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New York Pulse
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GC Base Salaries At Big Companies On The Rise
General counsel base salaries at companies making $5 billion or more in revenue has increased from last year, while their total compensation has decreased, according to a report released Tuesday by the Association of Corporate Counsel and Empsight International LLC.
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Better Days Ahead For Associates, Recruiters Say
Things are looking up for associates, recruiters say, as a strong economic outlook for the legal industry appears to be driving increased demand for younger attorneys after two straight years of layoffs.
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Eversheds US Chief-Elect Talks Firm Goals, DC Move Plans
Eversheds Sutherland named Lino Mendiola III the chief executive-elect for the U.S. side of the firm on Monday. Here, Mendiola talks to Law360 about his goals, his plans to continue the firm’s culture of innovation and why he’s transferring from Austin, Texas, to Washington, D.C., with the promotion.
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Ex-NY Appeals Court Counsel Joins Harris Beach
A former leader with New York's highest court is bringing her three decades of appellate experience to Harris Beach.
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Banking Pro Returns To Sullivan & Cromwell
A former deputy general counsel at the Federal Reserve Board has rejoined Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's financial services group as a partner in New York, the firm said Monday.
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Gibson Dunn Taps Akin Gump Atty For Private Credit Growth
A former Akin Gump partner has joined Gibson Dunn to lead the firm's private credit efforts, the firm said Monday, marking its latest addition to its New York office.
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Ex-Cadwalader Litigation Co-Head Among Duo Added By V&E
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's former global litigation group co-chair is one of two ex-partners in New York bringing their practices to Vinson & Elkins LLP, according to a Monday announcement.
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Nothing Novel About Trump Ex-Atty's Case, Justices Told
Former President Donald Trump urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject his former attorney Michael Cohen's bid for another look at his suit claiming he was imprisoned as payback for his memoir about his time as Trump's so-called fixer, arguing there's nothing novel about the matter.
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Eversheds Elects New Co-Chiefs To Start In 2025
Eversheds Sutherland announced Monday it has elected a pair of new chief executives whose roles will start in 2025, with one overseeing the U.S. arm of the firm and the other overseeing the international offices.
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Why Ballard Spahr Leaned On An AI Startup For Litigation
While initially hesitant about using generative artificial intelligence because of confidentiality concerns, Ballard Spahr LLP eventually adopted an AI tool from a startup that cut down on time spent in litigation.
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Kennedys Adds 2 Knowledge Management Pros In London
Kennedys said on Monday it has boosted its back-office technology and knowledge management teams with the hire of two experienced experts in legal procedures and practices and IT.
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King & Spalding Nabs Ex-Arnold & Porter RE Finance Pro
A former Arnold & Porter partner has brought his real estate and finance expertise to the New York office of King & Spalding.
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Top Atty For NYC Mayor Resigns As Fed. Investigations Mount
As investigations and high-profile departures continue around New York City's embattled Mayor Eric Adams, his chief counsel resigned Saturday.
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The 2024 Regional Powerhouses
The law firms on Law360's list of 2024 Regional Powerhouses reflected the local peculiarities of their states while often representing clients in deals and cases that captured national attention.
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Bankman-Fried Lays Blame On Trial Judge In 2nd Circ. Appeal
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried on Friday launched an appeal of his fraud conviction over the cryptocurrency exchange's historic collapse, issuing a broadside against the judge who oversaw his trial and saying FTX's debtor counsel Sullivan & Cromwell LLP acted as an arm of the prosecution.
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Trio Of BigLaw Mergers Expected To Drive More Deal Talks
After months of a relatively steady pace of law firm mergers and acquisitions, the trio of proposed BigLaw tie-ups announced in recent days will likely spur more firms toward entertaining similar deal talks, experts say. Here, Law360 offers a snapshot of the proposed deals.
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K&L Gates, AltaClaro Partner On Gen AI Supervisory Course
Legal training provider AltaClaro released a generative artificial intelligence supervisory course for law firm partners that it developed with law firm K&L Gates LLP.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP attorneys and Texas litigator Richard L. Stanley lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions after the Federal Circuit on Monday revived a patent infringement case for their client Contour IP Holding LLC against GoPro Inc.
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Barclay Damon Adds Longtime Democratic Consultant In NY
Barclay Damon LLP has hired a long-standing Democratic adviser to its New York office as of counsel, noting that his ties within political circles will allow him to offer a "unique" viewpoint to clients.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
Another BigLaw firm merger and a report about rising litigation spending rocked the second week of September. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse’s weekly quiz.
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2nd Circ. Rejects Another Trump Bid To Halt Hush Money Case
The Second Circuit on Thursday rejected former President Donald Trump's request for an emergency order pausing his criminal hush money case, citing New York state court Justice Juan M. Merchan's decision to push his sentencing hearing from Sept. 18 until after the election.
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Quinn Emanuel, Cohen Milstein Get $102M In Stock Loan Case
A judge awarded $102 million in attorney fees to Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC for settling claims from investors that major banks colluded to avoid modernizing the stock loan market.
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Pillsbury Hires King & Spalding Atty To Lead Appellate Team
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on Wednesday named a new leader for its U.S. appellate practice, tapping a veteran litigator and former prosecutor who joined the firm's Silicon Valley office from King & Spalding LLP.
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Fried Frank Information Chief Moves To Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown LLP said Thursday that a former chief information officer from Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has joined the firm in the same role.
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Buchanan Ingersoll Looks Inward For New COO
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC didn't have to look far for its new chief operating officer.
Expert Analysis
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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.