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Arnall Golden Gregory LLP announced on Thursday that a veteran attorney who spent over 20 years practicing law in South Korea has joined the firm's international arbitration practice as an Atlanta-based partner.
A Georgia attorney and the Atlanta-based intellectual property firm where he used to work have reached a settlement ending the attorney's lawsuit alleging the firm violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act by cutting his hours and then firing him after he returned from his annual two-week tour of duty with the Air Force Reserve.
The legal industry had another action-packed week as BigLaw firms expanded practices, shook up partnership models, and outlined new policies on office attendance. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Fillmore Law Firm LLP, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center and the Business Roundtable lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Texas federal judge blocked a Federal Trade Commission ban on noncompete agreements in employment contracts.
Atlanta boutique Law Firm GC LLC has brought on a longtime Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP partner, strengthening its litigation practice and allowing the boutique to begin defending lawyers against legal malpractice claims.
Morgan & Morgan PA's Jacksonville, Florida, office is pushing back against a former client's claim that the arbitration agreement between them was "unconscionable," saying he failed to produce any evidence proving as much.
As Vice President Kamala Harris seeks to become the first female president, women in BigLaw and the broader legal community are rallying behind her, motivated by issues such as reproductive rights.
A legal technology company known for its artificial intelligence contract drafting and review software is releasing a new AI copilot on Thursday to help legal teams become more efficient.
Commercial contracts litigation increased in 2023 after hitting its lowest point in a decade in 2022 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report out Thursday.
Judges, lawyers and academics say it's only a matter of time before the breakneck development of artificial intelligence collides with a cautious, slow-moving judicial system and gives rise to a thorny array of evidentiary issues. They're just not sure what to do about it.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced several appointments for Peach State attorneys, including a superior court seat, a district attorney and a county solicitor.
Private aviation company Wheels Up Experience Inc. has named the deputy general counsel at Delta Air Lines to replace its chief legal officer, who will be departing for new opportunities next month, the company announced Tuesday.
Eversheds Sutherland's growing U.S. finance practice group picked up another new addition Wednesday, an Atlanta counsel who was previously with Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP.
An orthopedic surgeon urged the Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday to revive his case against a defense attorney who allegedly tarnished the surgeon's reputation during settlement talks with his attorneys for his former patients, arguing his appellate defeat last year flew in the face of 160 years of Georgia defamation law.
An Atlanta immigration law firm has reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit from a paralegal who says he was misclassified as an independent contractor and denied overtime pay, despite routinely working more than 40 hours per week, according to court papers filed Tuesday.
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP has appointed a partner in Atlanta as the co-chair of its corporate and finance practice, tasking him with helping boost collaboration between practice groups in the firm's offices in Atlanta and Washington, D.C.
The legal industry continues to see incremental gains for female lawyers in private practice in the U.S., according to a Law360 Pulse analysis, with women now representing 40.6% of all attorneys and 51% of all associates.
The Law360 Pulse Women in Law Report provides a data-driven view of U.S. law firms at the end of 2023. Here, we look at the representation of women at all levels of a typical law firm, from associates to equity partners.
The legal industry still has a long way to go before it can achieve gender parity at its upper levels. But these law firms are performing better than others in breaking the proverbial glass ceiling that prevents women from attaining leadership roles.
Female attorneys have reached a new high in their share of law firm equity partnerships, but firms' progress simply hasn't been significant enough to shatter the longstanding glass ceiling in the industry.
After a couple of years of sluggish growth in work flowing into law firms, U.S. firms saw meaningful increases in demand, revenue and lawyer productivity during the first six months of 2024, according to the results of a midyear survey by Citi Global Wealth at Work.
It was no surprise when Uber Chief Legal Officer Tony West decided on the eve of the Democratic National Convention to take a leave of absence from his $10 million-a-year job to volunteer on the presidential campaign of his sister-in-law, Kamala Harris.
They say that one is the loneliest number, but for solo practitioners, adding a partner or another lawyer to their practice can be daunting. Former solos told Law360 Pulse why doubling up was worth it in the end.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP's new global general counsel didn't jump into the role from another firm; she started from the bottom. Laura Giokas recently spoke with Law360 Pulse about her career trajectory and how the role of law firm GC has evolved over the years.
Ballard Spahr LLP expanded its leadership team this week with the addition of a business development expert who joined the firm after more than nine years with Norton Rose Fulbright, the firm said Monday.