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Equity Partners At Smaller Firms Are Most Content With Pay
Lawyers in private practice are generally happy with their compensation, and BigLaw associates are particularly satisfied, thanks to openly competitive rates of pay. But equity partners at smaller firms are happiest, according to a new Law360 Pulse survey.
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A Deep Dive Into Law Firm Pay
The legal industry may be known for its relatively high pay, but don't tell that to lawyers: Barely half of all attorneys feel satisfied or very satisfied with what they make, according to a new Law360 Pulse report.
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GRSM50 Promotes 'Unprecedented' 51 Attys To Partner
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, now known as GRSM50, has elevated 51 attorneys to partnership in 21 states across more than 10 practice groups in a broad range of legal areas.
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Foley Adds 2 DLA Piper Business Litigators In San Francisco
Foley & Lardner LLP is expanding its business litigation team in Northern California, announcing Monday it has brought in two DLA Piper trade secrets experts as partners in its San Francisco office.
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Cyber Insurance Business Promotes Atty To General Counsel
Cyber insurance company Cowbell announced Tuesday that it has promoted to serve as its general counsel an attorney who has served as its vice president of legal for more than two years.
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Contract Co. Pramata Teams With Deloitte Transactions Unit
Contract management platform Pramata announced Tuesday a new strategic alliance with Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP, a subsidiary of Deloitte LLP.
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Newsom Signs Landmark Intersectionality Anti-Bias Bill
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill enshrining intersectionality in the state's anti-discrimination laws, making California the first state in the country to explicitly recognize the concept, the governor's office announced over the weekend.
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Google Investors' Attys Snag $66.5M In $350M Privacy Deal
A California federal judge on Monday gave final approval to Alphabet's $350 million deal settling a Google data breach securities suit and awarded $66.5 million for attorney fees amid objections, calling the deal "an excellent result" and noting the 19% cut was below the benchmark for similar cases.
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Jones Day, Akin Gump, Latham Alums Tapped For Calif. Bench
California Gov. Gavin Newsom elevated a former Jones Day partner on Monday to a leadership role on the state's Second District Court of Appeal as part of a slew of judicial picks that also include alums of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP.
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Cozen O'Connor Reelects CEO Michael Heller To Fifth Term
Cozen O'Connor's continuous steady growth over the last 12 years has prompted the firm's leadership to reelect its current chief executive for another three-year term.
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Stoel Rives Lands 7-Enviro Atty Team From Downey Brand
Stoel Rives LLP is expanding its environmental practice group, bringing in a team of seven attorneys from Downey Brand LLP to join its Sacramento and San Francisco offices, it announced on Monday.
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Covington Adds Longtime DOJ Atty With High Court Chops
Sarah Harrington has dedicated almost her entire legal career to public service. But on Dec. 1, following 3½ years overseeing the U.S. Department of Justice's appellate staff in the Civil Division as deputy assistant attorney general, she'll return to private practice as the new co-leader of the appellate and Supreme Court practice at Covington & Burling LLP, the firm said Monday.
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McDermott Adds Its First Director Of AI Innovation
McDermott Will & Emery LLP has continued its investment in technology and innovation by creating a new role focused on artificial intelligence, the firm said Monday.
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Expert Witness Co. Expert Institute Sold To Levine Leichtman
New York-based legal services provider Expert Institute has been sold to private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners from its previous owner Spectrum Equity, according to a Monday announcement.
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Akin Launches New AI Director Role With Bryan Cave Pro
Akin is redoubling its commitment to emerging technology and artificial intelligence with a new director of practice technology and AI innovation at its London office who most recently was at Bryan Cave and previously spent more than seven years with Akin.
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Davis Wright Makes Litigation Co-Chair New Firmwide Leader
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP partners have voted to select litigation cochair Jaime Drozd as its next firmwide managing partner, filling a role left empty after its former managing partner resigned in March, according to a Monday announcement.
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Man Federally Charged In Calif. Courthouse Bombing
A California man accused of throwing a bomb into the lobby of a Santa Barbara County courthouse Wednesday that injured at least five people has been federally charged with maliciously damaging a building with the use of an explosive, federal prosecutors announced on Friday.
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Pryor Cashman Incoming And Outgoing Heads Talk Transition
After 17 years under the leadership of a single managing partner, Pryor Cashman LLP is in the process of transitioning to a new firm head, with both the outgoing and incoming managing partner saying they want to preserve the midsize firm's character and independence.
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Calif. Atty's Fee Bid Against LegalMatch Denied At Appeal
A California state appeals court has affirmed a trial court ruling denying a Torrance-based lawyer's bid for $940,000 in attorney fees in his suit against attorney referral service LegalMatch.
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Michelman & Robinson's LA Head On Leading Flagship Office
For Michelman & Robinson LLP's new Los Angeles leader, Lara Shortz, one of the joys of practicing employment law is having the chance to help clients through "some of the really great moments in life." Law360 Pulse recently chatted with Shortz about how she got the promotion, her plans for the office, how she ended up becoming an attorney and more.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Kicking off this week's legal lions list are four law firms that secured a summary judgment win Tuesday for DoorDash Inc. and other food app delivery companies in their federal lawsuit challenging a New York City law requiring delivery services to provide restaurants with certain customer info.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as law firms promoted partners and federal prosecutors charged New York City Mayor Eric Adams with bribery and fraud. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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Revived Freshfields Eyes US Growth As Rivals Target UK
Freshfields is taking big swings in the American market and at home with a rebrand and a willingness to plunge headfirst into salary battles for the best lawyers. And London managing partner Mark Sansom told Law360 that he's not about to slow down.
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Legal Pros Grapple With Best Use Of AI As Clients Divide
BigLaw attorneys and in-house counsel speaking at the annual Berkeley Law AI Institute on Thursday talked about how they've recently grappled with using the tools known as artificial intelligence in representing clients, saying some clients have either demanded or prohibited attorneys from using the tools, and others have taken seemingly contradictory positions.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
The start of autumn brings changing leaves and growing law firms as offices big and small increase their footprints through the country. BigLaw firms, midsize shops and boutiques across the country all found room to grow in September.