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7 Willkie Partners Join Cooley Over Trump EO Deal
Seven partners have left Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, including both managing partners of the firm's San Francisco office, to join Cooley LLP, reportedly over their former employer's decision to strike a deal with the Trump administration related to a potential executive order.
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Holland & Knight Adds Goodwin Financial Ace In Texas
Holland & Knight LLP has fortified its financial services team in Austin, Texas, with a former Goodwin Procter LLP partner who boasts a blend of private law firm and in-house legal experience.
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Weightmans Promotes 2 To Equity Partners, Hires IT Director
Weightmans LLP has promoted two attorneys to its equity partnership, increasing the firm's total equity partnership strength to 45 and the total partner count to 267.
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Paul Weiss Spinoff Dunn Isaacson Taps Ex-Senate Atty As GC
Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP, the firm launched last month by four Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partners, has named a former longtime member of the bipartisan federal Office of the Senate Legal Counsel as part of its corporate leadership.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as lawyers took on new roles and law firms expanded their practices. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Ex-Labor Secretary Perez, Now At Mayer Brown, Looks Back
After joining Mayer Brown last month, former Labor Secretary Tom Perez talked with Law360 Pulse about his latest career move, his efforts to help expand and enforce hate crime laws, and his work for President Joe Biden to promote the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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These Firms Are Landing The Most PTAB Work
Intellectual property powerhouse Fish & Richardson again secured the top spot on a list of firms appearing in the most trials over the past three years in front of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
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Clark Hill Grows Gov't Contracts Team With Army Atty In Texas
Clark Hill PLC has added a former legal leader in the U.S. Army Futures Command to the firm's Austin office, strengthening its government contracts and regulation team with an attorney who has handled federal government contract law matters for 20 years.
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Firms Seek Luxury Or Stay Put In Tight Real Estate Market
A reduction in new construction and office vacancy has led more firms to renew their office leases in recent years, while others are spending significantly more than the original asking price on leasing new luxury offices, according to a recent report.
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Kirkland & Ellis Adds Former Ropes & Gray Deals Atty In NY
Kirkland & Ellis LLP said Wednesday it has welcomed a corporate partner from Ropes & Gray LLP to its New York office, touting her experience with major deals in sectors such as financial services, software, healthcare, industrials, consumer products and retail.
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Meet The Attys In Law Firms' Sunshine State Fee Fight
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and one of its attorneys are embroiled in a heated legal battle in Florida state court involving pharmaceutical mass tort firms and their former counsel.
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Former Secretary Of State Pompeo Joins Torridon Law In DC
Torridon Law PLLC announced Thursday that Mike Pompeo, who served as CIA director and secretary of state during the first Trump administration, has joined the firm in Washington, D.C.
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Lewis Brisbois Lands 5-Atty Dickie McCamey Team In Pa.
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP strengthened its resources for energy, oil and gas clients with the recent addition to its Pittsburgh office of a five-attorney team who moved from Dickie McCamey & Chilcote PC.
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Ogletree Launches Workforce Analytics Group
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has launched a new practice group that will focus on using data-driven tools to advise employers on various workforce compliance and risk assessment matters.
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Stinson Adds CBP Trade Regulations Atty To DC Office
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection veteran who advised on trade issues has joined the regulatory team at Stinson LLP.
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Former Chief US Atty In South Carolina Joins Nelson Mullins
Brook Andrews, the former chief federal prosecutor for South Carolina, who played a key role in prosecuting the "nukegate" scandal and oversaw the government's team in the high-profile fraud case against convicted double murderer and disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh, has joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP.
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Boies Schiller Recruits 3-Partner Patent Litigation Team
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced Thursday that it has added a team of Spencer Fane LLP partners who specialize in high-stakes patent and trade secrets disputes to its patent litigation team in Washington, D.C.
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Ex-Interior Secretary Salazar On 'Coming Home' To WilmerHale
Former U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar of Colorado, who served as secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior during the Obama administration and most recently as ambassador to Mexico during the Biden administration, returned this month to WilmerHale's Denver office, which he founded in 2014.
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McGuireWoods Adds Former Federal Prosecutor In Atlanta
A former federal prosecutor returned to McGuireWoods LLP in Atlanta to serve as a partner in its government investigations and white collar litigation practice group, the firm announced Wednesday.
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AI Reasoning Model Aces Maryland Law School's Final Exam
Newer artificial intelligence reasoning models such as OpenAI's o3 got higher grades than older model versions when tasked with taking law school final exams, according to professors at the University of Maryland's Francis King Carey School of Law.
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With Lockstep's Decline, White Shoe Culture Is Being Tested
Elite New York-based law firms have long boasted about their cultures of collaboration and touted the role lockstep compensation played in creating that team-oriented atmosphere. However, as changing market forces have largely done away with strict lockstep, top firms find themselves grappling with a question of culture.
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Reed Smith Adds FTC Consumer, Business Education Atty
Reed Smith LLP has hired a veteran Federal Trade Commission attorney who spent 15 years assisting on consumer protection litigation and regulatory and policy matters related to agency guidance and other issues, the firm has announced.
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Baker Donelson Begins Next Generation Of HR Leadership
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC has created a chief people officer role, tapping Venable LLP's former vice president of human resources for the job, the firm announced on Monday. Here, Sheila Turybury talks to Law360 Pulse about her goals in the new role and her ongoing tour of the firm's offices.
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Holland & Knight Finance Ace Jumps To Norton Rose
Norton Rose Fulbright announced Wednesday that it has fortified its corporate finance offerings with a former Holland & Knight LLP partner who will share his time between Dallas and Chicago.
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Former Energy Co. CEO Joins Paul Hastings In Houston
Paul Hastings LLP announced Wednesday that the former chief executive for energy transition company 8 Rivers has joined the firm's global energy and infrastructure practice in Houston, bringing decades of in-house and private practice experience to the firm.