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    Davis Polk Adds Structured Finance Pro From Cadwalader

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has expanded its finance practice in New York with the addition of a structured finance pro from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP.

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    Approach The Bench: Judge Tymkovich On New Judgeships

    When Tenth Circuit Judge Timothy Tymkovich testified before Congress recently about the need for more federal judges, it had been about 10 years since he'd made a similar request of Congress, which hasn't expanded the federal bench since 2002.

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    How Lewis Brisbois Is Addressing Associate Pay Delay

    Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has hired two new staff members and is working to refine its process for determining discretionary bonuses and merit pay after the firm notified a portion of its associates this week that those payments would be delayed.

  • Ex-CFTC Enforcement Chief Joins Sidley As Partner

    Ian McGinley, who served as the enforcement director for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has joined Sidley Austin as a partner at its New York office, where he will be handling regulatory enforcement and white-collar matters with a focus on commodities and securities laws, the firm said Monday.

  • NY Law Allows Ex-Thompson Hine Atty's Harassment Suit

    A former Thompson Hine LLP income partner who accused the firm of allowing a "toxic boys club" to flourish at its New York office may continue to pursue the bulk of her harassment claims, a federal judge ruled Monday, finding that a New York law ending forced arbitration of sexual harassment claims invalidates an arbitration agreement.

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    NFL Taps Ex-Facebook, White House Atty Ullyot As GC

    Former Facebook general counsel and White House lawyer Ted Ullyot will become executive vice president and general counsel of the National Football League on May 1, the league announced Monday.

  • 'American Idol' Singer Wants Early Win In Contract Fight

    Songwriter and former "American Idol" contestant Lauren Spencer-Smith, who rose to fame when her 2022 song "Fingers Crossed" went viral on TikTok, is seeking an early win for her New York federal lawsuit's breach of fiduciary and contractual obligations and faithless servant allegations, saying Saturday that the defendants "took the trust that was reposed in them as Spencer-Smith's attorneys and agents, and used that trust for their own benefit to the detriment of Spencer-Smith."

  • Ex-SEC Chair's Enforcement Counsel Joins Kostelanetz

    The former enforcement officer to the recently departed U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler has joined Kostelanetz LLP in New York as partner, the firm announced Monday.

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    Windels Marx Elevates Longtime Attorney To Managing Partner

    New York-based Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf LLP announced Monday that its longtime managing partner has stepped down from the role, to be replaced by a business litigator with more than 20 years of experience.

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    DLA Piper Names New Leaders In NY, Chicago

    DLA Piper has three new leaders in New York and Chicago, the firm announced Monday.

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    Firms Look To Build Ties With Clients Amid Lateral Churn

    The departure of a key partner from a law firm in many cases can mean the departure of a major client in tandem, a vulnerability law firms are increasingly looking to address through strategies to build stronger institutional relationships with their clients.

  • Eric Adams Urges Speedy Dismissal As NYC Primaries Loom

    New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday urged a Manhattan federal judge to promptly throw out his bribery and corruption charges, pointing to an upcoming mayoral election filing deadline and the court's previous vows to rule quickly.

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    Cleary Gains 5-Atty Latham Team Known For Big IP Wins

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has welcomed a bi-coastal team of five intellectual property litigators from Latham & Watkins LLP, lauding their history leading "many of the most high-profile and complex patent and trade secrets cases of the last decade" in a statement Monday.

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    Meet Jenner & Block, WilmerHale's Attys In Trump Order Suits

    A slew of experienced litigators and appellate advocates from Cooley LLP and Clement & Murphy PLLC signed on Friday to represent Jenner & Block LLP and WilmerHale in the BigLaw firms' respective lawsuits over President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting them.

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    Mitchell Silberberg Chair Talks His Path From Paralegal To Chair

    Law360 Pulse caught up with Yakub Hazzard to discuss him being named chair of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP nearly 40 years after starting his legal career there as a paralegal — and his unusual background as a basketball star’s kid.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    UCLA School of Law's Supreme Court Clinic and Gair Gallo Eberhard LLP head this week's list of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Seventh Circuit ruling that upheld the conviction of a former Chicago alderman for making false statements about loans from a defunct bank.

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    Goulston & Storrs Adds 4 NY Attys Spanning 3 Practice Areas

    Goulston & Storrs PC has brought on three associates and a counsel to add to its capabilities in real estate, litigation and corporate matters, the firm announced Thursday.

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    Greenberg Traurig Adds Epstein Becker Litigator In NY, NJ

    Greenberg Traurig LLP brought on as a partner in New Jersey and New York this week a trial expert with experience in high-stakes civil and criminal cases and a background litigating corruption cases as a federal prosecutor.

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    Jackson Lewis Names New Leader In White Plains, NY

    Nationwide employment law firm Jackson Lewis PC has promoted Michael L. Abitabilo from office litigation manager to office managing principal in White Plains, New York, the firm has announced.

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    Skadden Offers $100M In Pro Bono Work To Avoid Trump Order

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has reached a deal with President Donald Trump to avert an impending executive order that could have prevented it from taking on work connected to the federal government and its contractors, according to an announcement by the president Friday on social media platform Truth Social.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry ended March with another action-packed week as firms elevated attorneys and President Donald Trump aimed another executive order at a prominent BigLaw shop. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.

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    Judges Block Trump's Jenner & Block, WilmerHale Orders

    Jenner & Block LLP and WilmerHale both won temporary restraining orders late Friday blocking President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the firms, with two Washington, D.C., federal judges determining the firms have shown the orders are likely retaliation for their representation of certain clients.

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    Deutsche Bank CLO Steps Down 'For Personal Reasons'

    Deutsche Bank's chief legal officer, who is CEO of the Americas region and oversees group governance, has resigned "for personal reasons," the Germany-based bank said Thursday.

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    IBA Arbitration Committee Co-Chair Joins ArbBoutique

    ArbBoutique has added a chartered arbitrator and Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution-accredited mediator as a partner, the arbitration-specialized firm announced Wednesday.

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    Tarter Krinsky Adds Ex-Buchanan Ingersoll Corporate Atty

    Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP has brought on a corporate attorney previously with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC as a partner in New York, the firm has announced.

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Expert Analysis

  • Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers Author Photo

    Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll Author Photo

    As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.

  • The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation Author Photo

    As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.

  • The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms Author Photo

    In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.

  • The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey Author Photo

    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.

  • Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors Author Photo

    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.

  • Series

    Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Deal With Overload? Author Photo

    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.

  • A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms Author Photo

    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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    Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Seek More Assignments? Author Photo

    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. 

  • 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.

  • Perspectives

    Judges On Race: The Path To A More Diverse Bench Author Photo

    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.

  • The Unique Challenges Of Protecting A Law Firm Brand Author Photo

    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.

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