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Norton Rose Names Atty Duo As Global Arbitration Leaders
Norton Rose Fulbright has elevated the firm's U.S. arbitration team leader and a London-based partner to co-lead its global international arbitration practice, shaking up the group's leadership for the first time in over a decade, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Lawyers For Good Government Recognizes Yale Law, 3 Firms
The nonprofit Lawyers for Good Government, or L4GG, announced the recipients of its 2024 Pro Bono Awards on Monday, recognizing three law firms and Yale Law School for their work in support of environmental justice, immigrant rights, children's rights, racial equity and reproductive freedom.
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Winston & Strawn Boosts Transactions Team With NY Tax Atty
As Winston & Strawn LLP continues to build out its transactions team, the firm has hired a new attorney from Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP with a focus on the tax aspects of real estate financing.
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Winston & Strawn Finance Pro Joins Mayer Brown In New York
Mayer Brown LLP announced that a longtime finance attorney at Winston & Strawn LLP has joined the firm's New York office as a partner in what it said is part of a strategic priority to expand its global leveraged finance and private credit platform.
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How Law Firms Get And Keep Elite Status
For decades, a handful of New York-based law firms thoroughly dominated the national consciousness when it came to power, profitability and prestige. But in today's legal market, increased movement of partners and clients from one firm to the next has begun to shake things up and create opportunities for go-getters to ascend the ranks.
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Prestige Leaders: The Firms In The Billionaires' Club
As many BigLaw firms see their revenues climb ever higher, we highlight those that reported topping the billion-dollar mark in the most recent calendar year.
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These Firms Are The 2024 Prestige Leaders
Clients flock to firms with prestigious reputations, and so does top talent. Here are this year's Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders — the 100 firms the industry recognizes for their prominence, power and distinction
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Mastercard's Legal Chief Departs For Tech Co. Coherent
Rob Beard is leaving his post as Mastercard Inc.'s chief legal officer and global policy head to join Coherent Corp. as its CLO, the industrial laser technology company announced Monday.
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Fraud Cases Tee Up State Fights Over Stolen Election Claims
A "flood" of lawsuits by Republicans and allied groups are sowing doubt in the 2024 elections and potentially setting the stage for destabilizing courtroom showdowns if former President Donald Trump loses, according to law professors and good government groups.
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Junk Call Foe Puts 'Professional' In 'Professional Plaintiff'
Diana Mey is one of the most successful “professional plaintiffs” to sue telemarketers under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. While she's won class settlements worth tens of millions of dollars, she said a recent counter-suit in a far-off venue, Puerto Rico, has been the “worst experience” of her litigation career.
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Post-Dobbs Ballot Questions May Spell Litigation With No End
A record-setting number of abortion-related constitutional ballot questions this year has unleashed a wave of litigation over reproductive rights in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision. But they may just be the start of the legal battles over the ballot measures.
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Ogletree Shareholder Who Went In-House 'Returning Home'
Communications company WPP Group USA's vice president and counsel for the Americas rejoined Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC on Monday as a labor and employment shareholder, the firm said.
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The State Supreme Court Races To Watch In November
With dozens of states holding elections next month for more than 80 seats on their courts of last resort, a number of races could prove critical for the courts' ideological balances and important cases relating to abortion, voting rights and possibly even the outcome of the presidential election.
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Clifford Chance Continues NY Growth With O'Melveny Duo
Clifford Chance LLP is continuing its growth in New York, announcing on Monday the hiring of two former O'Melveny & Myers LLP attorneys to its private equity practice, as well as the firm's restructuring and insolvency group.
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McGuireWoods Adds Healthcare Atty From Cooley In NY
McGuireWoods LLP has added a digital health expert from Cooley LLP, aiming to boost its offerings for clients in the space combining healthcare services with information and communications technology, the firm announced Monday.
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Kirkland Hires 2 Structured Finance Attys In NY, London
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is continuing the build-out of its structured finance and private credit practice, announcing on Saturday the lateral hiring of two partners in New York and London.
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Justices Pass On Cohen Suit Blaming Trump For Prison Stint
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a case brought against Donald Trump by his former personal attorney Michael Cohen, who claimed that he was vindictively put in prison for writing a memoir that painted the former president in a negative light.
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Paul Hastings Adds Baker McKenzie Employment Team In NY
Paul Hastings LLP said Monday that it has landed a top-tier, four-partner employment litigation team in New York from Baker McKenzie LLP to strengthen its East Coast practice.
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Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attys From 74 Firms
The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2024 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.
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Judge Tosses Ex-Cushman & Wakefield GC's Defamation Suit
An Illinois federal judge on Friday threw out a defamation lawsuit brought by the former general counsel of real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield over a Law.com article written about his departure, which he claimed made it seem like he had been fired for his job performance.
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Feds Defend Bribery Charge Against NYC Mayor Adams
Federal prosecutors pushed back Friday on New York City Mayor Eric Adams' attempt to erase a bribery charge from his indictment, arguing that while Adams claims his acts were "routine" and allowed under a recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent, a jury could still find his alleged favor trading illegal.
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It's Not Too Late For Attys To Help Safeguard Election
With the presidential election mere weeks away, a small army of lawyers will deploy throughout the country in a nonpartisan effort to ensure the process is fair, smooth and safe.
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BigLaw Sees Rise In Partner Hires, Led By NY And London
Despite economic turbulence, partner lateral hires at BigLaw firms have held steady in the first three quarters of the year, with the New York and London markets seeing the most significant uptick, according to a recent report from legal search firm Macrae.
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Former Locke Lord Atty Elevated To ABM General Counsel
Facility management company ABM has announced that its longtime deputy general counsel who also spent over a decade with Locke Lord LLP, has been elevated to the general counsel position starting in January.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Richards Layton's work on multiple infringement suits against Moderna and Nutter's work on a notable Massachusetts beer company acquisition lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Oct. 4 to 18.