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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.
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Judges, Colleagues Remember Attys Lost In DC Plane Crash
Three attorneys who are among the 67 people presumed dead after a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet Wednesday night in Washington, D.C., are being remembered by their colleagues and mentors as "brilliant," "funny" and "passionate" young lawyers who each had bright futures ahead of them.
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'Elite' High Court Attys Have Outsized Role As 'Repeat Players'
U.S. Supreme Court cases are increasingly argued by a small, elite group of attorneys who appear before the justices time after time, a trend that seems to have less impact on those lawyers' success than it does on their growing homogeneity and influence over the law, according to new research.
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Dinsmore & Shohl Grows In Fla. With Tampa Boutique Pickup
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP announced Friday that it plans to merge with boutique firm Shankman Leone in Tampa, Florida, adding a 10-attorney team to its ranks.
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Jackson Lewis Reelects Chair Amid Leadership Changes
In its latest leadership shake-up, Jackson Lewis PC has reelected its firm chair and managing principal for a second term, while also implementing a leadership restructuring that includes the reorganization of its practice groups and the appointment of several new national heads.
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Gunderson Dettmer Starts In Atlanta With Morris Manning Trio
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP has opened an Atlanta office with four former Morris Manning & Martin LLP attorneys — three of whom now join one colleague who came to the firm last year — making Gunderson Dettmer the second BigLaw firm this month to open an office with a group from the Atlanta-based firm.
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Tax Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's diverse tax practice went from strength to strength this year, from advising well-known companies like Boeing and Discover that inked multibillion-dollar deals to counseling industry leaders in shaking up their sectors, helping it earn a place among the 2024 Law360 Tax Groups of the Year.
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Technology Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP won a significant victory for Google in an ongoing antitrust case and advised longtime client Apollo Global Management on one of the year's most significant technology deals, a joint venture with Intel, earning recognition as a 2024 Law360 Technology Group of the Year.
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Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Williams & Connolly
Williams & Connolly LLP was successful in several significant First Amendment cases, including one upholding a reporter's right to express opinions, and two others recognizing the importance of summary judgment against the chilling effect of a defamation lawsuit, earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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White Collar Group Of The Year: Covington
Covington & Burling LLP successfully ended a five-year government investigation into alleged illegal monkey importation by two drug development companies with no enforcement actions and secured a favorable plea for a private equity manager accused of what prosecutors claimed was the most significant white collar case ever in Oregon, earning a spot among the 2024 Law360 White Collar Groups of the Year.
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Environmental Group Of The Year: Bracewell
Bracewell LLP helped a Louisiana chemical facility stave off a regulatory push that would allegedly force it to shut down, helped small refiners win hardship exemptions from renewable fuel-blending requirements, and helped companies advance regional hydrogen hub and offshore wind projects, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Skadden
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP had a banner year guiding the largest New York Stock Exchange initial public offering of 2024, arranging the top two high-yield transactions of 2023 and wielding an international team to help their clients stand out in any market, earning the firm a spot in the 2024 Law360 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.
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Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Jones Day
Jones Day's bankruptcy attorneys spent 2024 on the frontiers of their practice, with work that included helping a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary enter bankruptcy with a proposal for a historically large talc injury settlement, as well as helping Spark Networks SE to navigate a new German bankruptcy law and the Chapter 15 process — putting the team among the 2024 Law360 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
WilmerHale leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal judge refused to certify a class of consumers who say Meta would have to pay users for their data if it didn't lie about privacy safeguards.
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Orrick's New Antitrust Litigation Head Is Looking To Hire
Former Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP partner Eric Hochstadt has taken on the newly created job of antitrust litigation leader at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. With the creation of the post, Hochstadt says he has big plans for building out a team around him at the firm within the practice area.
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Office Snapshot: Honigman Keeps Up With Windy City Growth
About a decade after arriving in the Windy City, Honigman LLP has moved into a new riverfront office in downtown Chicago to accommodate a growing roster that has already tripled in attorney headcount.
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Seasoned Patterson Belknap Trial Team Joins Linklaters In NY
Linklaters LLP announced Friday it has brought aboard a high-profile team of litigation partners from Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, including one who is the current president of the New York City Bar Association and a lawyer former President Joe Biden had nominated to the Third Circuit.
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Morgan Lewis Gains Blank Rome Energy Ace In Houston
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced Friday that it has added an experienced energy-focused transactional attorney in Houston who most recently practiced with Blank Rome LLP, fortifying the firm's finance capabilities in the Lone Star State.
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Data Centers Blur Lines At BigLaw Firms
The rise in complex, hybrid data center deals is increasingly calling for real estate, infrastructure and private equity attorneys to work together and, in some cases, to combine their practice groups.
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DLA Piper Adds Digital Finance Regulatory Partner In NY
DLA Piper has hired a financial regulatory and technology partner who has a range of experience helping found and lead digital platforms and technology businesses to its New York team, the firm announced Thursday.
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5 Key Topics To Watch At The ABA Midyear Meeting
The American Bar Association's policymaking body is expected to consider more than two dozen proposals at its semiannual meeting Monday, including two resolutions concerning judicial security as violence against judges is on the rise.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry marked the end of January with another action-packed week as firms expanded practices and hired high-profile government attorneys following the ascent of President Donald Trump. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Civil Rights Atty, 2 Boutique Attys Among Plane Crash Victims
At least three attorneys are among the 67 people presumed dead after a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet Wednesday night near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., according to several reports Thursday.
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Patent Lawyer Moves From DLA Piper To Kilpatrick
A Seattle lawyer who does patent work for branded drug developers is taking her practice to Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP from DLA Piper.