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Summer Lull Fades As BigLaw Partner Hiring Intensifies

By Aebra Coe

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.

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    Daily Litigation

    Ballard Spahr Promotes Longtime IP Atty To Team Chair

    Ballard Spahr LLP has elevated an Atlanta-based intellectual property partner to lead its IP department, according to a Monday announcement.

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    Daily Litigation

    Clifford Chance Knocks Ex-Attys For Filing Partnership Docs

    Clifford Chance LLP is crying foul after two ex-practice group leaders included the firm's full partnership agreement in their lawsuit challenging a nearly $6 million claw-back demand for jumping ship to Sidley Austin LLP, claiming the tactics put the firm at a competitive disadvantage.

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    Modern Lawyer

    Office Snapshot: Greenberg Traurig Joins Dallas' 'Y'all St.' Hub

    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."

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    In-House

    S&P Global's Chief Legal Officer To Retire At Year's End

    S&P Global announced Monday that its executive vice president and chief legal officer will retire from the company at the end of the year as the company launched a search for his successor.

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    Modern Lawyer

    Cahill Gordon Private Credit Leader Jumps To Paul Hastings

    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.

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    California Pulse

    The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court

    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.

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    Daily Litigation

    Mass Tort Titan Paul J. Napoli Dies

    Paul J. Napoli, an influential plaintiffs attorney who worked on some of the nation's highest-profile mass tort matters in recent decades, died on Tuesday at the age of 58.

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    DC Pulse

    Foster Garvey Names New Managing Principal, Executive Chair

    Foster Garvey PC announced Wednesday that as part of the firm's recent wave of leadership appointments, it has named a new managing principal and chair of its executive committee.

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    California Pulse

    Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review

    The U.S. Supreme Court's stark ideological divisions were on full display this term, particularly as it issued long-awaited rulings in the last few days of June. Here, Law360 dives into the numbers behind this court term.

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    Daily Litigation

    When Does A Firm's 'Breakup' Fee-Split Contract Go Too Far?

    It looked like a win for plaintiffs' firms when the Kentucky Supreme Court recently upheld a firm's 75% claim on fees from cases an attorney took with him when he launched his own practice, but the narrow ruling may leave room for lawyers to challenge similar agreements as penalties for leaving their firms.

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