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New York Pulse
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Law Firms Add Marketing Chiefs Amid Biz Development Push
As law firms battle for business in a more competitive market, the new year has seen a wave of chief marketing officer appointments. This shift, experts say, reflects a growing emphasis on strategic leadership and business development, as firms look to differentiate themselves and drive growth.
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Ex-NY Real Estate Atty Gets 4½ Years For $3.3M Client Con
A former New York City attorney on Tuesday was sentenced to over four years in prison, following his admission to stealing $3.3 million in client funds for purported real estate deals.
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Winston & Strawn Names IP Partner To Lead NY Office
Winston & Strawn LLP announced Monday it would be elevating intellectual property partner Krishnan Padmanabhan to become the new managing partner of its New York City office.
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Haynes Boone Adds 7-Atty Seward & Kissel Team In NY
Haynes Boone has grown its fund finance and securitization practices with the addition of seven attorneys from Seward & Kissel LLP, including the head of the firm's asset securitization and CLO practice group.
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For Attys, Problem Gambling Can Mean Betting The Firm
SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein’s bombshell tax evasion indictment puts the renowned appellate lawyer on a long list of attorneys to find themselves in hot water as a result of a gambling habit. And for small firms or solo practitioners, experts say the consequences can be even more dire.
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Cooley Taps NY Leader To Head Global Litigation Practice
Cooley LLP has appointed the partner in charge of its New York office and a veteran of the firm since 2003 as the leader of its global litigation group, according to a Tuesday announcement.
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Ex-SDNY Criminal Division Chief Joins Debevoise
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired the former chief of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York's Criminal Division to bolster its white collar and regulatory defense group.
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King & Spalding Adds Restructuring Partners In New York
King & Spalding LLP said it has hired away two Alston & Bird partners for the firm's bankruptcy stable.
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Wachtell Atty Jumps To Latham To Lead Liability Management
Latham & Watkins LLP is bulking up its capital markets and finance practice in New York and beyond with the addition of a seasoned partner from Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz.
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SEC's Former Acting Enforcement Director Joins Weil In NY
A former acting enforcement director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission who led some of the agency's biggest cases over the past two decades has joined Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP as a partner in the firm's New York office.
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Seward & Kissel Adds K&L Gates Investment Pro In NY
Seward & Kissel LLP announced Monday that an experienced investment management attorney who most recently practiced with K&L Gates LLP has joined its New York office as a partner.
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The Top In-House Hires Of January
Legal department moves in the past month included high-profile appointments at Hilton Hotels, the Baltimore Orioles baseball team and the restaurant chain White Castle. Meanwhile, several legal leaders left notable companies, including American Airlines, music streamer Spotify and radio broadcaster SiriusXM.
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ABA House Of Delegates Votes For Stricter High Court Ethics
The American Bar Association's policymaking body recommended Monday that the U.S. Supreme Court adopt a binding ethics code as strict as the code of conduct that other U.S. federal judges must follow.
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J&J Investigations And Gov't Litigation Head Joins O'Melveny
The global practice leader for investigations and government litigation at Johnson & Johnson has joined O'Melveny & Myers LLP after two decades in-house, the firm said Monday.
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Panel Backs Sanctions For Frivolous Bid In Malpractice Case
A New Jersey appeals court said Monday that a New York attorney's motion to vacate an almost $450,000 judgment after a jury found him negligent in a divorce action could only be seen as frivolous, affirming the trial court's award of nearly $8,000 in attorney fees as a sanction.
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2nd Circ. Affirms Lawyer's Asylum Fraud Conviction
The Second Circuit on Monday affirmed the convictions of an immigration attorney and the former CEO of an immigration services firm for coaching asylum-seekers to lie about facing persecution in their home countries, rejecting the pair's arguments that there was insufficient evidence and that the jury was given improper instructions.
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Stradley Ronon Hires Mintz Insurance Team In DC, NY
A quartet of insurance attorneys who all focus their practices on a range of related coverage, reinsurance and insurance regulatory matters has joined Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP's offices in Washington, D.C., and New York, according to a Monday announcement.
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Chiesa Shahinian Names Trusts And Estates Co-Chairs
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC has announced that two attorneys have been appointed to oversee and steer the strategy of the trusts and estates group at the New Jersey-based firm.
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With Eye On Growth, Husch Blackwell Shakes Up Leadership
In an effort to "capitalize on growth opportunities," Husch Blackwell LLP has named a new chief operating officer and split its organizational structure to create separate operations and marketing and business development divisions, the firm announced Monday.
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Attys For Blake Lively, Baldoni Warned Over Media Statements
Lawyers representing feuding actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in their "It Ends With Us" damages litigation agreed Monday to rein in public statements, after a Manhattan federal judge cited their duty not to taint a potential future jury pool.
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Paul Hastings Taps Ex-Fried Frank AI Expert For New Practice
Paul Hastings announced Monday the hiring of a former partner at Fried Frank to lead its new technology transactions practice out of New York.
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Weil Adds Ex-A&O Shearman Financing Pro As Partner In NY
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has added a banking and finance attorney previously with Allen Overy Shearman Sterling as a partner in its New York office, the firm announced Monday.
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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2025 Editorial Boards
Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2025 editorial advisory boards.
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Ex-BigLaw Atty Can't Escape OneCoin Conviction At 2nd Circ.
The Second Circuit on Friday upheld a former Locke Lord LLP partner's conviction and 10-year sentence for helping launder roughly $400 million in proceeds from the multibillion-dollar OneCoin cryptocurrency scheme, rejecting the attorney's contention that a sole cooperating government witness' perjury and other purported errors warranted reversing his punishment.
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Jackson Lewis Reelects Chair Amid Leadership Changes
In its latest leadership shake-up, Jackson Lewis PC has reelected its firm chair and managing principal for a second term, while also implementing a leadership restructuring that includes the reorganization of its practice groups and the appointment of several new national heads.
Expert Analysis
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Series
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
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Legal Sector Regulatory Reform Is Key To Closing Justice Gap
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.
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Perspectives
Judges On Race: The Path To A More Diverse Bench
To close the diversity gap between the judiciary and the litigants that regularly appear in criminal courts, institutions including police departments, prosecutor offices and defense law firms must be committed to advancing Black and Latino men, says New York Supreme Court Justice Erika Edwards.
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The Unique Challenges Of Protecting A Law Firm Brand
Recent law firm trademark disputes highlight how the tension between legal ethics rules and trademark law can make it difficult for firms to select brands that are distinctive and entitled to protection, say Kimberly Maynard and Tyler Maulsby at Frankfurt Kurnit.