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California Pulse
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Largest Firms Saw Outsized Income Growth In 'Strong' 2024
U.S. law firm revenue rose 12.5% on average in 2024 compared to the previous year, marking the industry's biggest jump in revenue outside of 2021, with the 50 largest law firms driving the average upward with outsized increases in income and profits, according to the results of a survey released Wednesday.
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Milbank Lands Kirkland Private Equity Ace In LA
Milbank LLP continues expanding its corporate team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in a Kirkland & Ellis LLP private equity expert as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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Momentus CLO Quits To Advise Trump On National Security
The top attorney for U.S. commercial space company Momentus Inc. has stepped down from his post to join President Donald Trump's administration as an adviser on national security matters.
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Non-Equity Partner Surge A 'Mixed Bag' For Associates
Many U.S. law firms have actively grown their non-equity partner ranks in recent years, creating more high-level job opportunities within law firms in what appears to be a win for young lawyers. But what seems like a positive development could come with some caveats, experts say.
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Procopio Biz Litigator Joins Glaser Weil In San Diego
Glaser Weil Fink Howard Jordan & Shapiro LLP is beefing up its litigation capabilities, bringing in a Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP business litigator as a partner in its San Diego office.
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Erika Girardi Didn't Know About Fraud, Appeals Court Says
A California appellate court Tuesday refused to disturb a lower court's finding that reality television star Erika Girardi wasn't aware that her former husband and his firm might have misappropriated settlement funds owed to co-counsel, agreeing that the "undisputed facts" back the lower court's ruling.
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Pearl Cohen Expands To Bay Area Via IP Firm Merger
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP has merged with San Francisco-based intellectual property firm Vierra Magen Marcus LLP, the firm has announced.
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Tyson & Mendes Adds Lewis Brisbois Litigator In Calif.
Insurance defense firm Tyson & Mendes LLP announced that a former Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP litigator has joined its office in Sacramento, California, as a partner.
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GCs Told To Cut Costs Despite Growing Regulatory Risks
Over 40% of chief legal officers globally who responded to a recent survey received a cost-cutting mandate from their company in the past year, so it's not surprising that their top strategic initiative for 2025 is to operate more efficiently.
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Shook Hardy Litigator Jumps To K&L Gates In Orange County
K&L Gates LLP is expanding its California litigation team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in a Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP trail attorney with a specialty in science as a partner in its Orange County office.
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Legal Tech Provider Helm360's Parent Co. Restructures
The parent company of the legal technology solutions provider Helm360 has changed its organizational structure to promote greater synergy across the business, the company said Tuesday.
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Calif. Bill Targets Oil Cos. For Climate Disaster Costs
A Democratic lawmaker in California has introduced a bill aimed at improving insurance affordability in the state by allowing insurers and victims of natural disasters to pursue action against oil and gas companies for their role in fueling the climate crisis.
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Elevate Services Acquires IP Research Co. Sagacious
Software-based legal services company Elevate Services Inc. on Tuesday announced its acquisition of intellectual property research company Sagacious IP and the absorption of its staff of 500.
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Freeman Mathis Bulks Up In Chicago, Nashville, Dallas And LA
Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP has added new partners in Chicago, Nashville, Los Angeles and Dallas, with the hires underscoring the firm's "dedication to strategic expansion and delivering outstanding client service," a firm leader said Tuesday.
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Tesla Too Late To DQ Judge In Crash Suit, Court Told
A woman suing Tesla Inc. over a crash that resulted in the amputation of her legs is urging a California federal court not to disqualify the judge assigned to her product liability case, saying the automaker has no excuse for waiting nearly a year and a half, until just before trial, to call for his disqualification.
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Perkins Coie Hires Chief People Officer From Kobre & Kim
Perkins Coie LLP announced Monday that it has brought on a global people officer from Kobre & Kim LLP who will oversee Perkins Coie's human resources operations, including benefits, recruiting, retention and employee relations.
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Why Snell & Wilmer Moved San Diego Shop 3 Times In 5 Years
Steffi Gascón Hafen, the San Diego office managing partner for Snell & Wilmer LLP, joined Law360 Pulse to discuss what has led the firm to relocate the shop three times since arriving in the city in 2020.
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Mergers On The Rise: A Shift For Regional Law Firms
As the legal industry grows ever more competitive, smaller regional firms are seeking new strategies to level the playing field with their larger counterparts. The solution many are turning to? Mergers.
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Doug Emhoff Heads To Willkie Post-Presidential Campaign
After spending months on the campaign trail stumping for his wife Kamala Harris' U.S. presidential bid, now-former second gentleman Douglas Emhoff is joining Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as a partner, splitting his time between the law firm's New York and Los Angeles offices, the firm said Monday.
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Casepoint Joins GovTech Co., Gets Thoma Bravo Investment
Data discovery company Casepoint merged with the government process management software provider Opexus on Monday and received an undisclosed majority investment from Thoma Bravo.
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Various Law Offices Evacuated As Hughes Fire Burns Nearby
Within hours of igniting Wednesday, the Hughes Fire became the third-largest blaze to affect Los Angeles County this month — and prompted various lawyers in the area to evacuate their offices.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Phillips Black Inc., Ridley McGreevy & Winocur PC and King & Spalding LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court revived claims from a woman on death row in Oklahoma that prosecutors unfairly sex-shamed her and relied on gender-based stereotypes to convince a jury that she had killed her estranged husband for insurance money.
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Greenberg Traurig Health Ace Joins Polsinelli In LA
Polsinelli PC is expanding its California team, bringing in a Greenberg Traurig LLP healthcare corporate attorney as a principal in its Los Angeles office.
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Qualcomm GC's Increased Comp Over $1M Shy Of 1st Year
The salary for Qualcomm Inc.'s legal head last year remained steady from the previous year while her total compensation increased by nearly $1.5 million, according to the company's recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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Baldoni Rebuts Atty Ethics Claims In 'It Ends With Us' Fight
A lawyer representing Justin Baldoni has told a New York federal judge that statements his counsel has made to the press regarding the actor and director's thorny litigation with Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds over the film "It Ends With Us" didn't violate ethical rules or prejudice proceedings.
Expert Analysis
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What I Learned As A Virtual Summer Associate
It is necessary in a virtual law firm summer program to think twice about asking questions you may be able to answer on your own, but this independence and other aspects of a remote internship may help to instill habits that would be useful for future full-time associates, says law student Kelley Sheehan, who interned at Patterson & Sheridan this summer.