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Cozen O'Connor Announces Leadership Moves
Cozen O'Connor has new office leadership in California, Minnesota and New York, and has named several practice group leaders.
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Vetting Law Firm Compensation: Tips For Lateral Partners
As law firms adjust their compensation systems to the changing legal job market, a system that works in favor of one lateral candidate could be a bad fit for another, forcing prospective laterals to wade through seemingly endless pros and cons related to partner pay.
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Paul Hastings Adds Ex-DLA Piper Structured Credit Pro In NY
Paul Hastings LLP has added a structured credit attorney previously with DLA Piper as a partner in New York, the firm announced Thursday.
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Taft Leader Talks Merger Strategy Behind Florida Launch
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP's chairman and managing partner, Robert J. Hicks, joined Law360 Pulse to discuss the firm's approach to mergers ahead of its combination with a Florida litigation boutique.
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Legal Tech Co. Clio's ShareDo Deal Signals BigLaw Ambitions
Legal technology giant Clio is making a play to serve BigLaw firms after acquiring the case and matter management provider ShareDo on Thursday.
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SEC Answers Latham's Call To Free Up Private Capital
Staff at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued guidance Wednesday that could allow accredited investors to self-certify their ability to participate in private securities offerings, a move that Latham & Watkins LLP said represents a "new era" for capital fundraising.
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Ex-Atty Gets 3 Years In Prison For Using Fake IDs To Get Jobs
A former attorney has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to using false identification in order to obtain jobs at multiple law firms in Florida, California and elsewhere following his disbarment in Ohio, according to federal prosecutors.
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Judge Blocks Order Limiting Perkins Coie Government Access
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday halted enforcement of the Trump administration's executive order against law firm Perkins Coie LLP that cited issues including its representation of Hillary Clinton during her 2016 presidential run, calling the order "viewpoint discrimination, plain and simple."
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As Perkins Coie Fights Order, How Will Other Firms Respond?
Perkins Coie LLP, represented by Williams & Connolly LLP, is challenging President Donald Trump's executive order revoking its security clearance and launching investigations into its diversity efforts. But other firms have remained silent, raising questions about the order's potential effects on how firms handle public policy litigation, publicly support their right to defend all clients and pursue hiring initiatives.
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Boies Schiller Adds Calif. Litigator Experienced In AI Cases
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP is boosting its California team, bringing in a Joseph Saveri Law Firm litigator in San Francisco who brings expertise in navigating cases touching on artificial intelligence, the firm announced this week.
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DLA Piper Litigation Duo Follows Colleagues To Dentons
Less than a month after a pair of DLA Piper insurance litigators joined Dentons' New York office, two more attorneys from the same practice have decided to follow their colleagues' lead, according to an announcement on Wednesday.
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Norton Rose Strategy Head Named US Management Vice Chair
Norton Rose Fulbright has tapped an Austin-based intellectual property partner who has held numerous leadership roles at the firm — including U.S. chief strategy and operations partner — as the next vice chair of the firm's U.S. management committee, the firm announced Wednesday.
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By The Numbers: Top Trends In How Law Firms Are Growing
Lateral hiring among the top 200 law firms rebounded in 2024, with firms adding 900 lateral hires, according to a new Leopard Solutions report that also highlighted ongoing transitions in the legal industry, including generational leadership shifts, evolving career aspirations, and growing pressures on diversity, equity and inclusion.
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First-Time Bar Passage Rate Improved In 2024
Nearly 83% of first-time test takers who sat for the bar exam in 2024 passed, an increase of nearly 3 percentage points from 2023, according to statistics released on Wednesday by the American Bar Association.
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Ropes & Gray Opens Paris Office With Clifford Chance Trio
Ropes & Gray LLP said Wednesday it has debuted in Paris with three former Clifford Chance LLP partners, with the boss of the new office attesting that the Magic Circle firms don't offer clients the best route to the U.S. market.
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Fox Rothschild Hires Lewis Brisbois Litigator In DC
A trial attorney who spent the past four years at Lewis Brisbois, has moved his practice to Fox Rothschild LLP and told Law360 Pulse in an interview Wednesday that his new role continued a family tradition of Fox Rothschild attorneys stretching back 100 years.
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Steptoe Hires National Security Veteran In New York
Steptoe LLP has hired a former Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP attorney known for his defense of Guantanamo Bay detainees and other high-profile national security matters, who joined the firm in New York as a partner.
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4 Tips For Women On How To Advance Their Legal Careers
Contract management platform LinkSquares held a virtual event this week where women attorneys discussed their legal careers and challenges they have encountered. Here are four tips they shared for how women lawyers can excel in their careers.
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Venable Adds 2 Patent Partners From Axinn In San Francisco
Venable LLP has hired two technology-focused partners from Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP to expand its intellectual property team in San Francisco.
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New York's First Court Historian Gets To Work
Six months into his new gig as the honorary historian of the New York State Unified Court System, former state Judge Albert M. Rosenblatt has already begun delving into less explored avenues of research.
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Perkins Coie Slams Trump's Executive Order Retaliation
Perkins Coie LLP sued the Trump administration Tuesday over an executive order targeting the firm for its diversity-focused hiring efforts and its representation of certain political figures including former Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, calling the order "an affront to the Constitution" that aims to chill future representation of certain clients.
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BigLaw Firms Join To Support Del. Corporate Law Changes
Twenty-one law firms with Delaware corporate practices have jointly endorsed pending state legislation, S.B. 21, that aims to narrow stockholder avenues for challenging corporate acts and clarify the definition of company controllers.
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'Victim Of Its Own Success': The Federalist Society's Shift
The Federalist Society can now boast long-sought victories and point to scores of federal judges appointed from its ranks. But its alliance with President Donald Trump may bring about a reckoning within the conservative legal movement.
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Threats Against Judges 'Top Priority,' Fed. Judiciary Says
Protecting federal judges is a "top priority" as violent threats spike against a polarized political backdrop, making congressional funding for additional security measures more important than ever, the U.S. Judicial Conference said Tuesday.
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Ex-TD Bank Atty Back To Basics Of Litigation At Ballard Spahr
A former in-house attorney for TD Bank has gone back to private practice and joined Ballard Spahr LLP's Philadelphia office in a move aimed at returning his focus to the nuts and bolts of litigation.
Expert Analysis
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How Law Firms Can Hire And Retain More Black Attorneys
The pipeline of Black lawyers is limited, so BigLaw firms must invest in Black high school students, ensure Black attorneys receive origination credit and take other bold steps to increase Black representation in the industry, says Benjamin Wilson, chairman at Beveridge & Diamond.
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If enough law firms undertake some universal diversity best practices, such as connecting minority lawyers to key client relationships and establishing accountability for those charged with spearheading progress, the legal industry could look a lot different in the foreseeable future, says Frederick Nance, global managing partner at Squire Patton.
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BigLaw firms often focus on increasing their diversity numbers, but without much attention to equity and inclusion, minority lawyers face substantial barriers after they get their foot in the door, says Patricia Brown Holmes, managing partner at Riley Safer.
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Advancing Racial Justice In The Legal Industry And Beyond
In addition to building and nurturing a diverse talent pipeline, law firms should collaborate with general counsel, academics and others to focus on injustices within the broader legal system, says Jonathan Harmon, chairman at McGuireWoods.
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BigLaw Needs More Underrepresented Attorneys As Leaders
Hiring more women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community to BigLaw positions of power is the first key to making other underrepresented attorneys believe they have an opportunity for a path to leadership, says Ernest Greer, co-president at Greenberg Traurig.
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Guest Feature
Diversity Work Doesn't Have To Be Reserved For Partners
Serving on my firm's diversity committee as an associate has allowed me to improve access, support and opportunity for minority attorneys at the firm, while building leadership skills and fostering meaningful relationships with firm management and industry professionals, says Camille Bent at BakerHostetler.