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Womble Bond Leader On 'Great Time' To Be Atlanta Lawyer
As Eric Glidewell steps into the role of managing partner of Womble Bond Dickinson's office in Atlanta — at a time when more law firms are arriving there — he said "this is a great time to be a lawyer" in the city.
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Crowell & Moring Lands Former DOJ Assistant Chief For FCPA
A former assistant chief in the U.S. Department of Justice's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit has joined Crowell & Moring LLP as a partner in the firm's white collar and regulatory enforcement group, according to an announcement made Tuesday.
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Sports & Betting Group Of The Year: Keker
Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP's sports team helped revive an imperiled college athletics conference, defended the PGA Tour against antitrust litigation and is the go-to counsel for MLB, placing the firm among the 2024 Law360 Sports & Betting Groups Of The Year.
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McGuireWoods Nabs Chicago CRE Partner From Ice Miller
McGuireWoods LLP announced Monday that the firm has added a commercial real estate lawyer from Ice Miller LLP, adding that the lateral partner hire has been tapped to lead the firm's real estate initiatives in Chicago and across the Midwest.
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SEC's Former Acting Enforcement Director Joins Weil In NY
A former acting enforcement director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission who led some of the agency's biggest cases over the past two decades has joined Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP as a partner in the firm's New York office.
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Jackson Walker Ethics Case Shelved Over Lack Of Authority
A Houston federal judge on Monday recommended closing an ethics case against Jackson Walker LLP over its supposed knowledge of a firm attorney's relationship with a judge, finding the court lacked the authority to pursue sanctions against a law firm.
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Legal Industry Rallies Around Students Hit By Hiring Freeze
Law students whose job offers were revoked because of the federal government's hiring freeze are seeing an outpouring of support from people across the legal community.
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The Top In-House Hires Of January
Legal department moves in the past month included high-profile appointments at Hilton Hotels, the Baltimore Orioles baseball team and the restaurant chain White Castle. Meanwhile, several legal leaders left notable companies, including American Airlines, music streamer Spotify and radio broadcaster SiriusXM.
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ABA House Of Delegates Votes For Stricter High Court Ethics
The American Bar Association's policymaking body recommended Monday that the U.S. Supreme Court adopt a binding ethics code as strict as the code of conduct that other U.S. federal judges must follow.
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Cozen Adds Ex-Carlton Fields Construction Pro In Boston
Cozen O'Connor has added an ex-Carlton Fields PA partner as a Boston-based member of its construction law group, the firm announced Monday.
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Sidley Adds Paul Hastings Energy, Finance Pro In Houston
Sidley Austin LLP added a former Paul Hastings LLP partner specializing in energy industry transactions to its energy, transportation and finance team in Houston, the firm announced Monday.
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White Collar Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP pulled off a legal high-wire act guiding FTX Trading Ltd. through a complex $16 billion bankruptcy proceeding while navigating a parallel criminal investigation into the crypto exchange's collapse, securing the firm's place among the 2024 Law360 White Collar Groups of the Year.
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Technology Group Of The Year: Fenwick
Fenwick & West LLP attorneys guided Smartsheet in its $8.4 billion acquisition by private equity giants Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners, and notched a number of significant patent litigation victories for Amazon, earning the law firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Technology Groups of the Year.
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Environmental Group Of The Year: Sidley Austin
Sidley Austin LLP attorneys over the past year have helped protect a large offshore wind energy project from multiple lawsuits, helped Cummins Inc. resolve a major federal investigation and helped force Alexandria, Virginia, to stop discharging coal tar into the Potomac River, earning the firm a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's global team mastered the gamut of capital-raising transactions across continents in 2024, including billion-dollar-plus initial public offerings involving Finnish sporting goods giant Amer Sports and Swiss skincare company Galderma, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.
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Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Akin
The more than 100 restructuring lawyers at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP have untangled some of the most complex Chapter 11 cases in recent years for the benefit of unsecured creditors, including the sprawling proceedings of hospital system Steward Health Care and the difficult reorganization of Diamond Sports Group, earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.
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K&L Gates IP Pro Jumps To BakerHostetler's DC Office
An attorney specializing in trademark and copyright matters has moved his practice to BakerHostetler's Washington, D.C., office after 11 years with K&L Gates LLP.
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J&J Investigations And Gov't Litigation Head Joins O'Melveny
The global practice leader for investigations and government litigation at Johnson & Johnson has joined O'Melveny & Myers LLP after two decades in-house, the firm said Monday.
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Morgan Lewis Adds K&L Gates Benefits Pro In Pittsburgh
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has grown its employee benefits practice in Pennsylvania with the addition of a K&L Gates LLP attorney.
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With Eye On Growth, Husch Blackwell Shakes Up Leadership
In an effort to "capitalize on growth opportunities," Husch Blackwell LLP has named a new chief operating officer and split its organizational structure to create separate operations and marketing and business development divisions, the firm announced Monday.
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Troutman Says Lawyer's Firing Due To Performance, Not Bias
A former Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP associate was let go from the firm due to under-performance, not racial bias, the firm told a D.C. federal judge in a bid to end the lawyer's racial discrimination suit, arguing undisputed facts show a diverse group of partners agreed she was not meeting expectations prior to her being dismissed.
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Paul Hastings Taps Ex-Fried Frank AI Expert For New Practice
Paul Hastings announced Monday the hiring of a former partner at Fried Frank to lead its new technology transactions practice out of New York.
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Reed Smith Leaders On Strategy Behind Atlanta Shop Launch
Two Reed Smith LLP leaders joined Law360 Pulse to discuss what led the firm to launch its first Atlanta office with 37 attorneys joining from Morris Manning & Martin LLP and Greenberg Traurig LLP.
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Goodwin Hires Kirkland Antitrust Partner In DC
Goodwin Procter LLP has hired a career Kirkland & Ellis LLP antitrust litigation attorney, who told Law360 Pulse in a recent interview that she wanted to bring her practice focused on healthcare and life sciences clients to a platform rife with industry expertise.
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Weil Adds Ex-A&O Shearman Financing Pro As Partner In NY
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has added a banking and finance attorney previously with Allen Overy Shearman Sterling as a partner in its New York office, the firm announced Monday.