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Law Firms Positioned To Finish 2024 On 'Very Strong' Note
The legal market is positioned to have a very strong year, with firms seeing increases in demand, revenue and attorney productivity during the first three quarters of 2024, according to the results of a survey by Citi Global Wealth at Work.
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Fla. Bar Eyes Scraping Diversity Language From Board Policy
The Florida Bar Board of Governors may soon remove references to "diversity and inclusion" from its standing board policies as part of an ongoing push by the state Supreme Court against such diversity-related language.
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Attorneys Gave To Eric Adams As Legal Woes Mounted
The legal industry continued a steady pace of donations to New York City Mayor Eric Adams even after prosecutors first publicly linked his campaign to illegal fundraising activity, giving nearly $200,000 in the months prior to his federal indictment this September, Law360 Pulse found.
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What's Next For Court Reform In This New Political Climate?
Advocates are not holding out hope for bills that would firm up a code of ethics for the U.S. Supreme Court, impose term limits on justices or give judiciary employees antidiscrimination job protections, saying Republican control of the federal government will likely stall any progress that's been made with court reform efforts.
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Brown Rudnick Lands IP Litigation Group In Houston
Brown Rudnick LLP is continuing its growth in Houston with the addition of an eight-person intellectual property litigation group, including three partners, from Bochner PLLC.
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Jackson Walker Must Supply Docs In Judge-Atty Affair Probe
The Texas federal court overseeing a U.S. Trustee's Office probe of a former Jackson Walker LLP partner's undisclosed relationship with a then-bankruptcy judge has given the firm until Friday to turn over its communications with public relations firms and pages from its attorney sourcebook.
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National Grid Atty Joins Barclay Damon's Energy Practice
Barclay Damon LLP has announced that a former in-house attorney at utility company National Grid joined the firm's New York office as a partner, saying his hire will help its efforts in the energy regulatory, compliance and litigation spaces.
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Lathrop GPM Elevates Pricing Director To CFO
Lathrop GPM LLP announced that its director of pricing and legal project management has been promoted to chief financial officer in a move the firm said is part of its long-term financial strategy plan.
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Wiley Gets Chief Financial Officer From Chapman And Cutler
Wiley Rein LLP has hired as its new chief financial officer an administrator who had overseen national firm Chapman and Cutler LLP's financial functions since January.
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In-House Counsel Less Wary Of Making BigLaw Jump
While most in-house counsel aren't actively looking to shift to private practice, a survey out Tuesday found there may be an increasing openness to that career lane shift if certain conditions — such as better salaries, work-life balance, and firm culture — are met.
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Former FTX Top Atty Joins Lowenstein Sandler In NY
Lowenstein Sandler LLP announced Tuesday that the former general counsel at crypto exchange FTX will join the firm's New York office as a partner and chair of its new commodities, futures and derivatives practice group.
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Taylor English Expands In Miami With Solo IP Ace
Taylor English Duma LLP has added a new partner and former engineer with decades of experience in engineering, manufacturing and patent law in Miami after a short stint running his own firm.
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Thompson Coburn Hit With Suit Over Healthcare Data Breach
Thompson Coburn LLP was hit with a proposed class action Tuesday in Missouri federal court alleging the firm did not do enough to safeguard data provided to a healthcare provider client, resulting in a data breach that compromised individuals' personal information.
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After Trump's Win, DC Recruiters See Surge In Gov't Atty Calls
Legal recruiters in the nation's capital, used to seeing a bump in activity around presidential elections, say they have been fielding a rush of calls from government attorneys in the aftermath of President-elect Donald Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris last week.
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Genova Burns Adds Ex-NJ Prosecutor As White Collar Leader
Genova Burns LLC has added to its Newark, New Jersey, office a former state prosecutor with two decades of legal and prosecutorial experience to lead its white collar defense practice.
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Burr & Forman Adds Carlton Fields Atty As Life Sciences Head
Burr & Forman LLP has brought on a former Carlton Fields PA shareholder in Atlanta to lead its U.S. Food and Drug Administration and life sciences industry practice, the firm announced Monday.
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Miles & Stockbridge Merges With DC Real Estate Firm Krooth
East Coast regional firm Miles & Stockbridge PC on Tuesday announced a pending merger with 30-attorney Washington, D.C., real estate finance boutique Krooth & Altman LLP, expanding Miles & Stockbridge's presence in the nation's capital and bringing its attorney headcount above 200.
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McNees GR Grows Lobbying Team With Ex-Governor Staffer
The recently renamed McNees Government Relations firm grew its ranks in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, this week with the addition of a consultant who worked on former Gov. Tom Corbett's staff.
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Girardi Prosecutor Joins Edelson's Trial Bench In LA
A former federal prosecutor who helped secure Tom Girardi's conviction in August is now moving to Edelson PC, the law firm that shined a spotlight on the disbarred lawyer's theft and fraud, leading to criminal charges and a public downfall.
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Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q3
A promotion to partner or election to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots of well-deserved recognition. Law360 reveals the list of attorneys whose commitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law firm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals — moved up in the third quarter of the year.
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BigLaw Bonus Season Starts With A Move By Milbank
Milbank LLP announced Monday that it will hand its associates year-end bonuses ranging from $15,000 to $115,000 depending on seniority, numbers that nearly align with bonuses the firm and its peers handed out last year.
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Judiciary Advisers Back Development Of AI Evidence Rules
The federal judiciary's advisory panel for evidentiary issues agreed Friday to develop rules aimed at strengthening scrutiny of testimony and materials derived from artificial intelligence systems, saying AI-generated information should meet the same reliability standards that apply to expert witnesses.
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Fla. Law Firm Gunster To Pay $8.5M Over 2022 Data Breach
Florida corporate law firm Gunster has agreed to shell out $8.5 million to resolve a proposed class action alleging it failed to properly safeguard the personal information of nearly 10,000 clients, employees, and other individuals from cybercriminals, according to a motion to preliminarily approve the deal filed in Florida federal court.
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Jackson Lewis Adds Veteran UB Greensfelder Atty In Ohio
Jackson Lewis PC has expanded its employment counseling and litigation capabilities in Cleveland with the addition of a longtime UB Greensfelder LLP attorney.
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Conn. AG Building Abortion Rights 'Firewall' With Firms' Help
Connecticut's Democratic attorney general has joined a multistate partnership with a pro-choice nonprofit and law firms including Silver Golub & Teitell LLP and Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder PC as part of what he described Friday as a "firewall" to protect abortion access during a second Trump administration.