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  • Oft-Penalized Deutsche Bank Finds New GC From Freshfields

    Deutsche Bank AG on Tuesday said a senior partner at Freshfields LLP who specializes in corporate criminal defense will become its new general counsel on Sept. 15.

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    State & Local Tax Atty Rejoins Pillsbury In San Francisco

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP continues expanding its tax team, welcoming a state and local tax expert who worked several years as a solo practitioner back to the firm as a partner in its San Francisco office.

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    Haynes Boone Adds 2 Robins Kaplan Litigation Partners In NY

    Haynes Boone announced Tuesday that it has hired a pair of litigation partners in New York from Robins Kaplan LLP.

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    Ogletree Hosts 1st Summer Associate Hackathon

    Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC recently hosted its first hackathon for all 50 of the summer associates in its U.S. offices to get them up to speed on how to use generative artificial intelligence tools.

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    Jones Day Hires Former Pharma Co. Counsel In DC

    Jones Day has hired a former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP partner, who has also worked in-house at two pharmaceutical companies and with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the firm announced Tuesday.

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    Rising Star: Steptoe's Karen Bruni

    Karen Bruni of Steptoe LLP secured approvals from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to help complete multimillion-dollar energy transactions such as the sale of one company's shares in wind projects for nearly a total $1 billion, earning a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Wilkinson Stekloff's Cali Arat

    Wilkinson Stekloff LLP partner Cali Arat helped secure Monsanto's first jury trial win that changed the tide in high-stakes litigation alleging that the company's Roundup herbicide caused cancer, earning her a spot among the product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Covington's Alicia Zhang

    Covington & Burling LLP's Alicia Zhang has helped steer a slew of high-profile capital-raising efforts, including advising J.P. Morgan on Kyverna Therapeutics' $367 million initial public offering and guiding BioNTech's $200 million investment in Autolus Therapeutics, earning her a spot among the capital markets law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Robins Kaplan's Jessica Gutierrez

    Robins Kaplan LLP's Jessica Gutierrez helped an artificial Christmas tree company win a $42 million patent infringement verdict and secured a $13 million judgment in a software company's copyright litigation against the U.S. government, earning her a spot among the intellectual property attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Akin's Kate Shapiro

    Kaitlin D. Shapiro of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP successfully defended Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd. from a suit demanding it return $11 million in short-swing profits, and helped another client beat a Delaware Chancery Court action over Genomic Health Inc.'s $2.8 billion sale to Exact Sciences Corp., earning her a spot among securities law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Cohen Milstein's Harini Srinivasan

    Harini Srinivasan of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC secured a $45 million settlement on behalf of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers who claimed pregnancy discrimination and also challenged AT&T's attendance point system, earning her a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Weil's David Cohen

    David J. Cohen of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has represented Steward Health Care in its sprawling Chapter 11 bankruptcy involving 31 hospitals across eight states, and he was selected to lead the firm's growing Miami office, earning him a spot among bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    How Maynard Nexsen Arrived In Atlanta With Boutique Merger

    After moving into the Atlanta market via a merger with real estate boutique Miller Lavoie LLP, Maynard Nexsen PC is already looking to grow the new office and hit the ground running in its latest Southeast location.

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    New Leader For American Association Of Law Libraries

    The American Association of Law Libraries announced Monday that the state law librarian at the Hawaii State Judiciary has stepped into her new role as the association's first president from Hawaii.

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    Dorsey & Whitney Adds Ex-Cozen O'Connor Team In NY

    Dorsey & Whitney LLP is continuing to build out its commercial litigation team, announcing Monday that it has hired four New York-based attorneys who most recently worked together at Cozen O'Connor.

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    ChatGPT Convos Aren't Privileged, Legal Experts Emphasize

    Legal experts are weighing in on comments OpenAI Inc. CEO Sam Altman made during an interview last week about ChatGPT exchanges not having legal privilege, saying information put into the publicly available chatbot are discoverable during litigation.

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    Co-Leader Of 2 Gibson Dunn Practices Joins King & Spalding

    King & Spalding LLP has hired the former co-leader of two of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's practices who is joining it in Washington, D.C., to work on international disputes after more than two decades at his previous firm.

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    Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Benjamin Beller

    Benjamin Beller of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP helped defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX through its Chapter 11 case and its disputes with other crypto debtors that culminated in a $14 billion-plus reorganization plan, earning him a spot among the bankruptcy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Paul Hastings' Alex Herman

    Paul Hastings LLP partner Alex Herman has guided novel financing deals around the world, including complex arrangements that benefit Latin American and Caribbean clients, plus cross-border initial public offerings, such as U.S. pork giant Smithfield Foods Inc.'s $522 million listing, earning her a spot among the capital markets attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Bernstein Litowitz's Andrew Blumberg

    Andrew Blumberg of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP has won a near record-breaking victory for former investors in a Santander subsidiary and a rare nod of approval from Delaware's highest court, earning him a spot among the securities attorneys under 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • Rising Star: Goldman Ismail's Allyson Miller Julien

    Allyson Miller Julien of Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP helped Merck win a major victory in multidistrict litigation over its Gardasil HPV vaccine, earning her a spot among the product liability law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Con Edison's Ben Falber

    Ben Falber has helped craft clean energy transition policies for both New York and some of the Empire State's largest utilities, including energy storage and advanced technology programs for the state and long-term gas system plans for utility company National Grid, earning him a spot among the energy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Reichman Jorgensen's Adam Adler

    Adam Adler of Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP liberated Marvel Characters' "Super Hero" trademark and took on Amazon Web Services to protect a startup's cloud data storage patents, earning him a spot among the intellectual property law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    Rising Star: Shegerian & Associates' John David

    John David of Shegerian & Associates helped a former bank branch manager secure a $14 million jury verdict in her sex discrimination lawsuit and led a consultant to victory in his disability bias case, earning him a spot among the employment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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    DLA Piper Adds Real Estate Deals Pro From Katten In LA

    DLA Piper has added a former Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP partner to its Los Angeles office, strengthening its real estate practice with an attorney who guided a client in a $250 million joint venture with a South Korean investment management business, the firm said Monday.

Expert Analysis

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    Defining The Culture For A Legal Nonprofit Author Photo

    We co-founded The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators to connect leading trial lawyers, litigation experts and academics, and our experience has shown that embracing opportunity, responding fearlessly to market realities, and relentlessly defining the organization’s culture have all been integral to success, say Stéphane Bonifassi, Lincoln Caylor and Elizabeth Ortega.

  • 5 Emerging Themes Shaping Lateral Partner Moves This Year Author Photo

    A few key trends have arisen in partners’ lateral movements in the first half of 2025, reflecting a legal market defined by macroeconomic uncertainty, shifts in firm structures and rising scrutiny of firm affiliations, say legal recruiters at Macrae.

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    Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Be A Mentor Or Mentee Author Photo

    Mentorship is a powerful tool for business development when both mentors and mentees approach their relationships with strategic purpose, ensuring professional success while supporting broader business goals, say Angela Liu at Dechert and Jessica Lewis at WilmerHale.

  • 4 Biz Dev Steps For Attys Who Don't Know What They Want Author Photo

    Junior attorneys are increasingly expected to start building books of business while they are still figuring out their long-term career goals, but a few pointers can help young lawyers develop business even when they’re uncertain about their future direction, says Lana Manganiello at Practice Growth Partner.

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    As cyberattacks on law firms continue to escalate, bar associations, law firms and individual lawyers must all take steps to protect client funds in attorney trust accounts — from imposing cyber hygiene mandates to reimagining malpractice coverage — because once that money is gone, it’s generally gone for good, says Michael Epstein at The Epstein Law Firm.

  • Making Legal Cents: For Billing, Think Value, Not Time Author Photo

    Pricing strategy is one of the most consistently discussed but underleveraged tools in a firm's arsenal, and rather than keeping hourly billing because it's easy, firms should consider their differentiators when structuring more effective fee models, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Consultants.

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    Achieving Organic Growth For A Legal Nonprofit Author Photo

    We started Law Rocks to promote music education for underprivileged youth and raise funds for local nonprofits, and our 15-year journey has shown that enthusiasm, persistence and a great network can lead to a surprising amount of organic growth, say Nick Child and Ted Scott at Secretariat.

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    Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Engage With The Media Author Photo

    Business development is all about awareness — and by taking existing skills and adapting them to build media relationships and thereby address today's audiences, lawyers can expand their outreach and use thought leadership to build a more complete, compelling personal brand, says Michael Goodwin at Stanton PR.

  • What GCs Value Most: 7 Habits Of Great Relationship Partners Author Photo

    When seeking outside legal advisers, general counsel want commercially savvy lawyers who cultivate relationships of trust with their in-house counterparts, back up the GC's authority and focus on actionable advice instead of abstract legal analysis, say Andrew Dick at The L Suite and Rob Morvillo at Olo.

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    Nonprofit Launch Tips From Founders In The Legal Industry Author Photo

    In this Law360 Expert Analysis series, legal professionals who have founded industry-related nonprofits discuss how to overcome the biggest challenges to getting started, and how to balance the launch and management of an organization along with the demands of their primary work.

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    Generating Confidence In A Legal Nonprofit Author Photo

    I started LawWithoutWalls to change the way legal professionals see and think about their world, and it taught me the importance of giving people a reason to believe in your nonprofit mission, as well as how to achieve work-life integration, says Michele DeStefano at the University of Miami.

  • Nonequity Partner Frustrations Reflect Erosion Of Opportunity Author Photo

    Nonequity partners report the lowest satisfaction, highest stress and poorest financial outlook of any group of lawyers, highlighting a growing structural disconnect that leaves attorneys at many firms feeling like the ladder has been pulled up behind those who already ascended, says Jake Carroll at Nelson Mullins.

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    Building Brand Awareness For A Legal Nonprofit Author Photo

    I co-founded the Bridging the Gap Scholarship as a way to increase minority representation in BigLaw, and my advice for other legal professionals starting a nonprofit is to focus on building brand awareness early on, and to get comfortable delegating work to a dedicated team, says Imani Maatuka at Sidley.

  • Learn Your Colleagues To Cross-Sell Their Services Fearlessly Author Photo

    Understanding where colleagues in other practice areas shine can help attorneys confidently cross-sell each other's services and bring in business to keep the firm afloat in hard times, says Joe Calve at Calve Communications.

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    Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Advertise Ethically Author Photo

    Business development in the legal industry is about building authentic connections and showcasing expertise in a way that reflects reality, and, when done right, it can elevate a practice, establish credibility and bring in clients without risking an ethics violation, says Melody Jackson at Robinhood.

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