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Kennedys' New Head Steps Up In 'Evolving' Insurance World

By Jake Maher

Meg Catalano, who was named Kennedys’ new global managing partner this week, joined Law360 Pulse to discuss her vision for the role and how the firm looks to stay on top of client needs in a volatile world under her leadership.
National Footprints Scramble Partner Pay's Link To Location

By Jack Karp

Law firm partners' increasing pay often varies based on where those attorneys are located, a fact reinforced by a new study out Thursday, but experts say the relationship between compensation and location has become more complicated as more firms operate on a national scale.
Insurers Have Long Used AI; Now Litigation Funders Want In

By Brandon Lowrey

As State Farm waded into the nascent field of "artificial intelligence" tools in the mid-1980s, its mainframe computers began to overheat under the strain of calculating the values of claims.
Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

By Xiumei Dong

The legal industry had another action-packed week as firms prepared for increased lobbying activity in anticipation of the upcoming election, while lawyers nationwide came together to support a nonpartisan initiative focused on protecting the electoral process. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Tracey Read

Kemp Jones LLP, Parker Nelson & Associates and Campbell & Williams lead this week's list of Law360 legal lions with back-to-back wins in ongoing litigation against a bankrupt "alkaline water" company.
Tech Assisted Review OK'd To Ease Doc Burden In SPAC Row

By Rose Krebs

A Delaware vice chancellor has ruled that defendants can use technology assisted review to "ease their discovery burden" in response to a motion to compel she partially granted in a proposed class action against the special purpose acquisition company that took sensor company Velodyne public in July 2020.
Dilworth Paxson Chair On Firm's Measured Growth Plan

By James Boyle

Dilworth Paxson LLP’s expansion this month into Erie, Pennsylvania, with the addition of a longtime local business attorney is the latest in what firm chair Lawrence McMichael told Law360 Pulse was a string of carefully considered growth opportunities over the past 18 months.
Delaware Justices Deny In-House Atty's Limited Practice Bid

By Rose Krebs

The Delaware Supreme Court has denied a limited practice application filed by an in-house attorney for a real estate closing services company, in part because the business doesn't have an office in the state.
Kennedys Turns To US For New Global Managing Partner

By Ashish Sareen

Kennedys named the firm's regional chief in the U.S. as its second global managing partner on Thursday as it looks poised to go from strength to strength after it recently recorded revenues of more than £380 million ($493 million).
US Attorney In Delaware Appoints Election Day Officer

By Rose Krebs

The U.S. attorney for the District of Delaware has announced he's appointed an election officer to oversee Election Day complaints and any voting issues that arise.
Big Jump In Outside Counsel Spending Forecast For 2025

By Emma Cueto

Spending on outside counsel will rise 6.9% in 2025, the largest increase in 10 years, according to a report Thursday from BTI Consulting Group, which forecasts that litigation spending will see the biggest jumps and that practice areas including labor and employment and mergers and acquisitions will also see large spending increases.
Legal Sector Is Adopting GenAI, Preparing For Talent Shifts

By Xiumei Dong

The integration of generative AI is fundamentally transforming how legal professionals manage their daily tasks, with many anticipating that these AI-driven efficiencies will lessen the reliance on billable hours, according to a survey report posted Thursday.
BigLaw Partner Pay Soars, But Not At The Same Clip For All

By Aebra Coe

Average partner compensation at the 200 largest law firms in the U.S. by revenue has almost doubled in the last decade and has increased by 26% in the past two years alone, according to the results of a survey by recruiter Major Lindsey & Africa LLC that were released Thursday.
Del. Judge Won't Yet Revisit $242K Atty Sanctions In Ch. 7

By Clara Geoghegan

A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Wednesday that he won't, for now, set aside more than $242,000 in legal fees he ordered a lawyer representing the owners of an insolvent government contractor to pay in a clawback lawsuit, saying that since the sanctions order was appealed to the district court, he doesn't have jurisdiction.
Stigma Of Disability In Legal Industry Is 'Very Real,' Panel Says

By Tracey Read

People with disabilities still face challenges when pursuing a legal career, but law firms, law schools, bar associations and corporate legal departments can take steps to help advance disability equality, according to panelists speaking Tuesday for National Disability Employment Awareness Month.
Lawyers For Good Government Recognizes Yale Law, 3 Firms

By Andrea Keckley

The nonprofit Lawyers for Good Government, or L4GG, announced the recipients of its 2024 Pro Bono Awards on Monday, recognizing three law firms and Yale Law School for their work in support of environmental justice, immigrant rights, children's rights, racial equity and reproductive freedom.
Prestige Leaders: The Firms In The Billionaires' Club

By Alison Knezevich

As many BigLaw firms see their revenues climb ever higher, we highlight those that reported topping the billion-dollar mark in the most recent calendar year.
These Firms Are The 2024 Prestige Leaders

By Rachel Reimer

Clients flock to firms with prestigious reputations, and so does top talent. Here are this year's Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders — the 100 firms the industry recognizes for their prominence, power and distinction
Fraud Cases Tee Up State Fights Over Stolen Election Claims

By Ryan Boysen

A "flood" of lawsuits by Republicans and allied groups are sowing doubt in the 2024 elections and potentially setting the stage for destabilizing courtroom showdowns if former President Donald Trump loses, according to law professors and good government groups.
Junk Call Foe Puts 'Professional' In 'Professional Plaintiff'

By Daniel Connolly

Diana Mey is one of the most successful “professional plaintiffs” to sue telemarketers under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. While she's won class settlements worth tens of millions of dollars, she said a recent counter-suit in a far-off venue, Puerto Rico, has been the “worst experience” of her litigation career.
Post-Dobbs Ballot Questions May Spell Litigation With No End

By Jake Maher

A record-setting number of abortion-related constitutional ballot questions this year has unleashed a wave of litigation over reproductive rights in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision. But they may just be the start of the legal battles over the ballot measures.
The State Supreme Court Races To Watch In November

By Jack Karp

With dozens of states holding elections next month for more than 80 seats on their courts of last resort, a number of races could prove critical for the courts' ideological balances and important cases relating to abortion, voting rights and possibly even the outcome of the presidential election.
Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attys From 74 Firms

By Adam LoBelia

The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2024 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.
Judge Slams 'Lazy Lawyering' In Amazon Biometric Data Suit

By Rachel Scharf

The judge overseeing a proposed biometric privacy class action against Amazon Web Services Inc. in Delaware federal court chastised the plaintiffs' counsel for identically repleading a previously dismissed claim, calling the move "lazy lawyering" and warning of potential ramifications for "lying to the court."
Paramount-Skydance Merger Triggers Class Atty Fight In Del.

By Jeff Montgomery

A five-firm stockholder attorney team investigating the proposed $7 billion Paramount Global-Skydance Media LLC merger has urged Delaware's Court of Chancery to put the brakes on another firm's motion for co-lead plaintiff appointment for a deal challenge, arguing that the move would reward a rush to the courthouse.

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