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Northeast Slowdown, Midwest Gains In Mid-Law Promotions
An overall drop in the most recent partner classes at Mid-Law firms was marked by declines in Northeast and Southeast markets, while promotions rose throughout the Midwest and West Coast, a Law360 Pulse analysis has found.
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Mid-Law Promotions Reflect Slow Progress In Gender Parity
Women accounted for about 43.5% of Mid-Law partner promotions during the 2026 promotion cycle, roughly in line with the prior year and reflecting the slow pace of progress toward gender parity, a Law360 Pulse analysis has found.
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AT&T Longtime GC's Comp Dipped By $1.2M In 2025
Texas-based AT&T's top lawyer saw his overall compensation decrease last year by about $1.3 million after taking home less in stock awards, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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Texas Attorney To Stay In Jail In Cyberstalking Case
A Texas attorney accused of cyberstalking attorneys at BigLaw firms must remain in jail after a Texas federal court accepted on Friday a magistrate judge's findings that the attorney would not likely abide by the basic terms of her release.
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How Nonprofit Service Serves Law Leaders
Law firm leaders say nonprofit board work teaches attorneys about executive governance, provides networking opportunities and makes them better legal practitioners — so long as they have the time and can avoid conflicts of interest.
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Stradling Brings On IP Litigator To Lead Its Austin Office
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth PC has brought on a veteran intellectual property litigator from Minnesota-based Carlson Caspers Vandenburgh & Lindquist PA to lead its office in Austin, Texas.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP and Clement & Murphy PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Federal Circuit vacated an over $600 million judgment involving the maker of Norton antivirus software for infringing Columbia University patents.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
BigLaw firms expanded their practice bench and services during another action-packed week for the legal industry. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Stinson Brings On IP Pros In Texas From Spencer Fane
Stinson LLP has added a pair of Spencer Fane attorneys to bolster its intellectual property and technology practice and capacity to handle patent and trademark litigation.
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Buchalter Launches Crisis Management Task Force
Buchalter PC has launched a new crisis management and strategic response group meant to serve as a task force of the firm's white collar investigations and state attorneys general practice groups.
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How AI Has Upended Traditional Legal Tech Procurement
The strategies law firms and legal departments use to evaluate vendors and adopt technology have taken on more importance in the age of artificial intelligence, a panel of experts said Wednesday during a session on the third day of ALM's Legalweek conference in New York City.
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Halliburton CLO's Compensation Dipped Again In 2025
The chief legal officer at Halliburton took home just under $5.2 million in compensation last year, about a $500,000 dip from the year before and about $1 million less than he received in 2023, according to a securities filing on Wednesday.
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Gordon Rees Grows In Texas With Martin Disiere Team
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP has added an Austin-based, four-attorney litigation team from Martin Disiere Jefferson & Wisdom LLP, strengthening the firm's bench in a growing market.
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Bar Exam Pass Rates Increased In 2025, ABA Says
The pass rate for first-time takers who sat for the bar exam rose by more than a percentage point last year over 2024, according to statistics released by the American Bar Association.
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Exxon Cements Texas As Delaware's Emerging Rival
Last year, Vinson & Elkins partner Katherine Frank fielded about one call a week from companies thinking about redomiciling in Texas. Speaking to Law360 the day after ExxonMobil announced its plan to reincorporate in the Lone Star State due to its business-forward courts and policies, Frank said the callers fell into three categories.
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Judges Call Out Violent 'Never-Before' Rhetoric Against Them
Federal judges who experienced firsthand harassment and violence called out the rise of "dehumanizing" rhetoric on Wednesday and warned that it could erode judicial independence.
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Paralegal's OT Claims Met With Countersuit Over TikTok Video
Houston-based Callender Bowlin has struck back against a fired paralegal in federal court with counterclaims that she lied about the firm on TikTok and with allegations of fraud and "strange" office behavior.
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Texas Firm Fights Atty Immunity Bid In $11M Fee Dispute
Texas litigation boutique Williams Simons & Landis PC is pushing back against a claim of attorney immunity in a federal lawsuit against California firm Bartko Pavia LLP over millions in fees connected to litigation against Walmart, saying the Lone Star State doctrine doesn't shield lawyers who manipulate settlement funds to line their own pockets.
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Clifford Chance Names New Houston Office Leader
Following the departure of Clifford Chance LLP's Houston office managing partner last month, the firm has selected a replacement from within its corporate bench, a partner who has been with the Magic Circle firm since it opened in Texas nearly three years ago.
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Holland & Knight Adds Real Estate Specialist In Texas
Holland & Knight LLP announced it has deepened its real estate bench with an Austin, Texas-based partner who brings decades of experience and previously practiced with Husch Blackwell LLP.
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ExxonMobil Plans Move To Texas, Citing Biz-Friendly Milieu
ExxonMobil Corp. is the latest company to eye Texas as its new legal home, telling shareholders Tuesday that the Lone Star State's newly created business court and pro-business policies are good reasons to end its longtime run in New Jersey.
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AI Disruptions Raise Questions On Legal Judgment's Value
Artificial intelligence could disrupt business as usual for law firms and legal departments, but a panel of experts on Monday showed there are varying differences of opinion on the importance of human judgment in legal matters.
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Mayer Brown Adds 6 McGuireWoods Attys In Houston, DC
Mayer Brown announced Tuesday that it has hired six attorneys from McGuireWoods LLP for its litigation and dispute resolution and corporate and securities practices, including the former office managing partner of that firm's Houston office.
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KPMG Law Wants 'Unglamorous' Work, New Legal Chief Says
Big Four accounting giant KPMG LLP is hoping to stay in its own lane and build on its existing suite of services as it moves forward with its year-old law firm subsidiary KPMG Law US, the company's newly appointed U.S. legal chief, Christian Athanasoulas, told Law360 Pulse this week.
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Bradley Arant Launches New Outside General Counsel Team
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced that its new outside general counsel services team is up and running with a recently hired Dallas-based partner at the helm.
Expert Analysis
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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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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What Social Media Process Service May Look Like In Texas
The Texas Supreme Court's recently proposed rule change allowing substituted service through social media and email could take effect in December, and practitioners will need to know how to establish that the defendant received notice through a technological method, says Marcus Eason at McGinnis Lochridge.
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Strategies For Associates Seeking Jobs Amid Hiring Slump
Law firms will be hiring conservatively well into 2021 and beyond, but associates eyeing a new firm or market can successfully make a move if they are pragmatic about their requirements, say Rebecca Glatzer and Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.