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Benefits, Bonuses Rose As Remote Work Dipped In 2024
More firms are offering benefits such as parental leave and bonuses, and the legal industry appears to be settling on the amount of remote work that attorneys and staffers are allowed to perform, the Association of Legal Administrators has found in its latest annual report.
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Jenner & Block To Require 4 Days In Office Starting In March
Jenner & Block LLP is planning to call attorneys and other employees into the office four days a week next year, joining a growing number of BigLaw firms that have announced increased in-person work requirements.
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Combs' Defamation Suit Unlikely To Be Tossed, Judge Says
Sean "Diddy" Combs' $50 million defamation suit accusing a grand jury witness, a lawyer and Nexstar Media Inc. of spreading falsities is likely to survive the defendants' motion to dismiss, at least in part, a Manhattan federal judge said Tuesday.
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King & Spalding Promotes 27 Attys To Partner Across Globe
King & Spalding LLP is elevating 27 lawyers to partner in 2026, the firm announced on Tuesday, a smaller class than the 37 attorneys who were promoted this year in the firm's largest class of partners.
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Pryor Cashman Taps Assistant GC From US Copyright Office
Pryor Cashman LLP has grown its New York office with the addition of a former assistant general counsel at the U.S. Copyright Office, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Eversheds Adds Ex-SDNY Atty As Investigations Co-Leader
Eversheds Sutherland has added a former assistant U.S. attorney from the Southern District of New York to co-lead its corporate crime and investigations practice, the firm announced.
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Eversheds Sutherland Leaders Talk Strategic Growth
Growth is top of mind for Eversheds Sutherland's two global leaders, but as they wrap up 2025 in their new leadership roles with the transatlantic firm, they emphasized in a recent interview with Law360 Pulse they're taking a strategic approach to expansion.
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Eckert Seamans Expands CFO Role To Also Serve As COO
A year after moving from Reed Smith LLP, the chief financial officer for Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC has seen his duties expanded to also lead the firm's operations.
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Bernstein Litowitz Corp. Founder Returns To 'Stabilize' Group
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP announced Monday that it has welcomed back a prominent shareholder lawyer to co-lead its corporate governance practice following the controversial departure of the group's former leader to launch a boutique firm.
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Ex-DOJ Criminal Chief For NJ Joins Abell Eskew Landau
The former chief of the criminal division at the U.S. Attorney's Office for New Jersey moved into private practice as a partner at the white collar boutique Abell Eskew Landau LLP after a 13-year run as a prosecutor.
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$32M Malpractice Suit Was Filed Too Late, Judge Says
A federal magistrate judge recommended tossing a lawsuit accusing Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP and one of its partners of aiding a scheme to divert tens of millions of dollars from the Orly Genger 1993 Trust, finding on Friday that every claim lodged by the trust's assignee is barred by the statute of limitations.
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US Lawyer Numbers Surge With Hefty 2024 Graduating Class
The number of U.S. lawyers showed marked growth for the first time since 2020, due to a 2024 graduating class that was nearly 12% larger than any other class since 2012, a study from the American Bar Association released Monday showed.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Lieff Cabraser's handling of a lawsuit by fired federal employees involved in diversity, equity and inclusion work and Wiley's work defeating a bid challenge on behalf of a federal contractor lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Nov. 14 to Dec. 5.
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Cullen And Dykman Launches Entrepreneurship Practice
A new practice recently launched by Cullen and Dykman LLP pools the firm's transactional resources to focus on clients looking to buy or sell small or medium-sized businesses and provide them with legal guidance and expertise to negotiate complicated deals.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Gupta Wessler LLP and Block & Leviton LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Eleventh Circuit revived a proposed class action against NextEra Energy Inc. that seeks to hold the energy company liable for a share price drop that followed political interference allegations involving a subsidiary.
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Katten Exceeds Market Bonus Scale, Orrick Matches
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has joined a select few law firms that have gone beyond the BigLaw norm for year-end and special bonuses.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off December with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms continued bonus season and announced partner promotions. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Menendez Barred From Holding Public Office After Conviction
Former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez has been permanently barred from holding any public office or position of trust in New Jersey, following his conviction on federal bribery and corruption charges, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced Friday.
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NY AG Applauds Reports Grand Jury Declined To Reindict
New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday hailed reports that a Norfolk, Virginia, federal grand jury had declined to reindict her on charges of mortgage fraud, refusing to revive a case that President Donald Trump had pushed prosecutors to pursue against his "guilty as hell" political opponent.
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Pot Shop Associate Doubts Judge's Neutrality In RICO Case
A landlord accused of allowing an unauthorized cannabis shop to operate within the Cayuga Nation is asking a New York federal judge to recuse herself less than a week before trial is set to begin, suggesting that the jurist might not be unbiased because counsel for the tribe "helped" her "son get a job."
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Goldberg Segalla Adds New Special Counsel To NYC Office
Goldberg Segalla LLP has hired an experienced commercial litigation attorney as special counsel for its real estate litigation and title disputes team in New York City, the firm recently announced.
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SDNY Judge Unsure Of Jurisdiction In Maurene Comey Suit
A Manhattan federal judge said Thursday he may not have jurisdiction over former prosecutor Maurene Comey's suit claiming President Donald Trump's rivalry with her father, former FBI Director James Comey, led to her firing.
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Eversheds Sutherland Names Partners In Atlanta, DC And NY
Eversheds Sutherland has elevated six attorneys in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and New York to serve as partners starting Jan. 1, a slight decrease from the 10 attorneys promoted to partner at the start of this year.
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Squire Patton Hires Foley & Lardner's Bankruptcy Vice Chair
Squire Patton Boggs LLP announced Wednesday that it has hired the former vice chair of Foley & Lardner LLP's bankruptcy and restructuring practice.
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Cahill Gordon Offers Associates 'Super Bonus' Of Up To $200K
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP won't just match BigLaw's prevailing scale for year-end bonuses — the firm will also reportedly offer outsized special bonuses, or super bonuses, up to $200,000 for high-performing associates.
Expert Analysis
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Series
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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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.