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Law Firm Marketing Budgets Have Fallen Behind Firm Growth
During a period when many law firms experienced strong revenue and headcount growth, the industry's marketing budgets did not grow at the same pace, according to the results of a survey released Thursday.
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Calif. AG's Hiring Of Lieff Cabraser In Climate Suit Challenged
California Attorney General Rob Bonta improperly hired Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP to assist with the state's climate deception suit against fossil fuel companies when attorneys in his office were capable of handling the litigation, the union representing the public lawyers contended in a newly filed state court complaint.
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Investor Says Lowenstein Sandler Violated Dispensary Deal
An investment group involved in a complex dispute between Lowenstein Sandler LLP and a cannabis dispensary has asked a New Jersey state judge to enforce a settlement order and sale order, alleging the firm has violated previous legal rulings while pursuing its claim for purportedly unpaid legal fees.
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Brownstein Hyatt Adds Seyfarth Real Estate Pro In LA
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP is growing its California team, bringing in a Seyfarth Shaw LLP real estate expert as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office.
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PierFerd Adds Ex-Alston & Bird Real Estate Finance Attorney
Pierson Ferdinand LLP said Wednesday it has added a real estate finance securitization partner who was previously an attorney at Alston & Bird LLP to its corporate department.
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Pashman Stein Enters Philly Market With Duane Morris Atty
New Jersey-based firm Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC is crossing state lines again with this week's launch of a new Philadelphia office led by a former Duane Morris LLP attorney specializing in commercial litigation and cannabis matters.
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Ex-AIG Atty Joins SBSB Eastham In Houston
Schouest Bamdas Soshea BenMaier & Eastham PLLC announced that an experienced Houston-based litigator who focuses on workers' compensation matters has joined the firm as a partner.
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SDNY Complex Frauds, Cybercrime Pro Joins Pryor Cashman
The former chief of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York's complex frauds and cybercrime unit has joined Pryor Cashman LLP's white collar and regulatory enforcement practice as a partner, the firm said Wednesday.
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4 Tips To Hit Billable Hours Out Of The Park This Year
Early in the year is the best time to start to think about billable hour targets and strategies for how to meet them, according to partners and attorney career coaches. Here are four strategies those experts say will help associates hit a home run this year.
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How Young Lawyers Can Avoid The Inflation Blues
Inflation rates are likely squeezing the bottom lines of some younger attorneys, financial experts tell Law360 Pulse. Below are their suggestions for young attorneys to be vigilant about spending and financial planning.
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Maynard Nexsen IP Trio Joins Frost Brown In NY
Three veteran intellectual property attorneys with more than 100 years of combined experience working on a wide range of litigation matters have joined Frost Brown Todd LLP's New York office as partners from Maynard Nexsen PC, the firm announced Monday.
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Kirkland Regains Top Spot in 2024 Performance Ranking
Kirkland & Ellis LLP surged back to the top of legal market intelligence provider Leopard Solutions' annual Law Firm Index released on Tuesday with a perfect score for the year, while last year's leader Latham & Watkins LLP slipped to fourth place.
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Former Banner Witcoff Name Partner Dies At 99
A retired name partner of intellectual property boutique Banner Witcoff has died at the age of 99, the firm announced Monday, saying he will be remembered as a pioneering IP attorney and a thoughtful colleague and mentor.
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Golenbock Eiseman Litigation Co-Chair Joins Vedder Price
Vedder Price PC announced Monday that it has brought on as a shareholder a longtime Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP attorney who previously co-chaired that firm's litigation practice and chaired its noncompete and trade secrets group.
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Law Firms Walk DEI Tightrope Amid Political Pressure
Law firms that once led the charge on diversity initiatives now find themselves walking a tightrope, balancing their long-standing commitments to diversity with shifting corporate priorities and political pressure stemming from the Trump administration's efforts to curtail such programs.
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Law Firm Leasing Reaches Highest Level Since Before COVID
Law firms in the United States have broken through years of pandemic-related uncertainty about market conditions and the need for office space to record the highest volume of lease activity in more than five years, according to newly released data.
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Law Firm Network Meritas Starts Legal Tech Ed Program
International law firm network Meritas has launched a legal technology education program that will include online and in-person curriculum provided by top legal tech companies.
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Ex-Judge Hopes To Avoid Testimony In Atty Romance Probe
Former Texas bankruptcy judge David R. Jones said Monday that he's been talking with the U.S. Trustee with the aim of avoiding "live trial testimony" in the probe of his undisclosed romantic relationship with a former Jackson Walker LLP partner, arguing that he's already given a deposition.
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4 Attys Join Kaufman Dolowich NY Construction Practice
The co-chair of Kaufman Dolowich LLP's construction law practice group has coaxed a team of four attorneys including two former colleagues who were most recently partners at construction boutique Rich Intelisano & Katz LLP to join the firm's New York City-area offices, according to a Monday announcement.
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Disbarred NJ Attys Seeking Reinstatement Begin Difficult Path
The first disbarred attorneys ever to seek reinstatement under New Jersey’s new rules are sitting for the bar exam this week, but the road back to licensure and rebuilding a successful practice remains challenging.
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McGlinchey Stafford Adds Galloway Team In Houston
McGlinchey Stafford PLLC has grown its presence in Houston with the addition of three attorneys and three employees from Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith.
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Scarinci & Hollenbeck Adds Mandelbaum Barrett Estate Pro
Scarinci & Hollenbeck LLC is growing its Red Bank, New Jersey, location with a new tax and estate partner from Mandelbaum Barrett PC with nearly 30 years of experience in estate planning and administration, probate litigation, business transactions and real estate matters.
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ABA Suspends Law School DEI Standards Until Summer
The American Bar Association has announced that it is holding off on enforcing its diversity and inclusion standards for law schools in light of recent executive orders by the new presidential administration.
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SBSB Eastham Expands In Texas With 4th Lone Star Shop
Schouest Bamdas Soshea BenMaier & Eastham PLLC announced Monday that it has continued its fast-paced growth in the Lone Star State with the launch of an office in Galveston, following openings last summer in Dallas and Corpus Christi.
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Spencer Fane Adds IP Litigation, Utility Attorneys In Texas
Spencer Fane LLP announced that a pair of experienced attorneys have joined the firm's intellectual property and environmental law and energy practice groups in Texas.
Expert Analysis
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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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.