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These Firms Are The 2024 Social Impact Leaders
Law firms are being heavily scrutinized for their social responsibility efforts, with attorneys, clients and critics all pushing for accountability. Find out which firms made Law360 Pulse's list of firms that are taking the greatest strides on social responsibility.
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DLA Piper Taps Corporate Atty As Co-US Managing Partner
DLA Piper has promoted a corporate finance attorney and former managing partner of its Atlanta office as co-U.S. managing partner of the firm.
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Disbarment Isn't One Size Fits All For Attys Guilty Of Crimes
Attorney discipline, much like the criminal justice system, is rarely a simple math equation where authorities can plug in a type of wrongdoing and an appropriate punishment is spit out.
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'Varsity Blues' Prosecutor Joins Quinn Emanuel In Boston
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has added a former Massachusetts federal prosecutor who oversaw numerous high-profile cases in recent years, including the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal.
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FisherBroyles Names New Practice Leaders In Corporate Dept.
FisherBroyles LLP, which bills itself as the first and the world's largest distributed law firm, is shaking things up in its corporate department, appointing 10 new practice area chairs.
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Attys Ordered To Apologize For Neighborhood 'Scream Test'
A Pennsylvania federal judge has ordered attorneys representing a plaintiff in a civil rights suit to go door-to-door and issue written apologies to residents and business owners after subjecting a South Philadelphia neighborhood to a looped recording of a woman screaming as part of an acoustics test last month.
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Cozen CEO Preps For 5th Term With Lessons From Pandemic
As he prepares to start his fifth three-year term as CEO of Cozen O’Connor, Michael Heller recently talked to Law360 Pulse about how the firm overcame the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to adapt, and why Philadelphia has become a popular market for larger firms.
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Quinn Emanuel Faces DQ Bid For Musk-Dogecoin Deal Leak
Dogecoin investors want Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP to be disqualified in their case against Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. because the law firm and its attorneys publicly disclosed a confidential settlement offer in the contentious lawsuit.
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Weinstein Charges Should Be Combined For Retrial, DA Says
Prosecutors asked a New York state court judge to consolidate Harvey Weinstein's 2018 rape indictment with newly filed sexual assault charges ahead of his retrial, panning the former Hollywood producer's "creative" arguments for separate trials.
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Play Reveals 'Dirty Legal Secrets' Of In-House Attorneys
Etsy-counsel-turned-playwright Sarah Feingold wrote "Dirty Legal Secrets," opening in New York Oct. 17, based on dozens of true stories from in-house attorneys.
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Burns & Levinson Collapse: A 'Cautionary Tale' For Law Firms
After 64 years in business, Boston-based law firm Burns & Levinson LLP is closing its doors this month after a tumultuous year that saw nearly half of its attorneys leave and merger talks fail.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP top this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after a California federal judge wrapped up a high-profile antitrust fight filed by Epic Games against Google that began in 2020.
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McDermott HR Head Named To Lambda Legal's Board
The chief human resources officer at McDermott Will & Emery LLP was named to the board of directors of LGBTQ+ advocacy group Lambda Legal, the organization has announced.
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Goodwin Names New Global Litigation Leader
Goodwin Procter LLP's new global litigation department leader has plans to continue building on years of meteoric growth while also preparing the firm's next generation of leaders.
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Kramer Levin Formalizes Its Private Credit Practice
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP has formalized a private credit practice co-led by partners David Berg and Yasho Lahiri, putting a name to the work the firm has already been doing in the space.
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Legal Tech Funding Surges In Q3 Thanks To 3 Megadeals
Three outlier megadeals pushed funding for legal technology companies to $1.57 billion in the third quarter of 2024, up from $392.5 million in the same period last year, but the number of mergers and acquisitions fell by about 50%.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as BigLaw firms made a slew of hires and a state judge was admonished for lip synching "Jump" by Rihanna in a TikTok. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Ex-Citibank VP Says Bank Fired Her For Taking Parental Leave
A former Citibank senior vice president and head of the bank's fair employment practices said Thursday she lost her job after becoming pregnant and suffering from pregnancy-related complications, accusing Citibank of discrimination.
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Barclay Damon Hires Ex-Harris Beach Environmental Chair
Barclay Damon LLP announced on Wednesday the hiring of a partner in its Rochester office who formerly chaired the environmental practice group at Harris Beach PLLC.
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Proskauer Adds Akin Knowledge Management Ace In NY
Proskauer Rose LLP is expanding its private funds team, bringing in an Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP knowledge management expert as a partner in its New York office.
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Israel-Palestine Suits Tested In Court With Mixed Results
A slew of lawsuits related to the Gaza war in the Middle East have already yielded mixed outcomes and, in the view of some, contradictory rulings as they've moved through the courts, revealing a tension between free speech and college campus safety while also stoking concerns over the fairness of the judicial system.
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Combs May Face More Charges As Feds Pore Over Evidence
Prosecutors helming the sex trafficking case against Sean "Diddy" Combs told a Manhattan federal judge Thursday they could file more charges against the jailed hip-hop mogul and rejected his accusations of grand jury leaks as "a means to try to exclude a damning piece of evidence."
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PierFerd Taps Atty To Grow Emerging Cos., Cannabis Groups
Pierson Ferdinand LLP announced Thursday that it has enlisted a former solo practitioner and experienced general counsel to grow its emerging companies and cannabis, hemp and CBD practices, areas the firm has targeted for investment.
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Holland & Knight Grows Philly, NY Offices With Insurance Pros
A pair of attorneys specializing in advising clients on insurance technology matters have moved their practices this week from Goodwin Procter LLP to Holland & Knight LLP's offices in New York and Philadelphia.
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Ex-GC-Turned President Retiring From Iroquois Gas
Iroquois Gas Transmission System LP will begin the new year with a host of leadership changes, including the retirement of its general counsel-turned president.