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Better Days Ahead For Associates, Recruiters Say
Things are looking up for associates, recruiters say, as a strong economic outlook for the legal industry appears to be driving increased demand for younger attorneys after two straight years of layoffs.
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Munsch Hardt's Incoming CEO On The 'Heart' Of Texas Firm
The newly elected CEO of Lone Star State mid-sized Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC is proud of the nearly 40-year history of success of the firm and plans to keep it on its current trajectory when he takes the helm at the start of 2025.
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Former PNC Bank Atty Joins McNees Wallace In Pittsburgh
A former chief counsel with PNC Bank is leaving the world of in-house for McNees Wallace & Nurick, where she will help boost the firm's work in fiduciary litigation and disputes involving trusts and estates.
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Ex-NY Appeals Court Counsel Joins Harris Beach
A former leader with New York's highest court is bringing her three decades of appellate experience to Harris Beach.
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Retired Conn. Chief Justice Starts Next Chapter At Day Pitney
Retired Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard A. Robinson is continuing his career as a litigator at Day Pitney LLP, where he'll also bolster the firm's appellate practice and advance its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, the firm said Monday.
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Michael Best Absorbs 6-Atty Great Plains Startup Boutique
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP announced Monday it had expanded into the Great Plains region of the U.S. as it combines with a six-attorney Nebraska-based boutique helmed by a former Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC attorney.
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Morgan & Morgan Can't Arbitrate Ethics Claims, Court Told
A former client of Morgan & Morgan PA's Jacksonville, Florida, office has told a Georgia federal court to reject its bid to keep his malpractice claims out of court because, he says, the allegations fall within an "ethical grievance" exception in the parties' arbitration agreement.
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Schnader Harrison Inflated Bills Before Collapse, Suit Says
A Philadelphia-based real estate company caught up in a contract dispute over an allegedly botched North Carolina development project has accused the defunct Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP of engaging in a "phantom billing scheme" to boost the firm's revenue ahead of its eventual dissolution last September.
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The 2024 Regional Powerhouses
The law firms on Law360's list of 2024 Regional Powerhouses reflected the local peculiarities of their states while often representing clients in deals and cases that captured national attention.
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Fed. Judges Urged To Stop Clerks From Seeking Political Jobs
Federal judges should prohibit their law clerks from applying for postclerkship jobs with political organizations, as that may connect the judges' chambers to political activity, a judiciary committee said in ethics guidance issued this week.
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Trio Of BigLaw Mergers Expected To Drive More Deal Talks
After months of a relatively steady pace of law firm mergers and acquisitions, the trio of proposed BigLaw tie-ups announced in recent days will likely spur more firms toward entertaining similar deal talks, experts say. Here, Law360 offers a snapshot of the proposed deals.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP attorneys and Texas litigator Richard L. Stanley lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after the Federal Circuit on Monday revived a patent infringement case for their client Contour IP Holding LLC against GoPro Inc.
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Lawyers To Face Tribunal Over Allegations Of Asylum Lies
Two more solicitors must face a London disciplinary tribunal over allegations they advised clients to provide fake stories in their asylum claims following an undercover Daily Mail investigation into bogus asylum applications.
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Barclay Damon Adds Longtime Democratic Consultant In NY
Barclay Damon LLP has hired a long-standing Democratic adviser to its New York office as of counsel, noting that his ties within political circles will allow him to offer a "unique" viewpoint to clients.
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Mayer Brown Bankruptcy Ace Jumps To Pashman Stein In NJ
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC has bolstered its bankruptcy practice in New Jersey with the addition of a partner from Mayer Brown LLP along with two associates, expanding the firm's roster in a state known for attracting large and complex bankruptcy cases.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
Another BigLaw firm merger and a report about rising litigation spending rocked the second week of September. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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SBSB Adds Liability Litigator From Kelley Kronenberg In Fla.
A former Kelley Kronenberg litigator with a focus on third-party insurance defense is heading to the Boca Raton, Florida, office of SBSB Eastham.
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McElroy Deutsch Construction Pro Jumps To Offit Kurman
Offit Kurman this week said it had hired an experienced attorney from McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP to join its construction law, transactions and disputes practice group in its Bergen County, New Jersey office.
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Ballard Spahr IP Pro Jumps To Taylor English In Atlanta
Taylor English Duma LLP has expanded its Atlanta office with a patent procurement expert from Ballard Spahr LLP following the departures of nearly 20 lawyers who left the former in recent months for three other firms.
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Accuracy, Security Top Firms' Concerns As AI Use Rises
Most law firms are using artificial intelligence tools for routine tasks over the coming year or plan to use them, but lawyers are concerned about the accuracy and security of the technology, an industry survey revealed on Thursday.
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Stites & Harbison Eyes Conn. Office With Patent Team Pickup
Stites & Harbison PLLC is stretching beyond its established offices in the South and Midwest with a planned Connecticut location, thanks to the pickup of three patent attorneys and three patent agents formerly with Cantor Colburn LLP.
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Fulton Bank Pros Join Barley Snyder Trust And Estates Team
The Pennsylvania-based regional firm Barley Snyder is expanding its trust and estates practice with the addition of two former Fulton Bank NA attorneys, including the chief fiduciary officer of Fulton's private banking division.
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Litigation Spending To Rise As Cases Grow More Aggressive
A substantial number of large companies are expecting to increase their litigation spending by double digits next year in the face of more complex and hard-fought cases — and they are more open to bringing in new legal talent to navigate the matters, according to a report released Thursday.
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The Firms That Handle The Most Trade Secrets Work
Gordon Rees remains the most active law firm representing plaintiffs in trade secrets disputes, according to a new report by Lex Machina analyzing a three-year period from 2021 to 2023, while Littler Mendelson continues to lead the pack on the defendants' side during that same timeframe.
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Phelps Dunbar Recruits 6 Litigators In Raleigh
Phelps Dunbar LLP has hired six lawyers in Raleigh to serve the business and litigation needs of companies in North and South Carolina, adding strength in health care, construction, employment and intellectual property.