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Law Firm Real Estate Report
Several law firms around the country found reasons to be thankful in November as hybrid work models helped slim down their office space or as firms sought out more room to accommodate growing teams.
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Barclays GC To Join A&O Shearman Cyber Team
A&O Shearman has tapped the current general counsel for Barclays Execution Services to co-head its global cybersecurity team, the firm announced Thursday, with the lawyer set to make the jump early next year.
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Morgan Lewis Matches Bonuses, Cahill Raises The Bar
Bonus announcements continued Thursday, with Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP matching Milbank LLP's year-end and special cash bonuses, while Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP upped the ante with higher special bonuses.
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Haynes Boone Promotes 15 In Latest Partner Class
Haynes and Boone LLP has promoted 15 of its attorneys across seven of its offices to partner effective Jan. 1, the firm announced Thursday.
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Hinckley Allen Opens New Ill. Office To Tackle Asbestos Work
Hinckley Allen has debuted an office with an 11-member team to service the southern Illinois and St. Louis metropolitan areas, hiring three partners specializing in complex product liability and toxic tort matters as it seeks to plant its flag in a "critical jurisdiction" for those kinds of cases.
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Calif. Bar Panel To Mull How Protests Impact Atty Admissions
Legal consequences, disciplinary actions by law schools and reports of violence in connection to participation in protests against the war in Gaza are not necessarily causes to deny admission to the California Bar, a working group has recommended, urging a continued holistic approach to determinations of moral character.
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What's Next For The Global Legal Market In 2025?
While U.S.-based firms with an international footprint are pulling back from some locations, they may still consider building out a new, albeit smaller, footprint in other countries, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia.
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These Law Firms Are Law360 Pulse's Global Leaders
What does it mean to be a truly global legal powerhouse? The law firms spotlighted in our 2024 ranking are setting the standard for worldwide reach.
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E-Discovery Pros Urge Clients To Tackle Burnout Via Budgets
Law firms and their clients can achieve better cases outcomes, tackle e-discovery attorney burnout and cut expenses by allocating more money for e-discovery services in litigation, according to a panel of e-discovery professionals.
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Holland & Knight Gets In On Trade Laterals With Export Expert
Holland & Knight LLP announced Wednesday it was bringing aboard a new international trade partner at its Tysons Corner, Virginina, office, part of a recent flurry of hiring in the practice area as firms seek out expertise on export controls and other trade issues in the weeks following the 2024 presidential election.
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Clifford Chance Hires Willkie's European Competition Chief
Clifford Chance LLP has recruited the European competition chief of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as it continues its push to bulk up with high-power antitrust veterans, the firm said Thursday.
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'Twice The Pace': 2024 Was A Busy Year For Law Firms
Even as mergers and acquisitions activity has remained relatively "soft," large and midsize law firms have experienced a substantial increase in demand over the last year at twice the historic average rate of increase, according to the co-author of a Thursday report on U.S. law firm financial results.
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Pogust Goodhead US Chairman Leaves The Firm
A co-founder of the international firm Pogust Goodhead, who is based outside of Philadelphia, has stepped down from the global operations of the firm to head a new legal nonprofit, the firm confirmed Wednesday.
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Freeman Mathis Expands To Orlando With New Med Mal Team
Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP announced it has opened an office in Orlando, Florida, its fourth in the state, with the addition of a six-person healthcare and medical malpractice team from local firm Beytin McLaughlin McLaughlin O'Hara & Bocchino PA.
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Kramer Levin, Norton Rose To Match Milbank On Bonuses
Kramer Levin said its associates will receive year-end and special bonuses in line with those set by Milbank LLP ahead of its proposed merger with Herbert Smith Freehills LLP.
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Norton Rose Names Energy, Tax Attys As Houston Leaders
Norton Rose Fulbright said Wednesday that it has selected a pair of attorneys who have been with the firm their entire legal careers for new leadership positions in its Houston office.
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Foley & Lardner Gets Pro-Palestinian Atty's Suit Pared Down
A former Foley & Lardner LLP summer associate who says the firm rescinded an employment offer over her public support for Palestinians saw part of her suit dismissed this week, with an Illinois federal judge finding that the firm never promised to hire her regardless of what kinds of activism she took part in.
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Former AUSA To Lead Bradley Arant's Financial Crime Team
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced that a former assistant U.S. attorney who joined the firm in October has been named chair of its newly formed financial crime and economic sanctions practice group.
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Reed Smith Adds State Tax Partner To San Francisco Office
Reed Smith LLP added a partner to its national state tax practice who will work out of its San Francisco office, according to the firm.
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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.
Expert Analysis
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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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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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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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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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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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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.