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MVP: Cleary's Matt Solomon
Matt Solomon of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's digital asset disputes practice won a rare dismissal from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission when the agency dropped its claims against the CEO of Ripple Labs, and he's taking the lessons from that case to defend another high-profile crypto suit from the SEC, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Fintech MVPs.
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MVP: Paul Weiss' Marco Masotti
Over the past year, Marco Masotti of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's investment funds group helped Apollo Global Management close its $20 billion Apollo Fund X and guided Oak Hill Capital through several major private equity transactions, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Fund Formation MVPs.
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MVP: Cravath's David J. Perkins
David Perkins of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP advised Amentum in its all-stock, reverse Morris trust merger with Jacobs' government services businesses that created a combined company with $13 billion in revenue, and also led Brookfield Renewable Partners in its $8 billion acquisition of Westinghouse, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Private Equity MVPs.
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MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Jeff Wall
Jeff Wall, who heads Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Supreme Court and appellate practice, won a unanimous high court ruling that insurers can enforce choice-of-law provisions in maritime policies, triumphed over a Delaware Supreme Court case for Bayer AG involving liability for billions of dollars in consumers' talc claims, and preserved the MLB's antitrust exemption, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Appellate MVPs.
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MVP: Fried Frank's Matthew D. Parrott
Matthew Parrott of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP secured a major victory for a big hotel property lender in Manhattan and Los Angeles in a foreclosure suit and clinched a win in a notable case over an eminent domain petition in Texas, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Real Estate MVPs.
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Locke Lord Adds Real Estate Ace From Frost Brown In Dallas
A former Frost Brown Todd LLP attorney with diverse commercial real estate experience has joined Locke Lord LLP as a partner in Dallas, a reflection of the firm's focus on building out its real estate team "with top-tier talent."
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MVP: Duane Morris' Gerald L. Maatman Jr.
Gerald L. Maatman Jr. of Duane Morris LLP has helped his clients fend off potentially catastrophic exposures, including a suit alleging Geico misclassified thousands of insurance agents, by utilizing defense strategies to gut the claims before courts were able to assess the merits of the case, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Employment MVPs.
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Jones Day Real Estate Ace Jumps To Greenberg Traurig In LA
Greenberg Traurig LLP is expanding its West Coast real estate team, bringing in a Jones Day real estate transactions pro as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office.
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Gibson Dunn 'Titan,' Ex-Solicitor General Theodore Olson Dies
Theodore B. Olson, the founder of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's appellate and constitutional law practice group and a former U.S. solicitor general, died Wednesday, the law firm announced.
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Trump Taps Ex-Jones Day Partner For White House Counsel
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that William J. McGinley, a former Jones Day partner who worked as assistant to both the president and Cabinet secretary during Trump's first term, will serve as White House counsel during the upcoming term.
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In-House Counsel Less Wary Of Making BigLaw Jump
While most in-house counsel aren't actively looking to shift to private practice, a survey out Tuesday found there may be an increasing openness to that career lane shift if certain conditions — such as better salaries, work-life balance, and firm culture — are met.
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Freshfields Adds Ex-DOJ Atty To Co-Lead Investigations Team
Freshfields has added the former associate deputy attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice as the firm's new co-chair of its congressional investigations team, according to an announcement Tuesday.
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Polsinelli Adds Kirkland AI And Tech Ace In San Francisco
Polsinelli PC is expanding its West Coast technology transactions team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in a Kirkland & Ellis LLP data privacy and artificial intelligence expert as a principal in its San Francisco office.
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Paul Hastings Commits To Texas With New Office Leases
More than 12 years after first hanging a shingle in Houston and months after opening a Dallas outpost, Paul Hastings announced Tuesday that it had ambitious plans to continue its recent expansion in Texas with the signing of two commercial leases to boost the firm's capabilities in the Lone Star State.
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After Trump's Win, DC Recruiters See Surge In Gov't Atty Calls
Legal recruiters in the nation's capital, used to seeing a bump in activity around presidential elections, say they have been fielding a rush of calls from government attorneys in the aftermath of President-elect Donald Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris last week.
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Deloitte In-House Atty Joins Foley & Lardner In LA
Jose Sanchez, a former senior trial counsel in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Enforcement Division, has joined Foley & Lardner's Los Angeles office following nearly six years in Deloitte's office of the general counsel.
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Kramer Levin's Paris Office Won't Be Part Of Combo With HSF
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP confirmed Tuesday that the Paris office of Kramer Levin will not be included in the merger between the two firms.
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Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q3
A promotion to partner or election to practice group chair means a slew of new responsibilities and also lots of well-deserved recognition. Law360 reveals the list of attorneys whose commitment to legal excellence earned them highly coveted spots in the law firm leadership ranks. Find out if your old legal friends — or rivals — moved up in the third quarter of the year.
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Ex-Snell & Wilmer Group Head, DOJ Atty, Joins Saul Ewing
The former co-chair of Snell & Wilmer LLP's white collar defense and investigations practice group, an ex-prosecutor known in part for securing the conviction of the surviving Boston Marathon bombing perpetrator, has joined Saul Ewing LLP, the firm announced Tuesday.
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MVP: Holland & Knight's Antonia Tzinova
Antonia Tzinova of Holland & Knight LLP successfully challenged U.S. Customs and Border Protection's refusal to share certain evidence used in a tariff evasion determination — spurring the agency to implement a new transparent Administrative Protective Order system, and earning Tzinova a spot among the 2024 Law360 International Trade MVPs.
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MVP: Latham's Benjamin Naftalis And Douglas Yatter
Benjamin Naftalis and Douglas Yatter of Latham & Watkins LLP served as lead counsel for Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao in a high–profile anti-money laundering investigation and represented Andreessen Horowitz in a proposed class action, earning them a spot among the 2024 Law360 Fintech MVPs.
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MVP: Gibson Dunn's Allyson Ho
Allyson N. Ho of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's appellate practice won a high-profile and unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling reversing decades of bankruptcy precedent, and another unanimous win at the Third Circuit safeguarding crime victims' rights, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Appellate MVPs.
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MVP: Orrick's Teresa Hill
Teresa Hill of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP guided Microsoft Corp. through several major deals aimed at making the computing giant's operations more environmentally friendly, earning her a spot among the Law360 2024 Energy MVPs.
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O'Melveny Continues Texas Expansion With McDermott Atty
O'Melveny & Myers LLP has deepened its energy bench with a partner in Houston who came aboard from McDermott Will & Emery LLP, the latest of more than two dozen lateral additions since last year.
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Morgan Lewis M&A Pro Jumps To Baker Botts In Palo Alto
Baker Botts LLP has hired an attorney who previously worked at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Winston & Strawn LLP and other firms to bolster its mergers and acquisitions practice on the West Coast.
Expert Analysis
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Series
Ask A Mentor: How Can New Partners Generate Business?
Christine Wong at MoFo discusses how newly elected partners can prioritize business development by creating a strategic plan with the firm's marketing team and strengthening relationships with professional and personal networks.
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9 Writing Tips From The Justices' Opinions Last Term
Hidden in the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions from the last term are each justice’s talents for crafting choice turns of phrase, highlighting best practices for attorneys to jump-start their own writing, says Ross Guberman at BriefCatch.
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What Web3 Means For Lawyers' Ethical Duties
As law firms embrace Web3 technologies by accepting cryptocurrency as payment for legal fees, investing in metaverse departments and more, lawyers should remember their ethical duties to warn clients of the benefits and risks of technology in a murky regulatory environment, says Heidi Frostestad Kuehl at Northern Illinois University College of Law.
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NY's Cybersecurity CLE Rule Is A Sign Of Changing Times
New York's recently announced requirement that lawyers complete cybersecurity training as part of their continuing legal education is a reminder that securing client information is more complicated in an increasingly digital world, and that expectations around attorneys' technology competence are changing, says Jason Schwent at Clark Hill.
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Opinion
Law Firms Stressing Work-Life Balance Are Missing The Mark
Law firms struggling to attract and retain lawyers are institutionalizing work-life balance through hybrid work models, but such balance is elusive in a client services and tech-dependent world, underscoring the need for firms to instead aim for attorney empowerment and true balance within — not outside — the workplace, says Joe Pack at Pack Law.
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A Law Student's Guide To Thriving As A Summer Associate
Summer associates are expected to establish a favorable reputation and develop genuine relationships in a few short weeks, but several time management, attitude and communication principles can help them make the most of their time and secure an offer for a full-time position, says Joseph Marciano, who was a 2022 summer associate at Reed Smith.
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Burnout Prevention Requires Effort From Attys And Firms
To avoid physical and emotional exhaustion, attorneys must respect their own and their colleagues' personal and professional boundaries, but law firms must also play a role in discouraging burnout culture — especially if they are struggling with attorney retention, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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How I Owned My Power As An Asian American Woman In Law
Gibson Dunn's Debra Yang shares the bumps in her journey to becoming the first female Asian American U.S. attorney, a state judge and a senior partner in BigLaw, and how other women can face their self-doubts and blaze their own trails to success amid systemic obstacles.
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Successful In-House Alt Legal Services Start With 4 Questions
Law firms that are considering creating an in-house alternative legal service provider should focus not on recapturing revenue otherwise lost to outside vendors, but instead consider how a captive ALSP will better fulfill the needs of their clients and partners, say Beatrice Seravello and Brad Blickstein at Baretz & Brunelle.
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3 Reasons To Embrace Jargon In Legal Marketing Content
Ignore what you've been told about jargon — adding insider industry terms to your firm's marketing and business development content can persuade potential clients that you have the specialized knowledge they can trust, says Wayne Pollock at Law Firm Editorial Service.
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Future Lawyers Expect DEI Commitments Beyond Recruiting
To attract future lawyers from diverse backgrounds, firms must think beyond recruiting efforts, because law students are looking for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that invest in employee professional development and engage with students year-round, says Lauren Jackson at Howard University School of Law.
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Series
Ask A Mentor: How Can Law Students Build Real-World Skills?
Allison Coffin at Akin Gump discusses how summer associates going back to school can continue to develop real-world lawyering skills by leveraging the numerous law school resources that support professional development both inside and outside the classroom.
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How Firm Leaders Can Build And Sustain Culture
In uncertain and challenging times, law firm leaders can build and sustain culture by focusing attention on mission, values and leadership development, and applying a growth mindset across their firms, says Scott Westfahl at Harvard Law.
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The Case That Showed Me The Value Of E-Discovery Plans
Robert Keeling at Sidley reflects on leading discovery in the litigation that followed the historic $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger and how the case highlighted the importance of having a strategic e-discovery plan in place.
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Opinion
CLE Accreditation Should Be Tied To Learning Outcomes
Given the substantial time and money lawyers put toward mandatory continuing legal education, CLE regulators and providers should be held to accreditation standards that assess learning outcomes, similar to those imposed on law schools and continuing medical education providers, says Rima Sirota at Georgetown Law.