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Vedder Price PC has expanded its Chicago office with the addition of a skilled tax attorney who brings nearly 30 years of experience, most recently with DLA Piper.
The director of strategic trade and nonproliferation at the National Security Council has joined Lowenstein Sandler LLP as a senior trade adviser, a move that comes amid the new Trump administration's continued focus on shifting U.S. commerce priorities.
The legal industry marked another action-packed week with a bevy of BigLaw hires and a new special spring bonus. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP announced that a former associate general counsel at social media giant Meta Platforms Inc. has joined the firm's Los Angeles office as a partner and chair of the data security, privacy and security team.
Remote firm Pierson Ferdinand LLP has launched a new practice focused on M&A-related insurance policies with a pair of Chicago-based attorneys from Holland & Knight LLP.
Nearly 40% of surveyed legal professionals said in 2024 that their company has implemented an enterprise artificial intelligence solution like Microsoft Copilot, an increase from 20% of respondents in 2023, according to a new report.
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 fourth quarter of the year.
Miami-based Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP announced Thursday that it has hired an experienced tax attorney who previously worked as a managing director with Big 4 accounting firm KPMG as a partner.
Jackson Walker LLP has boosted its corporate and securities practice with a former Allen Overy Shearman Sterling attorney in Houston.
Pullman & Comley LLC has expanded its family law and litigation practices with the addition of a longtime Ryan Ryan Deluca LLP attorney.
In 2021, the legal industry saw a major wave of first-time women leaders. Law360 Pulse revisits that class and what experts say about the number of women in leadership positions across the legal profession.
Taylor English Duma LLP announced Wednesday that it is now home to a seasoned real estate agent and attorney in Florida who was previously a partner in the Law Offices of Moffa Sutton & Donnini PA's business law division.
As a wave of government attorneys seek private sector posts amid the Trump administration’s slashing of the federal workforce, recruiters and other industry experts in Washington, D.C., say job applicants should closely examine their skill sets, be entrepreneurial, and have patience as law firms evaluate a deluge of candidates.
Greenberg Glusker LLP announced Wednesday that it has bulked up its intellectual property and technology group in Los Angeles with a partner who came aboard from Wargo French Singer LLP.
Knobbe Martens will be paying special spring bonuses to all associates and counsel based on the year of partnership consideration, the intellectual property and technology law firm said Wednesday.
Vedder Price PC has added a shareholder in Dallas who brings decades of experience to its finance and transactions group and who comes aboard from Dorsey & Whitney LLP.
Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson PA has a new nonattorney director of planning and development services who has racked up more than two decades of experience in both the public and private sectors in Florida.
Leech Tishman announced Tuesday that it added a five-attorney team based in Chicago from Kelly Olson Michod DeHaan & Richter LLC following its combination with the firm — one of the city's oldest.
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP has added an intellectual property partner from Crowell & Moring LLP to its Chicago office.
Bressler Amery & Ross PC added a labor and employment partner this week from Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC who had previously worked at the firm from 1989 to 2006 and who has over 30 years of legal experience.
John A. Squires — Goldman Sachs' longtime chief intellectual property counsel, co-founder of Fortress' IP Investment fund and current Dilworth Paxson LLP partner — is expected to be chosen as the Trump administration's nominee for U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director, about a half-dozen sources with knowledge of the agency said Tuesday.
Tucker Arensberg PC has expanded its office in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with the recent addition of a commercial litigator who moved his practice after five years with boutique tax law firm Van Allen LLC.
Carlton Fields' consulting arm announced that an experienced compliance executive with more than 30 years of experience has joined as its new chief compliance leader.
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state-certified attorneys are allowed to pay referral fees to out-of-state lawyers even if they are not licensed in the Garden State, overturning an ethics committee's advisory opinion that said the payments were forbidden.
A Denver landlord accused defunct law firm Moye White LLP in Colorado state court of owing almost $4 million after the law firm closed down in 2024.
At some level, every practicing lawyer is experiencing the ever-increasing speed of change — and while some practice management processes have gotten more efficient, other things about the legal profession were better before supposed improvements were made, says Jay Silberblatt, president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
Law firms will be able to reap great long-term benefits if they adopt strategies to nurture four critical components of their employees' psychological wellness and performance — hope, efficacy, resilience and optimism, says Dennis Stolle at the American Psychological Association.
With caseloads and spending increasing, in-house counsel might find themselves called to opine on the risks and benefits of litigation more often, and they should look at five Sun Tzu maxims from the ancient Chinese classic "The Art of War" to inform their approach to any suit, says Jeff Golimowski at Womble Bond.
Not only can effective mentorship have a profound impact on women and people of color entering the legal field, but it also benefits mentors and the legal profession as a whole, creating a true win-win situation for all involved, says Natasha Cortes at Grossman Roth.
Generative AI applications like ChatGPT are unlikely to ever replace attorneys for a variety of practical reasons — but given their practice-enhancing capabilities, lawyers who fail to leverage these tools may be rendered obsolete, says Eran Kahana at Maslon.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's recent elimination of a rule that partially counted pro bono work toward continuing legal education highlights the importance of volunteer work in intellectual property practice and its ties to CLE, and puts a valuable tool for hands-on attorney education in the hands of the states, say Lisa Holubar and Ariel Katz at Irwin.
Recommendations recently issued by a special committee of the Florida Bar represent a realistic, pragmatic approach to increasing the accessibility and affordability of legal services, at a time when the disconnect between the legal profession and the public at large has widened considerably, says Gary Lesser, president of the Florida Bar.
To assist Texas lawyers in effectively executing their duties, we should be working on succession planning, attorney wellness, and increasing understanding of the grievance system by both bar members and the public, says Laura Gibson, president of the State Bar of Texas.
Marjorie Peerce and Peter Jaslow at Ballard Spahr discuss the challenges of building a new law firm practice group from the ground up, and how sustained commitment, communication and collaboration are the key ingredients for success.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Relay Shortcomings To Associates?Michael Cohen at Duane Morris discusses the best ways to articulate how an associate is not meeting expectations, and why documentation of performance management is crucial for their growth and protecting the firm from discrimination suits.
Several forces are reshaping partners’ expectations about profit-sharing, and as compensation structures evolve in response, firms should keep certain fundamentals in mind to build a successful partner reward system, say Michael Roch at MHPR Advisors and Ray D'Cruz at Performance Leader.
The legal profession faces challenges that urgently demand new solutions, and lawyers and firms can address this by leaning on other industries that have more experience practicing, teaching and incorporating innovation into their core business and service models, says Jennifer Leonard at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Americans with Disabilities Act and rules of professional conduct may help the legal profession promote lawyer well-being by focusing on mental conditions' actual impact, rather than on associated stereotypes, says Alex Long at the University of Tennessee College of Law.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can New Partners Generate Business?Christine Wong at MoFo discusses how newly elected partners can prioritize business development by creating a strategic plan with the firm's marketing team and strengthening relationships with professional and personal networks.
Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.