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McGlinchey Stafford Files Ch. 7 With Over $10M In Liabilities
New Orleans-based firm McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, which announced last month that it's winding down operations after more than half a century, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy with more than $10 million in liabilities owed to former staff and attorneys, workplace vendors, financial institutions and other creditors.
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Stevens & Lee Aims To Build On Growth Playbook In 2026
Following a year marked by three mergers and notable revenue growth, Pennsylvania-based Stevens & Lee PC is looking to keep expanding its headcount and geographic footprint in 2026, finding success in a challenging environment for midsize and regional firms.
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FBT Gibbons Adds Trusts & Estates Litigator In SoCal
Recently formed firm FBT Gibbons LLP is expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a trusts and estates litigator who previously ran his own firm as a partner in its Newport Beach, California, office.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Wigdor LLP and Elefterakis Elefterakis & Panek lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New York federal judge denied the NFL's bid to force a class of National Football League coaches into arbitration.
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'Scare Tactics Work' But Hope Persists For Legal Industry DEI
The suspension of Diversity Lab's Mansfield Certification program is the latest indication that political threats against BigLaw are working, as the Trump administration targets DEI programs, observers say. Still, some supporters of legal industry diversity initiatives predict law firms will continue to pursue inclusive hiring practices — even if they don't talk about it publicly.
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Offit Kurman Grows In Atlanta With Taylor Duma RE Pro
Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law has brought on a Taylor Duma LLP partner in Atlanta who has guided developers, lenders, public entities and mission-driven organizations in commercial real estate projects for decades.
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What's Costing Legal Marketing Officers Sleep
Finding the best ways to implement artificial intelligence and maximizing employees' business development are some of the things keeping legal industry professionals up at night, according to a new report by public relations firm Greentarget.
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Pryor Cashman Appoints Bankruptcy Chair To Exec Committee
Pryor Cashman LLP announced that an experienced attorney who has served in leadership roles in his nearly 20 years with the firm has been elected to a three-year term as a member of its executive committee.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another busy week for the legal industry as law firms hired new talent and named new leaders across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Doc Fight Delays Trial In $22M McCarter & English Loan Suit
The delayed disclosure of thousands of documents has created "a lot of prejudice" against McCarter & English as it fights a $22.5 million professional malpractice lawsuit, and the impending trial must be pushed back again, a Connecticut state judge said Thursday.
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Pashman Stein Adds Ballard Spahr Bankruptcy Duo In Philly
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC announced this week two new Philadelphia-based attorneys on its bankruptcy team who came aboard from Ballard Spahr LLP, pushing the group up to 17 members.
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Ethics Guidance Lags Private Equity's Interest In Legal Field
More lawyers are expected to seek guidance on the ethical issues surrounding the growing interest in using managed services organizations to allow private equity investment in law firms, but thus far any input on the model from state ethics committees is in short supply.
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McElroy Deutsch Adds Ex-Del. DOJ Atty To Bankruptcy Group
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP has added a former Delaware Department of Justice attorney to its Wilmington office to bolster its capacity to handle business bankruptcy and insolvency matters.
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FBT Gibbons Adds Shackelford McKinley PE Pro In Texas
FBT Gibbons LLP has boosted its corporate law practice in Houston and expanded its private equity offerings with a partner in Houston who came aboard from Shackelford McKinley & Norton LLP.
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This Firm Nabbed The Top Spot In Patent Activity Rankings
The law firm that secured the most utility patents in 2025, with 5,242 patents, retained the lead from 2024, although it experienced a slight dip in activity, according to a new report from Harrity Patent Analytics.
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Senators Push For Transparency In Litigation Funding
Lawmakers are trying again to rein in third-party litigation financing, a multibillion-dollar industry that critics argue allows foreign entities to assert control of the U.S. legal system.
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Indiana Firm Sues Quintairos Prieto Over 'Mass Exodus'
Indiana-based Kopka Pinkus Dolin PC has alleged a former employee helped conspire with her new employer Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer PA and two former shareholders to cause a "mass exodus" of attorneys that led to the eventual shutdown of one of the insurance firm's offices.
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RumbergerKirk Litigator Jumps To Weber Gallagher In Miami
A longtime Rumberger Kirk and Caldwell PA litigator has brought his practice to Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP's growing Miami area office.
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Longtime NJ Education Dept. Official Joins Porzio Bromberg
Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC announced Wednesday that an experienced education attorney has joined the firm as of counsel and assistant vice president of educational services at its compliance services unit following more than 20 years with the New Jersey Department of Education.
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Judges' Neutrality Must Extend Beyond Courtroom, ABA Says
The American Bar Association's ethics committee is guiding judges to maintain the same level of neutrality and impartiality in working with court staff that they exercise when presiding in the courtroom, according to its latest formal opinion on Wednesday.
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State High Court Chiefs To Review Law School Accreditation
State supreme court leaders said Wednesday they will conduct a thorough review of law school accreditation practices this year, a move that comes after state justices in Texas and Florida recently ended the American Bar Association's longstanding accreditation monopoly in those states.
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Kaufman Dolowich Adds Dean Ringers Employment Pro In Fla.
A longtime Dean Ringers Morgan & Lawton PA attorney has taken her practice to Kaufman Dolowich LLP's Orlando office, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Land Use Atty Moves Practice To Leech Tishman In Pittsburgh
An attorney with deep experience representing clients on matters regarding land use and zoning laws has joined Leech Tishman's Pittsburgh office after more than three years with Babst Calland.
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Benesch Launches State AG-Focused Practice Group
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP has launched a practice to bolster its capacity to represent clients across the U.S. in regulatory, enforcement and litigation matters.
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4 Tips For Attys To Climb The In-House Ladder
With just over one-third of the lawyers who participated in the In-House Counsel Satisfaction Survey saying they’re satisfied with their advancement prospects, Law360 Pulse spoke with seasoned general counsel about how they advanced in their careers.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.