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A Dubai-based CEO and trader has pled guilty in Massachusetts federal court to charges that he worked with a former BigLaw associate and others to carry out a far-reaching insider trading scheme.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP has added a former Reed Smith LLP mergers and acquisitions star to chair its West Coast Mergers & Acquisitions Practice at its Menlo Park, California, office, where he brings deep experience handling complex mergers, cross-border acquisitions, divestitures, stock investments, consolidations and more.
A co-founder of the global labor and employment juggernaut Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC died Monday after decades of helping shape the firm's values of honesty and transparency.
Haynes Boone announced Monday that it has launched a firmwide initiative treating generative artificial intelligence as a "core lawyering skill," with workshops at all attorney levels administered by legal learning platform Hotshot.
Young lawyers continue to be very mobile, with roughly two-thirds of new graduates saying they have already held two or more jobs in a report released Tuesday by the National Association for Law Placement, which also found high levels of job satisfaction and large but decreasing amounts of law school debt.
Winston Taylor has hired three attorneys from DLA Piper, who focus their practices on IP litigation and rejoin a colleague from their former firm who took a role as leader of its U.S. International Trade Commission practice last month, according to a Tuesday announcement.
Pryor Cashman LLP said Tuesday it has continued growing its litigation group with a longtime Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP lawyer, who has represented "some of the most prominent names in private equity and finance," the firm said.
A Polsinelli PC shareholder who worked at K&L Gates LLP early in his career has returned to the firm as a finance partner in Charleston, South Carolina.
Butler Snow LLP said it has inked a lease for an office space at a $220 million mixed-use development underway in Huntsville, Alabama.
A career Goodwin Procter LLP lawyer, who spent nearly two decades at that firm working on high-stakes intellectual property disputes, has joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's Washington, D.C., office.
A growing list of BigLaw firms have moved to Seattle, driven by a wealth of corporate work, increased regulatory needs and an uptick in litigation, and the sudden influx of new firms is reshaping the market's profile and average billing rates.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced Tuesday that a former Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner has joined the firm's New York office to advise clients on the U.S. tax aspects of energy and infrastructure transactions.
BakerHostetler has brought on a former Kutak Rock LLP tax credits partner to its business practice group in Chicago.
A lot has changed in BigLaw recruiting as firm leaders increasingly look strategically to partner hires to add revenue. For instance, the summer lull in hiring is gone, top recruiters say.
Ballard Spahr LLP has elevated an Atlanta-based intellectual property partner to lead its intellectual property department, according to a Monday announcement.
Thousands of lawsuits have been filed in recent years by distributors of pay-per-view fights, who allege that bars and other commercial businesses are not paying the proper licensing fees. The cases have led to the creation of a small firm legal niche, and they offer lessons for other lawyers handling similar cases.
Barnes & Thornburg LLP has hired the former chief operating officer from Dentons, who has taken over in that position for the firm in Washington, D.C., according to a Monday announcement.
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has entered the Miami market with the addition of the former co-chair of DLA Piper's capital markets and public companies advisory group, the firm said Monday.
A federal judge has sealed the partnership agreements that two ex-Clifford Chance LLP practice group heads who jumped to Sidley Austin LLP included in their lawsuit challenging a nearly $6 million clawback demand, after Clifford Chance claimed the tactics put it at a competitive disadvantage.
An attorney with Blank Rome LLP was tricked into uploading sensitive files to an external Google Drive account, allegedly exposing private information belonging to more than 57,000 individuals, according to a proposed class action accusing the law firm of inadequate cybersecurity safeguards and delayed breach notification.
Ogletree announced Monday the management-side labor and employment law firm has added to its roster of attorneys in Orange County, California, a new shareholder who is returning to the firm following a short time at employment boutique GBG LLP and several years practicing at Constangy.
After more than two decades in Dallas' Arts District, Greenberg Traurig LLP has relocated its city office to a bigger space in an uptown tower, a move the office leader said puts the firm in the "epicenter of where things are happening with the business community."
O'Melveny & Myers LLP announced Monday that it has hired a former McGuireWoods partner who represents financial institutions, broker-dealers, investment advisers and public companies in sensitive government investigations and inquiries.
Paul Hastings LLP has hired the former co-head of Cahill Gordon & Reindel's private credit practice as a New York partner, Paul Hastings announced Monday.
This U.S. Supreme Court term featured high-stakes oral arguments on issues including presidential power, immigration and voting regulations. Here's a look at the law firms that argued the most cases and how they fared.
A few key trends have arisen in partners’ lateral movements in the first half of 2025, reflecting a legal market defined by macroeconomic uncertainty, shifts in firm structures and rising scrutiny of firm affiliations, say legal recruiters at Macrae.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Be A Mentor Or Mentee
Mentorship is a powerful tool for business development when both mentors and mentees approach their relationships with strategic purpose, ensuring professional success while supporting broader business goals, say Angela Liu at Dechert and Jessica Lewis at WilmerHale.
Junior attorneys are increasingly expected to start building books of business while they are still figuring out their long-term career goals, but a few pointers can help young lawyers develop business even when they’re uncertain about their future direction, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.
As cyberattacks on law firms continue to escalate, bar associations, law firms and individual lawyers must all take steps to protect client funds in attorney trust accounts — from imposing cyber hygiene mandates to reimagining malpractice coverage — because once that money is gone, it’s generally gone for good, says Michael Epstein at The Epstein Law Firm.
Pricing strategy is one of the most consistently discussed but underleveraged tools in a firm's arsenal, and rather than keeping hourly billing because it's easy, firms should consider their differentiators when structuring more effective fee models, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Consultants.
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Achieving Organic Growth For A Legal Nonprofit
We started Law Rocks to promote music education for underprivileged youth and raise funds for local nonprofits, and our 15-year journey has shown that enthusiasm, persistence and a great network can lead to a surprising amount of organic growth, say Nick Child and Ted Scott at Secretariat.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Engage With The Media
Business development is all about awareness — and by taking existing skills and adapting them to build media relationships and thereby address today's audiences, lawyers can expand their outreach and use thought leadership to build a more complete, compelling personal brand, says Michael Goodwin at Stanton PR.
When seeking outside legal advisers, general counsel want commercially savvy lawyers who cultivate relationships of trust with their in-house counterparts, back up the GC's authority and focus on actionable advice instead of abstract legal analysis, say Andrew Dick at The L Suite and Rob Morvillo at Olo.
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Nonprofit Launch Tips From Founders In The Legal Industry
In this season of giving, take a look back at this Law360 series featuring legal professionals who have founded industry-related nonprofits. They discussed the biggest challenges to getting started, and how to balance the launch and management of an organization along with the demands of their primary work.
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Generating Confidence In A Legal Nonprofit
I started LawWithoutWalls to change the way legal professionals see and think about their world, and it taught me the importance of giving people a reason to believe in your nonprofit mission, as well as how to achieve work-life integration, says Michele DeStefano at the University of Miami.
Nonequity partners report the lowest satisfaction, highest stress and poorest financial outlook of any group of lawyers, highlighting a growing structural disconnect that leaves attorneys at many firms feeling like the ladder has been pulled up behind those who already ascended, says Jake Carroll at Nelson Mullins.
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Building Brand Awareness For A Legal Nonprofit
I co-founded the Bridging the Gap Scholarship as a way to increase minority representation in BigLaw, and my advice for other legal professionals starting a nonprofit is to focus on building brand awareness early on, and to get comfortable delegating work to a dedicated team, says Imani Maatuka at Sidley.
Understanding where colleagues in other practice areas shine can help attorneys confidently cross-sell each other's services and bring in business to keep the firm afloat in hard times, says Joe Calve at Calve Communications.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Advertise Ethically
Business development in the legal industry is about building authentic connections and showcasing expertise in a way that reflects reality, and, when done right, it can elevate a practice, establish credibility and bring in clients without risking an ethics violation, says Melody Jackson at Robinhood.
Molly Ranns at the State Bar of Michigan suggests five ways to smooth a colleague's return to practice after short-term mental health leave, while creating a firm culture that protects employees’ emotional health.