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    ABA Advises Nixing Law School DEI Rules Under Scrutiny

    The Standards Committee of the American Bar Association's legal education arm has recommended that the section repeal its law school accreditation standards relating to diversity, equity and inclusion, saying that in the face of new government scrutiny, maintaining these requirements for law schools would jeopardize the section's status as a nationwide accreditor.

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    Squire Patton Taps New Leadership For Public Policy Team

    Squire Patton Boggs LLP announced Monday that it has appointed a longtime partner to lead its global public policy practice.

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    Mayer Brown Hires Goodwin Real Estate Partner In DC

    Mayer Brown LLP has brought on board a Goodwin Procter LLP real estate attorney in Washington, D.C., who is joining the team as a partner and will continue advising clients on commercial real estate transactions, financings and related matters.

  • Burr & Forman Makes Navy Yard Permanent DC Home

    Burr & Forman LLP has made its Navy Yard neighborhood office its permanent home in Washington, D.C., after launching in the city in 2025 with construction partners from Fox Rothschild LLP, the firm announced Monday.

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    Taft Announces Leadership Succession And Transition Plan

    Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP announced on Monday that it has extended its managing partner's 10-year tenure by one year and elected two office managing partners to lead the firm after him.

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    Quinn Emanuel Founder Exiting Executive Chair Role

    Four decades after high-stakes litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan first opened in Los Angeles, founding partner John B. Quinn is stepping down as executive chairman of the firm effective immediately.

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    Redgrave Adds Ex-Coinbase, AT&T Atty In DC Partner Hire

    Electronic discovery and information law firm Redgrave LLP has hired a new partner to work in its Washington, D.C., office, saying he has played senior legal roles at a cryptocurrency exchange, a major telecommunications company and a disputes and forensic technology firm.

  • Alleged Would-Be Trump Assassin Aims To DQ Pirro, Blanche

    The California man accused of an attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner last month is seeking to disqualify U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche from handling his case as they may be witnesses or victims in the matter.

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    Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

    The National Immigrant Justice Center and the American Civil Liberties Union lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a split Seventh Circuit panel rejected the Trump administration's argument that immigrants unlawfully in the United States have no due process rights.

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    Top Atty In DOJ Appeal Over Law Firm Exec Orders To Depart

    The lead federal prosecutor on the Trump administration's appeal to reinstate executive orders targeting four law firms is stepping down from his government role at the end of May, he publicly announced this week.

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    Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

    Best Best & Krieger's work on a $466 million water infrastructure project leads this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from April 24 to May 8.

  • Burr & Forman Taps New CFO From Secretariat

    The former head of finance for consulting firm Secretariat has accepted the chief financial officer role at Burr & Forman LLP, the firm announced Friday.

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    Eversheds Sutherland Hires Ex-SEC Counsel In DC

    Eversheds Sutherland has hired a 16-year veteran of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a counsel in its U.S. capital markets and investments practice group.

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    Legal Industry Bounces Back, Gaining 2,400 Jobs In April

    The legal sector is once again on a positive trajectory, gaining 2,400 jobs last month, according to seasonally adjusted data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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    How Today's Law Firm Leaders Define Success

    There are numerous rankings in today’s legal industry, and the ways law firms are measured against one another are countless, with diverse metrics ranging from profits to revenue to headcount. Here, 11 firm leaders share what success looks like to them.

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    Prosecutors Oppose Move To Put Off Goldstein Sentencing

    Federal prosecutors are claiming that SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein may have violated his pretrial release conditions when he racked up over $1.7 million in gambling income last year, telling a federal judge not to delay sentencing for the famed U.S. Supreme Court lawyer.

  • Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The first full week of May saw news of BigLaw firm group launches, lateral moves and partner promotions. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

  • Morgan Lewis Hires 2 More Hunton Litigators

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced on Friday that it has hired two more attorneys from Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP to build up its litigation bench.

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    Judiciary Panel Punts AI Rules, Mulls Judges' Survey Results

    Buckle up: Efforts to modernize evidentiary rules amid artificial intelligence fears are getting bumpy, as judiciary advisers Thursday agreed to dramatically delay action while digesting an AI survey of nearly 1,000 judges and organizing a symposium of litigators and tech pros.

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    AI Native Firms Gain Foothold In Changing Legal Industry

    "AI native" law firms are a growing phenomenon sitting at the intersection of artificial intelligence and rising tide of outside investment in the legal industry, aiming to use legal technology to automate work and overhaul the law firm business model — while doing away with the billable hour in the process.

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    Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Logo Looks To History, Credibility

    Last month, Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP pulled back the curtain on how their leaders are thinking about the firms' combination.

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    King & Spalding Adds Congressional Health Policy Duo In DC

    Two former congressional staffers experienced in health policy recently joined King & Spalding LLP in its Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced this week.

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    Stinson Real Estate Finance Atty Joins Reed Smith In DC

    Reed Smith LLP has hired a Stinson LLP lawyer who focuses her practice on real estate finance matters, renewable energy tax credit and new market tax credit issues, the firm has announced.

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    FBI Assistant GC Joins FBI Alum At Fenwick

    Fenwick & West LLP has hired the former assistant general counsel of the FBI, who will work as a counsel to support technology and life sciences companies and who is rejoining the former FBI director's chief of staff in the Washington, D.C., office.

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    How Brighton Marine's First-Ever GC Grew Into The COO Role

    Adam Hellman has experienced several "firsts" since he joined Brighton Marine less than a year ago — including serving as the first-ever general counsel and chief operating officer at the veterans-focused nonprofit, as well as navigating a novel issue related to a resident's hospice care.

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Expert Analysis

  • What I Wish Law Schools Taught Women About Legal Careers Author Photo

    Instead of spending an entire semester on 19th century hunting rights, I wish law schools would facilitate honest discussions about what it’s like to navigate life as an attorney, woman and mother, and offer lessons on business marketing that transcend golf outings and social mixers, says Daphne Delvaux at Gruenberg Law.

  • 4 Ways To Break Down Barriers For Women Of Color In Law Author Photo

    Female lawyers belonging to minority groups continue to be paid less and promoted less than their male counterparts, so law firms and corporate legal departments must stop treating women as a monolithic group and create initiatives that address the unique barriers women of color face, say Daphne Turpin Forbes at Microsoft and Linda Chanow at the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession.

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    We Need More Professional Diversity In The Federal Judiciary Author Photo

    With the current overrepresentation of former corporate lawyers on the federal bench, the Biden administration must prioritize professional diversity in judicial nominations and consider lawyers who have represented workers, consumers and patients, says Navan Ward, president of the American Association for Justice.

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