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Top Takeaways For Mid-Law Firms In 2024
In 2024, midsize, midmarket and regional firms saw an overall strong year, several notable firm mergers and much conversation around new technologies, especially generative artificial intelligence.
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Hueston Hennigan, McKool Smith Bonuses Top Milbank Scale
Trial firm Hueston Hennigan LLP is the latest boutique to award above-market, year-end bonuses, the firm said Thursday.
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The Year In Legal Ethics: AI, Judicial Scandal And More
A number of legal ethics topics dominated the conversation in 2024, including artificial intelligence and the fallout of an undisclosed relationship between a Texas bankruptcy judge and an attorney whose firm appeared before him for years.
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Law Firms Tap Business-Savvy Leaders Amid 2024 Shakeups
The legal industry has seen ongoing leadership changes in 2024, with law firms increasingly turning to business-savvy leaders to oversee operations and better compete in a challenging market.
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High Court Bar's Future: McDermott's Paul Hughes
Paul W. Hughes of McDermott Will & Emery LLP knows U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments are unpredictable — you can end up as the butt of a justice's joke or have the whole bench fully embrace your novel legal theory — so he focuses on what he can control: being overprepared for any version of the court he meets.
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Democrats Blocked Again On Confirming DC Judges
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., tried and failed to fast-track the confirmation of 10 D.C. judicial nominees, making it unlikely these vacancies will be filled before the new year starts.
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Attorney Billing Rates Continue To Climb In 2024
Billing rates for outside counsel continued to rise in 2024, with law firm associate rates experiencing the sharpest growth, increasing by 3.11% compared to the previous year, according to a recent report from Wolters Kluwer's ELM Solutions.
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Crypto Group Names Willkie Alum Acting CEO
The Crypto Council for Innovation has announced that its chief legal and policy officer, who previously practiced at Willkie, will be elevated to the roles of president and acting CEO, following its current leader's decision to step down from the position in early January.
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Justices' Homes Would Get Security Funds Under Resolution
More than $25 million to fund security upgrades to U.S. Supreme Court justices' homes is included in a stopgap measure to fund federal agencies through mid-March — a proposed allocation that comes two years after the arrest of an armed man outside the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
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Foley & Lardner Promotes Talent Leader To COO In Houston
Foley & Lardner LLP has elevated its Houston-based chief talent officer, a five-year employee of the firm, to chief operating officer, according to an announcement Wednesday.
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Raskin Elected To Head House Judiciary Democrats
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., was unanimously elected to lead the Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee in the next Congress, it was announced on Wednesday.
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The Top Judicial Ethics Cases Of 2024
Multiple federal judges, including a U.S. Supreme Court justice, found themselves in ethical hot water in 2024, with the fallout from some of the highest-profile of those cases likely to continue in 2025.
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ArentFox Schiff Elevates 15 Attys To Partner
ArentFox Schiff LLP has announced the promotion of 15 attorneys to partner, with the majority of the elevations once again coming out of its Washington, D.C., office.
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Day Pitney Adds Another Energy Counsel In DC
A month after it hired an energy partner with some 30 years of experience, Day Pitney LLP again has bolstered its energy team by adding another veteran attorney who has worked with energy regulatory and transactional matters for more than two decades.
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Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca Taps Ex-DOJ Official As Policy Chair
Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca LLP has hired a former senior U.S. Department of Justice official and Capitol Hill pro as the leader of its newly formed public policy and legislative affairs practice.
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From AI To ESG, These Issues Shaped 2024 For GCs
Between the growing significance of advanced artificial intelligence and the Supreme Court's striking down of the Chevron doctrine, 2024 was a year of change for general counsel and the legal departments they helm. Here, Law360 Pulse tracks five trending topics among in-house lawyers over the past year.
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Proactive And Patient: DLA's Meltzer On Law Firm Leadership
Roger Meltzer has thoughts to share with today's law firm leaders. Meltzer served as global chairman of DLA Piper from 2015 until his retirement in 2021, and now holds the title of chairman emeritus at the firm.
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High Court To Review TikTok Sale-Or-Ban Law
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will fully review TikTok's First Amendment challenge to a federal law requiring the wildly popular social media platform to divest from its Chinese parent company or face a nationwide ban, scheduling expedited oral arguments one week before the law's effective date.
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Tubi Says Keller Postman Kept Its Clients In The Dark
Most of the people named in now-dropped arbitration demands filed by Keller Postman LLC against streaming service Tubi didn't know what the claims were or even that the firm purported to represent them, Tubi has told a Washington, D.C., federal judge.
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Law Student Diversity Staying Constant, Despite High Court
The racial diversity of 2024's incoming law school classes remained largely unchanged from 2023, according to data from the American Bar Association, even in the face of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling banning race-based admissions criteria.
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PBS Atty Rolls The Dice With New Supreme Court Board Game
A forthcoming board game designed by Talia Rosen, an associate general counsel for PBS and lifelong gaming enthusiast, lets players experience the history of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Bonuses At Susman Godfrey, Other Boutiques Top Milbank's
Susman Godfrey LLP, Pallas Partners, Yetter Coleman LLP and other litigation boutiques are offering associates bonuses exceeding the market scale set by BigLaw firms this year.
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20 In-House Attys Will Receive 2025 'Legends In Law' Award
Twenty in-house attorneys will be honored for their work, integrity and professionalism next year as part of the 26th annual Burton Awards "Legends in Law" ceremony.
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Faegre Drinker Promotes 26 To Partner For 2025
More than two dozen Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP attorneys have been selected this week to move up to the partner level at the start of the new year.
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Federalist Society Names Walmart Counsel As Next Leader
The Federalist Society has found its second president and chief executive officer in an attorney who most recently served as counsel at the retail giant Walmart.