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Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC has brought on two attorneys from FordHarrison LLP and Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP to its Atlanta office, strengthening its labor and employment group and its complex litigation and class actions group, the firm announced Monday.
Australian-headquartered law firm recruiter Ambition announced Monday that it is opening its first U.S. location in New York City, citing demand from U.K. clients to use its services for their U.S. offices.
A San Francisco-based attorney from Freshfields, known for his work on some of the highest-profile deals of the past several years, is returning to Wilson Sonsini to co-lead its employee benefits and compensation practice, the firm announced Monday.
Haynes and Boone LLP has tapped an attorney who spent the last six years leading the legal department of a women's shelter nonprofit as the new head of the firm's pro bono efforts.
A former federal judge who previously sat on an oversight panel for the Secret Service was among those the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on Sunday would conduct an independent review of the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
Law360 Pulse caught up with Doreen Lilienfeld, co-managing U.S. partner for A&O Shearman, and Emily Westridge Black, managing partner of the firm’s Austin shop, to discuss their post-merger plans for Texas
BDB Pitmans LLP and consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal are joining forces to launch an international law firm, more than a year after the U.K. legal business walked away from talks about a proposed merger with Womble Bond Dickinson.
Ross Demain of Covington & Burling LLP has represented and advised tech giants in several multibillion-dollar deals, including Amazon's $8.5 billion purchase of MGM and Salesforce's $27.7 billion acquisition of Slack, earning him a spot among the technology law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Pravin Patel of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP successfully defended refrigerator maker Dometic Corp. against multiple class actions asserting billions in damages filed in Florida and California, defeating allegations its refrigerators for RVs leaked coolant and had design defects, earning him a spot among the class action practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
James R. "Jim" Saywell of Jones Day has a passion for all aspects of his issues and appeals practice, and recently prevailed before the Third Circuit as lead counsel in defense of Whirlpool against a large consumer class, earning him a spot among appellate practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Tanvir Rahman of Filippatos PLLC secured a $12 million settlement for a former Fox News producer who said she was used as a scapegoat during the network's legal battle with Dominion Voting Systems, earning him a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Lynette Elam of Goodwin Procter LLP guided the $16.5 billion fundraise for private equity firm TA Associates on its TA XV fund, which the firm has identified as one of 2023's biggest private equity funds, in the latest chapter of her work with the longtime client. This accomplishment and others have arned her a place among the fund formation attorneys honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
When Alaska federal Judge Joshua Kindred resigned, it was the culmination of an 18-month inquiry into a hostile and inappropriate work environment he'd fostered in chambers. During that investigation, it seems he continued to supervise law clerks. Experts say that may signal a gap in protections for clerks.
The Superior Court of Los Angeles County was forced to close Monday as the court continued to work to repair and reboot network systems that were severely impacted by a ransomware attack that occurred on the same day as an unrelated global tech outage.
Paul Hastings LLP announced Monday that Kirkland & Ellis LLP's former deputy assistant general counsel has joined its roster and will serve as its general counsel.
The State Bar of California's Board of Trustees has signed off on plans to negotiate a potentially $8 million, five-year deal with Kaplan North America LLC to replace the Multistate Bar Exam with its own state exam that could be taken remotely, according to a statement issued Friday.
A new ethics committee report says a New York City lawyer may hold a financial interest in alternative business structures in jurisdictions that let them provide legal services, provided the lawyer is merely a financial investor, not practicing law through the entity.
Morgan & Morgan PA has announced its latest Florida office opening with a new 5,000-square-foot office location that officially started operations earlier this month in the "Treasure Coast" city of Port St. Lucie.
A former regional director for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Salt Lake City office has left the public sector to join Greenberg Traurig LLP in San Francisco.
A former Ropes & Gray LLP attorney who was fired after twice failing the New York bar exam can't sue the state agency that administers the test for failing to accommodate her disabilities, the Second Circuit ruled Friday, finding the agency is protected by sovereign immunity.
Dentons said Friday it has hired a bankruptcy partner in Chicago who spent the past 25 years at Foley & Lardner LLP.
The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded their footprints and Donald Trump scored a court victory. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Blanche Law PLLC and Continental PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Florida federal judge tossed the criminal case against former President Donald Trump over his allegedly illegal retention of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Barbara A. Smith Tyson of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP claimed wins in two First Amendment cases involving Courthouse News Service and successfully convinced the Kansas Court of Appeals to dismiss personal injury claims accusing Walmart of administering a COVID-19 vaccine to a 15-year-old girl without parental consent, earning her a spot among the appellate attorneys under the age of 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Adam Sieff of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has defended social media and technology companies like Yelp, Google and TikTok against attempts to limit their speech, helping to block a California law that would have restricted how online content is created and published and earning him a spot among the technology law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.