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Crowell & Moring Antitrust Leader Jumps To Sidley In NY
Sidley Austin LLP said Wednesday it had hired the chair of Crowell & Moring LLP's New York antitrust practice.
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Judges' Neutrality Must Extend Beyond Courtroom, ABA Says
The American Bar Association's ethics committee is guiding judges to maintain the same level of neutrality and impartiality in working with court staff that they exercise when presiding in the courtroom, according to its latest formal opinion on Wednesday.
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State High Court Chiefs To Review Law School Accreditation
State supreme court leaders said Wednesday they will conduct a thorough review of law school accreditation practices this year, a move that comes after state justices in Texas and Florida recently ended the American Bar Association's longstanding accreditation monopoly in those states.
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Former SEC Deputy Director Joins Paul Weiss
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP announced on Wednesday that it has hired a former federal prosecutor who recently stepped down as deputy director of enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Linklaters Hires Americas COO From A&O Shearman
Linklaters LLP has brought on an Allen Overy Shearman Sterling executive to lead the law firm's operations in the Americas amid a "significant U.S. expansion," the firm announced on Wednesday.
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Benesch Launches State AG-Focused Practice Group
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP has launched a practice to bolster its capacity to represent clients across the U.S. in regulatory, enforcement and litigation matters.
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Big Workloads Burning Out Mid-Level In-House Legal Execs
While in-house counsel generally report they are satisfied with their jobs, crushing workloads coupled with shriveling budgets are causing serious burnout among those sandwiched between the top dogs and junior attorneys, experts said.
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4 Tips For Attys To Climb The In-House Ladder
With just over one-third of the lawyers who participated in the In-House Counsel Satisfaction Survey saying they’re satisfied with their advancement prospects, Law360 Pulse spoke with seasoned general counsel about how they advanced in their careers.
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What Lawyers Really Think About Working In-House
Law360 Pulse asked corporate counsel to identify some common misconceptions about working in-house and share their thoughts on the rewards and challenges of their jobs. Here's what they said.
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How Happy Are In-House Attorneys At Work?
Most in-house lawyers remain satisfied with their roles and would choose the career again, but advancement opportunities continue to lag behind other measures of satisfaction, according to a new Law360 Pulse report.
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Paul Hastings Adds Cooley Atty As Life Science Deals Leader
Paul Hastings LLP announced Wednesday that it has tapped a former Cooley LLP partner and onetime Merck & Co. attorney to chair its life sciences transactions team.
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Miles & Stockbridge's Growth Chief Talks Of Expansion Plans
Suzzanne W. Decker, who was recently named chief growth officer at Miles & Stockbridge, joined Law360 Pulse to discuss the firm's focus on expanding its presence in its traditional Mid-Atlantic markets and points further north.
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Connell Foley Debuts Practice, Office With FBT Gibbons Attys
Connell Foley LLP announced Tuesday it is launching a new bankruptcy and restructuring practice group and a new office in Wilmington, Delaware, with the addition of five partners from FBT Gibbons LLP.
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Gemini Parts Ways With CLO Amid Post-IPO Strategy Shift
Winklevoss-led crypto exchange Gemini Space Station Inc. on Tuesday promoted one of its lawyers to interim general counsel as it parted ways with its chief legal officer, just weeks after the platform said it would wind down some international operations and reduce its workforce.
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Barclay Damon Adds RE, Finance Pro From NY Firm
Barclay Damon LLP announced Tuesday that it has brought on a former Underberg & Kessler LLP partner, who the firm says will strengthen "the firm's capacity to serve clients navigating a dynamic and evolving commercial real estate market."
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Arnold & Porter Adds Transactions Partner From Freshfields
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP announced on Tuesday that it has hired a BigLaw veteran focused on capital markets and securities transactions for financial institutions who most recently worked for Freshfields LLP.
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Managed Services Organization Opensity Debuts After Merger
A new managed services organization created by the previously announced merger of three legal industry providers, backed by a private equity firm, officially launched on Tuesday.
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Greenberg Traurig Expands With Key Trade Experts
Greenberg Traurig LLP has hired two co-chairs of Foley Hoag LLP's international trade and national security practice, who are joining the firm in New York and Washington, D.C., to work with regulatory counseling matters, sanctions issues and with matters related to foreign investment in the United States.
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NFL Found To Fumble Arbitration Over Bias, Must Go To Court
A class of National Football League coaches will have their day in court after a New York federal judge on Friday denied the NFL its bid to force the coaches' discrimination claims into arbitration because it did not provide a fair and neutral arbitration forum.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Kelley Drye's handling of a $700 million consulting firm acquisition and Atkinson Andelson's and Mitchell Silberberg's dueling complaints in a dispute over the iconic "Ghostface" mask lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Jan. 30 to Feb. 13.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
WilmerHale and Gillam & Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Texas federal jury cleared Apple of infringement claims over patents covering 4G wireless technology, in a case that previously led to jury verdicts of $506 million and $300 million.
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Lowenstein Sandler Taps Finance Leader As Managing Partner
Lowenstein Sandler LLP announced Friday that the head of its mortgage and structured finance practice was elected the firm's new managing partner, the first change in the managing partner position in nearly 20 years.
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Raines Feldman Founder On Why Time's Up On Billable Hour
Raines Feldman Littrell LLP has used an outcome-focused billing model for 16 years. The firm is currently tweaking its model with the help of artificial intelligence. Here, firm co-founder Miles Feldman talks to Law360 Pulse about why the clock is ticking on the billable hour.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another action-packed week as firms announced new office leaders and expanded their offerings across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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JPMorgan Unit Must Face Trimmed Cash Sweep Claims
A JPMorgan Chase subsidiary must face some, but not all, of the claims in a consumer proposed class action accusing the bank and a brokerage firm of underpaying the interest on their cash sweep accounts, a New York federal judge ruled Thursday.