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Buchalter Debuts Immigration Group, Adds 2 Karr Tuttle Attys
Buchalter PC has hired two attorneys for its Seattle office to complement its new immigration practice group.
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Weil Opening Shops In Calif. With Latham Private Equity Pros
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced Tuesday that it has launched an office in Los Angeles and will soon open in San Francisco with a pair of private equity partners who both came aboard from Latham & Watkins LLP.
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LeClairRyan Trustee Floats Ch. 7 Deals With Ex-Lawyers
The liquidating trustee of shuttered law firm LeClairRyan PLLC on Tuesday proposed two settlements with former attorneys to resolve their roughly $2.1 million in claims for $1.4 million by granting them unsecured interests as part of the bankruptcy case in Virginia federal court.
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Loeb & Loeb Adds McDermott Estate Planning Atty In Chicago
Loeb & Loeb LLP has hired another longtime McDermott Will & Emery LLP trusts and estates partner for its Chicago office, according to a Monday announcement.
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Paul Hastings Adds Veteran Trader Case Litigator From BCLP
A former Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP attorney and legal commentator known for his work on history-making criminal cases — including leading the prosecution of the first trader ever to be found guilty of spoofing the commodities market — is moving his practice to Paul Hastings LLP, the firm announced on Tuesday.
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Crowell & Moring Adds 'Swiss Army Knife' Atty In Calif.
Crowell & Moring LLP grew in San Francisco this week, announcing Tuesday that it has added a former state prosecutor and e-commerce in-house counsel who has a reputation as a "Swiss Army knife style of lawyer."
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Polsinelli Adds Prominent Employment Attys To Calif. Offices
Polsinelli LLP has added a pair of experienced labor and employment attorneys to its Los Angeles and San Francisco offices, bolstering the firm's wage-and-hour and general employment practice in the Golden State, according to an announcement made Monday.
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NYU Settles Case Accusing It Of Fostering Antisemitism
New York University has settled a case brought by three Jewish students accusing the institution of fostering an antisemitic environment in a deal under which the school pledged to address discrimination toward Jewish and Israeli students.
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Lowenstein Sandler Adds Admin, Tech Leaders To C-Suite
Lowenstein Sandler LLP announced Monday that it has added two new members to its senior management team, with the firm saying its new chief administrative officer and chief innovation and information officer are part of the New Jersey firm's efforts to build its brand nationally.
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Milbank Taps Ex-CFTC Senior Official From Jones Day
A former U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission division director has joined Milbank LLP as a partner in the firm's Washington office, where he will focus on regulatory and enforcement matters related to derivatives, financial market infrastructure and digital assets.
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O'Melveny Names New Leaders, Combines Practice Groups
O'Melveny & Myers LLP announced several new leadership appointments Monday, along with the launch of a combined securities litigation and financial services practice group.
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For Atty Well-Being, Ga. Law Prof Promotes Meditation
For her first-year students at Georgia State University College of Law, Kendall Kerew says a minute of meditation at the start of her contracts class goes a long way toward boosting their well-being and overall longevity as a lawyer.
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Tropical Storm Beryl Shutters Texas Law Firm Offices, Courts
As Tropical Storm Beryl slammed into the Texas coast Monday, a number of Houston-area courts and law firm offices closed their doors in the face of a bruising weather event that has reportedly led to at least two deaths and left millions without power.
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3 Things To Know About The US Treasury's Exiting GC
The general counsel who recently left the U.S. Department of the Treasury, a former Davis Polk white collar defense partner, told Law360 Pulse on Monday that national security issues dominated his tenure, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine on his second day in the job.
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Willkie Real Estate Ace Jumps To Gibson Dunn In NY
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has added to its New York office an experienced attorney who previously chaired Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's real estate finance practice and who also spent more than a decade at Dechert LLP.
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PierFerd Opens London Office With More FisherBroyles Attys
Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Monday it has expanded globally with a new London office with eight partners and six staff members.
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Bracewell Adds Energy Pro From Baker Botts In Houston
Bracewell LLP announced Monday that it has boosted its energy regulatory group with a partner in Houston who came aboard from Baker Botts LLP.
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3 Things That Have Surprised Firm Leaders So Far In 2024
Law firm leaders approached 2024 with caution as economic and political uncertainties loomed large. Yet, the first half of the year still brought unanticipated developments, with artificial intelligence continuing its rapid proliferation and a competitive lateral hiring market among the surprises that unfolded.
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Armstrong Teasdale Resisted Diversity, Ex-DEI VP Says
Armstrong Teasdale LLP's former vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion claims the law firm hired her to help it cultivate a more diverse workplace, but then blocked her attempts to make recommendations and improvements before wrongly firing her, according to a lawsuit recently filed in Missouri state court.
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How Reshaped Circuit Courts Are Faring At The High Court
Seminal rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court's latest term will reshape many facets of American society in the coming years. Already, however, the rulings offer glimpses of how the justices view specific circuit courts, which have themselves been reshaped by an abundance of new judges.
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Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review
The U.S. Supreme Court's lethargic pace of decision-making this term left the justices to issue a slew of highly anticipated and controversial rulings during the term's final week — rulings that put the court's ideological divisions on vivid display. Here, Law360 takes a data dive into the numbers behind this court term.
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High Court Flexes Muscle To Limit Administrative State
The U.S. Supreme Court's dismantling of a 40-year-old judicial deference doctrine, coupled with rulings stripping federal agencies of certain enforcement powers and exposing them to additional litigation, has established the October 2023 term as likely the most consequential in administrative law history.
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The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term
The U.S. Supreme Court's session ended with a series of blockbuster cases that granted the president broad immunity, changed federal gun policy and kneecapped administrative agencies. And many of the biggest decisions fell along partisan lines.
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5 Moments That Shaped The Supreme Court's Jan. 6 Decision
When the high court limited the scope of a federal obstruction statute used to charge hundreds of rioters who stormed the Capitol, the justices did not vote along ideological lines. In a year marked by 6-3 splits, what accounts for the departure? Here are some moments from oral arguments that may have swayed the justices.
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The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term
In a U.S. Supreme Court term teeming with serious showdowns, the august air at oral arguments filled with laughter after an attorney mentioned her plastic surgeon and a justice seemed to diss his colleagues, to cite just two of the term's mirthful moments. Here, we look at the funniest moments of the term.
Expert Analysis
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Lawyers Can Get Ready For Space Law To Take Flight
While international agreements for space law have remained relatively unchanged since their creation decades ago, the rapid pace of change in U.S. laws and policies is creating opportunities for both new and veteran lawyers looking to break into this exciting realm, in either the private sector or government, says Michael Dodge at the University of North Dakota.
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Series
Ask A Mentor: What Makes A Successful Summer Associate?
Navigating a few densely packed weeks at a law firm can be daunting for summer associates, but those who are prepared to seize opportunities and not afraid to ask questions will be set up for success, says Julie Crisp at Latham.
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How To Successfully Market Your Summer Associate Program
Law firms can attract the right summer associate candidates and help students see what makes a program unique by using carefully crafted messaging and choosing the best ambassadors to deliver it, says Tamara McClatchey, director of career services at the University of Chicago Law School.
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Opinion
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Following the tragic attack on U.S. District Judge Esther Salas' family last summer and amid rising threats against the judiciary, legislation protecting federal judges' personal information and enhancing security measures at courthouses is urgently needed, says U.S. District Judge Roslynn Mauskopf, director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can Recalcitrant Attys Use Social Media?
Social media can be intimidating for reluctant lawyers but it can also be richly rewarding, as long as attorneys remember that professional accounts will always reflect on their firms and colleagues, and follow some best practices to avoid embarrassment, says Sean Marotta at Hogan Lovells.
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Keys To Digitizing Inefficient Contract Management Processes
Neville Eisenberg and Mark Grayson at BCLP explain how they sped up contract execution for one client by replacing email with a centralized, digital tool for negotiations and review, and how the principles they adhered to can be helpful for other law firms looking to improve poorly managed contract management processes.
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Series
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Practicing law through virtual platforms will likely persist even after the pandemic, so law firms and senior lawyers should consider refurbishing their associate mentoring programs to facilitate personal connections, professionalism and effective training in a remote environment, says Carol Goodman at Herrick Feinstein.
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How Law Firms Can Welcome And Celebrate Autistic Lawyers
As the U.S. observes Autism Acceptance Month, autistic attorney Haley Moss describes the societal barriers and stereotypes that keep neurodivergent lawyers from disclosing their disabilities, and how law firms can better accommodate and level the playing field for attorneys whose minds work outside of the prescribed norm.
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Law Firm Tips For Evaluating AI And Machine Learning Tools
Many legal technology vendors now sell artificial intelligence and machine learning tools at a premium price tag, but law firms must take the time to properly evaluate them as not all offerings generate process efficiencies or even use the technologies advertised, says Steven Magnuson at Ballard Spahr.
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A Call For Personal Accountability On Diversity And Inclusion
While chief legal officers are increasingly involved in creating corporate diversity, inclusion and anti-bigotry policies, all lawyers have a responsibility to be discrimination busters and bias interrupters regardless of the title they hold, says Veta T. Richardson at the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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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.