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Appellate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP notched critical wins as the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an Eighth Amendment challenge to a city's public camping law and gave insurers a voice in mass tort bankruptcies, making it one of the 2024 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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AI Chatbot DeepSeek A 'Privacy Nightmare' For Legal Sector
While Chinese startup DeepSeek's open-source generative artificial intelligence model presents some opportunities for the legal tech industry, the company's Chinese ownership is a "privacy nightmare" for law firms, according to industry experts.
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Reed Smith Leaps Into The Future At New Downtown LA Office
Reed Smith LLP has moved its downtown Los Angeles office to a new location, just two blocks from the previous location.
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White & Case's PEP Earnings Hit Record $4M In 2024
White & Case posted the strongest profits per equity partner in its history on Thursday, with top partners each taking home $4 million in 2024 and revenue in London growing twice as fast as the global business.
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Jenner & Block Atty Leaves To Advise House Judiciary Dems
A Jenner & Block LLP partner with experience in matters involving government controversies, public policy litigation and congressional investigations announced Wednesday that he is leaving the firm to serve as a special counsel and senior adviser to the Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee.
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Dickinson Wright Continues IP Growth With Chicago Hire
Dickinson Wright PLLC said Wednesday that it had hired a named member of the small Illinois intellectual property firm formerly known as Bishop Diehl & Lee Ltd., marking the latest of the firm's many recent investments into the practice.
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Nixon Peabody Taps Ex-Faegre Drinker Environmental Atty
Nixon Peabody LLP hired a former Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP environmental attorney for the firm's New York City office.
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MoFo Adds BraunHagey Corporate Leader In San Francisco
Morrison Foerster LLP continues expanding its emerging companies and venture capital team, announcing Wednesday a BraunHagey & Borden LLP startup and venture capital specialist has come aboard as a partner in its San Francisco office.
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Reed Smith Adds Ex-BCLP Exec As Chief Marketing Officer
Reed Smith LLP has expanded its executive team with the recent addition of a marketing professional from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP with more than 20 years of experience helping law firms grow their brands.
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Latham Adds Ex-SEC Pro, GC To NY Roster
The former acting director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement arm and a private capital specialist with in-house and private practice experience have come aboard Latham & Watkins LLP, the firm announced Wednesday, marking the latest in a flurry of lateral hires entering Latham's New York office since fall 2024.
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Sheppard Mullin Adds Healthcare Reg Partner From Troutman
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on Wednesday announced the arrival of a healthcare partner joining from Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, continuing a streak of recent additions to its healthcare practice.
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Girardi Keese Trustee Sues NY Atty Who Funded Girardi
The bankruptcy trustee for disgraced California attorney Tom Girardi's defunct law firm is suing to prevent New York attorney Joseph DiNardo from discharging $7.5 million in his own bankruptcy, claiming DiNardo received the money by helping Girardi defraud his own clients.
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Real Estate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP advised on deals including Signature Bank's loan sale, two mega multifamily portfolio sales and the rise of an ultra-luxury tower in New York City in 2024, placing the firm among the 2024 Law360 Real Estate Groups of the Year.
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Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Seyfarth Shaw
Seyfarth Shaw LLP had the most GAO bid protest wins during a 12-month period spanning the bulk of 2024, setting precedent and prompting regulatory changes in several of those cases, earning the firm a spot among 2024 Law360 Government Contracts Groups of the Year.
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Life Sciences Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells
Hogan Lovells successfully defended Danco Laboratories LLC against an effort to revoke the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion drug mifepristone and, across the globe, helped shepherd a collaboration between Merck & Co. and Japan's Daiichi Sankyo in a multibillion-dollar cancer therapy drug deal, landing the firm among the 2024 Law360 Life Sciences Groups of the Year.
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Construction Group Of The Year: Orrick
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP guided New York City's Department of Design and Construction as lead counsel on the development of the agency's design-build program, which includes a $13 billion project to replace Rikers Island with community-based jails by using a novel project delivery method for the city, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Construction Groups of the Year.
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Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Lieff Cabraser
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP secured a $115 million settlement with Oracle for its allegedly unlawful sale of internet users' electronic profiles and helped craft a $62 million deal to resolve allegations that Google illegally tracked and stored smartphone users' private location information, earning the plaintiffs' firm a place among the 2024 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.
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Appellate Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells
Hogan Lovells argued eight cases before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2024, secured key victories for manufacturers of abortion medication and shut down a 21 million-member class action for Google, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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Proskauer Fights Another DQ Bid In NJ Hospital Antitrust Suit
A New Jersey federal magistrate judge was right to allow Proskauer Rose LLP to continue as counsel for RWJBarnabas Health Inc. since the firm's prior advice to CarePoint Health on its use of COVID-19 relief funds is unrelated to the antitrust lawsuit currently playing out between the two companies, according to the firm.
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Private Equity Group Of The Year: Debevoise
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP steered private equity giant Clayton Dubilier & Rice in its $15.5 billion acquisition of Truist Insurance Holdings and led Windstream Holdings in its $13.4 billion merger with Uniti Group, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Private Equity Groups of the Year.
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Litigation Funders, Firms Chase Billions In BCBS Claims
Litigation funders and law firms are racing to pitch hospitals on opting out of the landmark $2.8 billion Blue Cross Blue Shield antitrust settlement, with some convinced the hospitals' claims could be worth billions each if they're willing to roll the dice and sue the health insurance giant directly.
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Ex-Ambassador To Hungary Returns To Jenner's NY Team
After serving as the U.S. ambassador to Hungary, David Pressman is returning to Jenner & Block LLP as a partner, a firm where he helped co-found the national security and crisis practice as well as the human rights and global strategy practice, the firm announced Monday.
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Squire Patton Adds Eversheds Sutherland Biz Pro In Atlanta
Squire Patton Boggs LLP announced Wednesday that the firm's corporate practice group in Atlanta has a new deputy leader who came aboard from Eversheds Sutherland, where he had practiced for a quarter-century.
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Troutman Pepper Brings On Former DOJ Official In Texas
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP has expanded the firm's regulatory investigations, strategy and enforcement practice group at the state and national levels with a partner in Austin, Texas, whose background includes decades of government legal experience.
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Law Firms Add Marketing Chiefs Amid Biz Development Push
As law firms battle for business in a more competitive market, the new year has seen a wave of chief marketing officer appointments. This shift, experts say, reflects a growing emphasis on strategic leadership and business development, as firms look to differentiate themselves and drive growth.