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Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced Tuesday that it has expanded its energy team by hiring a leading renewable energy and energy finance attorney as a partner in the firm's New York office.
Duane Morris LLP is asking a California federal court to toss most of the claims in a proposed class action alleging the firm systemically underpaid female and nonwhite attorneys, saying the attorney who filed the complaint has been fairly treated and compensated and her claims lack validity.
Hicks Thomas LLP announced Tuesday that it is welcoming a team of nine partners and five associates from international firm Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. The new hires are moving from a firm of more than 900 attorneys to one of less than 50.
Holland & Knight LLP announced Tuesday the addition of a longtime Ernst & Young executive as chief business development and marketing officer, a new position where he'll be tasked with driving growth and bolstering the firm's brand.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP said Tuesday it has added an experienced debt finance partner in New York who most recently worked as a managing director for Goldman Sachs, in the firm's latest move to bulk up its structured finance and structured private credit practice.
Cozen O'Connor announced on Tuesday that it has expanded its Canadian presence by adding a team of 22 legal professionals, including 13 lawyers and nine support staff, from Clark Wilson LLP to its fast-growing Vancouver office.
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP announced Tuesday that it has added a chief operating officer who previously filled the same role at McGuireWoods LLP.
B. Todd Jones, a former senior vice president and special counsel for conduct for the NFL, has returned to Robins Kaplan as a partner in its Minneapolis and New York offices, the firm announced Tuesday.
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has added an asset management specialist previously with Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP as head of its fund finance group, the firm announced Tuesday.
McDermott Will & Emery on Tuesday announced the firm added litigator Alexander Southwell, a former federal prosecutor who founded and co-led the privacy, cybersecurity and data innovation practice at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
Many early-stage legal tech startups don't initially meet law firms' security requirements, and instead are focused on product development and marketing, according to legal industry experts.
Attorneys who work at home or outside law firm offices can position themselves for partnership by becoming indispensable to their colleagues, as well as leveraging new technology and flexible schedules to better serve clients.
Paul Hastings LLP announced Tuesday that it has strengthened the firm's global mergers and acquisitions capabilities and emerging companies and venture capital practice by hiring a former Goodwin Procter LLP partner for its Boston office.
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP is expanding its California team, announcing Tuesday it is welcoming back a technology transactions expert, most recently with Hogan Lovells, as a partner in its recently opened San Francisco office.
DLA Piper said Monday that it has hired two partners from Pinsent Masons LLP in Germany to run a new legal delivery center it has created to provide alternative legal services to clients on its projects.
The Georgia election workers who secured a $148 million judgment against former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in D.C. federal court hit him with a new lawsuit Friday, saying he is "pretending" to live in Florida in "a brazen attempt to shield his luxury Palm Beach condo" from them.
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP is growing its Northern California team, welcoming back as a partner in its San Francisco office a construction litigation expert most recently with Sawyer & Labar LLP.
The American Bar Association's policymaking body earlier in August passed a resolution urging all state supreme courts and bar associations to accommodate the unique needs of military spouse attorneys who must move frequently to support the nation's defense. Here, Law360 Pulse talks to members of the group that helped push the issue to the forefront.
U.S. Attorney Chris Kavanaugh of the Western District of Virginia has announced that he will step down from his role at the end of the year as his wife, Jasmine Hyejung Yoon, was confirmed to a federal judgeship in that district.
The University of California, Berkeley School of Law is launching a new research center focused on protecting American democracy and named in honor of Christopher Edley Jr., the school's former dean and a trailblazing civil rights activist who died in May.
In a series of changes to the rules governing attorneys in the Sunshine State, the Florida Supreme Court this week added warnings about the use of generative artificial intelligence and declined to erase references to "zealous" and "zeal" with respect to lawyers' advocacy.
Barnes & Thornburg LLP has added an intellectual property partner with experience as a software engineer to its growing Minneapolis office, the firm said Thursday.
An influx of law students in 2021 has led to an increased number of examinees taking and passing the multistate bar exam in July, according to an announcement this week from the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
Former FTX executive Ryan Salame is no longer seeking to vacate his guilty plea that he says Manhattan federal prosecutors induced with a false promise to halt a campaign finance probe into his partner Michelle Bond, though his claims that they broke their word will still be litigated before two different judges.
The legal industry closed out August with another action-packed week as firms hired new talent and disbarred attorney Tom Girardi was convicted by a California federal jury. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.