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In-House Counsel Wariness On Making BigLaw Jump Thaws

By Xiumei Dong

While most in-house counsel aren't actively looking to shift to private practice, a Tuesday survey reveals there may be an increasing openness to that career lane shift if certain conditions —such as better salaries, work-life balance, and firm culture—are met.
Polsinelli Adds Kirkland AI And Tech Ace In San Francisco

By James Mills

Polsinelli PC is expanding its West Coast technology transactions team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in a Kirkland & Ellis LLP data privacy and artificial intelligence expert as a principal in its San Francisco office.
Paul Hastings Commits To Texas With New Office Leases

By Emily Sawicki

More than 12 years after first hanging a shingle in Houston and months after opening a Dallas outpost, Paul Hastings announced Tuesday that it had ambitious plans to continue its recent expansion in Texas with the signing of two commercial leases to boost the firm's capabilities in the Lone Star State.
After Trump's Win, DC Recruiters See Surge In Gov't Atty Calls

By Alison Knezevich

Legal recruiters in the nation's capital, used to seeing a bump in activity around presidential elections, say they have been fielding a rush of calls from government attorneys in the aftermath of President-elect Donald Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris last week.
Deloitte In-House Atty Joins Foley & Lardner In LA

By Christine DeRosa

Jose Sanchez, a former senior trial counsel in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Enforcement Division, has joined Foley & Lardner's Los Angeles office following nearly six years in Deloitte's office of the general counsel.
Kramer Levin's Paris Office Won't Be Part Of Combo With HSF

By Tracey Read

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP confirmed Tuesday that the Paris office of Kramer Levin will not be included in the merger between the two firms.
Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q3

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 third quarter of the year.
Ex-Snell & Wilmer Group Head, DOJ Atty, Joins Saul Ewing

By Andrea Keckley

The former co-chair of Snell & Wilmer LLP's white collar defense and investigations practice group, an ex-prosecutor known in part for securing the conviction of the surviving Boston Marathon bombing perpetrator, has joined Saul Ewing LLP, the firm announced Tuesday.
MVP: Holland & Knight's Antonia Tzinova

By Rae Ann Varona

Antonia Tzinova of Holland & Knight LLP successfully challenged U.S. Customs and Border Protection's refusal to share certain evidence used in a tariff evasion determination — spurring the agency to implement a new transparent Administrative Protective Order system, and earning Tzinova a spot among the 2024 Law360 International Trade MVPs.
MVP: Latham's Benjamin Naftalis And Douglas Yatter

By Steven Lerner

Benjamin Naftalis and Douglas Yatter of Latham & Watkins LLP served as lead counsel for Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao in a high–profile anti-money laundering investigation and represented Andreessen Horowitz in a proposed class action, earning them a spot among the 2024 Law360 Fintech MVPs.
MVP: Gibson Dunn's Allyson Ho

By Jack Karp

Allyson N. Ho of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's appellate practice won a high-profile and unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling reversing decades of bankruptcy precedent, and another unanimous win at the Third Circuit safeguarding crime victims' rights, earning her a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Appellate MVPs.
MVP: Orrick's Teresa Hill

By Keith Goldberg

Teresa Hill of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP guided Microsoft Corp. through several major deals aimed at making the computing giant's operations more environmentally friendly, earning her a spot among the Law360 2024 Energy MVPs.
O'Melveny Continues Texas Expansion With McDermott Atty

By Lynn LaRowe

O'Melveny & Myers LLP has deepened its energy bench with a partner in Houston who came aboard from McDermott Will & Emery LLP, the latest of more than two dozen lateral additions since last year.
Morgan Lewis M&A Pro Jumps To Baker Botts In Palo Alto

By Rose Krebs

Baker Botts LLP has hired an attorney who previously worked at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Winston & Strawn LLP and other firms to bolster its mergers and acquisitions practice on the West Coast.
MVP: Proskauer's Christopher Robinson

By Elaine Briseño

Christopher Robinson, a partner with Proskauer Rose LLP, specializes in handling complex secondary transactions, such as advising Blackstone Strategic Partners as a lead investor in the purchase of $5 billion in fund interests from Kaiser Permanente, and was recently named co-head of Proskauer's secondary transactions and liquidity solutions practice — earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Private Equity MVPs.
MVP: O'Melveny's Benjamin Singer

By Theresa Schliep

Benjamin D. Singer of O'Melveny & Myers LLP helped stave off a criminal prosecution against HealthSun Health Plans Inc. and successfully defended other clients in notable False Claims Act litigation, earning him a spot as a 2024 Law360 Healthcare MVP.
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Barrie Covit

By Sarah Jarvis

Barrie Covit of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's fund formation practice helped Lexington Partners break the record for the largest secondaries fund ever raised, at $22.7 billion, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Fund Formation MVPs.
Goodwin Lands 2 Willkie Real Estate Finance Partners In NY

By Tracey Read

Goodwin Procter LLP announced Tuesday that it has added two partners from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP to join Goodwin's growing global real estate industry practice in New York.
MVP: deRubertis Law's David M. deRubertis

By Amanda Ottaway

Worker-side lawyer David deRubertis, who runs his own firm, says he has helped workers win $526 million in damages from their employers in the past two years alone, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Employment MVPs.
Cleary Promotes 26 Partners, 4 To Counsel

By Tabitha Burbidge

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP said Monday that it has elevated 26 lawyers to partner and four to counsel in its latest bumper round of promotions.
BCLP Promotes 24 Lawyers To Partnership

By Ashish Sareen

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP named 24 new partners on Monday in one of its largest ever promotions rounds, although the total number of partners at the law firm is falling.
Herbert Smith Freehills To Merge With US-Based Kramer Levin

By Marialuisa Taddia

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP said Monday that it is joining forces with U.S. law firm Kramer Levin to form a global legal powerhouse in a move that could signal further consolidation in the sector.
Davis Polk Hires Sidley Restructuring Heads in London

By Tom Fish

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has hired two restructuring experts as partners in its London office, where they will advise a wide range of clients on financially troubled companies.
Judiciary Advisers Back Development Of AI Evidence Rules

By Jeff Overley

The federal judiciary's advisory panel for evidentiary issues agreed Friday to develop rules aimed at strengthening scrutiny of testimony and materials derived from artificial intelligence systems, saying AI-generated information should meet the same reliability standards that apply to expert witnesses.
Fla. Law Firm Gunster To Pay $8.5M Over 2022 Data Breach

By Rae Ann Varona

Florida corporate law firm Gunster has agreed to shell out $8.5 million to resolve a proposed class action alleging it failed to properly safeguard the personal information of nearly 10,000 clients, employees, and other individuals from cybercriminals, according to a motion to preliminarily approve the deal filed in Florida federal court.

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