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Bradley Arant Adds Securities, Tax Expert As Partner

By David Hansen

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP added a former Burr & Forman LLP partner to the firm's tax group and corporate and securities group in its Birmingham, Alabama, office.
Troutman Pepper Launches Tariff Task Force

By Rose Krebs

Troutman Pepper Locke LLP said it has formed a tariff task force aimed at helping clients navigate the Trump administration's tariffs.
Office Snapshot: Reed Smith Feels Downtown LA Energy

By James Mills

When Reed Smith LLP's lease in the Wells Fargo Tower in downtown Los Angeles was up for renewal, it opted to move to new offices about two blocks away at the City National Plaza complex. The firm wasn't looking for more space, just a change of scenery.
Holland & Knight Adds Two To New Defense Industry Group

By Alison Knezevich

Holland & Knight LLP has added two members to its new group devoted to the defense and national security industry, hiring a former U.S. Senate counsel for the subcommittee overseeing defense spending and a former Department of Defense technical director.
Product Liability Group Of The Year: DLA Piper

By Y. Peter Kang

DLA Piper convinced an Arkansas jury to clear Monsanto of potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in liability relating to the herbicide Roundup and also garnered some achievements in multidistrict litigation over Ozempic, earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Product Liability Groups of the Year.
Securities Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn

By Jessica Corso

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP won a Fifth Circuit ruling last year that repealed a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule that would have given the agency more oversight over hedge funds and private equity funds, earning the firm a spot on the 2024 Law360 Securities Groups of the Year.
Transportation Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell

By Linda Chiem

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP lawyers advised Boeing in an $8.3 billion acquisition of its chief supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, amid corporate tumult and intense regulatory scrutiny of the American aerospace giant, earning the law firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Transportation Groups of the Year.
Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Kirkland

By Maria Koklanaris

Kirkland & Ellis LLP earned such key victories as advising Warburg Pincus on formation of its largest-ever private equity fund of $17.3 billion and working with KPS Capital Partners LP on two funds collectively worth $9.7 billion, landing it among the 2024 Law360 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
Class Action Group Of The Year: Bernstein Litowitz

By Mike Curley

Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP's class action practice group helped block Elon Musk's $55 billion compensation plan from Tesla Inc. and won more than $400 million in settlements in an investor suit over the sale of Columbia Pipeline Group to TC Energy, earning it a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Class Action Groups of the Year.
Complex Financial Instruments Group Of The Year: Cahill Gordon

By Tom Zanki

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP's expertise in leveraged finance helped it execute a bevy of high-impact deals in 2024 — including its representation of financial institutions that negotiated the blockbuster, $8.4 billion merger of entertainment giants Paramount Global and Skydance Media — earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Complex Financial Instruments Groups of the Year.
Competition Group Of The Year: Cravath

By Christopher Cole

Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP scored a trailblazing antitrust verdict for Epic Games when a California federal jury decided Google's Play Store illegally dominated the Android app market, making Cravath one of the 2024 Law360 Competition Groups of the Year.
Cannabis Group Of The Year: Dentons

By Sam Reisman

The cannabis group at Dentons led the consolidation of the American assets of marijuana giant Canopy Growth, pioneered restructuring deals to ease cannabis companies' federal tax burden and lobbied Capitol Hill to create a comprehensive federal hemp policy, making the team one of the 2024 Law360 Cannabis Groups of the Year.
Baker Donelson Fights Docs Request In Ponzi Scheme Suit

By Emily Sawicki

Baker Donelson is pushing back on a request for documents in a lawsuit alleging the firm allowed a timber company's $164.5 million Ponzi scheme to unfold.
Boies Schiller Hires Ex-Dechert International Arbitrator In NY

By Matt Perez

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced Thursday the hiring of a former Dechert LLP associate for its international arbitration practice, the second addition to the group so far this year.
AI Adoption Nearly Doubled In Legal Sector After 1 Year

By Sarah Martinson

Nearly 40% of surveyed legal professionals said in 2024 that their company has implemented an enterprise artificial intelligence solution like Microsoft Copilot, an increase from 20% of respondents in 2023, according to a new report.
Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q4

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 fourth quarter of the year.
Clifford Chance Adds White & Case Int'l Trade Atty In DC

By Jack Rodgers

Clifford Chance LLP has hired a White & Case LLP international trade attorney who expands the firm's capabilities in national security and a range of foreign investment-related matters in Washington, the firm announced this week.
Career Telecom Attorney Joins Greenberg Traurig In DC

By Jack Rodgers

A Wiley Rein LLP attorney who spent 16 and a half years working on issues related to telecommunications, media, technology and satellites has jumped to Greenberg Traurig LLP's office in Washington, D.C.
BakerHostetler Environmental Pro Jumps To Morgan Lewis

By Tracey Read

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has hired the former national co-chair of BakerHostetler's environmental team as a partner in its environmental litigation practice, the firm said Thursday.
Dechert Co-Chair On Managing A Firm And His Own Practice

By Anna Sanders

Dechert LLP co-chair Mark Thierfelder talks about balancing his practice with managing a multinational law firm, the importance of meditation, and why change is good for attorneys.
Akin Taps Labor And Employment Head To Lead NY Office

By Tracey Read

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP said it has named Rich Rabin, head of the firm's New York labor and employment practice, as partner-in-charge of the firm's New York office.
Holland & Knight Adds Manatt Real Estate Pro In California

By James Mills

Holland & Knight LLP continues expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP real estate expert as a partner in its Orange County, California, office.
McDermott Commercial Real Estate Attorneys Join Cleary

By Grace Dixon

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced Wednesday that the former co-head of McDermott Will & Emery's U.S. real estate practice group and two team members have joined Cleary's real estate group.
Lessons From A Landmark Year For Women Law Firm Leaders

By Emma Cueto

In 2021, the legal industry saw a major wave of first-time women leaders. Law360 Pulse revisits that class and what experts say about the number of women in leadership positions across the legal profession.
Faegre Drinker Adds White & Case Antitrust Pro In SF

By Emily Johnson

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has brought on a former Silicon Valley office executive partner from White & Case LLP to its office in San Francisco, strengthening the firm's litigation practice with an attorney who said she has helped represent clients in multiple high-profile trials including matters involving antitrust issues.

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