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LexShares Must Face Claims In Ex-CEO's Race Bias Suit
Racial discrimination claims by a Black former CEO of litigation financier LexShares Inc. are not time-barred, a Massachusetts federal judge has ruled, though she dismissed claims against the chairman of the company's board and another board member.
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Trump Changes Course On Pick For WH Counsel
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he was naming a Dhillon Law Group Inc. partner who has represented his campaign to serve as White House counsel, replacing the ex-Jones Day attorney he'd previously picked as the top lawyer in his new administration.
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Steptoe Vet Will Lead Troutman Pepper's Sanctions, Trade Group
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP has hired a longtime Steptoe LLP lawyer to lead its sanctions and trade controls team in Washington, D.C., as the local lateral market continues responding to the coming change in political control in the nation's capital.
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Litigation Support Teams Want Gen AI As Expectations Rise
Many litigation teams are feeling competitive pressures to upgrade their technology with more advanced tools such as so-called artificial intelligence, according to a new survey report released Wednesday.
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BigLaw's China Exodus Continues With Paul Weiss Closure
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP will close its Beijing office at the end of the year, a spokesperson confirmed to Law360 Pulse Tuesday, ending the firm's physical presence in mainland China after more than 40 years amid a wider exodus of U.S. law firms from the country.
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Coinbase Says It Won't Use Firms That Hire Crypto Enforcers
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase made clear that it won't work with law firms that employ former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorneys who led the charge on crypto enforcement suits, singling out Milbank LLP for its hiring of ex-SEC enforcement director Gurbir Grewal.
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Fried Frank Adds Goodwin Procter Tax Pro As Partner In NY
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced Tuesday that a Goodwin Procter LLP tax and business law partner has joined the firm and will serve as a partner in Fried Frank's tax department in New York.
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Baker Botts Brings Back Antitrust Atty In DC
Baker Botts LLP welcomed back on Tuesday an antitrust attorney once with the firm who most recently spent time at A&O Sherman.
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Ex-Va. Solicitor General To Co-Lead Steptoe Appellate Group
Steptoe LLP has brought on as co-leader of the appellate practice a former solicitor general of Virginia whose past government work included being special counsel to the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the firm said Tuesday.
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BCLP Hires Greenberg Traurig Real Estate Ace In Calif.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP has taken another step in expanding its real estate finance practice in California with the addition of a partner from Greenberg Traurig LLP to its Orange County office.
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Willkie Adds Litigation Heavyweight, Energy Expert In DC
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP announced Tuesday that it has brought on two Washington, D.C., partners — a new chair for its regulatory litigation practice group who joined from King & Spalding LLP and an energy-focused finance attorney who joined from Greenberg Traurig LLP.
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Ogletree To Open Baltimore Shop With Small Firm Tie-Up
Labor and employment firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC announced Tuesday it will open an office in Baltimore on Jan. 2, making it the firm's 58th new space overall and fourth in 2024.
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Wilkinson Stekloff Exceeds BigLaw's Year-End Bonuses
Associates at trial boutique Wilkinson Stekloff will receive year-end bonuses as much as $57,500 higher than those given across BigLaw on top of special bonuses matching those offered by other firms, founding partners said Tuesday.
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Fenwick Adds Freshfields Antitrust Atty In DC
An antitrust attorney specializing in assisting clients in the technology and life sciences sectors with navigating the federal regulatory process has moved her practice to Fenwick & West LLP's Washington, D.C., office after more than 12 years with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
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Pierson Ferdinand Adds Taylor English Real Estate Ace In Fla.
Pierson Ferdinand LLP is continuing its rapid growth with the addition of a Florida real estate partner from Taylor English Duma LLP, just weeks after bringing on a Miami transactions partner from the same firm.
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Norton Rose Names US Corporate, M&A And Securities Head
Norton Rose Fulbright announced Tuesday that it has tapped a New York partner to co-lead its U.S. corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and securities team.
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McCarter & English Adds Ex-DOJ Antitrust Atty In DC
McCarter & English has hired a new partner and former Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC senior counsel, who started her career working on antitrust issues for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Tuesday.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Tunheim Advises Other Jurists
For more than a decade, U.S. District Judge John Tunheim has counseled judges from other countries on quandaries jurists face internationally, from artificial intelligence to court administration to judicial independence.
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McGuireWoods Grows DC Office With White Collar Duo
McGuireWoods LLP said Tuesday that it has hired the leader of litigation boutique McCool Law PLLC, marking the seventh partner with a history at the U.S. Department of Justice to join the firm this year.
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It's Not Your Imagination, SDNY Attys: PACER Really Is Slow
Recent mid-morning slowdowns of the federal courts database known as PACER in the Southern District of New York are caused by a profusion of data miners that ply their trade around the same time each day, a district official confirmed Tuesday.
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Are Law Firms Losing Money On Generative AI?
How to leverage generative artificial intelligence to enhance the bottom line is still a question mark for the vast majority of law firms, with many making massive investments in the technology without much of a plan for how to monetize it, law firm consultants say.
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5 King & Spalding E-Discovery Attys Jump To Hilgers Graben
Hilgers Graben PLLC announced Tuesday that it has gained a five-member e-discovery team in Atlanta and St. Louis from King & Spalding LLP, adding five female lawyers to the women-owned firm's roster.
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Kirkland Adds 2 Real Estate Partners To NYC Office
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has hired ex-Fried Frank partner Matthew Bettinger and former Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP partner Seth R. Henslovitz as new partners for its real estate team in New York City, the firm announced on Monday.
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A&O Shearman Tax Pro Jumps To Hogan Lovells In DC
Hogan Lovells said Monday that it has brought on a former Allen Overy Shearman Sterling tax partner who specializes in spinoffs, cross-border deals and other corporate transactions.
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Ex-BigLaw Atty Who Killed Wife Faces Depo Over Settlement
Former Fisher Phillips partner Claud "Tex" McIver, who is serving a prison sentence for killing his wife, is set to be deposed as soon as Tuesday as part of the legal battle in Georgia state court over who is entitled to the settlement of the wrongful death suit brought by his wife's estate.
Expert Analysis
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How Firm Leaders Can Build And Sustain Culture
In uncertain and challenging times, law firm leaders can build and sustain culture by focusing attention on mission, values and leadership development, and applying a growth mindset across their firms, says Scott Westfahl at Harvard Law.
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The Case That Showed Me The Value Of E-Discovery Plans
Robert Keeling at Sidley reflects on leading discovery in the litigation that followed the historic $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger and how the case highlighted the importance of having a strategic e-discovery plan in place.
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Opinion
CLE Accreditation Should Be Tied To Learning Outcomes
Given the substantial time and money lawyers put toward mandatory continuing legal education, CLE regulators and providers should be held to accreditation standards that assess learning outcomes, similar to those imposed on law schools and continuing medical education providers, says Rima Sirota at Georgetown Law.
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Why You Should Leverage AI For Privilege Review
While many lawyers still believe that a manual, document-by-document review is the best approach to privilege logging, certain artificial intelligence tools can bolster the traditional review process and make this aspect of electronic document review more efficient, more accurate and less costly, say Laura Riff and Michelle Six at Kirkland.
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Persuading The Court With Visual Aids In Written Argument
Robert Dubose at Alexander Dubose describes several categories of visuals attorneys can use to make written arguments easier to understand or more persuasive, and provides tips for lawyers unused to working with anything but text.
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BigLaw Vs. Mid-Law Summer Programs: The Pros And Cons
There are major differences between BigLaw and Mid-Law summer associate programs, and each approach can learn something from the other in terms of structure and scheduling, the on-the-job learning opportunities provided, and the social experiences offered, says Anna Tison at Brooks Pierce.
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Series
Ask A Mentor: How Do I Take Time Off?
David Kouba at Arnold & Porter discusses how attorneys can prioritize mental health leave and vacation despite work-related barriers to taking time off.
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Law Firms Must Prioritize Mental Health In Internal Comms
The traditional structure of law firms, with their compartmentalization into silos, is an inherent challenge to mental wellness, so partners and senior lawyers should take steps to construct and disseminate internal action plans and encourage open dialogue, says Elizabeth Ortega at ECO Strategic Communications.
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Our Current Approach To Trial Advocacy Training Is Lacking
The key to trial advocacy is persuasion, but current training programs focus almost entirely on technique, making it imperative that lawyers are taught to be effective storytellers and to connect with their audiences, says Chris Arledge at Ellis George.
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How Women In Law Can Advance Toward Leadership Roles
Female attorneys in leadership roles inspire other women to pursue similar opportunities in a male-dominated field, and for those who aspire to lead, prioritizing collaboration, inclusivity and integrity is key, says Kim Yelkin at Foley & Lardner.
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The Case That Took Me From Prosecutor To Defense Attorney
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Moira Penza, now at Wilkinson Stekloff, recalls the challenges of her first case as a civil defense attorney — a multibillion-dollar multidistrict class action against Allergan — and the lessons she learned about building rapport in the courtroom and with co-counsel.
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The Importance Of Legal Macroeconomics Education For Attys
Most legal professionals lack understanding of the macroeconomic trends unique to the legal industry, like the rising cost of law school and legal services, which contributes to an unfair and inaccessible justice system, so law school courses and continuing legal education requirements in this area are essential, says Bob Glaves at the Chicago Bar Foundation.
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What ABA Student Well-Being Standards Mean For Law Firms
While the American Bar Association's recent amendments to its law school accreditation standards around student well-being could have gone further, legal industry employers have much to learn from the ABA's move and the well-being movement that continues to gain traction in law schools, says David Jaffe at the American University Washington College of Law.
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Series
Ask A Mentor: How Do I Build Rapport In New In-House Role?
Tim Parilla at LinkSquares explains how new in-house lawyers can start developing relationships with colleagues both within and outside their legal departments in order to expand their networks, build their brands and carve their paths to leadership positions.
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What Attys Should Consider Before Taking On Pro Bono Work
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Piper Hoffman and Will Lowrey at Animal Outlook lay out suggestions for attorneys to maximize the value of their pro bono efforts, from crafting engagement letters to balancing workloads — and they explain how these principles can foster a more rewarding engagement for both lawyers and nonprofits.