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Beltway Moves: Crowell & Moring, Beveridge & Diamond
With 2024 winding down, law firms in Washington, D.C., continued picking up attorneys from the U.S. Department of Justice, hiring government veterans in areas including antitrust and environmental law.
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Baker McKenzie Names 18 New Partners In North America
Baker McKenzie announced the promotion of 18 North American-based attorneys to partner, a slight increase from last year but still significantly lower than in previous years.
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How Law Firms Are Reinvesting 2024's Near-Record Profits
U.S. law firms are set to close out 2024 with near-record increases in revenue and profits, according to industry surveys. Here, a look at how seven law firm leaders are planning to reinvest the windfall.
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Lambda Legal Adds Attorney In NY Focused On Trans Rights
LGBTQ+ advocacy group Lambda Legal has hired a new senior attorney focused on the organization's work defending the transgender community.
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How Lawyers May Sue The Trump Administration … Again
During the last Trump administration, BigLaw firms challenged White House policies, focusing on immigration, environmental regulations and healthcare. This time around, attorneys could rely on old tools, and some new tactics, to stall the executive branch.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
This week's Legal Lions leader comes from the public sector, as federal prosecutors secured a $650 million settlement from McKinsey & Co. to resolve a lawsuit over the consulting giant's role in Purdue Pharma's promotion of OxyContin.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as law firms announced large associate bonuses, opened up new offices, and made notable hires. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Eversheds Sutherland Promotes 10 To Partner In 2025
Eversheds Sutherland has tapped 10 attorneys for partner roles in the new year, two more than it had promoted in the U.S. the year before, the firm announced Thursday.
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Book Club Combines Crowell & Moring IP Partner's Passions
For the past decade, Crowell & Moring LLP has hosted a book club to inspire the next generation of female leaders through a unique partnership with an all-girls school in Brooklyn. Law360 Pulse talked with intellectual property department partner and former teacher Preetha Chakrabarti about the initiative.
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Cozen O'Connor Founder Stephen Cozen Dies At 85
Cozen O'Connor co-founder and chairman Stephen A. Cozen died Thursday morning at age 85, the firm announced in a statement.
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Clark Hill Lobbying Group Adds Trump State Dept. Alum
Clark Hill Public Strategies, the government relations arm of Clark Hill PLC, has announced it hired a former U.S. Department of State adviser in President-elect Donald Trump's first administration as a senior director in Washington, D.C.
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Georgetown Law Dean Stepping Down In 2025 After 15 Years
The dean of Georgetown University Law Center will step down from his leadership role at the end of June 2025 after a 15-year run that saw growth in faculty hiring, increased financial aid for students and "new heights" in fundraising, the school announced this week.
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Jones Day Promotes 37 Attorneys To Partner
Jones Day announced the promotion of 37 of its attorneys to partner at the start of the new year, marking a decrease of 14 over last year's class.
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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.