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A cannabis dispensary facing a lawsuit from Lowenstein Sandler LLP for unpaid legal fees has fired back with a malpractice suit against the firm, alleging its attorneys helped the dispensary's former CEO in an attempted hostile takeover of the company.
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.
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.
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.
Class counsel in a data breach suit against eye wear company Luxottica of America Inc. secured $850,000 in attorney fees on Tuesday as part of a $250,000 settlement ending claims the retailer failed to protect customers' personal information, according to an Ohio judge's order.
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP has merged with San Francisco-based intellectual property firm Vierra Magen Marcus LLP, the firm has announced.
Ice Miller LLP partner Myra Selby joined Law360 Pulse to discuss how she plans to approach her new role as the firm's first chief equity and inclusion officer amid a nationwide pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry PC announced Tuesday that a commercial litigation partner in Houston will be its next managing shareholder, stepping into the role once its current head finishes his term.
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.
A Miami developer suing the Carlton Fields law firm can't dodge bills for legal work the firm performed for him, as a Florida state judge on Tuesday granted the firm a win on its counterclaim seeking payment of outstanding legal fees.
A Georgia federal judge on Tuesday declined to reconsider a ruling granting Morgan & Morgan PA's bid to compel arbitration in a former client's legal malpractice case or to send the dispute back to state court.
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.
Berry Appleman & Leiden struck a deal to end a former software tech lead's suit claiming the global immigration firm fired him because side effects from new medication caused him to ask for a reprieve from his demanding workload, according to a filing in Texas federal court.
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP and Pomerantz LLP have asked to co-lead a proposed class of Humacyte Inc. investors alleging that the company failed to disclose quality assurance issues at its manufacturing facilities, which delayed regulatory review for its bioengineered blood vessel product candidate.
Bressler Amery & Ross PC announced that it added four attorneys including two partners with corporate and commercial transaction experience from Austin, Texas, boutique firm Pearce Shambach PLLC.
By the time Scott Mason and his company Rubicon Wealth Management were hit with criminal and regulatory enforcement claims alleging he stole $20 million from clients, the suburban Philadelphia wealth manager was already defending multiple civil lawsuits in Pennsylvania state court.
Chicago and Washington, D.C., intellectual property firm Banner Witcoff has elected a longtime partner as its new president and named two new members of its board, the firm announced Monday.
A former Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP attorney has returned to the firm to serve as a partner in its data privacy, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence governance team in Sarasota, Florida, following a stint with Hall Booth Smith PC, the firm announced Monday.
KPMG is on the verge of becoming the first Big Four accounting firm to have its own legal practice in the U.S. — a milestone that could potentially disrupt the traditional law firm model and also raises several ethical concerns. KPMG's Christian Athanasoulas spoke to Law360 Pulse about these concerns, as well as the role of AI in its legal practice and the broader impact across the legal profession.
A transactional attorney looking to expand services for his clients has moved his practice to Saxton & Stump's Lancaster, Pennsylvania, office after more than five years with Brubaker Connaughton Goss & Lucarelli LLC.
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.
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.
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.
Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP has tapped one of its longtime Florida-based human resources professionals to be the next chief operating officer of the firm, making her the first-ever woman to hold that role.
Marshall Dennehey's Philadelphia headquarters will stay put for at least another decade after the firm renewed its lease this month at 2000 Market Street, in the heart of the downtown Center City District.
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?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.
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.