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    Lessons In 'Value-Centered Lawyering' From Atty Turned Prof

    Katya Cronin, a professor at George Washington University Law School and former BigLaw attorney, argued in a recent academic paper that law schools need to do more to encourage students to examine their personal values and pursue legal careers in line with them.

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    What 2024 Looked Like For 4 Small Firms

    A lot can happen in a year for small firms. Law360 Pulse caught up with four, some just getting started and others with long legacies, to talk about what their 2024 looked like.

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    How DC Students Help Blank Rome Spread Holiday Cheer

    In a tradition stretching back just over a quarter century, Blank Rome LLP taps into the Washington, D.C., community by hosting a competition for students at a local arts-focused high school to submit designs for the annual holiday card sent out to the firm’s thousands of clients.

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    3 Ways Associates Can Survive An Average Annual Review

    You're a rock star associate in your fourth or fifth year trying to make partner, and you just got an average review after previously receiving high marks. Although it's tempting to panic, experts say it's possible to come back after such setbacks by being proactive.

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    Approach The Bench: What Judges Had To Say This Year

    Jurists weighed the benefits of partisan elections, praised innovations in telehearings and worried about the future of the profession in nearly a dozen interviews with Law360 this year.

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    Reed Smith Financial Pro Jumps To Eckert Seamans As CFO

    Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC announced Friday it has hired Reed Smith's global director of financial intelligence as its firmwide chief financial officer.

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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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    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.

  • Genworth Can Get Docs Explaining Atty's Role Amid Sale Row

    A Delaware vice chancellor has ruled Genworth Life Insurance Co. can access certain documents from policyholders who sued over the sale of valuable subsidiaries, including discussions involving a former law partner of one of the plaintiffs who is representing certain entities believed to be funding the litigation.

  • Chipman Brown Promotes Delaware Attorney To Partner

    Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole LLP has announced that a Delaware attorney who focuses his practice on corporate and commercial litigation has been promoted to partner.

  • 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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    Del. Senate Confirms Chancery Magistrate As Vice Chancellor

    Delaware's state Senate this week confirmed Bonnie W. David, who has served as a magistrate in chancery since January 2023, to become the next vice chancellor on the Chancery Court.

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    Young Conaway Elects 3 New Partners From Its Del. Office

    Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP has announced that two bankruptcy attorneys and a corporate litigator will join its partnership on Jan. 1.

  • Del. Justices Affirm Toss Of Co.'s Suit Against Gusrae Kaplan

    Delaware's Supreme Court has affirmed a trial court's dismissal of an Applied Energetics Inc. suit accusing Gusrae Kaplan Nusbaum PLLC and a former partner of launching a frivolous securities fraud suit in order to hobble other litigation against the laser weapons maker's former CEO.

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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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    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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    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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    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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