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In an unusually large gift to a law school, the University of Washington School of Law announced this week that it had received a $45 million bequest to expand a program that trains mid-career lawyers from developing countries.
Lowenstein Sandler LLP has added a New York City lawyer from prominent boutique corporate law firm Buhler Duggal & Henry LLP to its emerging companies and venture capital group, the firm announced.
Law firms from A to Z found opportunities in October to upgrade their offices or adjust their footprints in cities both in the U.S. and abroad, with some completing moves to new locations and others setting plans in motion that won't be completed for several years.
These firms are being singled out for their stellar litigation footprints and transactions work. See who's leading the pack in four categories: variety of cases, range of jurisdictions, closing large merger and acquisition deals, and handling registered offerings.
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Presenting the 2024 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard — the 100 firms that are besting their peers on measures of prestige, social responsibility and the reach of their legal practice.
Competition for top talent among elite law firms shows no signs of slowing down, even amid economic uncertainty, with financially strong firms deploying aggressive strategies to attract and retain skilled professionals to solidify their market position.
Two boutique firms are fighting a construction company's effort to make them stay on as counsel to Iraq in a D.C. federal court case related to a nearly $120 million arbitral award, saying Wednesday the country has stopped paying fees.
Burr & Forman LLP announced that four healthcare attorneys, including three partners, have been added to the firm's Charleston, South Carolina, office from Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP, in what the firm said is a continued focus on growing in the state's largest city.
Seward & Kissel LLP got an early win on Wednesday when a New Jersey state judge blocked a discovery bid from the wife of hedge fund Two Sigma Investments LP's founder in her malpractice suit and put in place some stipulations.
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC continued a push to move new leaders up the ranks this week with the promotion of a partner of eight years to chair the firm's corporate and securities team.
Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP has named a corporate attorney with 13 years' experience at the firm as its new managing partner, following the death in early September of its previous managing partner.
Florida business law firm Gunster has brought on a private wealth services shareholder in Tampa from Bleakley Bavol Denman & Grace as part of the firm's effort to meet growing client demand.
The former managing partner for Auto Legal Group Florida, a boutique focused on the representation of dealerships, has joined Kelley Kronenberg as the firm's complex commercial litigation business unit leader, the firm announced Monday.
Improving attorney adoption of marketing technology — otherwise known as "MarTech" — is a critical business need for law firms, but not enough lawyers have the skills needed to use such tools, platforms and software, according to an industry report made public Wednesday.
A report released earlier this month cataloging the experiences of more than 6,000 Illinois lawyers found that one quarter say they have experienced bullying within the last year. Among the youngest lawyers, that number jumps to 39%.
Nossaman LLP has hired the former assistant general counsel of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP as its new general counsel.
Cohen & Gresser LLP announced Tuesday the appointment of its consulting director of data strategy to the position of global chief innovation officer.
Blank Rome has announced it added a pair of attorneys from Burns & Levinson to its office in Boston, a move that the firm said bolsters its litigation and corporate capabilities and serves as the latest example of lawyers moving between the two firms since Blank Rome opened the office in April with 25 Burns & Levinson corporate and finance attorneys.
More than 80 major law firms had new partner classes in 2024 made up of at least 50% women, according to an analysis released Tuesday by a think tank focused on diversity and workplace flexibility. However, the analysis also found that the proportion of new U.S.-based partners who are women decreased.
Washington, D.C., law firm Potomac Law Group has brought on a former Rimon PC partner in Orlando, Florida, as a firm leader said he expects "tremendous opportunities for growth" in the Sunshine State and said this new hire bolsters its litigation and life sciences industry expertise.
Snell & Wilmer LLP has brought in a Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP capital markets expert as a partner in its San Diego office to expand its bench of corporate attorneys in Southern California.
While U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal calls the pandemic a disaster that "discombobulated" the federal courts, she thinks there was also a silver lining to the experience.
As privacy has become a more prominent and popular practice area, many attorneys have turned to certifications offered by the International Association of Privacy Professionals to market their skills, with those in the field saying that the popularity is the result of privacy's rapid evolution and the ubiquity is unlikely to diminish.
Attorneys who hope to leverage new artificial intelligence programs in their legal work should stay mindful of three rules of conduct from the American Bar Association dictating attorney competence, client confidentiality and billing procedures, according to a recently published paper from the International Association of Defense Counsel.