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Sheppard Mullin Lands 21-Atty IP Team From Ropes & Gray
Litigation Spending To Keep Growing As Biz Risks Run High
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PE Firms Leap Into MSO 'Frontier' For Slice Of Legal Industry
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The Law360 Pulse Pro Bono Ranking: How Firms Stack Up
Pro bono legal work is a major part of law firms' social responsibility portfolios, with firms leveraging their training and experience to help those who can't pay typical billing rates. See which firms took the lead in pro bono hours.
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How Law Firms Focus Their Pro Bono Efforts
When lawyers work pro bono, what services are they offering and what areas of the law are they focusing on? Here, Law360 Pulse looks at firms' 2024 pro bono priorities.
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These Firms Are The Law360 Pulse Social Impact Leaders
One BigLaw firm reclaimed the top spot in the latest edition of the Law360 Pulse Social Impact Leaders ranking, which recognizes the 100 firms that made the greatest strides on social responsibility in 2024. Find out which firms set the pace.
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DOJ Disability Rights Atty Joins Saul Ewing In DC
A longtime attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division's Disability Rights Section, has joined Saul Ewing as a counsel in Washington, D.C., after spending eight years at the agency working on related matters as a trial attorney, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Holland & Knight Launches Real Estate Dispute Team
Holland & Knight LLP announced it has formed a new real estate disputes and advocacy team, noting the group will provide counsel to clients on lease litigation matters, complex contract claims and other commercial property disputes.
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NY Judge Who Left For Anderson Kill Had Faced Ethics Case
A longtime New York judge who joined Anderson Kill last week had resigned from the bench amid ethics charges for alleged "demeaning" conduct toward his court staff and claims that he threatened retaliation against a witness and attorneys for the state's judicial ethics watchdog.
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IP Boutique Gish PLLC Adds Farella Braun Litigator In SF
The intellectual property litigation boutique Gish PLLC is expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a Farella Braun & Martel LLP trial attorney as a partner in its San Francisco office.
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Boies Schiller Partner Admits AI Errors In Scientology Case
A Boies Schiller Flexner LLP partner representing women who allege the Church of Scientology harassed them for reporting convicted actor Daniel Masterson's sexual assaults has asked a California appeals court to strike a brief containing artificial intelligence-generated citation errors, saying he "very much regrets" the errors, but they shouldn't impact his clients' case.
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ABA Says Trump's Firm Intimidation Policy Isn't Hypothetical
The American Bar Association on Wednesday urged a D.C. federal court not to dismiss its suit claiming the Trump administration has launched an unconstitutional campaign of intimidation against law firms, arguing that the intimidation firms have experienced isn't hypothetical or imagined, as the government contends.
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Cooley Hires Ex-FTC, CPSC Enforcement Atty In DC
Cooley LLP has hired a former attorney from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's division of enforcement, and he will join the team in Washington, D.C., to work as a special counsel with the firm's global product compliance and litigation team.
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Atlanta Lawyer Fights Ex-Firm's Bid To Toss Wage Suit
An Atlanta attorney suing her former law firm over allegations it fired her and threatened her when she demanded her last paycheck said the firm can't force her suit into arbitration, arguing it is hiding behind a sealed agreement and hasn't disclosed its full terms.
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Eletson Renews Call For Reed Smith DQ In Ch. 11
Oil and gas shipping company Eletson Holdings has again urged a New York bankruptcy court to have Reed Smith disqualified from its Chapter 11 case, asserting that recent court rulings indicate the entity the law firm purports to represent does not exist and may be involved in fraud.
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Fisher Philips Expands In Calif. With Employment Litigator
Labor and employment firm Fisher Phillips is expanding its West Coast team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in a Gibbs Giden Locher Turner Senet & Wittbrodt LLP litigator as a partner in its Woodland Hills, California, office.
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Ga. Judge Rejects DQ Bid, Questions 'Quality' Of Lawyering
A Georgia federal judge has said he harbors no bias against the four women suing comedian Katt Williams, but he has "concern about the quality of legal representation" they are receiving in light of an explanation given for a brief that contained erroneous case citations generated by artificial intelligence.
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Firm Sues For $1.7M Fees In Texas Mass Shooting Case
A Texas law firm is stepping up its litigation efforts to recover $1.7 million in fees it claims it is owed for work performed on behalf of victims of a 2017 mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, namely by filing its third lawsuit in state court this month.
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Former US Attorney To Join Harter Secrest In Buffalo
The former U.S. attorney for the Western District of New York is making the move to private practice next month at Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Quarles & Brady Names New San Diego Office Head
Quarles & Brady LLP announced that an experienced labor and employment attorney who has been with the firm's San Diego location for over a decade will be appointed its new office managing partner.
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Incoming Tucker Ellis Managing Partner Discusses Transition
As James W. Mizgala prepares to take over as managing partner of Tucker Ellis LLP, he spoke to Law360 Pulse about succeeding a longtime managing partner and his perspective on the future of the firm.
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Conn. Judges Add 'No-Tolerance' AI Warnings To New Dockets
Federal judges in Connecticut have begun entering warnings on new case dockets notifying litigants and their counsel of a "no-tolerance policy" when it comes to briefs that include hallucinated arguments and citations, regardless of whether artificial intelligence was used.
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Attys Must Pay $24K For AI Citations In FIFA Antitrust Case
Counsel representing the now-shuttered Puerto Rico Soccer League in its antitrust suit against FIFA must pay more than $24,000 in attorney fees and litigation costs to the soccer federation and other defendants for filing briefs that appeared to contain errors hallucinated by artificial intelligence, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
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No Early Out For NY Firm In Insurer's Malpractice Coverage Suit
A New York-based law firm cannot throw out an insurance company's lawsuit seeking to be let off the hook from covering the firm against a malpractice claim, a Philadelphia federal judge has found, determining that factual questions in the case meant early dismissal was not an option.
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Atty-Trustee Conflicts Doom Scaife Estate's $26M Tax Refund
A Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky attorney was also acting as Mellon heir Richard Scaife's lawyer, trustee and media executive when he signed releases that kept Scaife's spending of his inheritance secret from his children, so a resulting $200 million settlement between the children and Scaife's estate was not a bona fide tax-exempt expense, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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Meet The Sharp-Witted Fla. Judge Who Axed Trump's NYT Suit
The Florida federal judge who blasted President Donald Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times as "tedious and burdensome" is known for being an incredibly smart and principled judge, as well as one with a pointed sense of humor who doesn't mince words, according to those who know him.
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Conn. Atty Denies Blame For Title Co.'s $920K Refinancing Loss
A Connecticut lawyer sought to fend off arguments in state court by Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. that his alleged mistakes on a $2.5 million refinancing led to a $920,000 loss for the insurer, claiming he and the company owed distinct duties to a policy-holder.
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Law Firms Sued Over La. Hurricane Claim Fee Scheme
Two law firms and certain attorneys engaged in a scheme to "grossly and blatantly" inflate damages estimates for hurricane-related property insurance claims in order to "collect an exorbitant fee which they would all share," a group of seven Louisiana residents told a Louisiana federal court.
Expert Analysis
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Embrace LinkedIn
Attorneys who recognize LinkedIn as a powerful professional platform can gain significant competitive advantages in business development via strategic content creation, meaningful industry discussions and consistent visibility within target markets, says Agatha Mouillet at Horvitz & Levy.
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Guidance For Attorneys As Tariffs Reshape Legal Hiring
As law firms and in-house legal departments grapple with the uncertainty of evolving tariff policies, attorneys at all career stages should consider how to lean into these shifts to best position themselves for long-term opportunities, says Rena Barnett-Matthews at Attorney Career Coach.
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How Firms Can Plan For Succession Of Admin Professionals
Many law firms are familiar with the need for attorney succession plans, but it’s also essential to plan for the succession of administrative professionals — from human resources personnel to finance leaders — to ensure continuity of critical day-to-day operations, say Eryn Carter and Travis Armstrong at the Association of Legal Administrators.
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How 1Ls Can Plan For Sped-Up Summer Associate Hiring
The ever-earlier recruiting of summer associates sets high stakes before new law students may even realize, but 1Ls can better land a good 2L summer fit if they hit their first semester focused on the hiring timeline and ready to ask important questions about their would-be firms, says Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.
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How GCs Can Help Build A Geopolitical Command Center
In the face of sustained regulatory and economic uncertainty, general counsel can help businesses move from reactive to proactive management by building a clear, cross-functional geopolitical command center that monitors and coordinates responses to a wide spectrum of issues, says Lars Faeste at FTI Consulting.
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For Some Lawyers, Building A New Practice Makes Perfect
Leaving an established law firm to start a boutique business of your own requires not only vision and resilience but also a solid business plan to help mitigate risks and increase your chances of unparalleled personal and professional success, says Rebecca Palmer at the Rebecca L. Palmer Law Group.
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10 Key Strategies For Successful Lateral Partner Integration
To help ensure new partners and practice groups are successfully integrated, firms should embrace specific structured practices that recognize each lateral's distinct value, personalize their integration plans and proactively address transition complexities long after onboarding ends, say Elizabeth Kennedy at NewEdge BD and Erika Steinberg at CMO2Go.
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Key Ingredients For Effective Law Firm Strategic Planning
As the legal industry faces political turmoil and economic uncertainty, the time is ripe for firms to revisit their strategic plans, ensuring they contain a few essential elements — from accountability systems to broad-based input — to achieve sustainable growth and profitability, says Joe Calve at Calve Communications.
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AI-Powered Biz Development Can Democratize Rainmaking
As fluency in artificial intelligence becomes a competitive imperative in the legal industry, the next generation of rainmakers likely won’t be defined by their Rolodexes or club memberships, but by their ability to leverage AI business development tools effectively, says Jessica Aries at By Aries.
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How Law Students Can Effectively Use AI In Their Job Search
Law students can use artificial intelligence tools strategically throughout the job application process to review materials, prepare for interviews and navigate employers’ use of similar tools, but there are several key missteps they should be careful to avoid, says Lauren Wong at University of San Diego School of Law.
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An After-Placement Plan Maximizes Legal Content's Potential
Before landing a published quote, feature or interview, law firms should articulate the content’s purpose and develop a strategic plan for repurposing it to ensure they’re aligning public relations efforts with measurable business outcomes, says John Hellerman at Hellerman Communications.
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Ask A Mentor: How Should I Coordinate Pro Bono Projects?
Julie LaEace at Perkins Coie offers tips for attorneys acting as pro bono coordinators, including how to choose appropriate projects, how to encourage participation and why it is important to keep in touch with legal aid partner organizations.
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6 Strategies For Navigating Legal Leadership Transitions
Amid uncertainty in the legal job market, attorneys who are considering a transition to a leadership role must fundamentally reimagine their approach to value creation and develop a new set of skills, say Stacy Bratcher at Cottage Health and Michael Watkins at Genesis Advisers.
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The Augmented Lawyer: Crafting Responsible AI Policies
As the legal industry increasingly looks to impose responsive guardrails for artificial intelligence use, firms and organizations’ internal use policies, outside counsel guidelines and vendor contracts can address confidentiality and data retention concerns in several ways, say attorneys at KXT Law.
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6 Ways To Build Pro Bono Culture If You Lack Dedicated Staff
Firms can develop a strong pro bono culture without hiring dedicated professionals through strategies like demonstrating active involvement by leadership, tailoring volunteer tasks to individual professional development needs and building trusted partnerships within the legal aid community, says Stacy Zinken at Paladin.