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Check out the Law360 Pulse Leaderboard to see which firms made the list of leaders in all-around excellence this year.

Firms' Hiring Strategies Are Evolving In Fight For Top Spot

By Xiumei Dong

Competition for top talent among elite law firms shows no signs of slowing down, even amid economic uncertainty, with financially strong firms deploying aggressive strategies to attract and retain skilled professionals to solidify their market position.

NJ Cannabis Commission Delays Increasing Excise Fee

By Jaqueline McCool

The New Jersey commission that regulates cannabis will not immediately increase the state's social equity excise fee and will instead decide at a later meeting whether to increase the fee, the commission voted on Wednesday. 

Pa. Authorizes Settlement Process To Resolve Tax Disputes

By Zak Kostro

Pennsylvania empowered the state Board of Finance and Revenue to oversee a formal settlement process to resolve taxpayer disputes and extended the deadline for taxpayers to appeal personal income tax assessments from the state Department of Revenue under a bill signed by Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro.

Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules

By Stewart Ackerly

The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' recent decision to consider developing a rule for litigation funding disclosure is a welcome development, ensuring that the result will be the product of a thorough, inclusive and deliberative process that appropriately balances all interests, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.

The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO

By Jennifer Johnson

The impact on law firms of the recent CrowdStrike outage underscores that the business of law is no longer merely about providing supplemental support for legal practice — and helps explain why some law firms are appointing dedicated, full-time CEOs to navigate the challenges of the modern legal landscape, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate Strategies.


Expert Analysis

How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources

Because courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence and other safeguards do not address the risk of hallucinations in secondary source materials, the judiciary should consider enlisting legal publishers and database hosts to protect against AI-generated inaccuracies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment

Ambitious attorneys can sometimes experience career enmeshment — when your sense of self-worth becomes unhealthily tangled up in your legal vocation — but taking the time to discover and realign with your core personal values can help you recover your identity, says Janna Koretz at Azimuth Psychological.

Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity

Attorneys living with disabilities face extra challenges — including the need for special accommodations, the fear of stigmatization and the risk of being tokenized — but if given equitable opportunities, they can still rise to the top of their field, says Kate Reder Sheikh, a former attorney and legal recruiter at Major Lindsey & Africa.

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