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Flaster Greenberg PC expanded its Cherry Hill, New Jersey, office this week with the addition of a commercial litigation and employment law partner from Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP.
Robins Kaplan LLP announced that it had appointed and reelected a number of attorneys to the firm's executive board, highlighted by the reelection of the firm's managing partner as chair.
A managing partner for a law firm told a 59-year-old attorney that she was "too old" to work there, according to a lawsuit the lawyer filed in Illinois federal court, claiming that she was initially rejected for a job due to her age and continually faced harassment once she got in the door.
Employment law firm Jackson Lewis PC is expanding its ranks, bringing in a former director of labor relations at the Walt Disney Co. as a principal in its Los Angeles office and a former Fisher Phillips litigator as a principal in its Houston office.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP's chairman and managing partner, Robert J. Hicks, joined Law360 Pulse to discuss the firm's approach to mergers ahead of its combination with a Florida litigation boutique.
Delaware legislation that could narrow stockholder opportunities to sue state-chartered corporations for fiduciary duty breaches or access to books and records moved to the state's full Senate on Wednesday after a less than 90-minute committee hearing that leaned toward the bill's supporters.
An Ohio federal judge affirmed Tuesday a bankruptcy court's decision tossing legal malpractice claims filed by a coal company executive's estate against Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, rejecting the estate's arguments it sufficiently alleged Willkie was grossly negligent in failing to warn the estate about a potential $6.5 billion ERISA liability.
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday halted enforcement of the Trump administration's executive order against law firm Perkins Coie LLP that cited issues including its representation of Hillary Clinton during her 2016 presidential run, calling the order "viewpoint discrimination, plain and simple."
Perkins Coie LLP, represented by Williams & Connolly LLP, is challenging President Donald Trump's executive order revoking its security clearance and launching investigations into its diversity efforts. But other firms have remained silent, raising questions about the order's potential effects on how firms handle public policy litigation, publicly support their right to defend all clients and pursue hiring initiatives.
A lawyer who co-founded a successful college athletics database took his own life after both his former business partner and his personal attorney falsely accused him of stealing from the company and sought to take control of his assets as repayment, his family said in a state court complaint that seeks to sort through the "financial wreckage."
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP is boosting its California team, bringing in a Joseph Saveri Law Firm litigator in San Francisco who brings expertise in navigating cases touching on artificial intelligence, the firm announced this week.
Less than a month after a pair of DLA Piper insurance litigators joined Dentons' New York office, two more attorneys from the same practice have decided to follow their colleagues' lead, according to an announcement on Wednesday.
The Georgia Court of Appeals on Wednesday found that Burke Moore Law Group LLP — founded by former Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP partners and others — cannot be subject to arbitration over fees between Drew Eckl and those ex-firm partners since Burke Moore did not sign the agreement at issue.
Judges' regrets over past rulings have been largely unexplored in legal scholarship and analysis, but public expressions of remorse could have a positive impact on the legal system if studied and taken into account, according to a new paper.
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter's company Roc Nation "spearheaded" efforts to launch malpractice suits against the Buzbee Law Firm in retaliation for a lawsuit the firm filed accusing the rap star of rape, so it cannot exit a Texas federal suit over that effort by claiming a lack of jurisdiction, the firm said.
Texas personal injury attorney Tony Buzbee and his firm have been hit with another lawsuit from a seaman who alleges that the firm misappropriated payments he received after a 2020 ship injury.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday torpedoed an appeal from the daughter of bankrupt Chinese exile Miles Guo — also known as Ho Won Kwok — and her attorney seeking to overturn a nearly $83,400 discovery sanction, saying the contempt ruling was merited.
National boutique Watstein Terepka LLP has brought on to its Atlanta office a former Jones Day trial lawyer with experience as a federal prosecutor and as a guide to then-Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential transition team.
Pittsburgh-based Houston Harbaugh PC expanded its employment law services with the recent addition of an attorney and new practice leader who joined the firm after 14 years with Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bostick & Raspanti LLP.
A trial attorney who spent the past four years at Lewis Brisbois, has moved his practice to Fox Rothschild LLP and told Law360 Pulse in an interview Wednesday that his new role continued a family tradition of Fox Rothschild attorneys stretching back 100 years.
McCarter & English LLP is entitled to nearly $3.77 million from Jarrow Formulas Inc., a nutritional supplement company that refused to pay its legal bills after losing a trade secrets trial and a subsequent malpractice claim against the firm, a Connecticut federal judge has ruled.
Steptoe LLP has hired a former Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP attorney known for his defense of Guantanamo Bay detainees and other high-profile national security matters, who joined the firm in New York as a partner.
New Jersey sisters who sued Fox Rothschild and a firm attorney over the handling of their late stepfather's estate lack standing to bring their claims, the lawyer argued in a motion for summary judgment, also telling the trial court that the plaintiffs were decades late in filing.
Venable LLP has hired two technology-focused partners from Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP to expand its intellectual property team in San Francisco.
Duane Morris LLP is expanding its environmental team, bringing in a pair of Meyers Nave environmental litigators at its Los Angeles office.
Kate Driscoll at Morrison Foerster suggests six questions to help candidates evaluate whether a secondment will benefit their career.
Recent approaches to hiring chief marketing officers demonstrate how firms are reimagining their marketing and business development frameworks to stay competitive and responsive to evolving client needs, says Murray Coffey at M Coffey.
Sarah Kovit Hanna at Assurant discusses how she balances the demands of her in-house role and the support needs of her son, who was diagnosed with autism, as a single mom, and reflects on how the legal industry can better support caretakers of family members who have special needs.
Debbie Berman at Jenner & Block offers advice on how attorneys can make a meaningful impact on their communities through pro bono work while enhancing their professional development through strengthened client-facing skills, hands-on experience and more.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Law Firm MarketerLiz Bard Lindley at Jaffe PR shares how she went from a family law associate who helped write industry articles to a savvy legal public relations and marketing professional, and offers takeaways for any attorney who might not feel at home in their law practice and is considering alternative career paths.
In recent years, the deputy general counsel role has expanded and become increasingly vital in organizations across the globe, and companies should consider a few ways to retain this top talent, including by offering competitive compensation that reflects projected increases, says Heather Fine at Major Lindsey.
Life coach and author Wendy Tamis Robbins discusses why she left a career in BigLaw to work in the professional well-being space after finding freedom from anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and substance use disorders, and highlights two changes the legal industry should implement to address attorneys' mental health.
With full-time offer rates at the lowest point since 2012, summer associates must do all they can to distinguish themselves, starting with a few fundamentals — from the importance of asking clarifying questions to being honest about mistakes, says James Argionis at Cozen O'Connor.
To meet the demands of an evolving legal market and changing client expectations, law firms must not only embrace innovation, but also find ways to accelerate adoption and mitigate risks in an industry historically resistant to change, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
Sabina Lippman at CenterPeak discusses steps BigLaw partners can take when considering a move or announcing their departure to help navigate tricky compensation issues and remain on good terms with their current partners.
Jennifer Hoekstra at Aylstock Witkin shares the tough conversations about timing, goals, logistics and values involved in her family's decision that she would build her career as a litigator and law firm partner while her husband stepped back from his own litigation role to stay home with their children.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Legal Commentary GhostwriterWayne Pollock at Copo Strategies shares how he went from overworked Am Law 50 associate to owner of a legal thought leadership ghostwriting service, and provides four lessons for anyone who might be considering launching a business within the legal industry.
Gary Parsons at Brooks Pierce offers advice for young lawyers seeking trial experience in an environment where fewer cases make it to trial, including how to build their reputations, set their expectations and pick the right firm.
New Era ADR co-founder Collin Williams discusses his journey navigating a clinical depression diagnosis, how this experience affected his leadership style, and what the legal industry can do to better support attorneys with mental health conditions.
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My Nonpracticing Law Job: Career And Wellness CoachTara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea shares how she went from BigLaw partner to legal industry career and wellness coach, and explains how attorneys can use their capabilities, knowledge and professional networks to pursue coaching themselves, or bring refreshed meaning and purpose to their current roles.