein Directive Puts SDNY Prosecutor In A 'Pickle'
Manhattan chief federal prosecutor Jay Clayton appears to have been backed into a "horrible" corner with a "no-win" outcome as a result of a directive from President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's ties to prominent Democrats, experts say.
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Ex-SDNY Chief Rejects Claim Of Broken FTX Plea Promise
Former interim Manhattan U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon told a federal judge Thursday that she never promised crypto lobbyist Michelle Bond any kind of no-prosecute deal as the government negotiated a guilty plea with Bond's husband, former FTX executive Ryan Salame.
Expert Analysis
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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Series
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
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.
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Perspectives
Judges On Race: The Path To A More Diverse Bench
To close the diversity gap between the judiciary and the litigants that regularly appear in criminal courts, institutions including police departments, prosecutor offices and defense law firms must be committed to advancing Black and Latino men, says New York Supreme Court Justice Erika Edwards.
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The Unique Challenges Of Protecting A Law Firm Brand
Recent law firm trademark disputes highlight how the tension between legal ethics rules and trademark law can make it difficult for firms to select brands that are distinctive and entitled to protection, say Kimberly Maynard and Tyler Maulsby at Frankfurt Kurnit.