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Troutman Pepper, Locke Lord Deal Signals Combos To Come
The upcoming merger of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and Locke Lord LLP, set for January 2025 and expected to create a firm with over 1,600 attorneys across 33 offices, is indicative of a broader, accelerating trend of consolidation in the legal industry, according to consultants and experts.
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New Public Counsel Leader On Her Vision To Advance Justice
Kathryn Eidmann has a vision for the future of Public Counsel, the nation's largest provider of pro bono legal services, as she takes over as the organization's new leader: to use its focus on individual client advocacy to advance its more systemic goals for racial and economic justice.
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Procopio's Managing Partner Dies At 55 From Cancer
Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP's managing partner, John D. Alessio, has died after a five-year battle with cancer, at age 55.
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Lewis Roca Taps Ex-Arnold & Porter Appellate Pro As Partner
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP is continuing to grow its presence in the Golden State, bringing in an appellate veteran to join as a litigation partner at the firm's San Francisco office.
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Tyson & Mendes Unveils 6th Calif. Shop In Sacramento
Insurance and civil litigation firm Tyson & Mendes LLP is expanding its presence in California, opening a sixth office in the state, this one in Sacramento.
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Steptoe Adds Co-Leader To Restructuring & Insolvency Group
Steptoe LLP has expanded its transactions and tax practice by hiring a New York-based partner as a co-leader of the firm's insolvency and restructuring team.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP and Selendy Gay PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Delaware vice chancellor ruled that Johnson & Johnson owes over $1 billion to a medical robotics developer and entrepreneur over a post-acquisition dispute.
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Legal Job Market Continued Downward Trend In August
The legal industry lost 2,300 jobs in August, the fourth month in a row of declines, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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The Road Map For Restoring Public Trust In State Courts
At a time when misconduct accusations continue to hover over the U.S. Supreme Court, state court leaders have put forth a strategy to boost trust in local judicial officials that largely calls for them to take on more public-facing roles.
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TriNet Promotes Former Binance Exec To Chief Legal Officer
Human resources services company TriNet has elevated its deputy general counsel, who joined the company earlier this year from Binance.US, to replace its departing chief legal officer.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off September with another action-packed week as law firms shifted offices and made new hires. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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A&O Shearman To Cut Partner Numbers By 10%
A&O Shearman said Friday that it is cutting its global partnership by approximately 10% as the newly merged firm plows ahead with cost-cutting measures and seeks benefits from its transatlantic tie-up.
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Epstein Becker Employment Ace Joins Fisher Phillips In SF
Labor and employment firm Fisher Phillips is expanding its California team, bringing in an Epstein Becker Green litigator as a partner in its San Francisco office.
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LA Courts Expand Recordings, Citing Court Reporter Shortage
Los Angeles County Superior Court's presiding judge issued an order Thursday expanding the use of electronic recordings in certain civil proceedings due to a "chronic" lack of court reporters, drawing concerns the recordings violate state law and threaten quality transcripts.
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Troutman Pepper, Locke Lord Announce Megamerger
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and Locke Lord LLP will merge in January 2025 to create a combined firm with more than 1,600 attorneys across 33 offices in the United States and two in Europe, the law firms announced Thursday.
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$9.1M In Fees Requested For Calif. Debt Relief Law Firm Ch. 11
Just days after a bankruptcy judge said in court that unsecured creditors in the case of collapsed California debt relief firm Litigation Practice Group will likely receive little to nothing, professionals working on the case filed about $9.1 million in fee requests — enough to use up most of the available cash.
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Calif. Firm Beats $9.5M Malpractice Loss Over Estate Work
A California state appeals court on Wednesday threw out a $9.5 million malpractice verdict against a Los Angeles-area lawyer and his firm over their handling of a noted burn surgeon's estate, holding that allowing the verdict and penalty to stand would be an 'intolerable burden' on the legal community.
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Buchanan Ingersoll COO Jumps To Faegre Drinker
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has hired a chief operating officer who previously held that role at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, the firm said Thursday.
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Adobe's GC, Longtime Atty Resigns
Adobe Inc.'s general counsel, a technology veteran who has worked to increase trust and transparency online and to fight the spread of both misinformation and disinformation, has stepped down from his post, a spokesperson for the computer software company confirmed to Law360 Pulse on Thursday.
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Haynes Boone Raises Volume On Atty Wellness With Podcast
From caffeine and parenting to ergonomics and sleep, Haynes and Boone LLP has taken on a wide array of topics in its "Wellness in Law" podcast series. Abby Read, the firm's first wellness manager, joined Law360 Pulse to discuss the initiative.
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Hunter Biden Pleads Guilty To Tax Charges In Surprise Move
Hunter Biden entered a surprise guilty plea to nine criminal tax charges in California federal court on Thursday, bringing a dramatic conclusion to the case following a dizzying series of events on what was set to be the first day of his trial.
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Bowman And Brooke Expands Into Baltimore And San Diego
Product liability defense trial firm Bowman and Brooke LLP is expanding its national footprint, announcing Wednesday it is opening two new offices — a brand-new office in Baltimore and a relaunched office in San Diego.
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With Dechert Chicago Closing, Shook Hardy Gets Criminal Pro
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP has nabbed a Dechert LLP regional white collar practice chair and former federal prosecutor for its Chicago and Washington, D.C. offices in the wake of Dechert's recent decision to shutter its Windy City office.
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Leech Tishman Combines With Calif. Firm Nelson Hardiman
Leech Tishman is set to add California-based healthcare and life science law firm Nelson Hardiman's 17 attorneys to its Los Angeles office this fall and will do business in the Golden State under the combined name Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Polsinelli Adds Ex-Alston & Bird Litigator To LA Office
Polsinelli PC announced Tuesday that it is continuing to expand its litigation bench by adding an experienced trial attorney as a principal to the firm's Los Angeles office.