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McGuireWoods Adds Healthcare Atty From Cooley In NY
McGuireWoods LLP has added a digital health expert from Cooley LLP, aiming to boost its offerings for clients in the space combining healthcare services with information and communications technology, the firm announced Monday.
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Kirkland Hires 2 Structured Finance Attys In NY, London
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is continuing the build-out of its structured finance and private credit practice, announcing on Saturday the lateral hiring of two partners in New York and London.
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Justices Pass On Cohen Suit Blaming Trump For Prison Stint
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a case brought against Donald Trump by his former personal attorney Michael Cohen, who claimed that he was vindictively put in prison for writing a memoir that painted the former president in a negative light.
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Paul Hastings Adds Baker McKenzie Employment Team In NY
Paul Hastings LLP said Monday that it has landed a top-tier, four-partner employment litigation team in New York from Baker McKenzie LLP to strengthen its East Coast practice.
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Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attys From 74 Firms
The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2024 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.
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Judge Tosses Ex-Cushman & Wakefield GC's Defamation Suit
An Illinois federal judge on Friday threw out a defamation lawsuit brought by the former general counsel of real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield over a Law.com article written about his departure, which he claimed made it seem like he had been fired for his job performance.
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Feds Defend Bribery Charge Against NYC Mayor Adams
Federal prosecutors pushed back Friday on New York City Mayor Eric Adams' attempt to erase a bribery charge from his indictment, arguing that while Adams claims his acts were "routine" and allowed under a recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent, a jury could still find his alleged favor trading illegal.
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It's Not Too Late For Attys To Help Safeguard Election
With the presidential election mere weeks away, a small army of lawyers will deploy throughout the country in a nonpartisan effort to ensure the process is fair, smooth and safe.
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BigLaw Sees Rise In Partner Hires, Led By NY And London
Despite economic turbulence, partner lateral hires at BigLaw firms have held steady in the first three quarters of the year, with the New York and London markets seeing the most significant uptick, according to a recent report from legal search firm Macrae.
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Former Locke Lord Atty Elevated To ABM General Counsel
Facility management company ABM has announced that its longtime deputy general counsel who also spent over a decade with Locke Lord LLP, has been elevated to the general counsel position starting in January.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Richards Layton's work on multiple infringement suits against Moderna and Nutter's work on a notable Massachusetts beer company acquisition lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Oct. 4 to 18.
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Skadden Closing In Shanghai, 'Rescaling' Corporate Practice
Sixteen years after opening in China's largest city, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP will close its Shanghai office, the firm said Friday.
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NY State Court System Escapes Ex-Employee's Bias Suit
A federal judge has given the New York State Unified Court System a summary judgment win in a bias suit filed by a former court clerk who is a Hindu, ruling that the ex-employee didn't show that religious discrimination was a motive for denying her leave or her firing.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Fenwick & West LLP and the Dacus Firm PC kick off this week's list of Law360 legal lions with a winning jury verdict for Amazon finding the e-commerce giant didn't infringe certain claims in a trio of wireless network patents.
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Holtzman Vogel Launches AI Practice Group Led By 2 Attys
National firm Holtzman Vogel has announced the launch of an artificial intelligence practice group that is led by partner Jason Torchinsky and associate Oliver Roberts and includes three other attorneys.
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Ted Kennedy Jr. On Disability Inclusion In The Legal Industry
Ted Kennedy Jr., a healthcare regulatory attorney at Epstein Becker Green and a pediatric bone cancer survivor who has an amputation, has made it his life’s work to advocate for people with disabilities. Here, Kennedy talks with Law360 Pulse about why legal employers should be more inclusive.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as Lewis Brisbois saw a founder leave and other BigLaw firms tapped new leaders and talent. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Two Years In, Law Firms See Real Results From Generative AI
Law firms are reaping the benefits of generative artificial intelligence two years after this technology was publicly unleashed, despite some external challenges, a panel of BigLaw technology leaders said at a legal conference on Thursday.
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AY Strauss Partner On Reemerging From 2020 Retirement
There was no one specific factor that made commercial real estate boutique A.Y. Strauss' new partner, Robert E. Zimet, realize he missed practicing law after his retirement from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP in 2020.
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Paul Hastings Investment Funds Head Leaves After 18 Months
Paul Hastings LLP has parted ways with New York-based partner John Budetti, who has been global chair of its investment funds and private capital practice since joining the firm in April 2023 from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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A&O Shearman Opts For 3-Level Partnership Comp
A&O Shearman has moved its partnership to a three-level compensation structure using an all-equity model, sources close to the firm told Law360 on Thursday.
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A&O Shearman Practice Head Joins Simpson Thacher In NY
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced Thursday the firm added the co-head of A&O Shearman's compensation, employment and governance group as a partner based in its New York office, touting the experience she has handling transaction-related compensation and benefits matters.
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A&O Shearman Taps Governance Veteran To Co-Lead Practice
A&O Shearman said Thursday that it has tapped a longtime partner to co-head the firm's compensation, employment, pensions and governance practice, bringing it under the joint leadership of alum from each of its two legacy firms after the merger between New York-based Shearman & Sterling and London-based legacy firm Allen & Overy became official last May.
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Stradley Ronon Adds NY-Based Investment Management Trio
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP has welcomed three experienced investment management attorneys to the firm's New York office as new partners, following their recent stints at Proskauer.
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White & Case Promotes 37 New Partners In Latest Round
White & Case LLP said Thursday that it has promoted 37 lawyers to partnership in a slight dip from 2023, with women accounting for just a fifth of those who made the grade.