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Attys Name Evolving Legal Tech As Industry's Top Challenge
Adjusting to ever-evolving technology including artificial intelligence, automation and emerging legal tech is the biggest challenge facing the legal industry in 2025, according to a new survey by peer-review publication company Best Lawyers.
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Pillsbury Wants Out Of Chancery Suit Against Auto Seller Biz
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP wants to escape or force arbitration of an aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty claim that was asserted in Delaware Chancery Court by a stockholder and former director of Quantum Automotive Intelligence Inc., saying a "broad arbitration provision" exists between the law firm and company.
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Why Law Firms Are Seeing 'Profit Leakage'
Even as many law firms see rising profitability, a number of factors are still negatively affecting their profit margins, including write-offs and discounts, according to a new report out Tuesday.
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Special Counsel Slams Biden's Critique Of Son's Prosecution
The special counsel who oversaw the investigation into Hunter Biden, which was wiped out by a presidential pardon, released a report published Monday criticizing President Joe Biden's "baseless accusations" that his son was "selectively" prosecuted and warning that such comments threaten "the integrity of the justice system as a whole."
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Parker Poe's work on the sale of a majority stake in a $575 million real estate portfolio and Keker Van Nest's handling of a first-of-its-kind challenge under a new California gaming law lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Jan. 1 to 10.
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US Legal Sector Sheds 1,200 Jobs In December
After three months of steady recovery, the U.S. legal sector's job growth reversed course in December, with a loss of 1,200 positions, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Sive Paget & Riesel PC and Kaplan Martin LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after the Third Circuit denied an emergency motion for an injunction to halt New York City's highly litigated congestion pricing toll program.
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Goodwin Procter Extends Bonus Season With Milbank Match
The 2024 bonus season has trickled into January, with Goodwin Procter LLP announcing it will give associates year-end and special bonuses matching those given by other BigLaw firms, Law360 Pulse confirmed Friday.
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White And Williams Taps Del. Leader As Litigation Head
White and Williams LLP has announced that its Delaware office leader has been named chair of its more than 50-attorney litigation department, succeeding an attorney who held the post for more than a decade.
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Are Law Firm Office Mandates Missing The Point?
Creating a workplace that fosters community, connection, collaboration and a clearly defined culture cannot be accomplished through office mandates alone, and, in fact, a lack of flexibility when it comes to remote work options could backfire on that goal, according to the author of a new book out this month.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off 2025 with another action-packed week as BigLaw firms inked mergers, made leadership changes and promoted associates. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Atty Survives Ex-Young Conaway Coworker's Assault Claim
A Pennsylvania federal judge said Thursday that a former Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP attorney's assault claim against a onetime colleague at the firm is unviable because substantial proof exists to show that the actions in question were done to defend another person.
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Womble Bond Names New Office, Practice Leaders
Womble Bond Dickinson has announced changes to its firm leadership, including new office managing partners in Atlanta, Delaware, Houston and New York, and a new leader of its bankruptcy, restructuring and creditors' rights team.
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Delaware Law Firms Kick Off New Year With Atty Promotions
As the new year gets underway, numerous Delaware law firms recently announced attorney promotions, including Bayard PA, Morris James LLP, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP and Gordon Fournaris & Mammarella PA.
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Federal Judges Fear Slower Courts After 'Devastating' Veto
The president's veto of legislation that would have added dozens more federal judgeships has stunned and disappointed top jurists around the country, leaving them worried that the "devastating" move means backlogs on court dockets will continue to delay cases, hurt litigants and undermine confidence in the judicial system.
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Morris Nichols Promotes Finance Director To CFO
Delaware firm Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP has promoted its director of finance to serve as its chief financial officer to help steer its financial and strategic direction.
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Law Firm Leaders' Minds Are On Profitability, Growth, AI
Balancing profitability, growth and the implementation of generative artificial intelligence are the top challenges and priorities on the minds of law firm leaders going into 2025, according to the results of a recent survey by public relations firm Greentarget.
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Attys For Organizations May Need To Clarify Roles, ABA Says
Lawyers advising organizations through nonclient constituents may be obligated to clear up any confusion about their role that may cause the constituents to mistakenly think they can rely on the lawyer's advice to avoid criminal or civil liability, the American Bar Association said in a formal opinion Wednesday.
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Chancery Awards $176M Atty Fee In Tesla Board Pay Suit
Delaware's chancellor approved on Wednesday a $176.16 million Tesla stockholder class attorney fee award to three firms for a settlement of an excessive director compensation suit that is expected to return $734 million to the company through a combination of director stock, option and cash givebacks.
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Ballard Spahr, Lane Powell Leaders On Post-Merger Plans
Ballard Spahr LLP officially merged with Lane Powell PC on Jan. 1, marking its entry into the Pacific Northwest. Law360 Pulse spoke with Peter Michaud, chair of the combined firm, and Barbara Duffy, former Lane Powell president, about their leadership priorities, integration strategies and growth plans.
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Law Firm Sought To Collect Expired Debts, 3rd Circ. Told
A New Jersey woman has urged the Third Circuit to revive her proposed class action against Garden State law firm Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf LLP over its debt collection practices, arguing a lower court was too loose with its standard for the timeliness of the two lawsuits involved.
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Approach The Bench: Justice Goodwin Liu On Oral Argument
When Goodwin Liu became a California Supreme Court justice in 2011, the constitutional law professor found the intellectual demands of judging similar to academia, but was surprised to learn that "the art of judging is much more practical than people think."
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Here's How Paul Hastings' Big Bet On Finance Paid Off
As the financial markets swayed between booms and busts in recent years following the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Paul Hastings LLP stayed the course, doubling down on its transactional practices by recruiting top-tier talent across key global markets like New York and London, and rising hubs such as Texas.
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Troutman Pepper Locke Leaders Define A Successful Merger
What makes for a successful law firm merger? It's more than headcount and profits, according to two leaders of the newly minted Troutman Pepper Locke LLP law firm, which was formed Jan. 2 by the combination of major U.S.-based law firms Troutman Pepper and Locke Lord.
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German Burford Funding Fight Belongs In Del., Court Hears
A German entity is fighting litigation funder Burford's efforts to force it to arbitrate a dispute over an allegedly fraudulent arbitration pact contained in a funding agreement for antitrust litigation, telling a Delaware federal judge on Friday that the feud belongs before him.
Expert Analysis
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
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.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
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.
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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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Opinion
High Court's Carney V. Adams Analysis On Standing Is Flawed
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Carney v. Adams that a Delaware lawyer lacked standing to challenge the state's rules on judiciary bipartisanship was based on an incorrect reading of the constitutional requisites for Article III standing, says Leland Ware at the University of Delaware.
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Opinion
Carney V. Adams Threatens Delaware's Balanced Judiciary
This week’s U.S. Supreme Court arguments in Carney v. Adams presented a strong challenge to Delaware’s bipartisan-judiciary requirement, but the tradition is critical to ensuring the state's courts remain free from partisan influence, says Rodney Smolla at the Widener University Delaware Law School.